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
Entries
1,087
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
161
Players Left
17

Taylor Gets Another Knockout

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Brian Taylor
Brian Taylor

Stacks were in the process of going into the middle on a flop of {q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{j-Clubs} with Brian Taylor in the cutoff having his opponent on the button at risk.

All-In Player: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Brian Taylor: {q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

Taylor's top pair of queens was ahead of his opponent's pair of jacks with an ace kicker. The all-in player had five immediate outs in the deck and did not hit any of them as the turn {9-Diamonds} and river {3-Clubs} completed the runout and earned Taylor the pot and the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Taylor us
Brian Taylor
89,100
29,600
29,600

Tags: Brian Taylor

More Chip Counts

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Phillip Gioia us
Phillip Gioia
190,000
142,000
142,000
Nate Zoller us
Nate Zoller
82,300
-5,200
-5,200
Greg Collins us
Greg Collins
68,800
39,300
39,300
Mike Wheeler us
Mike Wheeler
63,000
-6,000
-6,000
James Callanan us
James Callanan
59,000
-9,400
-9,400
Anthony Martinez us
Anthony Martinez
28,000
28,000
28,000
Greg Saunders us
Greg Saunders
26,000
-50,000
-50,000
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
22,000
-5,000
-5,000
Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
19,600
13,400
13,400
David Blankenship us
David Blankenship
18,400
-21,600
-21,600
Johnny Ambrosio us
Johnny Ambrosio
16,400
-25,600
-25,600
Ron Winkler us
Ron Winkler
Busted
Torii Beeding us
Torii Beeding
Busted
Terry Harper us
Terry Harper
Busted

Shenefelt Rivers Nut Flush To Double

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ted Shenefelt
Ted Shenefelt

There was 14,700 in the pot with three-way action between Pat Pineda in the small blind, Ted Shenefelt in the big blind, and a player in the cutoff. The board read {3-Clubs}{8-Spades}{5-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Pineda checked. Shenefelt was next to act and put out a bet of 6,500, which the cutoff called before Pineda folded.

Action was then heads up as the river fell {8-Clubs} and Shenefelt postured for a couple of seconds before announcing he was all in. The cutoff immediately called.

Ted Shenefelt: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Cutoff: {j-Spades}{8-Hearts}

The cutoff's trip eights were no match for Shenefelt's rivered nut flush, earning Shenefelt the double for his winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Pat Pineda us
Pat Pineda
74,100
-10,900
-10,900
Ted Shenefelt us
Ted Shenefelt
44,900
44,900
44,900

Tags: Pat PinedaTed Shenefelt

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Kings Kind to Karahalios

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was an all-in shove for 15,200 under the gun and Tony Karahalios called from the player's direct left. All remaining players folded and both hands were tabled.

All-In Player: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Tony Karahalios: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}, leaving the all-in player's hand still second best to result in his elimination. The pot was subsequently shipped to Karahalios, bringing his stack north of 90,000 along the way.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Karahalios us
Tony Karahalios
90,500

Tags: Tony Karahalios

Nguyen Makes "Three Pair"

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Hung Nguyen
Hung Nguyen

Hung Nguyen opened to 4,000 in early position and action folded around to the player on the button, who called. Both players in the blinds folded and action went heads up to a flop of {8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}. Action went check-check.

The turn came {8-Hearts} and Nguyen fired out a bet of 6,000. His opponent called and the river fell {9-Spades}. Both players checked once again to take the hand to showdown.

"Three pair," said Nguyen, showing {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} for an overpair to the two pair that was already on the board. His jacks up proved to be best as his opponent let out a playful groan and tabled {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. "I finally got you," said Nguyen after the two finished a fun exchange that resulted in the table concluding that Nguyen's opponent missed because he had too many outs, especially after getting to the turn for free.

Nonetheless, Nguyen now finds himself over 150,000 and is one of the largest stacks in the room with six tables currently in play and around five minutes left in Level 10.

Player Chips Progress
Hung Nguyen us
Hung Nguyen
153,600
153,600
153,600

Tags: Hung Nguyen

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

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
Hung Nguyen us
Hung Nguyen
156,000
2,400
2,400
Nick Blackburn us
Nick Blackburn
41,800

Tags: Hung NguyenNick Blackburn