2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Potawatomi Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$120,164
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$487,000
Entries
487
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Joe Iannello Eliminated in 11th Place ($6,109)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Joe Iannello - 11th Place
Joe Iannello - 11th Place

A cooler hand just burst the final table bubble.

It happened when Joe Iannello limped, Sunny Ali called from the small blind, and the big blind checked his option. When the flop came down {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, the big blind checked, Iannello bet 75,000, and Ali raised to 200,000. The big blind folded, Iannello called, and the {3-Spades} appeared on the turn.

Iannello was first to act and moved all in for right around 900,000, and Ali snap-called.

Iannello: {a-}{4-}
Ali: {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

Iannello had turned a wheel, but Ali had him bested with a six-high straight. The table was in disbelief at the hand, but Iannello could still chop with a six. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {8-Clubs}. Iannello missed and became the 11th-place finisher.

The final 10 players will now relocate to the feature table, which will be live streamed (click here to be taken to the live stream page). We'll have the table lineup and chips counts for you shortly.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Iannello
Busted

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Gary Tsui Eliminated in 12th Place ($6,109)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Gary Tsui - 12th Place
Gary Tsui - 12th Place

Two quick eliminations — one at each table — means we're down to the final table of 10 players.

In the first, action folded to Adam Lamphere in the small blind and he just limped. Gary Tsui then moved all in from the big for his remaining 150,000, and Lamphere snap-called.

Tsui: {7-}{3-}
Lamphere: {q-}{q-}

Lamphere had played his big pocket pair coyly, and Tsui fell into the trap. Tsui managed to pick up a wheel draw on the turn card, but the river blanked and he was dispatched in 12th place for $6,109.

Player Chips Progress
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Gary Tsui
Busted

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Jay Slonske Eliminated in 13th Place ($4,703)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Jay Slonske - 13th Place
Jay Slonske - 13th Place

Jay Slonske got his last 313,000 all in preflop and found himself chasing David Sutton.

Sutton: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Slonske: {a-Clubs}{2-Hearts}

The {5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{a-Spades} flop didn't do Slonke any favors, and he needed to pair his deuce to double. The {J-Spades} turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the {4-Spades} turn. Slonske, a local $2-$4 limit player here at Potawatomi, missed and took his leave from the tournament in 13th place, good for $4,703.

Player Chips Progress
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David Sutton
700,000
375,000
375,000
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Jay Slonske
Busted

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Kenny Go Eliminated in 14th Place ($4,703)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Kenny Go - 14th Place
Kenny Go - 14th Place

Action folded around to Kenny Go in the small blind and he moved all in for 495,000. Sunny Ali looked down at his cards in the big, liked what he saw, and made the call.

Go: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Ali: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Go got it in good, but the {k-Hearts}{a-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop was disaster as Ali made a pair of aces. The {7-Clubs} turn meant Go needed a six and a six only on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the {4-Diamonds} blanked.

Player Chips Progress
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Sunny Ali
1,300,000
400,000
400,000
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Kenny Go
Busted

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Edlestein Cracks Aces to Stay Alive

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

A short-stacked Rob Edelstein moved all in under the gun for 307,000 only to have Ben Keeline called from the small blind.

Edelstein: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Keeline: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

"We have a sweat, ten ball," Edelstein said when the {j-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop gave him a Broadway draw. It got better too as the {2-Spades} turn gave him a flush draw.

"Oh, baby," Edelstein shouted when the {10-Clubs} spiked on the river. "I cracked aces!"

Player Chips Progress
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Rob Edelstein
700,000
393,000
393,000
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Ben Keeline
360,000
-325,000
-325,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

Shiva Dudani Eliminated in 15th Place ($4,703)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

A preflop raising war resulted in poker pro Shiva Dudani getting his stack all in against John Sun.

Sun: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Dudani: {a-}{q-}

Dudani had a kicker problem after the {5-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{a-Spades} flop paired both players' ace, and he failed to pair it as the {J-Spades} blanked on the turn followed by the {4-Spades} on the river. Dudani will take home $4,703 for his 15th-place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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John Sun
1,700,000
300,000
300,000
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Shiva Dudani
Busted

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Let's Go Kenny

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Kenny Go opened for 60,000 only to have Shiva Dudani move all in from the big blind. Go had the small er stack and opted to call off for 286,000.

Dudani: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Go: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Go seemed surprised to be ahead, but he stood nonetheless to watch the flop come down {7-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. "Stop it there," Go said when the {10-Hearts} turn gave Dudani an open-ended straight draw. Fortunately for Go, Dudani missed it as the {8-Clubs} blanked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Kenny Go
600,000
314,000
314,000
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Shiva Dudani
175,000
-275,000
-275,000

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