Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour JACK Cleveland
$1,110 Main Event
Day: 1b
Barlow Checks Blind All Three Streets
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Matt Barlow started the action with a limp from middle position. The player in the hijack raised to 3,500 and Barlow called when the action folded back around to him.
Barlow checked blind and then called a bet of 2,000 when the flop came 
. Barlow again blind check-called 5,500 on the 
turn and they went to a river.
Barlow checked blind for a third time and then tabled his hand after his opponent checked back on the 
river.
Matt Barlow: 
Barlow paired his king and collected the pot after his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | |
|
120,000
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
100,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
95,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
75,000 | |
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
68,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
28,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
|
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Hanna Bombs The River
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Joe Hanna opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and the small blind three-bet to 8,000. The big blind folded and Hanna called.
The flop came 
and the preflop aggressor checked it over to Hanna who bet 8,000. The small blind called and they went to a turn card.
Both players checked the 
turn and Hanna fired out 23,000 on river when the action was checked to him. After giving it some thought his opponent mucked and Hanna took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Royer Sends Barlow To The Rail
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Matt Barlow and Kyle Royer were sitting beside each other in middle position when they got all the money in preflop. Barlow started the hand with around 45,000 and was at risk.
Matt Barlow: 
Kyle Royer: 
Royer had Barlow in bad shape but needed to dodge two outs after the flop came 
. Barlow was unable to find one of the two remaining queens as the board ran out 
and 
to send him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Nikolich Saved By The River
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Mike Nikolich was all in for 25,900 from under the gun and up against a player in the hijack. They flipped their cards over and it was off to the races.
Mike Nikolich: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop was no help to Nikolich. The 
turn left him just one card away from elimination. But the river improved Nikolich to top pair to keep him alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 |
Gasiorowski Flops Top Two
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Mitchell Gasiorowski limped in from early position and Robert Noel raised to 4,200 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called and so did Gasiorowski.
The flop came 
and the action checked to Noel who put out a continuation bet of 6,500. The cutoff folded and Gasiorowski check-raised the minimum. Noel called and they went to a turn card.
Both players checked the turn and Gasiorowski led out for 12,000 on the 
river. Noel wasted little time before he put in the chips to call.
Mitchell Gasiorowski: 
Gasiorowski tabled two pair and took down the pot after Noel mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
55,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Dinner Break
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The remaining players are now on a 40-minute dinner break.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500