Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
500
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Livingston Tops Balanced Day 1b Standings
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
A strong turnout showed up for Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Day 1b, with 180 runners pushing the two-day total to 306 with still one more flight left. Thirty-seven of those bagged up, and Matt Livingston managed to amass 316,000 to hold a slim lead at the end of the night over Corey Zedo, who finished with 310,000. Livingston has some solid results with more that $242,000 in live cashes, including a big score in this summer's Millionaire Maker at the World Series of Poker worth $79,582 for 14th place.
The final chip distribution ended up much more even than Day 1a, when Blake Bohn and Alex Greenblatt bagged vast leads over the competition. Others near the top of the counts included Eric Maier (278,000), Ben Keeline (274,500), bracelet winner John Beauprez (251,500), and Michael Lech (232,000). Feared pro Kevin "1sickdisease" Eyster (161,500), two-time MSPT champ Jason Zarlenga (150,000), Steve Anderson (120,000), Mike Ross (107,000), and former Main Event runner-up Paul Wasicka (86,500) also survived the 15 levels.
Livingston tallied a stack of around 200,000 during Level 11 (600/1,200/200), which put him in contention for the lead. A few levels later, he had run it up to over 300,000, and he sailed to the finish without much variance either way, it seemed.
Beauprez jumped into contention for the lead late in Level 13 (1,000/2,000/300), when Zarlenga opened for 4,200 in early position and was called by Noomis Jones in the small blind. Big blind Beauprez made it about 13,000 to go, and both opponents called. The flop brought 
, and Jones checked. Beauprez continuation-bet 18,000, getting a fold from Zarlenga. Jones was stickier though, and put in a raise of 25,000 more. Beauprez thought only briefly before moving all in, and Jones called for 60,100 more.
Beauprez: 
Jones: 
It was the worst-case flop for Jones, and he found no king on the last two streets as two tens fell.
As for Zarlenga, he grinded a short stack like a trooper for most of the day, as seemingly every big pot we noted him in involved a raise and maybe a call before Zarlenga jammed it in and won the money without a showdown. Finally, with just minutes on the clock before the end of the night, he had to turn a hand over when he shoved for about 10 big blinds over a late position open from Beauprez and was called. Zarlenga did have the best of it with 
against 
, and his hand held.
Wasicka had an up-and-down Day 1b, busting an early bullet when Phil Mader trapped him on a flop of 
, getting all in with 
against Wasicka's 
and holding. Wasicka got things going on his second try, running his stack up to about 200,000 after dragging a huge three-way all in after a 
flop. Wasicka had flopped a set with 
and got his money in way ahead against Anderson's 
and a short stack holding 
. Late in the night, however, Wasicka ran 
into 
and lost about half of his stack.
Mader, Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler, Brady Bullard, Kris Wagner, Will Givens, Adam Friedman, Adam Lamphere, Phanora Prom, John Holley, Josh Reichard, Chris Tryba, Jeff Bryan, and Danny Ray Gonzales were among the notables taking shots and missing today. Their final chance to qualify for Sunday's Day 2 will be Day 1c on Saturday, which will commence at noon local time.
End of Day 1b Counts (full)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
316,000 | 4,500 |
|
310,000 | 105,000 |
|
278,000 | 278,000 |
|
274,500 | 64,500 |
|
251,500 | 31,500 |
|
232,000 | 232,000 |
|
228,500 | 228,500 |
|
|
222,500 | |
|
212,500 | 212,500 |
|
208,500 | 13,500 |
|
|
208,500 | 208,500 |
|
161,500 | 161,500 |
|
157,500 | 157,500 |
|
|
153,500 | 153,500 |
|
150,000 | |
|
|
143,000 | 143,000 |
|
141,500 | 41,500 |
|
136,500 | 136,500 |
|
131,500 | -13,500 |
|
126,500 | 26,500 |
|
|
122,500 | -14,700 |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
118,500 | 118,500 |
|
107,000 | -24,000 |
|
|
106,500 | 106,500 |
Shut It Down
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Play has ended, and stacks are being tallied.
Photos: MSPT Golden Gates Day 1b
Zarlenga Fades Beauprez's Rags
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
John Beauprez opened for 7,000 in middle position and then called the shove of Jason Zarlenga, who had only 32,000 in the small blind.
Beauprez:
Zarlenga:
The two-time Mid-States Poker Tour champ was about to flop top pair as it came 
, but a 
turn gave him a bit of a scare since a five would now give Beauprez a straight. A harmless 
fell though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
71,000 | -13,000 |
There's Still Time To Get Involved in the Playground Poker Fall Classic
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
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On Wednesday, Nov. 19 there will be THREE satellites. Things will get started at 1 p.m. local time with a $150 reentry satellite with two seats guaranteed, and that will be followed by a $150 turbo reentry satellite at 4 p.m., also with two seats guaranteed. The blockbuster kicks off the same night at 7:30 p.m. — a $385 reentry satellite with 10 seats guaranteed!
There are additional $385 reentry satellites on Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. — perfect for a player who wants to qualify for a second entry in the WPT. In addition to these multi-table satellites, players will have the opportunity throughout the Fall Classic to play in single-table sit-n-gos, and you can inquire at the brush desk for more information.
Visit the Playground Poker Fall Classic mini site for details and to purchase your event tickets online.
Visit Playground Poker's live event blog for event updates throughout the Fall Classic.
Su Induces the Bluff
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Jason Su opened for 6,000 from a middle position and got three callers, and everyone checked the 
flop. On the turn, Su bet 18,000, receiving a call from only the cutoff. Su checked the 
river, and his opponent bet approximately 35,000. Su called, and he was against just for a missed flush draw. Su showed 
for a set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | 22,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Gonzales Out; Wasicka Loses a Chunk
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Danny Ray Gonzales went bust when he shoved 
couldn't catch a player with despite flopping a combo draw.
At another table, Paul Wasicka sent out a big chunk of his newly-won chips when he got all in from the button against the cutoff with and couldn't catch his opponent's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000 | -89,000 |
|
Busted |