Just under 20 percent of the field remains as 49 players will convene for Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana Evansville out of a total field of 251. Craig Spalding enters with the most chips at 283,000, but he will have plenty of competition as players vie for the second-ever title here in Southern Indiana.
Day 1b leader Kenny Smith, Neil Patel, two-time MSPT champ Jason Zarlenga, Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler, Alex Yen, Nick Pupillo, Tim Vance, Josh Turner, and Adam Lamphere are some of the names still in the hunt for a first-place prize that has yet to be released. Pupillo and Zarlenga are representing Team MSPT as sponsored pros, with the former looking to repeat a final table appearance from last year and the latter looking to become the first three-time winner.
Blinds will begin at Level 15 (1,500/3,000/500) and progress in increments of 40 minutes as players fall by the wayside until a final table is reached. At that point, there will be a dinner break before things resume until a champion is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews to see who that will be.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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283,000 | |
|
226,000 | |
|
216,500 | |
|
207,000 | |
|
200,000 | |
|
|
192,000 | |
|
|
151,000 | |
|
147,500 | |
|
147,500 | |
|
145,500 | |
|
145,000 | |
|
|
141,500 | |
|
129,500 | |
|
129,500 | |
|
126,500 | |
|
|
116,000 | |
|
112,000 | |
|
111,000 | |
|
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|
106,000 | |
|
103,500 | |
|
|
103,500 | |
|
|
103,000 | |
|
95,500 | |
|
94,500 | |
|
94,000 | |
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turn sealed it with quads.
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river dealt Zarlenga a brutal knockout blow.
flop, and Jim Will shoved all in after tanking a bit for about 350,000 effective. Hobbs called it off with 
for the stone nuts. Hobbs needed massive help, but he could only chop after the 
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and 
completed the board and Dang was out.
gave both players a straight draw on the flop.
flop offered little hope for Spalding, but the 
turn gave him outs with an open-ender. The 
river missed him, and Yen has about half of the chips in play six-handed.