2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino

Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2
Event Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
54
Prize
$54,607
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$201,000
Total Entries
201
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 201
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Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Mader Takes Boone to Valuetown

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Phil Mader has a solid stack late on Day 1a.
Phil Mader has a solid stack late on Day 1a.

Jim Boone was in the blinds, and he check-called 9,000 from cutoff Phil Mader on a board of {2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}. On the {7-Hearts} river, Boone again check-called, this time 13,000. Mader showed {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades} for a turned straight, and Boone mucked {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} face up.

Players are on break for 10 minutes.

Tags: Jim BoonePhil Mader

Olson Crushes Shorty; Bohn Stacking Heaps

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Blake Bohn
Blake Bohn

James Gibson opened for 4,000, only to see the next two players go all in. The first player was short, but Brad Olson had 41,400 in the cutoff. Gibson let his hand go after action folded back to him.

"Let me have live cards," the at-risk player said.

Olson: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Opponent: {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Instead, he was about as dead as could be, and a {j-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} run out didn't bring enough help to keep him in the tournament.

Blake Bohn is also seated at the table, and he has amassed chips with frightening efficiency, lapping the field and passing the 300,000 mark.

"I don't even think I've had a showdown," Bohn said of his ascent.

Tags: Brad OlsonJames Gibson

Berger's Luck Runs Out

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Dale Berger ran into a set.
Dale Berger ran into a set.

Dale Berger shoved all in on a flop of {8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} for about 35,000 and was snap-called by Dustin Kern, who had checked from the blinds.

Berger: {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Kern: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}

Berger's top pair was almost worthless, but he did have a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw to try to catch his opponent's set. The {3-Diamonds} increased his outs by giving him an open-ended straight draw, but the {10-Spades} river was a blank.

Tags: Dale BergerDustin Kern

Laney Nearing 100,000

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Herb Laney opened for a raise in late position and got jammed on the big blind for about 20,000 more. Laney made the call, and he was in a dominating spot with {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} against {a-Spades}{10-Spades}. The board ran out {7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{a-Clubs}, and Laney's kicker earned him the pot.

Tags: Herb Laney

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Bergquist Bounces Sandness

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Mark Sandness lost a race late on Day 1a.
Mark Sandness lost a race late on Day 1a.

We found former Mid-States Poker Tour champion Mark Sandness all in with {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} in front of him, but he couldn't catch the {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} of Max Bergquist as the board ran out {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The Minnesotan had about 34,000 left, and Bergquist had him covered by a few thousand.

Tags: Mark SandnessMax Bergquist

Alexander Takes a Beat

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A player shoved all in for 16,200 in the cutoff, and Matt Alexander looked him up from the button.

Alexander: {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}

Things turned sour for Alexander's dominating hand as the flop came {2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades}, giving his opponent the nut flush draw and a pair of eights. The {q-Spades} ended things on the turn.

Tags: Matt Alexander

Belland's Tiny Shove Goes Uncalled

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The small blind bet 12,000 on a flop of {10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and was called by Steve Belland in middle position. On the {9-Spades} turn, the small blind bet 16,000, and Belland immediately moved in for 9,300 more. Despite getting a fabulous price, the small blind let his hand go after about a minute of thought.

Tags: Steve Belland