Ross Leads 29 Day 1a Players Into Day 2
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 , 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 , and Smith turned over his, . The river was the 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 |
---|---|---|
Mike Ross |
311,500
500
|
500 |
Bill Rogers |
287,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Timothy Greiner |
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Chad Bienz |
165,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Douglas Singleton |
164,500
164,500
|
164,500 |
Douglas Suffel |
146,500
146,500
|
146,500 |
Ryan Terpstra |
129,500
59,500
|
59,500 |
Brandon Carswell |
128,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
Chan Li
|
124,500
500
|
500 |
Paul Welke |
117,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
George Janssen |
114,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Jamey Kramer |
98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
Joseph Glyshaw
|
94,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
David Gutfreund |
93,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Dash Dudley |
86,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
Linda Callear |
82,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
Gregory Lamson
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Sean Roy |
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Justin Potrykus
|
66,500
66,365
|
66,365 |
Douglas Orweller
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
Charles Casavant
|
62,500
62,500
|
62,500 |
Dennis Shute |
61,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
James Hettich |
57,500
57,500
|
57,500 |
Samuel Angott
|
55,500
55,500
|
55,500 |
Dan Hatfield |
51,000
27,600
|
27,600 |
Robb Idsinga
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Mark Sierpien
|
42,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
Michael Ferrarotti |
42,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Robert Dillon |
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |