Main Event | 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls

08-16-2015 13:27 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Curl	720,000 20,000	20,000
Kim Rasmussen	315,000 216,500	216,500
Chuck Costanzo	300,000 -55,000	-55,000
John Streese	166,000 -64,000	-64,000
Chris Keller	161,000 66,000	66,000
Brian Davis	160,000 54,500	54,500
Brian Johnson	94,000 2,500	2,500

Mader Puts Vicious Beat on Johnson

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Aaron Johnson shoved for about 80,000 over a raise and a call, and Phil Mader reshipped from his left in the small blind. Everyone else folded.

Mader:
Johnson:

Mader was crushed, but the flop offered some hope with a gutshot. The turn was close but no help, but a turn was exactly what Mader needed, giving him the nut straight, a brutal end for Johnson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Mader	295,000 95,000	95,000
Aaron Johnson	Busted

Tags: Aaron Johnson Phil Mader

08-16-2015 13:16 UTC-6

Round of Eliminations

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Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

These players earned $2,078.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Sztamburski	Busted
Gale Fennema	Busted
Jayme Black	Busted
Gary Ewald	Busted
Dennis Dykes	Busted
Henry Terwee	Busted
Ryan Remington	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

08-16-2015 13:12 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Curl	700,000 285,000	285,000

Kirby Rolling the Table

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Judd Greenagel said he jammed 17 big blind over a Matt Kirby open with the but Kirby snapped him off with and held.

Shortly thereafter, we found Kirby putting two players at risk preflop. The player on the button had a very short stack and moved in, with Kirby in the small blind putting that player at risk, as well as Max Bergquist, who had about 100,000 in the big blind.

Kirby:
Bergquist:
Button:

Nobody hit anything as the community came , shipping the pot to Kirby, who has taken the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Kirby	620,000 298,000	298,000

Max Bergquist	Busted
Judd Greenagel	Busted

Tags: Judd Greenagel Matt Kirby Max Bergquist

08-16-2015 12:51 UTC-6

Mader Finds Final King

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A player in middle position raised to 35,000, and Phil Mader shoved for about 118,000. The middle player called off for around 70,000 total.

Mader:
Opponent:

The flop came , safe for the Nebraskan. The turn was a brutal one for him, and he was left in disbelief at seemingly taking another beat. However, the dealer brought out the , Mader's only out, on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Mader	200,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Phil Mader

08-16-2015 12:43 UTC-6

Ormson Bubbles

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Larry Ormson was down to just 2,000 and got it in with . He was called by both blinds, who checked it down. One of them made a pair with , and Ormson was eliminated in 28th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Ormson	Busted

Tags: Larry Ormson

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

08-16-2015 12:17 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Play is now hand-for-hand after the elimination of Todd Melander.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam De Silva	365,000 165,000	165,000
Chuck Costanzo	355,000 145,000	145,000
Matt Kirby	322,000 88,000	88,000

Jon Maras	293,000 90,000	90,000
Chris Burke	185,000 61,500	61,500
Judd Greenagel	170,000 79,000	79,000
Dan Hendrickson	170,000 40,000	40,000
Max Bergquist	105,000 -26,500	-26,500
Larry Ormson	57,000 -1,500	-1,500
Matt Sztamburski	52,000 -2,000	-2,000
Todd Melander	Busted