2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls Casino
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
According to Lance Harris, he shoved into a large multi-way pot with the nut flush draw on the flop, only to run into a set of sevens held by the white-hot Justin Heilman. Harris was unable to catch up, and the Heilman train gathered even more steam.
Kou Vang got the last of it in with ![]()
but was unable to catch the ![]()
of Justin Heilman.
Shortly thereafter, Heilman got it all in on a flop of ![]()
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and was called by a player holding ![]()
for top set. Heilman was ahead with ![]()
for a flush though, and the board didn't pair so Heilman has one of the top stacks now.
Lance Harris bought in late, but he's quickly made up for lost time.
He checked a flop of ![]()
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to Kou Vang, who bet 4,600. Harris made it 11,600 to go, and Vang called. Both players checked the
turn, and a
completed the board. Harris announced all in for about 16,000 more and was snap-called by Vang.
"Queens?" Harris said, turning over ![]()
for the nut flush.
Vang, though, had just ![]()
for an inferior flush.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
We found Matt Kirby pushing all in for about 18,000 on a final board of ![]()
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. One player was already all in, and Kirby's bet was into an already-sizable side pot. His opponent thought for about a minute before announcing a call, and Kirby tabled ![]()
. The other active player tossed ![]()
into the middle, while the all-in player revealed a big pair as well: ![]()
. Kirby collected the massive pot, and he's contending for the chip lead now.
The players are on a 10-minute break, after which registration will end.
Dale Berger just got caught bluffing all in, but he took the role of bluff-catcher in the last big pot at his table.
A player shoved all in for 25,725 on the end, with the community showing ![]()
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. Berger thought it over for a couple of minutes before announcing a call.
"Good call," the all in player said, showing ![]()
.
Berger tabled ![]()
and dragged the sizable pot.
Lance Harris has entered the tournament about 25 minutes before the end of registration.
We found Dale Berger all in for about 18,000, roughly double the pot, on a flop of ![]()
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. His opponent was deep in the tank, and we went to check on another table. When we turned back around to a loud clap by Berger's opponent, the cards were face up.
Berger: ![]()
Opponent: ![]()
Berger had been caught and was way behind, as his opponent had a better hand and a better draw. The
hit the turn though, one of Berger's few outs, and the
river was clean for him.