Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Running Aces

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Welcome to the final day of Mid-States Poker Tour's stop here at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, MN. 328 players showed up to play in this event and of those, 36 will make the money. This means that today, 25 of the 61 remaining players will need to be eliminated before the money begins.

Nancy Anderson will start Day 2 as chip leader with 234,000. Derek Lesniak will start in second with 232,000, and Ron McMillen rounds out the top three with 211,000.

Some of the more notable names in contention include MSPT Pros Matt Kirby (187,000) and Matt Alexander (76,500). Others include Muneer Ahmed (179,000), Erick Wright (173,000), Mark Hodge (159,500), Peixin Liu (130,000), Jim Boone (108,500), John Reading (105,500), DJ Buckley (82,000), Tony Hartmann (80,000), and Kou Vang (58,000).

Play will begin at 11:00 a.m. and progress until the final table is determined At that point we will see the tournament pause for a dinner break. After dinner play will continue until the champion is determined who will take home more than $85,000. Stay tuned as we bring you all of the live updates here on PokerNews.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nancy Anderson	234,000
Derek Lesniak	232,000
Ron McMillen	211,000
Michael Zietz	205,500
John Ciaciura	197,500
Scott Johnson	193,500
Matt Kirby	187,000

Muneer Ahmed	179,000
Jon Maras	175,000
Erick Wright	173,000
Curtis Vierstrato	167,500
John Farrell	166,500
Mark Hodge	159,500
Mark Lick	150,000
Mike Gantzer	144,500
Hamid Feiz	142,500
Nicola Ditrapani	140,000
Paul Schroeder	140,000
Nicholas Revello	133,500
Jason Hartwig	133,500
Peixin Liu	130,000
Cody Lindquist	129,500
Travis Worther	126,500
Steve Houle	120,500
Dennis Stevermer	120,500
Zeph Baer	118,000
Alberto Brjones	113,000
Jim Boone	108,500
Jeffrey Lewerenz	107,000
John Reading	105,500

Robert Hank	98,000
Jay Philips	97,500
Rocky Wylie	96,000
John Alexander	92,000
Brian Zupancich	88,000
Steve Belland	87,000
Gary Ewald	84,500
DJ Buckley	82,000
Dave Greene	81,000
Tony Hartmann	80,000
Jason Spaeth	79,500
Matt Alexander	76,500

Scott Kunkel	73,000
Duane Tougas	63,500
Bob Van Syckle	63,500
Ben Marsh	61,500
Kou Vang	58,000
John Hayes	54,000
Rich Alsup	53,500

Terry Landucci	53,000
Jonathan Hanner	52,500
Joe Matheson	49,500
Mike Schneider	49,000
Jesse Pudvan	42,500
Aaron Johnson	42,000
Bill Criego	37,500
Kou Yang	34,000
Kenny Fleming	30,500
Kevin DeRosie	28,000
Clayton Warner	23,500
Jordan Krentz	15,500