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

01-17-2020 13:15 UTC-6

Early Day 1c Runners

HillKerby

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The tournament clock displays a total of 100 entries nearing the midway point in Level 1. Here are some of the familiar faces already in their seats.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Nesbit	25,000 25,000	25,000
Joel Verbeck	25,000 25,000	25,000
Brian Leitch	25,000 25,000	25,000
Phillip Gioia	25,000 25,000	25,000
Khoa Nguyen	25,000 25,000	25,000
Connie Bruce	25,000 25,000	25,000
Niels Rikhof	25,000 25,000	25,000
Randy Needens	25,000 25,000	25,000
Dana Dietz	25,000 25,000	25,000
Michael Tito	25,000 25,000	25,000
Al Hart	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jim Morrison	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kenneth Nay	25,000 25,000	25,000
Caleb Meyer	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jeff Moskowitz	25,000 25,000	25,000
Keith Wright	25,000 25,000	25,000
Josh Williamson	25,000 25,000	25,000
Dapo Fadeyi	25,000 25,000	25,000
Mike Sherry	25,000
Hector Guerra-Alvarez	25,000 25,000	25,000

01-17-2020 13:06 UTC-6

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

HillKerby

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.

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01-17-2020 13:02 UTC-6

"Dealers, Get the Cards in the Air!"

HillKerby

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Tournament Director Patrick Roy has completed his pre-tournament announcements and given his trademark, "Dealers, get the cards in the air!"

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

01-17-2020 10:23 UTC-6

Welcome to Day 1c of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Event

HillKerby

Two flights down, two to go: It’s time for Day 1c of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Golden Gates $360 Regional Event.

The third of four starting flights presents the next opportunity for players to earn their seat into Sunday’s Day 2. Wednesday’s Day 1a saw a massive 161 entries and Thursday’s Day 1b saw another 207 added to the tally, bringing the two-day total up to 368. This figure is up some 28% from the most recent edition of this tournament in November, 2019, where that number sat at 287 at this point in the tournament.

The $150,000 guaranteed prize pool is sure to be eclipsed today as another large field is expected to make their way up the mountain to the Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour in beautiful Black Hawk, Colorado. Players will once again receive 25,000 starting stacks with levels lasting 30 minutes all tournament long. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every four levels with unlimited reentry available until the start of Level 13, and 15 levels are set to be played to their completion for the day unless 12% of the field remains before that happens.

As for the happenings on the first two days, Day 1a chip leader Luis Rosa (641,000) leads the way with Day 1b chip leader Abhinav Parakh (414,000) currently second in chips. Eight more players behind them finished with more than 300,000, with 41 players currently on the Day 2 roster.

Cards are in the air at noon and PokerNews will be on the floor covering all the action. Stay tuned to see who advances as the day unfolds.

Tags: Abhinav Parakh Luis Rosa