Renmei Liu took down the Ohio Poker State Championship hosted by the Mid-States Poker Tour on Feb. 17 on the Jack Cleveland Casino, securing the title and the highest prize of $156,414.
“I’ve never ran like this before, this is really nice,” stated Liu after the victory. The Canadian from Ontario is quick approaching $1 million in profession event earnings.
The $1,110 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event attracted 824 entries over three beginning flights, leading to a prize pool of $797,780 that eclipsed the $500,000 assure. The high 88 gamers made the cash, with a min-cash being price $2,085.
Day 2 noticed all of the gamers that made the cash return, and notables that made a deep run on the ultimate day included Daniel Wolf (tenth), Jon Lewis (fifteenth), and MSPT champions Bobby Noel (sixteenth) and Chris Meyers (thirty sixth).
Liu was the clear quick stack when the ultimate desk started, making his run to the title all of the extra spectacular. Nick Barile was out first in ninth place earlier than Liu began the comeback tour by taking out Joseph Distasio in eighth. Brian Springman fell subsequent in seventh place, after which it was Tim Fleenor who hit the rail in sixth whereas Liu continued his climb up the leaderboard.
A second knockout punch was booked by Liu when he obtained the very best of Daniel Finley in fifth place, after which it was all Liu, on a regular basis from there on out. Fourth place went to three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Sean Troha, as Liu stored constructing his stack with one other successful hand, and the battle for third place noticed latest MSPT Venetian champion Anthony Scarborough take his go away to arrange the heads-up last.
Thanks to the new streak, Liu took a 3:1 chip benefit into the ultimate match towards Michael Valore. Liu made fast work of that as properly, with only one all-in pot happening between the ultimate two gamers.
Valore was all in with Ok
7
, and Liu had him coated holding A
Q. The last board learn 93
238, and Liu gained the hand together with the event. Valore was awarded $96,234 in prize cash for the deep run within the occasion, taking his profession earnings above $193,000.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the last desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Renmei Liu | $156,414 | 912 |
| 2 | Michael Valore | $96,234 | 760 |
| 3 | Anthony Scarborough | $70,892 | 608 |
| 4 | Seah Troha | $52,928 | 456 |
| 5 | Daniel Finley | $40,097 | 380 |
| 6 | Tim Fleenor | $30,474 | 304 |
| 7 | Brian Springman | $23,256 | 228 |
| 8 | Joseph Distasio | $18,444 | 152 |
| 9 | Nick Barile | $14,435 | 76 |
The MSPT tour will proceed with one other fundamental occasion on the Hollywood Casino in St. Louis, Missouri operating from Feb. 20-23.
Photo Credit: Mid-States Poker Tour.
