$360 Regional Event
Day 1a Started
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional
$360 Regional Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$326,100
Entries
1,087
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
161
Players Left
17
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates $360 Regional
It’s a new decade and the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) is hitting the ground running after surpassing $100 million in total prizes awarded at the end of 2019. Day 1a of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Event is first up for the year and cards are set to fly at noon local time.
The MSPT had two $360 Regional Events at the Golden Gates Poker Parlour in 2019. The first was in April and a familiar face to Black Hawk in Aaron Frei claimed victory via a three-way chop for $36,968. He then successfully defended his title in November, earning another $36,607 to come out on top of a four-way chop in wire-to-wire fashion after claiming both the Day 1a and overall Day 1 chip leads prior to Sunday’s Day 2.
This tournament features starting stacks of 25,000 and a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000 and offers four initial starting flights from Wednesday through Saturday. Levels will be 30 minutes in length for the entirety of the tournament and there will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every four levels. Late registration will remain open until the beginning of Level 13.
Unlimited reentry is available and players may join as many flights as they wish. However, any player who advances can only enter a subsequent flight if they forfeit their stack. Play is scheduled to continue until whichever comes first between the end of Level 15 (3,000/5,000/5,000) and the field reaching 12% of its total entries for the day, at which point all remaining players will bag and tag their chips for the night. All players to advance across the four initial flights will then return Sunday for Day 2 to play down to a winner.
Will Frei be able to make it three in a row, or will somebody else claim the first MSPT Regional title of 2020? PokerNews will be on hand all tournament long until that very question has been answered. Be sure to stick around and find out.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Get the Cards in the Air!
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Tournament director Patrick Roy has finished the oratorial pre-tournament announcements and play is officially underway on Day 1a with unlimited reentries available until the beginning of Level 13 at approximately 6:45 p.m. local time.
Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Ambrosio Chipping Up Early
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
There was over 2,000 in the middle on a flop of 
with five players in the pot. Action had checked to Johnny Ambrosio in middle position and he threw out a bet of 1,000. The players on the button and in the blinds all folded and the final player left in the hand called from under the gun.
Action was then heads up and the turn came 
. Both players checked and the river came 
. The under-the-gun player checked once more and Ambrosio fired out a bet of 1,000, which was called.
Ambrosio tabled 
for jacks up and his opponent sent his cards to the muck, resulting in the pot being sent Ambrosio's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,500 | 35,500 |
Arnold Sails to Value Town
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
Action was six-handed on a flop of 
and Travis Arnold bet 1,300 in early position. He received a call from the player on his left as well as Gregg Haycraft in the cutoff to and action proceeded three handed.
The turn came 
and Arnold bet another 2,200. The player on his left folded and Haycraft called. Action was then heads up as the river fell 
. Arnold made another bet of 3,100 and Haycraft quickly announced a call.
"Call," affirmed the dealer, looking to Arnold to table his hand. Arnold complied, showing 
. The dealer announced a full house, tens full of sevens, and Haycraft sent his cards to the muck, resulting in the pot being shipped Arnold's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,500 | 33,500 |
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15,000 | 15,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Wheeler Wins on River
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
The dealer was in the process of making change for the small blind after he committed 1,500 preflop along with the big blind and Mike Wheeler, who was in early position. The flop fell 
and the small blind bet 3,500. The big blind folded and Wheeler called, taking action heads up to the turn p6s]. Both players checked.
The river fell 
and the small blind checked again. Wheeler threw out a bet of 6,100 and the small blind folded, earning Wheeler the pot without a showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,400 | 4,400 |