Main Event
Day 3 Started
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
453
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 3 of Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
After three Day 1 heats and a 12-hour Day 2, 10 players have emerged to contest the final table here at Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino, but nine of them are looking way up at Dan Colpoys. Colpoys comes into Day 3 with 3,907,000 in chips, more than a third of the total in play.
The other contenders: Kris Wagner (1,668,000), Jonathan McCray (1,429,000), Danny Ray Gonzales (1,238,000), William Givens (1,066,000), Brad Zotti (770,000), Rosie Paules (401,000), Phanora Prom (314,000), Kou Vang (309,000), and Jonathan Haidsiak (256,000).
Despite toting the second-shortest stack into Day 3, Kou Vang may be the scariest player remaining. He's coming off of an eighth-place finish at MSPT Majestic Star (in which he got all in with 
and flopped a set against 
only to be run down by a backdoor straight) and a second-place finish at MSPT Baton Rouge in which he was all in ahead for the championship twice and lost both times. If Vang can make any headway early on and build a stack, the other players at the table will have a much tougher time of it.
Still, Colpoys remains the odds-on favorite due to his massive stack advantage over the other players. We'll see if he can hold onto his lead, or if someone else will take the championship and the $114,156. Stay tuned here on PokerNews to find out.
Final Table Seating Draw
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kris Wagner |
| 2 | Kou Vang |
| 3 | William Givens |
| 4 | Danny Ray Gonzales |
| 5 | Jonathan McCray |
| 6 | Phanora Prom |
| 7 | Rosie Paules |
| 8 | Jonathan Haidsiak |
| 9 | Brad Zotti |
| 10 | Dan Colpoys |
Get Ready
Mid-States Poker Tour officials are briefing the players on the final table policies, and play is set to begin shortly.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Photos: 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Final Table
Rosie Paules Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,701)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Rosie Paules just busted out when she jammed with a flush draw on the flop and lost to a set of threes held by Jonathan McCray.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 171,000 |
|
Busted |
Haidsiak Doubles Through Colpoys
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jonathan Haidsiak shoved all in for 137,000 after Danny Ray Gonzales opened for 43,000. Dan Colpoys reraised to 350,000 in the small blind, and Gonzales folded.
Haidsiak: 
Colpoys: 
Gonzales had folded his 
face up, so one of Haidsiak's outs was gone. Nevertheless, he managed to flop a king on the 
board, and that was good enough for a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,971,000 | 64,000 |
|
350,000 | 94,000 |
Colpoys Bets Huge
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
We didn't see the action leading up the river, but Dan Colpoys bet 455,000 when William Givens checked to him on a board of 
. Givens folded, and Colpoys took a sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,533,000 | 562,000 |
|
1,260,000 | 194,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000