$360 Regional Event
Day 1d Started
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional
$360 Regional Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1d
2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional
Buy-in
$360
Prize Pool
$326,100
Entries
1,087
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
400
Players Left
54
Day 1d of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Gets Underway at Noon
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.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Play Officially Underway on Day 1d
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
One hundred and thirty players are in their seats with cards in the air as play is officially underway on Day 1d of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Event.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Faces in the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Dodson Wins an Early One
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
32,600 | 32,600 |
Jacks Good at Showdown for Needens
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
There was 1,200 in the middle on a flop of 
with heads-up action between a player in early position and Randy Needens, who was in middle position. The early-position player had checked and was facing a bet of 600 from Needens. He made the call.
Action then checked through the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.
"Nothin'," said the early-position player. Needens tabled 
and took down the pot upon his opponent mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,200 | 200 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Blankenship Gets an Early KO
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
David Blankenship caught up recently and shared that he knocked out a player on the third hand of the day. He is off to a fast start with a stack of 54,000 and is hoping to find a bag after being eliminated after the last break of the night on all three prior flights in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000 | 29,000 |