Main Event Day 1b | 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

11-08-2015 02:48 UTC-6

Forty More Survive Day 1b of the 2015 MSPT Meskwaki Main Event

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

The Mid-Stakes Poker Tour drew another 219 entries to the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel in Tama, Iowa, today for the second of two starting flights in the $300,000 guaranteed MSPT Meskwaki Main Event.

Added to the 191 from Day 1a, the total number of entries oddly reached 410 - Precisely the same number this same event drew back in July of this year.

What that means is a $410,000 prize pool was created that will pay the top 45 players with a min-cash worth $1,981 and $101,229 reserved for the winner.

Through 14 levels of play on Day 1b, just 40 players survived with Janesville, Wisconsin's Brett Reichard bagging the overnight chip lead on 251,000.

Reichard, who has four cashes on the MSPT this year, including a tenth-place finish here this past March, moved into contention late in Level 5 turning a straight against an opponent who had flopped top set.

He fell from grace in Level 12 getting pocket kings outflopped, but got all that back and more when he got it in with aces over kings a little later. Finally, the lead was cemented when he flopped a set of queens and rivered a boat in a three-way pot with one player all in and the other willing to at least give some action before tank-folding a set of his own on the turn.

Other notables pushing through included MSPT Player of the Year contenders Peixin Liu and Mark Hodge, and two-time MSPT Main Event runner up Mike Lang, although none can claim a truly contending stack just yet.

Day 1a leader Marty Faldet will bring the biggest stack into play with 317,000 in chips when play resumes at 11 a.m. local time Sunday.

Of course, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for all the action as the 77 players starting the day will play down to a champion and you can follow along right here.

Tags: Brett Reichard Mark Hodge Marty Faldet Mike Lang Peixin Liu

11-08-2015 02:47 UTC-6

Day 2 Seating Assignments

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

10 1 Adam Friedman 242,500
10 2 Mike Lang 81,500
10 3 Dan Hamm 134,500
10 4 Thomas Higgins 33,000
10 5 Randy Perkins 96,000
10 6 Van Everett 211,500
10 7 Marvin Rumery 209,000
10 8 Daniel Sun 134,500
10 9 Kurt Kasper 120,500
10 10 Dustin Peck 60,500

11 1 Dave Carey 52,500
11 2 Xuan Zhao 52,500
11 3 David Gutfreund 139,500
11 4 Ryan Watts 77,000
11 5 Alan Carty 82,500
11 6 George Dietz 41,000
11 7 James Wilson 102,000
11 8 Jaycin Cross 52,500
11 9 Todd Breyfogle 97,500
11 10 Tom Hujda 45,500

12 1 Tim Thompson 167,500
12 2 Joseph Barnard 111,500
12 3 Thomas Peebles 63,500
12 4 Ron Rusch 60,000
12 5 Rick McGown 150,500
12 6 Darrell Prevail 123,500
12 7 Andrija Solovjev 59,000
12 8 Marty Faldet 317,000
12 9 Peixin Liu 82,500
12 10 Arpit Mehta 36,000

13 1 Rick Alsup 176,000
13 2 Ric Cacho 174,500
13 3 Kyle Wagner 43,000
13 4 Steve Sloan 175,000
13 5 Kenneth Johnson 137,000
13 6 Rachel Keele 72,500
13 7 Brent Luscombe 47,500
13 8 Shaun Burnett 60,000
13 9 Tom Hammers 103,500
13 10 Matthew Sztamburski 114,500

14 1 Jim Livingston 45,500
14 2 Jeff Bryan 104,000
14 3 Gary Werger 36,500
14 4 Mark Hodge 47,500
14 5 Matt Kaldenburg 110,500
14 6 Joseph Illingworth 159,000
14 7 Ronald Macdiarmid 73,000
14 8 Kannan Chandran 190,500
14 9 Thomas Dean 69,500
14 10 Jun Kim 168,500

15 1 Matthew Hauge 158,500
15 2 Vic Hoffman 163,000
15 3 Brian Zupancich 47,500
15 4 Todd Melander 101,000
15 5 Sara Allgood 59,500
15 6 Austin Pasker 43,000
15 7 Jason Bender 46,500
15 8 Allen Kessler 17,000
15 9 Matt Alexander 184,500

16 1 Nick Jivkov 73,500
16 2 Matt Wyngarden 40,000
16 3 Cary Long 54,000
16 4 Hamid Feiz 114,000
16 5 Richard Syverud 73,000
16 6 Marius Toderici 78,000
16 7 Robert Moreno 189,000
16 8 Tony Lazer 108,500
16 9 Jason Seitz 108,000

17 1 Shane Nelson 33,500
17 2 Dan Hendrickson 83,000
17 3 Douglas Sundine 182,000
17 4 Matthew Jenkin 29,500
17 5 Derek Dempster 134,500
17 6 Brett Reichard 251,000
17 7 Kip Smith 152,500
17 8 Patrick Harshbarger 220,000
17 9 Jose Serratos 124,500

11-08-2015 02:32 UTC-6

End of Day 1b Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Reichard	251,000 -34,000	-34,000
Patrick Harshbarger	220,000
Van Everett	211,500
Marvin Rumery	209,000
Kannan Chandran	190,500
Robert Moreno	189,000
Douglas Sundine	182,000
Steve Sloan	175,000
Ric Cacho	174,500
Jun Kim	168,500 127,500	127,500
Joseph Illingworth	159,000
Matthew Hauge	158,500
Kenneth Johnson	137,000 -8,500	-8,500
Dan Hamm	134,500
Daniel Sun	134,500
Matthew Sztamburski	114,500
Joseph Barnard	111,500
Tony Lazer	108,500
Todd Breyfogle	97,500
Dan Hendrickson	83,000
Alan Carty	82,500
Peixin Liu	82,500 44,500	44,500
Mike Lang	81,500 -45,500	-45,500
Marius Toderici	78,000
Nick Jivkov	73,500 48,000	48,000

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11-08-2015 01:51 UTC-6

Three More Hands!

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

With 10 minutes left in the level the clock was stopped and a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play before Day 1b is done. They drew a three.

11-08-2015 01:36 UTC-6

Reichard Pushes In and Up

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

Greg Asche got his last 23,000 in the middle preflop and got called by both Marrus Toderici and Brett Reichard.

The flop came and Reichard led for 40,000. Toderici called and the turn brought the . Reichard shipped it in for 112,500 total and Toderici went deep into the tank. The clock was called and eventually levied against Toderici.

As the countdown ticked down to zero, he folded, claiming pocket tens. Reichard turned over having flopped a set, but for the moment, it was only good to take the side pot, as Asche held and a straight.

However, the river came the , filling up Reichard, sending Asche home and giving Reichard a stack that is close to the late lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Reichard	285,000
Marrus Toderici	120,000
Greg Asche	Busted

Tags: Brett Reichard Greg Asche Marrus Toderici

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

11-08-2015 01:05 UTC-6

Reichard Rises from the Asche(s)

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Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The player under the gun, who would later claim pocket queens, opened to 4,500.

Two spots over, Greg Asche ripped it in for 120,000 and when it folded to Brett Reichard in the small blind, he looked down at and made the call for some 85,000 and his tournament life.

The big blind and the original raiser stepped out of the way and Asche turned over . The flop came out and the board finished up with the turn and river, ensuring Reichard the huge double up.