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

Onom Wins Regardless of Controversy

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

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 {j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and Verbeck checked. Onom made a continuation-bet of 5,000 and Verbeck called.

Both players checked the turn {k-Diamonds} to bring the river {7-Clubs} 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 {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for the bluff. Meanwhile, Onom thought his shove had been called and tabled {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. 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 us
Joel Verbeck
220,000
18,000
18,000
Altanulzii Onom us
Altanulzii Onom
54,000
54,000
54,000

Tags: Altanulzii OnomJoel Verbeck

Walker Gives Caughey a Cold Shower

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

Matthew Caughey went all in for 27,000 in early position and action made its way over to Shawn Walker in middle position. He confirmed the amount and hen called. All remaining players folded and Caughey caught the bad news.

Matthew Caughey: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Shawn Walker: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{3-Hearts} with Caughey missing the three possible cards that could have given him a chop to keep him alive in the tournament. Meanwhile, Walker now finds himself north of 100,000 with Level 11 soon coming to a close.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Walker us
Shawn Walker
105,000
Matthew Caughey us
Matthew Caughey
Busted

Tags: Matthew CaugheyShawn Walker

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Garcia Eliminates a Player

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Devin Garcia
Devin Garcia

Devin Garcia limped in from early position and another player limped in behind in middle position. Action folded around to the small blind, who completed before the big blind went all in for around 20,000. Garcia called and the other two players folded.

All-In Player: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Devin Garcia: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The flop came {10-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs} to give Garcia top set. Both players tapped the felt for different reasons and the big blind stood up as the dealer brought the turn {3-Hearts}. It gave Garcia a sweat at fading running outs to a wheel, but the river {a-Spades} was safe and scored him the pot and the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Devin Garcia us
Devin Garcia
110,300
41,900
41,900

Tags: Devin Garcia

Morfe Doubles Through Dodson

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Erasmus Morfe got all in from middle position for 25,000 and received action from Ryan Dodson, who was on the button.

Erasmus Morfe: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Ryan Dodson: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Morfe hit a nine on the flop {4-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs} and faded the two outer on both the turn {q-Hearts} and river {4-Spades} to earn the double. Dodson was down to his last 10,000 and was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
Erasmus Morfe us
Erasmus Morfe
56,000
Ryan Dodson us
Ryan Dodson
Busted

Tags: Erasmus MorfeRyan Dodson

Chip Counts Before Break

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sunyi Yi us
Sunyi Yi
299,500
299,500
299,500
Stuart Brown us
Stuart Brown
190,000
17,000
17,000
Alex Kotliarsky us
Alex Kotliarsky
181,500
33,500
33,500
Eric von Guttenberg us
Eric von Guttenberg
135,000
19,000
19,000
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
91,000
9,400
9,400
Jeff Santarelli us
Jeff Santarelli
88,000
40,000
40,000
Noomis Jones us
Noomis Jones
88,000
23,700
23,700
Schuyler Thornton us
Schuyler Thornton
81,000
53,000
53,000
Eddy Konarske us
Eddy Konarske
74,200
17,200
17,200
Brian Leitch us
Brian Leitch
72,700
47,700
47,700
Nick Marchitti us
Nick Marchitti
70,000
38,000
38,000
Mark Rosenberg us
Mark Rosenberg
66,200
28,200
28,200
Travis Northrope us
Travis Northrope
59,400
18,400
18,400
Elenna Martinez us
Elenna Martinez
55,500
-58,500
-58,500
Sergio Ruiz us
Sergio Ruiz
42,000
23,200
23,200
Jason Vanstrom us
Jason Vanstrom
40,000
-20,000
-20,000
Rich Dixon us
Rich Dixon
35,000
-4,000
-4,000
Jose Lopez us
Jose Lopez
35,000
-30,500
-30,500
Jim Morrison us
Jim Morrison
30,000
-47,000
-47,000
Kevin Kurtz us
Kevin Kurtz
26,000
-39,000
-39,000
Mansour Alipourfard us
Mansour Alipourfard
23,000
500
500
Jay Jesse us
Jay Jesse
22,400
-40,400
-40,400

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Cards Back In the Air; Registration Closed

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The unofficial number of entries for Day 1d has just been announced as 400, bringing the four-day total up to 1,087 and making it the first tournament in Colorado history with over 1,000 entries. Ryan Dodson was one of the three to have entered on break and has been seen with a fresh stack for a final chance at a bag.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Dodson us
Ryan Dodson
25,000
25,000
25,000