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2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star Casino

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$77,681
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
301
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Karakikov Leads Vang by a Nose After Day 1a

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Pavlin Karakikov bagged up 187,800 to lead the Day 1a field.
Pavlin Karakikov bagged up 187,800 to lead the Day 1a field.

Pavlin Karakikov bagged 187,800 to log a tiny chip lead over Kou Vang (187,400) and 32 other players on Day 1a here at Mid-States Poker Tour Majestic Star. Leon Morford (147,600), Brian Zimcosky (129,600), and John Simon (108,000) round out the top five.

Amazingly, we didn't catch Karakikov in a single reported pot today. He explained to us that he build his stack almost entirely in the last couple of levels.

"I flopped a set against top pair and a flush draw," Karakikov said of his most critical pot.

Vang showed up late, as seems to be his custom, but he made up for lost time by quickly building a stack. Easily his most important hand came against fellow MSPT grinder Matt Alexander.

A player in the hijack opened for 2,700, and Kou Vang called from the cutoff, as did the small blind. Alexander made it 11,000 in the big blind, and the initial raiser promptly folded. Vang pushed all in, the small blind folded, and Alexander called off for 60,800 total.

Alexander: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Vang: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The first four cards came {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, keeping Alexander's kings best but fifth street was the {j-Hearts} to send him to the rail.

With just about 90 minutes remaining in the tournament, Vang held a huge lead over the field after this pot we witnessed, but evidently Karakikov went on a massive rush to pass him.

Vang, who is coming off of a second-place finish at the last MSPT stop two weeks ago, looks to continue his hot run by adding another big score to his more than $500,000 in career tournament earnings. Karakikov is no slouch himself, sporting just under $150,000 in winnings logged mostly at World Series of Poker Circuit events in the Midwest.

A total of 126 runners entered today, and Karakikov and Vang weren't the only notable survivors. Also bagging stacks were Jeremy Dresch (80,300), Matt Kirby (72,800), Patrick Steele (60,000), Tim Ebenhoeh Jr. (58,300), Bruce "Hammer" Swart (45,200), and John "JohnnyGstaks" Hayes (38,000). Those dropping out included the aforementioned Alexander, MSPT Baton Rouge winner Shawn Schoreck, Tom Midena, and Terry Ring.

Be sure to in to PokerNews tomorrow for coverage of Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Pavlin Karakikov bg
Pavlin Karakikov
187,800
187,800
187,800
Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
187,400
-2,600
-2,600
Leon Morford us
Leon Morford
147,600
18,600
18,600
Brian Zimcosky us
Brian Zimcosky
129,600
129,600
129,600
John Simon us
John Simon
108,000
-3,200
-3,200
Keith Lutz us
Keith Lutz
106,800
Jason Summers
Jason Summers
106,300
106,300
106,300
Scott Hammett us
Scott Hammett
103,100
3,100
3,100
Ron Kruk
Ron Kruk
87,800
49,125
49,125
Joe Santo
Joe Santo
84,000
84,000
84,000
Jeremy Dresch us
Jeremy Dresch
80,300
35,300
35,300
[Removed:67]
[Removed:67]
78,600
Charlie Sizemore
Charlie Sizemore
77,000
Justin DelRio
Justin DelRio
75,500
75,500
75,500
Steve Pint
Steve Pint
73,700
73,700
73,700
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
72,800
-6,200
-6,200
Ami Sharma
Ami Sharma
72,000
7,000
7,000
Shawn Rusch
Shawn Rusch
67,300
67,300
67,300
Patrick Steele us
Patrick Steele
60,000
Bradley Watts
Bradley Watts
59,700
59,700
59,700
Tim Ebenhoeh Jr.
Tim Ebenhoeh Jr.
58,300
58,300
58,300
Brian Ehman
Brian Ehman
56,200
Tony Pena
Tony Pena
53,500
53,500
53,500
Paul Bianchi us
Paul Bianchi
51,500
-6,900
-6,900
Michael Younan us
Michael Younan
47,100
47,100
47,100
Bruce Swart us
Bruce Swart
45,200
-23,800
-23,800
Olga Pritzker
Olga Pritzker
44,500
44,500
44,500
John Hayes us
John Hayes
38,000
-28,400
-28,400
Richard Crooks us
Richard Crooks
35,600
35,600
35,600
Kyle Adams us
Kyle Adams
35,100
35,100
35,100
Lawrence Eyer
Lawrence Eyer
33,400
33,400
33,400
Mark Owens
Mark Owens
31,800
31,800
31,800
Tim Ebenhoeh Sr.
Tim Ebenhoeh Sr.
18,000
18,000
18,000
Don Carlton us
Don Carlton
15,700
15,700
15,700

Tags: Bruce SwartJohn HayesJohn SimonKou VangLeon MorfordMatt AlexanderMatt KirbyPatrick SteeleShawn Schoreck