Late Surge Gives Wahdan Chip Lead on Day 1c of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional
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.
to give Wilkie a gutshot straight draw to go along with his two live cards. The turn 
changed nothing, leaving him with one more chance to get the elimination. The river then fell 
to give WIlkie with two pair, queens and jacks and earn him the pot and the knockout.
. Meanwhile, the cutoff was in good shape for the side pot as he flopped top pair as well. The turn was 
, eliminating Montoya's backdoor club draws but giving him a backdoor gutshot straight draw that proved to fill as the river came 
to score him the double knockout and further add to his stack, bringing him near 300,000.
and the early-position limper bet 4,500 once action checked to him. Only Meyer called to take action heads up to the turn 
, where the early-position player bet another 8,500. Meyer called once more.
and the early-position palyer fired out another 12,500. Meyer raised him all in and the player called.
to put him back out in front, causing even more ambient excitement and leaving the small blind with one chance at a one-outer. It did not come as the river fell 
to leave his aces best and vault him over six figures.
with three-way action. Andrew Peragallo went all in from the small blind for 15,700 and Tomas Brown called in early position. The cutoff folded and hands were tabled.
. The small blind led out with a bet of 1,400 and the hijack folded before Carabeo called.
and the pot was sent Carabeo's way.