Players are on a one-hour dinner break with play set to resume at approximately 7:33 p.m. local time.
Late registration will remain open through the dinner break: this is the last chance to register for HPT Golden Gates. The tournament clock reads 297 entries at break - stay tuned to see if today's field will eclipse 300.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The following players are back in the tournament after the dinner break with starting stacks, hoping to run them up over the last six levels of the evening before putting chips in a bag for Sunday's Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
The hijack opened to 2,500 and received calls from the player on the button as well as Mike Itoafa in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Itoafa checked. The hijack made a continuation-bet of 2,500 and the player on the button folded. Itoafa made the call and the turn came 
. Both players checked.
The dealer burned and turned the river 
and Itoafa made a bet of 7,000. His opponent found a call.
Itoafa showed 
for a rivered two pair, queens up. His opponent asked to confirm the hand and proceeded to muck, saying she had him (prior to the river).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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139,000
2,000
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2,000 |
There was four-way action on the river with a board reading 
and Jason Johnson bet 6,000. Aaron Frei was on his direct left and shoved all in for around 38,000. The two remaining players in the hand, the cutoff and big blind both folded and Johnson quickly called.
Frei tabled 
for aces up with a jack kicker.
"Oh, quads?!" he said as Johnson showed 
at almost the same exact time, showing four of a kind and eliminating Frei from the tournament shortly after the dinner break and the close of registration for the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000 | |
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Busted |
With registration officially closed, Day 1d saw a total of 318 entries to bring the four-day total to 732 entries. The total prize pool generated was $710,040 and 82 players will make it in the money with a first-level payout of $1,917. The eventual winner will earn a payday of $152,671. Visit the prize pool information tab for complete payout information.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Dave Gutfreund communicated that Michael O'Toole had a hand history to share for a pot that had a lot of chips in it, saying it was too painful to recount himself.
According to O'Toole with a little help from tablemate Ryan Dodson, Gutfreund opened to 3,500 from the hijack and O'Toole called out of the small blind. The two saw a flop of 
-rainbow and O'Toole check-raised Gutfreund's continuation-bet. Gutfreund called.
On the turn 
, O'Toole fired 19,000 into the middle and Gutfreund raised to 60,000. O'Toole shoved for around 140,000 with Gutfreund calling for around 120,000 effective.
Dave Gutfreund:
Michael O'Toole:
The two players found themselves in a huge pot between a flopped set versus top two pair. O'Toole had four outs to improve to a full house and hit the on the river to go Greenstein on Gutfreund and send him to the rail. Meanwhile, O'Toole finds himself at or near the top of the leaderboard with a stack that is closing in on 300,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000
98,000
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98,000 |
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Busted |
There was 13,000 in the pot from preflop action in a heads up pot between Nick Pupillo in early position and his opponent in the big blind. The flop came 
and the big blind led out for 17,000.
Pupillo slid forward a full stack of red, T$5,000 chips to put his opponent to the test for his last 60,000 or so. After a few moments, the player folded and Pupillo took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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Allen Kessler has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
