Action was picked up with cards on their backs on the flop of between Jorge Martinez in late position and an opponent in the hijack with about 720,000 in the middle. Martinez had bet flop and his opponent raised and Martinez moved all-in for 360,000 effective with his opponent calling.
Opponent:
Jorge Martinez:
The turn and river came out and Martinez ended on the right side of a massive cooler to soar to over 1,000,000 in chips.
The Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) will be stopping at Iowa's Grand Falls Casino just outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota later this summer for the for $1,110 buy-in MSPT Grand Falls No-Limit Hold'em Main Event, which will culminate August 19-21.
In addition to the marquee Main Event, MSPT Grand Falls will feature a series of satellites and a few side events for players to take their shot at winning a big score.
The Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of $200,000 and could surpass that if the event attracts enough entrants. Last year's MSPT Grand Falls Main Event attracted 532 runners to generate a prize pool of $514,540.
There will be two starting flights in the Main Event, one on August 19 and another on August 20, and players will get a starting stack of 25,000 chips in exchange for their buy-in.
Day 2 of the Main Event will play out on August 21 and will play down to a winner, who will take home the lion's share of the prize pool and the MSPT championship trophy.
In the weeks leading up to the event, there will be a number of satellites running to give players a chance to win a Main Event ticket for as little as $70 or $265.
In addition to the Main Event, MSPT Grand Falls will feature the $135 buy-in Thousandaire No-Limit Hold'em event, which gets underway August 20.
MSPT Grand Falls will then close out with the $250 buy-in Last Chance Showdown No-Limit Hold'em event, scheduled to take place on August 21.
After MSPT Grand Falls, it will be back to the Venetian for another MSPT Main Event taking place September 3-5. PokerNews will be on-site to cover both Main Events, so be sure to follow along.
Guests on this episode include recent bracelet winners Scott Seiver, Dan Smith, Brad Ruben, and Amnon Filippi, as well as Matt Berkey, who opens up about his successful Only Friends show.
The 102 players have returned after the diner break and taken their seats. They will play until level 28 tonight and then bag up for the following day.
A player raised to to 30,000 under the-gun and was called by 6 players including Camille Brown in early position Jimmy D'Ambrosio on the button and Clifford Matthews in the big blind.
The flop came out and the action checked to the initial raiser who bet 55,000 which was called by Brown. Another player folded and D'Ambrosio moved all-in for 180,000 on the button. The Matthews moved all-in out of turn for 580,000 and the small blind got out of the way. The initial raiser folded and Brown called for most of her stack.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio:
Clifford Matthews:
Camille Brown:
The and came on the turn and river and Matthews eliminated D'Ambrosio from the tournament and Brown was left with 80,000. She was eliminated the next hand as Matthews was still stacking up the chips.
Justin Belforti raised to 40,000 in early position and from one seat over Jack O'Neill three-bet to 100,000 which folded all action behind. Belforti moved all-in for 380,000 and O'Neill snap-called.
Justin Belforti:
Jack O'Neill:
The board ran out and the eights were unable to improve against the pair of kings that O'Neill had and Belforti was eliminated from the tournament.