2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

$360 Regional Event
Day: 1d
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
Entries
1,087
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
400
Players Left
54

$360 Regional Event

Day 1d Completed

Burleson Leads Final Flight of 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional

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

The field has been set for Day 2 of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates $360 Regional Event after Day 1d brought a record-setting 400 entries to the Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour to bring the overall total up to 1,087, a number that was both a record as well in addition to being the first ever tournament in Colorado poker history with more than 1,000 entries.

When all was said and done for the night, Rick Burleson (478,000) was atop the counts, beating his friend Alex Smith’s Day 1c count of 399,000 of whom he came with. The man from Rapid City, SD saw a rapid increase to his stack after becoming one of the last entries into the tournament. He found a couple doubles to break 100,000 before scoring a big knockout with a flush to get to near a quarter-million. A turned set of deuces that became a full house by the river cracked kings to take him over 400,000 near the beginning of the final level of the night, and he ascended from there to just shy of a half-million to take what will be a top-three stack into Sunday’s Day 2.

Day 1d was the largest field of the four and with it came even more big stacks. Bryan Wienhoff (403,000), Peter Shuldiner (394,000), Lorenzo Banuelos (387,000), and Jason Johnson (349,000) round out the top five. Just below them are two more formidable opponents in Kevin Eyster (341,000) and Schuyler Thornton (340,000), both of which also saw their stacks multiply through the final three levels of the night.

Others were not as fortunate. Ryan Dodson, Jason Vanstrom, David Blankenship, Ben Keeline, and Terry Harper were just a few players who came up the mountain Saturday after not advancing in one or more of the three earlier flights only to fall short once again.

In total, 138 players will be returning Sunday for Day 2’s noon start time. One hundred and seventeen of them will make it into the money and earn a first-level payout of $620, though players are sure to have their eyes set on the first-place prize of $59,525 that will be earned before day’s end.

PokerNews will be back on hand for the home stretch, so make sure to come back and see who reigns triumphant.

Tags: Ben KeelineDavid BlankenshipJason JohnsonJason VanstromKevin EysterRick BurlesonRyan DodsonSchuyler ThorntonTerry Harper

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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

Fifty-four players made it through the day with Rick Burleson leading the way after finishing the day with 478,000. Here are the official chip counts for all players from Day 1d. An end-of-day recap will be published in the near future.

Player Chips Progress
Rick Burleson us
Rick Burleson
478,000 78,000
Bryan Wienhoff us
Bryan Wienhoff
403,000
Peter Shuldiner us
Peter Shuldiner
394,000 394,000
Lorenzo Banuelos us
Lorenzo Banuelos
387,000 92,000
Jason Johnson us
Jason Johnson
349,000 29,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
341,000 121,000
Schuyler Thornton us
Schuyler Thornton
340,000 -23,000
Sunyi Yi us
Sunyi Yi
338,000 -122,000
Andrew Peragallo us
Andrew Peragallo
329,000 49,000
James Chmilousky us
James Chmilousky
311,000 311,000
Matt Deibler us
Matt Deibler
309,000 309,000
Dan Trush us
Dan Trush
303,000 303,000
Ted Ramos us
Ted Ramos
297,000 -39,000
Sergio Sanchez us
Sergio Sanchez
290,000 10,000
Neil Warren us
Neil Warren
265,000 11,000
Eric von Gottenberg us
Eric von Gottenberg
251,000 251,000
Stuart Brown us
Stuart Brown
248,000 -12,000
Danny Pham us
Danny Pham
234,000 234,000
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
208,000 152,000
Ken Mann us
Ken Mann
196,000 196,000
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
192,000 -163,000
Cher Herr us
Cher Herr
192,000 192,000
Jay Jesse us
Jay Jesse
181,000 71,000
Karim Abuzar us
Karim Abuzar
177,000 -45,000
Kendra Dieter us
Kendra Dieter
176,000 176,000

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Play Finished

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

Play has finished throughout the room and players are putting chips into bags. Official chip counts and a recap of the day's action will be provided shortly.

Five More Hands

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

The clock has reached 10 minutes left in the final level of the night and five more hands will be played to their conclusion on each of the remaining six tables left in play.

Vanstrom Falls Short Again

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

Jason Vanstrom was just eliminated from the tournament after getting all in with ace-king and losing to pocket tens with around 15 minutes left in the day. This marks the second time he was eliminated near the end of the night, after he was eliminated on the second-to-last on Friday night's Day 1c.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
Busted

Abuzar Finds Miracle River To Double

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

Action folded around to the cutoff and he opened to 11,000. Karim Abuzar went all in for 106,000 and the cutoff called.

Karim Abuzar: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Cutoff: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{j-Spades} to give Abuzar jacks up on the river to score him the unlikely double.

"It always happens that way," said his opponent as he shipped the chips over to Abuzar.

Player Chips Progress
Karim Abuzar us
Karim Abuzar
222,000 222,000

Tags: Karim Abuzar

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000