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Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Players are on their first 10-minute break of the day with the tournament clock displaying a total of 196 entries.
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury Park
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Here are a handful of chip counts from around the room with a few minutes remaining before the first break of the day.
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Adam Dahlin opened to 800 in early position and received four calls, two of which were Nghia Le on the button and Blake Whittington in the big blind. The flop dropped 
and action checked to Dahlin, who announced a continuation-bet of 2,000. Three folds came and then Whittington called.
The turn was 
and Whittington checked. Dahlin thought for a few moments and then announced another bet of 4,500. Whittington check-raised all in for 13,500 and Dahlin immediately called.
Blake Whittington: 
Adam Dahlin: 
The turn had given Dahlin top set but also filled up Whittington to Broadway. The river fell 
, clean for Whittington to score him the double and leave Dahlin with less than 20 big blinds in his stack.
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
Hand #1: David Vig had opened in middle position and was three-bet to 2,700 by Kou Vang, who was in the hijack. Vig four-bet all in for 8,300 and Vang quickly called.
David Vig: 
Kou Vang: 
It was a classic coin flip situation and Vig held as the board ran out 
to leave his jacks best.
Hand #2: On the following hand, Vig limped in from early position and Vang pumped it up to 1,100 in middle position. The hijack and player on the button called as action made its way back to Vig who also threw in chips to call.
"Four of you," said the dealer as he spread a flop of 
. Vig checked and Vang made a continuation-bet of 1,400. The hijack and player on the button folded, and Vig check-raised to 3,200. Vang thought for a while and called.
The dealer brought a turn of and Vig reached for chips again, this time betting 6,400. Vang went into the tank for well over a minute and then let his hand go, opting to hold on to his remaining 10,900 and wait for another hand.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
There was over 2,500 in the pot on a flop of 
and the dealer was in the process of collecting 1,600 from both an under-the-gun player and Andy Tran, who was in middle position.
The turn fell 
and the under-the-gun player made a bet of 3,500. Tran thought for a few moments and then raised to 8,000. His oppnent thought for about 20 seconds and then sent his cards to the muck.
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Nghia "3 Putts" Le and "Farmer" Phil Mader have just been seen in the tournament room, having arrived early in the afternoon as well. Both players have already chipped up slightly and are hoping to find their way to Day 2 after each going 0-for-2 on Friday's Day 1a.
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Four players went to a flop of 
with around 2,500 in the middle and action checked to the hijack. He bet 1,500 and saw two folds to put action back onto Darin Desmarais in the big blind. Heller made the call. The turn came 
and Desmarais checked to the hijack, who bet 2,600.
"Seventy-seven," said Desmarais, putting out matching chips for a check-raise. His opponent went into the tank for about a minute, thinking about his decision as he looked back at his remaining 11,500. The player looked up to Desmarais.
"I got lucky," said Desmarais. A few moments later, Heller saw his opponent fold and the pot was shipped his way.
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
There was around 4,500 in the pot on a board reading 
with action heads up between a player in early position and Max Havlish, who was in the cutoff. The early-position player bet 1,800 and Havlish called.
The river was and Havlish saw his opponent check. He threw out a bet of 3,000, sending his opponent into the tank for over a minute before asking if he had a hand like jacks as he made the call.
"Queens," replied havlish, tabling 
.
"I was close," said his opponent and the pot was sent Havlish's way.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
