$360 Regional Event
Day 1c Completed
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional
$360 Regional Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
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
319
Players Left
43
Late Surge Gives Wahdan Chip Lead on Day 1c of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1c of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Golden Gates $360 Regional Event saw 319 entries into the prize pool with 43 players remaining at end of day. It was the third of four starting flights and the largest thus far, and a familiar face to Black Hawk in Nader Wahdan found himself chip leader with 484,000 when chips went into bags.
Wahdan was seen with close to 400,000 shortly after the final break of the night but had taken a dip down to around 320,000 early in Level 14, the second-to-last level of the night. However, a late surge brought him back up to nearly a half-million, good to plant him on top of the pack.
Following Wahdan in the counts is Alex Smith (399,000), who made the most out of his trek down from his hometown of Casper, WY. Smith chipped up early and continued to accumulate with a nearly all-upward trajectory of his stack as the day went on.
Matt Soban (327,000), Anthony Martinez (320,000), and Dapo Fadeyi (307,000) round out the top five and are the only other three players to finish the day with a stack greater than 300,000. Others to advance included Cy Church (262,000), Chris Tryba (191,000), Steve Wilkie (167,000), Samuel Uhlmann (162,000), and Danny Gonzales (112,000).
Jason Vanstrom was one of those less fortunate. He was eliminated just before chips went into bags by Gonzales to end his night one hand early. Ryan Dodson, Patrick Suzuki, Andrew Peragallo, and Schuyler Thornton were a few more among those to not make it through the day.
The three-day total number of entries has risen to 687, and Saturday's Day 1d presents the final opportunity for players to advance. Field sizes have been up for every flight of the day and the final flight is sure to continue that trend.
Come back to PokerNews to see who else makes it through.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A total of 43 players have advanced to Day 2 from the third starting flight of the tournament. One of the players did not report their stack and has been listed at the bottom of the counts with a stack of 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
484,000 | 162,000 |
|
399,000 | -5,000 |
|
327,000 | 327,000 |
|
320,000 | 100,000 |
|
307,000 | 147,000 |
|
278,000 | -73,000 |
|
276,000 | 276,000 |
|
263,000 | -45,000 |
|
262,000 | 262,000 |
|
247,000 | -38,000 |
|
240,000 | 240,000 |
|
239,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
226,000 | 226,000 |
|
222,000 | -16,000 |
|
|
213,000 | 213,000 |
|
|
202,000 | 158,000 |
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
|
191,000 | -24,000 |
|
|
182,000 | 182,000 |
|
182,000 | 182,000 |
|
177,000 | -8,000 |
|
167,000 | 119,000 |
|
|
166,000 | 166,000 |
|
164,000 | 164,000 |
|
164,000 | 84,000 |
Play Finished
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Play has concluded for the evening and players are putting chips into bags. Stay tuned for official chip counts and an end-of-day recap.
Vanstrom Cooked on Penultimate Hand of Evening
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
"See you tomorrow," said Jason Vanstrom as Danny Gonzales was in the process of putting more chips on top of a stack of chips.
"I had to," said Gonzales after the hand. "Blind-versus-blind, (he had) king-five, (I had) ace-three," said Gonzales.
Gonzales held on the runout and send Vanstrom home one hand early for the evening. He then shoved all in on the next hand after Ranae Rodriguez and Steve Wilkie both limped in from the cutoff and on the button, respectively, and both players folded. He showed two tens to finish the night with a bang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 15,000 |
|
Busted |
Four More Hands
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Four more hands will be played across each of the five remaining tables before bagging and tagging for the night.
Smith Over 400,000
Level 15
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action folded around to the cutoff and he opened to 15,000. Alex Smith called on the button and both players in the blinds called behind, taking action four ways to a flop of 
. Action checked around to Smith and he bet 28,000. The small blind called and the other two players folded.
The turn came 
and the small blind checked again. Smith bet enough to put the player all in for his last 40,000 or so and the player made the call.
All-In Player: 
Alex Smith: 
Smith's top pair was out in front and in need of fading hearts and an ace to earn the knockout. He would do just that as the river fell 
and the pot was sent his way, bringing him to 404,000 midway through the final level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
404,000 | 319,000 |
Late Night Photos from Day 1c of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Event
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Woodyard Shows Top Pair on the River
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Anthony Martinez was in middle position and opened to 9,000. He was called by Jessica Woodyard in the cutoff and the two went heads up to a flop of 
. Both players checked.
Action went check-check once more on the turn 
and the river came 
. Martinez checked over to Woodyard again and she grabbed four T5,000 chips, set them down in front of her, and then flicked them forward onto the felt. Martinez thought for about 10 seconds and then folded.
Woodyard picked up her cards and looked at them for a couple of seconds once Martinez folded and then threw them to the center of the table face up, displaying 
for a rivered top pair, top kicker that earned her the pot without showdown.
Meanwhile, Al Luiz has been seen on an adjacent table with a stack above 300,000, making him one of the larger stacks in the room with only a few minutes left before the final level of the night commences.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
308,000 | |
|
|
285,000 | |
|
|
220,000 | 112,000 |