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

01-18-2020 10:26 UTC-6

Day 1d of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Gets Underway at Noon

HillKerby

Saturday marks the fourth of four starting flights at the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Golden Gates $360 Regional Event. The guaranteed prize pool of $150,000 was long surpassed on Friday’s flight and the sky is the limit as another huge crowd should be on hand. Last November’s edition of this tournament saw 915 entries, and a field size of over 1,000 should be attainable for the MSPT’s first stop of 2020.

Six hundred and eighty-seven entries have already been logged across the first three flights with 84 players already a part of the Day 2 conversation. Each flight saw one person finish with over 400,000, with Day 1a chip leader Luis Rosa leading the way with a stack of 641,000. Day 1c chip leader Nader Wahdan (484,000) and Day 1b chip leader Abhinav Parakh (414,000) follow to round out the top three.

For those yet to advance, this is the final opportunity to do so. Play begins at noon with starting stacks of 25,000. Fifteen half-hour levels are on the docket unless 12% of the field remains before that number is reached, and there will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every four levels. Unlimited reentry is available until the beginning of Level 13.

Who else will make it through the day? Keep it at PokerNews to find out.

Tags: Abhinav Parakh Luis Rosa Nader Wahdan

01-18-2020 13:06 UTC-6

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Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

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01-18-2020 13:21 UTC-6

Dodson Wins an Early One

HillKerby

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Four players went to a flop of with one of them being Ryan Dodson in the big blind. There was a decently-sized pile of T100 chips in the middle and all four players checked. Action again checked through both the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.

A player in early position showed to prompt mucks from players on the button and in the small blind. Dodson then tabled for a rivered two pair, jacks and eights to score him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dodson	32,600 32,600	32,600

Tags: Ryan Dodson

01-18-2020 14:28 UTC-6

Jesse Felts Sanchez

HillKerby

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Sergio Sanchez got his last 12,000 in preflop against Jay Jesse, who was in early position.

Sergio Sanchez:
Jay Jesse:

Sanchez found his big hand up against an even bigger one and was drawing dead by the turn as the board ran out , bringing Jesse up to two-and-a-half stacks nearing the end of Level 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Jesse	63,500 9,500	9,500
Sergio Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Jay Jesse Sanchez

01-18-2020 15:29 UTC-6

Fisher Makes the Right Call

HillKerby

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

There was over 7,000 in a heads-up pot on a flop of and Thomas Fisher bet 3,300 from the big blind. His opponent was on the button and announced an all-in raise, pushing forward his stack of around 23,000 as he did so.

Fisher thought for close to a minute and then made the call.

All-In Player:
Thomas Fisher:

Fisher had called correctly with his top pair and needed to fade the remaining hearts in the deck to win the pot. The turn and river were both safe on his end and he scored the knockout to bring his stack up to just shy of 70,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Fisher	68,800 68,800	68,800

Tags: Thomas Fisher

01-18-2020 16:40 UTC-6

Hampel Toasted

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action was heads up between Matthew Caughey in the big blind and Dave Hampel, who was on the button on a board of when all the chips got in the middle. Hampel was the one at risk for his tournament life.

Dave Hampel:
Matthew Caughey:

Hampel found his queens up had run into a straight and needed the river to bring another queen or five. Instead, it came and he made his way from the table while the pot was shipped Caughey's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Caughey	89,000 44,000	44,000
Dave Hampel	Busted

Tags: Dave Hampel Matthew Caughey

01-18-2020 16:44 UTC-6

Field Surpasses 1,000; Record Is Broken

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The tournament clock displays a total of 317, meaning the tournament has officially surpassed 1,000 entries over the four starting flights. The previous four-day record sat at 930 and that number will continue to climb as the late registration period remains open for another three hours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Keeline	25,000 25,000	25,000
Svetlana Martie	25,000 25,000	25,000

01-18-2020 17:11 UTC-6

Blankenship Gets a Lucky Double

HillKerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

David Blankenship opened the action with a raise to 3,000 in early position and action folded around to Stuart Brown, who was on the button and put in a three-bet large enough to put everybody all in that still had cards. Both players in the blinds folded and Blankenship took his remaining chips and splashed them down onto the felt in front of him.

David Blankenship:
Stuart Brown:

"I f*****g knew you had ace-king," said Blankenship, standing up and fully aware that the odds were against him. The flop was to give him nine more outs at a flush and the turn quickly filled up his draw.

"Sit back down!" said somebody at the table as the river completed the runout to give Blankenship the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Brown	104,200
David Blankenship	37,700

Tags: David Blankenship Stuart Brown

01-18-2020 17:57 UTC-6

Dodson Sends One To the Rail

HillKerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player went all in from early position for 7,900 and received action from Ryan Dodson, who was in the cutoff.

All-In Player:
Ryan Dodson:

Dodson won the coin flip as the board ran out , giving him tens up as he faded the chop on the river to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dodson	68,200 49,700	49,700

Tags: Ryan Dodson

01-18-2020 18:46 UTC-6

Onom Wins Regardless of Controversy

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Altanulzii Onom opened the action with a raise to 5,000 in middle position and was called by Joel Verbeck in the small blind. The flop came and Verbeck checked. Onom made a continuation-bet of 5,000 and Verbeck called.

Both players checked the turn to bring the river and Verbeck put out a bet of 6,000. Onom dropped one T100 chip out onto the felt and quietly announced he was all in.

Verbeck thought Onom had called and tabled for the bluff. Meanwhile, Onom thought his shove had been called and tabled . The floor was called and four players at the table confirmed they heard Onom say he was all in, making that the ruling.

Verbeck folded, exclaiming the ruling was "bull shit." He chose to only commit the 6,000 either way and folded his tabled second-best hand. The pot was sent to Onom, resulting in the same outcome regardless of how it came to be.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Verbeck	220,000 18,000	18,000
Altanulzii Onom	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Altanulzii Onom Joel Verbeck