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2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$134,642
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
559
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Ross Leads 29 Day 1a Players Into Day 2

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Mike Ross
Mike Ross

The first of three starting flights in the 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Michigan State Poker Championship at FireKeepers Casino attracted 154 entries, but after 14 levels of play, just 29 remained with Mike Ross (pictured left) and his stack of 311,500 leading the way.

Ross had been building a stack all day until his stack exploded over 200,000, due in no small part to turning a straight flush against George Janssen. Janssen had turned an ace-high flush and the two players got their massive stacks all in, leaving Ross with the chip lead and Janssen with about 30,000. Janssen managed to navigate the rest of the night to make Day 2, even with Ross on his direct right for almost the entire day.

Bill Rogers, who was the runner-up in May's MSPT FireKeepers event, won a huge pot right before the end of the night to take the number two spot behind Ross. In one hand, with the board reading {3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, James Smith bet 24,000 and Rogers raised to 50,000. Smith then shoved all in for about 132,000, and Rogers agonized for several minutes over his decision.

"You can't have aces," said Rogers, trying to talk himself through Smith's possible holdings.

After a few more minutes Rogers tilted his hand up while still deciding his next move. Standing up, then kneeling on his chair, then standing again. The answer seemed to be eluding him, until finally he threw one orange chip into the pot.

"Alright, show me a four," he said, "I call."

Rogers turned over his hand, the {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}, and Smith turned over his, {10-}{10-}. The river was the {8-Clubs} and Rogers won a huge pot shortly before play stopped for the night.

"I'm sorry guys," Rogers said, apologizing to the table for taking so long to make his decision.

Meanwhile former MSPT FireKeepers champions Tommy Midena and Ryan Dykhouse were among the Day 1a casualties, as was 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Ryan Riess.

A big crowd is expected for tomorrow’s Day 1b flight. The day begins at noon local time and the players will play 14 40-minute levels. Stay tuned for updates and chip counts all weekend long.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Ross us
Mike Ross
311,500
500
500
Profile photo of Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers
287,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Timothy Greiner
Timothy Greiner
200,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Chad Bienz us
Chad Bienz
165,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Douglas Singleton
Douglas Singleton
164,500
164,500
164,500
Profile photo of Douglas Suffel
Douglas Suffel
146,500
146,500
146,500
Profile photo of Ryan Terpstra us
Ryan Terpstra
129,500
59,500
59,500
Profile photo of Brandon Carswell
Brandon Carswell
128,500
43,500
43,500
Profile photo of Chan Li
Chan Li
124,500
500
500
Profile photo of Paul Welke us
Paul Welke
117,000
117,000
117,000
Profile photo of George Janssen us
George Janssen
114,000
114,000
114,000
Profile photo of Jamey Kramer us
Jamey Kramer
98,000
98,000
98,000
Profile photo of Joseph Glyshaw
Joseph Glyshaw
94,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of David Gutfreund us
David Gutfreund
93,000
93,000
93,000
Profile photo of Dash Dudley us
Dash Dudley
86,500
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Linda Callear
Linda Callear
82,500
82,500
82,500
Profile photo of Gregory Lamson
Gregory Lamson
80,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Sean Roy
Sean Roy
79,000
79,000
79,000
Profile photo of Justin Potrykus
Justin Potrykus
66,500
66,365
66,365
Profile photo of Douglas Orweller
Douglas Orweller
63,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Charles Casavant
Charles Casavant
62,500
62,500
62,500
Profile photo of Dennis Shute us
Dennis Shute
61,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of James Hettich
James Hettich
57,500
57,500
57,500
Profile photo of Samuel Angott
Samuel Angott
55,500
55,500
55,500
Profile photo of Dan Hatfield
Dan Hatfield
51,000
27,600
27,600
Profile photo of Robb Idsinga
Robb Idsinga
47,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Mark Sierpien
Mark Sierpien
42,500
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Michael Ferrarotti us
Michael Ferrarotti
42,000
-18,000
-18,000
Profile photo of Robert Dillon
Robert Dillon
31,000
31,000
31,000

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