Welcome to Day 2 of Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates (full)
The Mid-States Poker Tour is ready to crown a new champion.
Day 2 of MSPT Golden Gates will begin at 11 a.m. local time with 88 players returning after surviving three Day 1 flights. Saturday had the biggest turnout, with a 176-player field pushing the total to 407 entries. Prize pool information should be available shortly and will be posted.
Favorites for the title at the moment include overall chip leader Jay Robb (470,000), Danny Dang (395,500), Jason Burruss (374,000), Chris Maxwell (346,500), Matt Bingel (316,500), MSPT team pros Nick Pupillo (311,000) and Blake Bohn (262,000), Kevin "Phwap" Boudreau (299,500), local favorite Danny Gonzales (274,500), and well-known pro Bryan Devonshire (205,000). Cards will be in the air shortly with blinds beginning at 2,000/4,000/500, and the tournament will play 40-minute levels until a final table of 10 is reached. At that point, levels will move to one hour until a champion is determined.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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470,000 | |
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395,500 | |
|
374,000 | |
|
346,500 | |
|
329,500 | |
|
327,500 | |
|
316,500 | |
|
311,000 | |
|
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299,500 | |
|
274,500 | |
|
262,000 | |
|
260,000 | |
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|
231,000 | |
|
213,000 | |
|
206,500 | |
|
205,000 | |
|
198,000 | |
|
195,000 | |
|
|
186,000 | |
|
|
181,500 | |
|
170,000 | |
|
167,500 | |
|
|
167,500 | |
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|
166,500 | |
|
161,000 | |
into the 
of nemesis Gene Gioia, who again held unimproved. He busted the next hand.
and held against 
to bust his neighbor.
flop from the cutoff, and Blake Bohn raised to 28,000 on the button. Sawaqdeh called, check-calling another 20,000 on the 
. He then came out betting with 20,000 of his own on the 
river, but Bohn snap-shoved for 79,500 more.
for a boat.
.
flop hit. Trimble check-called 100,000 from Boudreau. A 
brought a three-flush, and Trimble checked again. Boudreau double-checked his holding then pushed forward two full stacks, 200,000. Trimble announced he was all in, and Boudreau snap-called, tabling 
for top pair and a flush draw. Trimble was in awful shape with 
, needing a non-heart queen. Red paint arrived, but it was the 
, no help to Trimble, who had about 400,000 in his stack on the turn.
flop with 
. We didn't see when the money went in.
, we were told. Lai hit a jack on the turn to double up and take the chip lead.
arrived to give him an unbeatable set.
river, Boudreau thought a minute and then fired a final bullet of 800,000. Lai leaned back in his chair and thought for about 90 seconds before announcing a call.
