A short-stacked Jim Will busted out shortly before the level changed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jim Will | Busted |
A short-stacked Jim Will busted out shortly before the level changed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Will | Busted |
It's a site the rest of the players in the tournament don't want to see: Kou Vang with chips. The tour-sponsored pro just bet 21,000 when Weston Berner checked to him on a board of , and Berner made the call. Vang revealed for the nut flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kou Vang |
100,000
32,500
|
32,500 |
Weston Berner |
18,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
We found Eric Crain all in preflop with against the of Steve Galey.
"Nice hand," someone said.
"Not yet," Crain said with a laugh. "I screwed this hand with that hand a bunch of times the other day."
The dealer revealed a door card of , followed by the .
"That's a bad card," Crain said.
Two more bad cards followed: and .
"Good luck, everybody," Crain said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Galey |
215,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
Eric Crain | Busted |
Crystal Utley opened for 8,000 in middle position and called Neil Patel's shove of 52,000 out of the small blind.
Patel:
Utley:
The board favored Utley, whose jacks stood up eliminate Patel.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Crystal Utley |
175,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Neil Patel | Busted |
Action folded to Gary Tsui, who moved all in from the cutoff for about 37,000. Neng Vang shoved over that in the small blind, and the big blind folded.
Vang:
Tsui:
"One time," Tsui said. "I'd like to use my one time."
Instead, the door card was a followed by the . An turn ended things for Tsui.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Neng Vang
|
108,000
47,500
|
47,500 |
Gary Tsui | Busted |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
It's time for the championship chase, as Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana Evansville will begin at 10:30 a.m. local time here in Indiana.
A total of 43 players have navigated their Day 1 fields to find themselves here, and the one with pole position is Michael Hahn, an Indiana native who brings 299,000 into play. He holds a slight lead over Brian Oberst (295,500), Charlie Dawson (286,500), and Alex Yen (270,000). Further down in the chip counts are some players who may not have heaps, but who certainly can't be overlooked due to their championship experience. Newly signed tour pro Kou Vang (67,500), Eric Crain (64,500), and Adam Friedman (32,000) all loom as threats.
Play will begin at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500) with play lasting until a winner has been decided. Levels will once again be 40 minutes long, until the final table. At that point, hour-long levels will commence. Stay tuned to PokerNews as report all of the exciting hands to you.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michael Hahn | 299,000 | |
Brian Oberst | 295,500 | |
Charlie Dawson | 286,500 | |
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Alex Yen | 270,000 | |
Nicholas Pupillo | 220,500 | |
Rory Monahan | 171,000 | |
Chris Cornell | 162,000 | |
Chris Hale | 153,500 | |
David Mitchell | 137,000 | |
Crystal Utley | 129,000 | |
Jim Will | 126,000 | |
George Lusby | 120,500 | |
Matt Duffy
|
117,000 | |
Evan Niemeier | 108,000 | |
Steve Galey | 102,000 | |
Brent Beaman
|
97,000 | |
David Hobbs | 94,000 | |
Dale Sudduth | 92,500 | |
David Brown | 92,000 | |
Tri Do
|
88,500 | |
Lisa Phillips | 88,000 | |
Terry Moore | 84,000 | |
Tom Zenthoefer | 84,000 | |
John Utley | 82,500 | |
Joe Leisure | 69,000 |
Main Event
Day 2 Started