2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Grand Falls
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
In an already bloated pot, Ryan Skalsky moved all in for 8,700 from the small blind, and his opponent in the big blind called on the ![]()
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board. Skalsky held ![]()
for queens full, and his opponent showed the bad luck: ![]()
for an underfull.
"East Coast" Mike Ross put in his last 5,100 on a board of ![]()
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, and an opponent who had checked from early position made what was clearly a crying call after about a minute. Ross turned over ![]()
and had the player with ![]()
crushed. The river was the
, and Ross doubled up.
After an early limp, Mike Lang made it 1,200 to go and got two callers, the small blind and the limper. The ![]()
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flop prompted a couple of checks, and Lang bet 3,000. The small blind called, and the limper jammed for 9,850. Lang thought a bit and reshipped. The small blind got a count but folded.
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Small blind: ![]()
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Lang needed help against the two pair, and running ![]()
gave it to him for jacks up.
"Better to be lucky than good," he said.
Lang booked a pair of runner-up finishes in 2014 on the Mid-States Poker Tour, each worth north of $60,000.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Matt Alexander just got a 7,000 river bet paid off on an ace-high board, showing down ![]()
for a set of nines against an opponent's ![]()
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flop, a player shoved all in for about 5,000 well over the pot, which contained around 1,500. Brandon Dosch was the only caller, as he had flopped a set on the button with ![]()
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crushed. No ace arrived, and Dosch collected the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25