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Main Event
Day 1c Started
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Total Entries
500
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 500
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With two Day 1 flights complete and 63 players having punched tickets to Day 2, just one final chance remains to advance to the championship day. Day 1c will kick off at noon local time here in Black Hawk, Colo., amid a snowfall here in the mountains.
Last night, Matt Livingston and Corey Zedo each bagged over 300,000 to join Alex Greenblatt and Blake Bohn from Day 1a at the top of the chip counts, though everyone is well behind Bohn's 511,500. Others making it through Day 1b 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.
Starting stacks will be 30,000 instead of the usual 20,000. Other than that, the normal Allen Kessler-approved blind structure will be in place, with 40-minute levels starting at 50/100. Fifteen levels are scheduled today, and players may reenter as many times as they wish. A strong turnout could push the total entries over 500, but the weather could be an impediment.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Jonathan McCray is among the early birds sitting in here. He got second last time the Mid-States Poker Tour was here, falling heads up to Dan Colpoys and taking home $63,420. McCray skipped the first two days of the tournament. We still haven't seen Colpoys.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Three players saw the turn in a large pot at one of the tables, which made the board 
. A player in the blinds checked, and a middle-position player bet 5,000. Sylvain Cote called in the cutoff, and the first player folded. On the 
river, the middle player bet another 5,000, and Cote made it 12,000. The middle player shook his head and called after about a minute.
Cote showed 
for the nut flush.
"Show me your flush," he said.
The player obliged, flashing 
.
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante:
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Jerry Denicholas bet 2,125 from the small blind on a board of 
and was called by a player in middle position. On the 
river, he tossed out a red T5,000 chip and was called once again.
"Quads," he said forcefully, slapping 
onto the table.
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
On a board of 
, Noe Duran had checked from the small blind and saw his opponent in the big bet 20,000 into a pot of about 5,500. Duran tossed out a call, and the river brought an 
. Duran tossed his last 2,025 in, and his opponent called.
"You're good," Duran said, turning over 
for a set.
The big blind, though, showed 
for two pair.
"I thought you took one off with queen-jack," Duran said.
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Nader Wahdan limped under the gun and then reraised when the player in the big blind raised. Wahdan ended up getting it all in with 
against 
when he called the player's subsequent shove, and and the first four cards came 
leaving with two outs, one of which was the 
on the river. Wahdan had 17,275, so he's back above the starting stack.
Wahdan, an Aurora, Colo., native, is coming off of a win in September's HPT event here for $226,891. He topped a final table that included Phil Mader, who got third and is in action here today.
