$360 Regional Event Day 1b | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

01-16-2020 19:02 UTC-7

Kiphardt Over a Quarter-Million

Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

An all in and call were overheard on a flop of with the big blind all in against Phil Kiphardt, who was in the hijack.

Big Blind:
Phil Kiphardt:

Kiphardt's top pair was ahead of his opponent's gutshot straight draw and his sights were set on the knockout. The turn gave his opponent five more outs but he would not hit any of the nine he needed as the river came to complete the runout and earn Kiphardt the pot, bringing him over a quarter-million along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Kiphardt	258,000 133,800	133,800

Tags: Phil Kiphardt

01-16-2020 19:10 UTC-7

Official Tournament Numbers; Recent Eliminations

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Registration closed at the beginning of Level 13 and the official number of entries for Day 1b was 207, bringing the two-day total up to 368. Play will continue until the end of Level 15 unless the 12% rounded down number of 24 players is reached before that point in time.

In the meantime, here are a handful of players who have recently been eliminated from the tournament and will not be finding their ways into Day 2 via the Day 1b flight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noomis Jones	Busted
Mert Eris	Busted
Kevin Kurtz	Busted
Ryan Dodson	Busted
Bill Nelson	Busted
Andreas Ramadanis	Busted
Daryl Martz	Busted
Anthony Huynh	Busted
Michael Rankins	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

01-16-2020 19:18 UTC-7

Shelton Gets There To Knock Out Mittleman

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Kelly Shelton opened to 15,000 in middle position and action made its way around to Dave Mittleman, who shoved his last 25,000 in from the big blind. Shelton called.

Dave Mittleman:
Kelly Shelton:

Mittleman looked ready for a double as the flop came . The turn gave Mittleman four more cards to fade, and he was unable to fade one of Shelton's newly-found outs as the river hit the felt to give Shelton a straight.

"Jesus!" said a player at the table.

"Zing!" said Mittleman, aware of his fate. He wished the table good luck and made his way from the tournament area as the pot was sent Shelton's way, bringing him up to around 150,000 early in Level 14.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Shelton	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dave Mittleman	Busted

Tags: Dave Mittleman Kelly Shelton

01-16-2020 19:22 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Kiphardt	305,000
Roman Mai	290,000
Abhinav Parakh	265,000
Karen Novotny	185,000
Richard Seale	181,000
David Blankenship	179,000
Ian Glycenfer	161,000
Steve WIlkie	140,000
Greg Collins	115,000
Elenna Martinez	97,000
Stephen Zipprich	95,000
Danny Gonzales	92,000
Steve Le Peau	88,000
Sammy Aweida	78,000
Keith Wright	78,000
Branden Rooney	72,000
Bernard Carson	60,000
Cannon Conolty	28,000
Dave Mittleman	19,000

01-16-2020 19:36 UTC-7

Aweida Fades the Flush To Double

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Hill Kerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A player limped in from middle position and action made its way around to Sammy Aweida, who completed his small blind. Stephen Zipprich checked his option from the big blind and the three went to a flop of .

Aweida was first to act and led out with a bet of 8,000. Zipprich folded and the middle-position player called, taking action heads up to the turn . Aweida checked over to his opponent and she put in a bet of 22,000. Aweida quickly check-raised all in.

The middle-position player asked for the 22,000 to be raked in to see how much more it was for her to call. That number was 32,000 more and she thought for a few seconds before tossing in enough T5,000 chips to make the pot right.

Sammy Aweida:
Middle Position:

Aweida had turned the second-nut straight and was ahead of his opponent's pair, gutshot straight draw, and second-nut flush draw. The middle-position player saw the situation and verbalized it, saying she just needed a diamond or a ten. The dealer did not comply with her request, bringing on board to complete the runout and earn Aweida the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sammy Aweida	140,000 62,000	62,000
Stephen Zipprich	115,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Sammy Aweida Stephen Zipprich

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

01-16-2020 19:48 UTC-7

Wright Cooked by Rooney

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the last hand of the previous level, there was around 65,000 in the middle on a board of with action heads up between Branden Rooney in the hijack and Keith Wright, who was on the button. Rooney check-raised all in for over a bet of 35,000 from Wright and Wright thought for a bit before announcing a call for the rest of his chips.

Keith Wright:
Branden Rooney:

Rooney was the first to table his hand and Wright threw his cards to the center of the table in disgust after seeing his top pair, top kicker was drawing dead. The river came to complete the runout and send him to the rail as the final level of the night was set to begin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Branden Rooney	315,000 243,000	243,000
Keith Wright	Busted

Tags: Branden Rooney Keith Wright

01-16-2020 19:58 UTC-7

Glycenfer Over 400,000

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ian Glycenfer opened the action with a raise to 10,000 and received calls from the small blind as well as Abhinav Parakh, who defended his big blind. The flop came and action checked to Glycenfer, who made a continuation-bet of 13,000. The small blind called and Parakh folded.

Action was then heads up to the turn and action went check-check, bringing the river on board. The small blind checked again and Glycenfer thought for about 30 seconds before putting out a bet of 34,000. His oppnent then took his turn in the tank, thinking for around the same amount of time before sending his cards to the muck.

Glycenfer has surpassed 400,000 with the pot and finds himself slightly ahead of Parakh, who is just below that mark as the end of the night looms near.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Glycenfer	408,000 247,000	247,000
Abhinav Parakh	393,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Abhinav Parakh Ian Glycenfer

01-16-2020 20:07 UTC-7

Four More Hands

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Hill Kerby

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

"Dealers, finish the hand you're on and deal four more hands," said Tournament Director Patrick Roy as the clock hit 10 minutes remaining in the final Level of the evening.

Tags: Patrick Roy