2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
389
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Gennady Shimelfarb just got all in against a shorter-stacked Pavlin Karakikov in a button versus big blind hand.
Karakikov: 
Shimelfarb: 
Shimelfarb's tens held on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
127,500
|
127,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Ryan Tepen opened for a raise in middle position and got three-bet by Taylor Tollefson, who made it 22,000 in the small blind. Tepen four-bet to 38,000, and Tollefson called.
Tollefson shoved all in on the 
flop, and Tepen made the call right away.
Tepen: 
Tollefson: 
Tollefson had less outs than he thought, with Tepen holding two straight blockers and an ace being no good. A 
turn and 
river sealed his demise, and we won't be seeing him at a second straight Mid-States Poker Tour final table after he got fourth at Ho-Chunk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The cutoff pushed all in and Dustin Dirksen reshipped on the button. The blinds folded.
Dirksen: 
Cutoff:
"There are some threes in there," Dirksen said.
The dealer fanned a 
, giving the cutoff a gutshot.
"Or a four," Dirksen added.
As if on cue, the 
arrived on the turn to give the cutoff a straight, and Dirksen paired his meaningless queen on the river.
"Insult to injury," a player at the table.
Dirksen, who notched a fourth-place finish at Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces in February, busted out shortly after in a hand we didn't catch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
David Gonia opened for 7,000 and got one caller before Ken Payne shoved on the button. Gonia reshoved, and the caller folded.
Gonia: 
Payne: 
Payne had found a good spot with aces, as Gonia had opened with cowboys in middle position. The 
flop brought red paint, but not the variety Gonia needed. A turn gave him a straight draw, but the 
river was a blank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
241,000
148,500
|
148,500 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Aaron Johnson and Darren Ficek got it all in button versus big blind, respectively.
Ficek: 
Johnson: 
Johnson's jacks stayed best when the board came 
.
At another table, Tim Vance went bust when his 
lost to 
on a rivered flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Two players moved all in ahead of Matthew Anderson, who woke up in the cutoff with 
and called. One player held 
on a short stack, while the other had 
. Anderson's queens held on the ten-high runout, and he busted one player while leaving the other with barely a big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
171,500
|
171,500 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The tournament director gave the order to shuffle up and deal.