Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
409
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Bingel Leads MSPT Golden Gates; Team Pro Pupillo Second
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Day 1a of Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates in Black Hawk, Colorado drew 94 runners, and after 15 levels of play, Matt Bingel bagged 316,500 for a narrow chip lead over MSPT team pro Nick Pupillo, who ended the advancing 22 players with 311,000. Bingel is a Colorado native with two MSPT cashes to his credit, including a 34th-place finish a year ago when the tour stopped in Black Hawk. Pupillo made his mark on the tour with three final tables in the second half of 2014 before signing on as a team pro.
Others joining Bingel and Pupillo for Sunday's Day 2 will include successful local player Danny Gonzales (274,500), Pupillo's fellow team pro Blake Bohn (262,000), James Hoeland (170,000), Andrew Peragallo (167,500), Nick Trimble (114,000), Kane Lai (98,000), and Olimpia May (79,500).
A lucky turn was crucial to Bingel's chip lead, which he took over when he won a massive pot during Level 12 (800/1,600/200). Bingel bet 6,000 on a 
flop and saw his neighbor raise to 18,000. Bingel asked if his opponent would show, and the player confirmed he would. That only prompted Bingel to shove for about 80,000 effective, at which point his opponent snapped in with 
. Bingel held a flush draw, which he need to hit to crack his opponent's flopped straight.
Bingel lamented that he thought his opponent didn't have it because he said he would show, but it didn't matter as he spiked the 
anyway for an unbeatable flush.
Some players who busted out during the 15 levels of play included Bryan Devonshire, Dimitrios Adrianakos, Jason Vanstrom, Max Chrisp, James Wilson, Will Givens, and JT Turner. Givens, Chrisp, and Vanstrom have all scored past final table appearances at MSPTs here at Golden Gates, while Adrianakos banked more than $37,000 when he took down the Colorado Poker Championship, recently held here.
As for well-known pro Devonshire, he got his last 38,000 in good, shoving over a raise to 6,000 and a call during Level 13 (1,000/2,000/300) with 
. He was miles ahead of the caller, who put him at risk with 
after the opener folded, but an 
run out meant Devonshire was doomed.
Day 1b kicks off at noon local time on Friday, and PokerNews will once again be bringing the live updates.
End of Day 1a Counts (full)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
316,500 | -8,500 |
|
311,000 | -14,000 |
|
274,500 | 118,500 |
|
262,000 | 1,000 |
|
170,000 | |
|
167,500 | 25,000 |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
128,500 | 55,700 |
|
114,000 | 53,000 |
|
|
110,000 | |
|
98,000 | -12,000 |
|
92,000 | |
|
|
89,000 | |
|
|
80,500 | -57,500 |
|
79,500 | 15,400 |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
63,500 | |
|
|
57,500 | |
|
|
56,000 | |
|
|
53,500 | |
|
43,000 | -85,000 |
|
|
38,500 |
Bag 'Em
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Day 1a has ended.
Photos: MSPT Golden Gates Day 1a
Bingel Over 300,000
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Matt Bingel just knocked out a player in a hand we didn't catch, and he's a strong contender for the chip lead along with Pupillo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000 | 90,000 |
Bohn Shows a Bluff
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
"Big bet," Nick Trimble said of the 20,000 he was facing from Blake Bohn on a 
board. The flop had gone check-check and Bohn had called a turn bet from the button after Trimble defended his big blind from a 6,500 raise.
"Not really, 80 percent of pot," Bohn said. "Last time you made fun of me for betting too small, which is it?"
Trimble mucked, and Bohn flicked 
into the middle.
"So sick, I almost called with queen-high," Trimble said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
261,000 | -12,000 |
|
|
61,000 | -31,200 |
Pupillo Adds to Lead
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Nick Pupillo opened to 8,000 and then called the shove of a player on the button who had just 22,400.
Pupillo: 
Opponent: 
Pupillo had the nut no pair as the board came 
, and he took the pot. He appears to be the leader as the tournament winds down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000 | 29,600 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
May Folds Top Pair to Bohn
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Blake Bohn bet 6,300 on a 
flop, and Olimpia May raised to 12,600 in the cutoff. Bohn called, and both quickly checked the 
. Bohn fired 30,000 on the 
river, and May thought only briefly before folding 
face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
273,000 | 61,000 |
|
|
64,100 | -24,300 |