Main Event
Day 1c Started
Main Event
Day 1c Started
The final heat of the Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates is set to begin at 5 p.m. local time here in Black Hawk, Colo. With 300 players already entered through the first two Day 1s, we can expect another field in the neighborhood of 150 today as players take their last shots at this rapidly growing prize pool.
Since the fields here at Golden Gates have been larger than normal by MSPT standards, 10 levels will be played instead of the usual nine. Players will begin with 25,000 in chips, and blinds start at 50/100. Levels will last 50 minutes throughout the day.
Nobody on Day 1b could match the 302,100 bagged by Gene Gioia on Day 1a, so we'll see if anyone on Day 1c can snag the overall chip lead. Be sure to tune in throughout the evening as we bring you all of the live updates here on PokerNews.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
Here are some of the players we noted on our first jaunt through the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bill Romer |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Renee Kessel | 25,000 | |
Patrick Steele |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Matt Kirby |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Aaron Frei |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Blake Bohn |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Lance Harris |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Dave Orvis just check-called a bet of 2,500 on the river from an opponent on a queen-high board. The bettor showed for top pair, but Orvis had for an overpair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dave Orvis |
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
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Blake Bohn bet 400 out of the cutoff after two players had checked to him on a board of . The button raised to 1,000, and the two players behind folded. Bohn reraised to 2,725, and the button called. A fell on the river, and Bohn flipped a single T5,000 chip into the middle. His opponent quickly called, but he couldn't beat Bohn's for a straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blake Bohn |
26,600
-400
|
-400 |
Jim Morrison bet out 2,400 into a four-handed pot after flopped. He found one called in middle position, and the two checked the . Two more checks ensued on the , and Morrison flipped for top two pair to take the pot.
After the hand, Morrison specified that he doesn't sing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Morrison | 31,800 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante:
Spencer Uniss three-bet to 1,400 out of the big blind after the cutoff opened to 450 and got called by the small blind. The cutoff called, and Uniss continuation-bet 1,200 on the flop. The cutoff made it 2,650, and Uniss called. He then came out betting with 5,000 on the turn, and the cutoff thought for about a minute before letting his hand go.
Uniss, a Boulder, Colo., native, notched a win worth over $200,000 at an event here in 2011, so we'll see if he can take another title here in his home state.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Spencer Uniss |
23,100
23,100
|
23,100 |