2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

$360 Regional Event
Day: 1a
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
Total Entries
1,087
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
161
Players Left
17
Players Left 1 / 1,087
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Fallis Doubles; Wheeler Busts

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Mike Fallis
Mike Fallis

A player limped in under the gun and action folded around to Mike Fallis, who went all in from the cutoff. The next two players folded and the big blind asked to confirm the amount of 23,700, which the dealer did. He thought for a bit and then folded, putting action back onto the under-the-gun limper.

"You're probably ahead," said the player. "I call," he added afterwards so quickly that it came out as one runon sentence.

Mike Fallis: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Under the Gun: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

The player was not immediately correct, but his statement became true as the flop fell {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades} to give Fallis a pair of kings. It would be all Fallis needed as the turn {8-Clubs} and river {6-Spades} completed the runout and scored him the double.

Moments later, Mike Wheeler was eliminated from the tournament on an adjacent table after his flopped top pair with ace-queen ran into a set of threes.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Fallis
53,900
53,900
53,900
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Mike Wheeler
Busted

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Watters Delivers a Shower

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

David Blankenship saw action folded to him in middle position and limped in. The hijack also limped in to put action onto Bob Watters, who was in the cutoff and pumped it up to 20,500. Action folded back to Blankenship and he let his cards go as well.

Action was then on the hijack and he limp-three-bet all in for about 35,000. Watters quickly called.

Hijack: {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Bob Watters: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The two were off to the races with Watters out in front and poised for both the pot and the knockout. The runout came clean in his favor, falling {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{j-Spades}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} to leave his pocket eights best and send his opponent to the showers just past the midway point in Level 12.

Player Chips Progress
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Bob Watters
90,000
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David Blankenship
56,000
5,000
5,000

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Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Phillip Gioia
237,500
47,500
47,500
Profile photo of Danny Gonzales us
Danny Gonzales
192,000
37,200
37,200
Profile photo of Greg Geller us
Greg Geller
170,000
49,500
49,500
Profile photo of Hung Nguyen us
Hung Nguyen
143,000
29,800
29,800
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Tony Karahalios
119,200
28,700
28,700
Profile photo of Nate Zoller us
Nate Zoller
109,300
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Greg Collins us
Greg Collins
85,000
24,800
24,800
Profile photo of Ted Shenefelt us
Ted Shenefelt
80,000
35,100
35,100
Profile photo of James Callanan us
James Callanan
72,300
13,300
13,300
Profile photo of Brian Taylor us
Brian Taylor
69,000
20,100
20,100
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Mike Wheeler
66,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
51,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Stuart Brown us
Stuart Brown
46,500
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
43,600
30,500
30,500
Profile photo of Jeff Granowsky us
Jeff Granowsky
35,000
36,600
36,600
Profile photo of Mitch Lekarczyk us
Mitch Lekarczyk
34,200
10,900
10,900
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Anthony Martinez
22,700
5,300
5,300
Jaka Coaching
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Nick Blackburn
Busted
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Andrew Peragallo
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Dean Gets Aces at the Right Time

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Slater Dean
Slater Dean

David Blankenship opened the action with a raise to 6,000 in middle position and received a call from the player on the button. Slater Dean then three-bet all in for 25,200 from the small blind and received a fold from Blankenship before the player on the button called.

Slater Dean: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

Dean saw the board run out in his favor, coming {7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades} to earn him the easy dub.

Player Chips Progress
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Slater Dean
60,400
60,400
60,400
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David Blankenship
51,000
32,600
32,600

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Moskalik Doubles Through Nguyen

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Hung Nguyen had 6,000 in front of him in early position and was in the process of asking how much more he had to call. Scott Moskalik had three-bet all in and Nguyen announced a call before the dealer could finish the count.

Scott Moskalik: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Hung Nguyen: {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Moskalik was out in front and stayed there as the board ran out {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}, fading Nguyen's two live cards and flopped gutshot straight draw to the nuts.

Player Chips Progress
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Hung Nguyen
113,200
42,800
42,800
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Scott Moskalik
33,200

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Collins Flirts With Elimination

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Greg Collins
Greg Collins

Greg Collins shoved his remaining 27,600 into the middle from the cutoff over a middle-position open and received a call once action made its way back to the opener.

Greg Collins: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Middle Position: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Collins let out a remark about the apparent cooler he had been dealt. However, the true blow would be dealt to his opponent as the board ran out {3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Spades}{j-Spades}{2-Hearts}, giving Collins a set of jacks on the turn to score him the improbable double.

Player Chips Progress
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Greg Collins
60,200
27,200
27,200

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Blackburn Back in Action

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Hung Nguyen limped in under the gun to put action onto Nick Blackburn, who was on Nguyen's direct left. Blackburn went all in for 12,700 and action made its way around to the small blind, who called. Nguyen also called, meaning any further action would go into a side pot. However, action checked through the runout as it came {4-Spades}{q-Hearts}{8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and all three hands were tabled.

Nick Blackburn: {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Small Blind: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Hung Nguyen: {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Blackburn found himself having flopped a pair of eights that held to score him the triple and bring him to over 40,000, increasing his stack to more than 20 big blinds in the process.

Player Chips Progress
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Hung Nguyen
156,000
2,400
2,400
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Nick Blackburn
41,800

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000