2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

$360 Regional Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$53,048
Event Info
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$326,100
Entries
1,087
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
138
Players Left
1

Kotliarsky Gets a Little Back

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante

Erasmus Morfe limped in from the small blind upon action folding to him and Alex Kotliarsky checked his option in the big blind. The flop came {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Morfe check-called a bet of 300,000 from Kotliarsky.

The turn was {j-Diamonds} and Morfe checked again. Kotliarsky kept his foot on the gas, putting out a bet of 1.1 million. Morfe let his cards go and Kotliarsky took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
12,800,000
700,000
700,000
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
7,700,000
1,320,000
1,320,000

Tags: Alex KotliarskyErasmus Morfe

Kotliarsky Wins Another Small Pot in Big Blind

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante

Erasmus Morfe saw action folded to him in the small blind and completed. Alex Kotliarsky then announced a raise to 675,000 and Morfe announced a call.

Both players checked all the way to showdown on a board of {j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and hands were tabled.

Morfe showed {k-Spades}{2-Spades} for a pair of deuces and Kotliarsky tabled {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} to take the pot with a pair of fives.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
13,320,000
520,000
520,000
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
7,200,000
-500,000
-500,000

Tags: Alex KotliarskyErasmus Morfe

Guzman Doubles Through Kotliarsky Again

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante

Alex Kotliarsky opened to 650,000 on the button and was three-bet all in for 1.58 million by Benjamin Guzman in the small blind. Kotliarsky called.

Benjamin Guzman: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Alex Kotliarsky: {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

Guzman spiked a jack on the flop and improved to a full house by the river as the board came {5-Spades}{j-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Hearts}, fading Kotliarsky's flopped straight draw en route to a double.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
11,300,000
-2,020,000
-2,020,000
Benjamin Guzman us
Benjamin Guzman
3,700,000
900,000
900,000

Tags: Alex KotliarskyBenjamin Guzman

Lee Reships and Gets It Through

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante

Benjamin Guzman opened to 775,000 in the cutoff and was three-bet all in for 2.535 million by Wayne Lee on the button.

Guzman thought for about a minute and sent his cards to the muck, leaving him back below 10 big blinds while Lee now finds himself with around 4 million after increasing his stack by around 50% with the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Wayne Lee us
Wayne Lee
3,960,000
Benjamin Guzman us
Benjamin Guzman
2,710,000

Tags: Benjamin GuzmanWayne Lee

Benjamin Guzman Eliminated in 5th Place ($15,327)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Benjamin Guzman
Benjamin Guzman

Benjamin Guzman opened to 850,000 under the gun and action folded around to Alex Kotliarsky, who defended his big blind. The flop came {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Kotliarsky checked. Guzman ripped in his remaining chips and Kotliarsky immediately called.

Benjamin Guzman: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Alex Kotliarsky: {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Greg Gius came over from his final table of the nightly 7 p.m. event just in time to see his friend Kotliarsky make the call and put his hand on Kotliarsky's shoulder as if to congratulate him on a nice hand. There were still two more cards to fade though, but he had no sweat as the turn {5-Spades} and river {2-Spades} kept him with the best hand, eliminating Guzman from the tournament as a result. The two shook hands and went on with their business.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
15,000,000
3,700,000
3,700,000
Benjamin Guzman us
Benjamin Guzman
Busted

Tags: Alex KotliarskyBenjamin GuzmanGreg Gius

Level: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 50,000

Stuart Brown Eliminated in 4th Place ($20,577)

Level 33 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Stuart Brown
Stuart Brown

Stuart Brown saw action folded to him in the small blind and went all in for his last 1.8 million. Erasmus Morfe called in the big blind.

Stuart Brown: {a-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}
Erasmus Morfe: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}

Brown was ahead but not for long as the flop came {8-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}, leaving him with three immediate outs to a double. The turn {9-Clubs} took those three outs away as Morfe hit the nut straight, leaving Brown with the three remaining tens in the deck to chop via a straight coming onboard. Unfortunately for him, the river came {3-Diamonds} to leave him out of chips, making him the fourth-place finisher for a payday of $20,577.

Player Chips Progress
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
9,300,000
2,100,000
2,100,000
Stuart Brown us
Stuart Brown
Busted

Tags: Erasmus MorfeStuart Brown

Wayne Lee Eliminated in 3rd Place ($27,099)

Level 33 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante
Wayne Lee
Wayne Lee

Erasmus Morfe opened the action with a raise to 700,000 on the button and Wayne Lee defended his big blind to take action heads up to a flop of {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. Lee was first to act postflop and went all in for 2.62 million.

Morfe asked for a count and thought for a few moments before making his declaration: "I have to call. I have a straight flush draw."

Wayne Lee: {k-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Erasmus Morfe: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The turn came {a-Clubs} as Lee asked for a clean runout but the cleanest possible card in the deck came for Morfe instead as the river fell {10-Hearts} to give him a ten-high straight flush and eliminate Lee as the third-place finisher.

Player Chips Progress
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
12,300,000
3,000,000
3,000,000
Wayne Lee us
Wayne Lee
Busted

Tags: Erasmus MorfeWayne Lee

Heads-Up Agreement Made

Level 33 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

Alex Kotliarsky and Erasmus Morfe have agreed to modify the payout structure to ensure both players lock up $43,000. The remaining $10,048 will be paid off to the winner, who will earn a total first-place prize of $53,048 and the accompanying MSPT trophy.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
14,875,000
-125,000
-125,000
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
12,300,000

Tags: Alex KotliarskyErasmus Morfe

Stacks Become Even

Level 33 : 200,000/400,000, 50,000 ante

A limped pot preflop saw {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Spades} come onto the felt and Erasmus Morfe check-called a bet of 400,000 from Alex Kotliarsky. Both players then checked the turn {10-Diamonds}.

The river came {10-Spades} and Morfe check-called another 1.4 million from Kotliarsky. Kotliarsky immediately sent his cards to the muck and Morfe took down the pot without showing.

Player Chips Progress
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
13,700,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
13,475,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000

Tags: Alex KotliarskyErasmus Morfe