2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

$360 Regional Event
Day: 1c
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
Total Entries
1,087
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
319
Players Left
43
Players Left 1 / 1,087
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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Ruiz Wins All the Chips

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Andreas Ramadanis opened the action with a raise to 2,000 in middle position and received calls from Steve WIlkie in the hijack and Sergio Ruiz, who was on the button. The small blind three-bet all in for 6,000 and Ramadanis reshoved all in for around 20,000. Both Wilkie and Ruiz then called to put any future action into a second side pot

The dealer fanned a flop of {3-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and WIlkie made a bet of 20,000. Ruiz called. The turn was {k-Hearts} and Wilkie bet another 50,000. Ruiz shoved for a bit more and Wilkie quickly called, prompting all four hands to be tabled.

Small Blind: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Andreas Ramadanis: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Sergio Ruiz: {q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Steve Wilkie: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Ramadanis was the only one drawing dead once all hands were shown. The small blind was ecstatic about having outs with his top two pair, while Wilkie needed the board to pair to improve. Everyone was behind Ruiz, who had flopped a flush and was hoping for a safe river. It came {6-Diamonds} and he won all the chips, vaulting his stack over a quarter-million to make him the clear chip leader with Level 7 soon coming to a close.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergio Ruiz
267,000
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Steve WIlkie
42,900
110,100
110,100
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Andreas Ramadanis
Busted

Tags: Andreas RamadanisSergio RuizSteve Wilkie

Two Sixes Become Four

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

"You missed it!" said Mike Wheeler talking about a hand that had just transpired at Table 8. The winner of the hand was Ranae Rodriguez, and Wheeler stated that Rodriguez raised and then called a three-bet to take action heads up to a flop of {6-}{6-}{2-}.

Rodriguez checked and her opponent went all in. She immediately called.

Ranae Rodriguez: {6-}{6-}
Opponent: {a-}{a-}

The player was unable to hit running aces for quads and was eliminated from the tournament, bringing Rodriguez's stack up to 78,000 after getting paid.

Player Chips Progress
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Ranae Rodriguez
78,000
78,000
78,000

Tags: Mike WheelerRanae Rodriguez

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Smith Gets Rockets at the Right Time

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Alex Smith
Alex Smith

A player went all in for 11,500 from the hijack and the cutoff called for about one-third of his own stack. Alex Smith then pushed forward a stack of T5,000 chips large enough to put the cutoff all in. He thought for some time and then announced it was time to gamble.

Hijack: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Alex Smith: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

Smith scored the double knockout without a sweat as the board ran out {5-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts} to leave his aces best and vault him over six figures.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Smith
117,000
117,000
117,000
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Alex Smith

Another Round of Chip Counts

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Travis Northrope us
Travis Northrope
94,300
700
700
Profile photo of Jim Morrison us
Jim Morrison
57,100
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
41,800
16,800
16,800
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Jesus Sanchez
41,000
20,200
20,200
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Al Hart
34,000
9,000
9,000
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Johnny Ambrosio
25,000
7,200
7,200
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Josh Williamson
24,600
400
400
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Dapo Fadeyi
24,200
800
800
Profile photo of Caleb Meyer us
Caleb Meyer
23,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Donovan Sparrow us
Donovan Sparrow
22,200
26,600
26,600
Profile photo of Kenneth Nay us
Kenneth Nay
20,300
4,700
4,700
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Jamie Christiansen
Busted
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Mike Sherry
Busted

Guerra-Alvarez Doubles

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

On the final hand of the previous level, Jeff Moskowitz raised under the gun to 1,400 and received a call from a player in early position. Action folded around to Hector Guerra-Alvarez in the small blind and he three-bet all in for 9,500. Moskowitz folded and the early-position player thought for about 30 seconds with calling chips in hand before dropping said chips onto the felt.

Hector Guerra-Alvarez: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Early Position: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

Guerra-Alvarez was out in front and saw the flop come {2-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{8-Clubs} to leave him with just two cards left to fade. The turn {q-Clubs} made the river {3-Spades} nothing but an afterthought as Guerra-Alvarez's top two pair scored him the double.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeff Moskowitz
41,500
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Hector Guerra-Alvarez
21,400

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600