2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$114,156
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
453
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Gioia Leads 38 Day 1a Survivors, Sandness in Second

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Gene Gioia bagged the most chips on Day 1a.
Gene Gioia bagged the most chips on Day 1a.

Gene Gioia bagged the top stack with 302,100 here at Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Day 1a. Mark Sandness, winner of MSPT Running Aces earlier this year, trails in a distant second with 234,800. John Taitt (193,800), David Gutfreund (192,100), and Charles Anderson (161,900), also bagged top five stacks.

A total of 137 entrants were recorded today, and some notable players survived the grind: Phil Mader (86,000), Ryan Tepen (61,200), and Bryan Devonshire (38,100). Though Devonshire bagged one of the shorter stacks, he still looms as one of the more dangerous players in the tournament, as his resume includes more than $2 million in live cashes.

Gioia gained most of his stack on one of the last hands of the night. With the first four cards coming {6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}, Gioia bet 25,000 and got called. On the river, he put all of his red T5,000 chips in the center: 85,000. His opponent immediately called, and Gioia tabled {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}. The button raised his cards high into the air and slammed {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} onto the felt. Nobody else had time to catch Gioia after that, as just one more hand was played at his table.

Day 1b will commence tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time, and PokerNews will be on the scene to bring all of the live updates, so come back and see us then.

Player Chips Progress
Gene Gioia us
Gene Gioia
302,100
302,100
302,100
Mark Sandness us
Mark Sandness
234,800
19,800
19,800
John Taitt us
John Taitt
193,800
193,800
193,800
David Gutfreund us
David Gutfreund
192,100
11,600
11,600
Charles Anderson us
Charles Anderson
161,900
161,900
161,900
Michael Del Toro
Michael Del Toro
154,100
4,100
4,100
Eric Loehr
Eric Loehr
118,300
118,300
118,300
Adam Wilber
Adam Wilber
114,600
114,600
114,600
Martin Tingelhoff
Martin Tingelhoff
113,000
113,000
113,000
Daniel Colpoys
Daniel Colpoys
109,500
109,500
109,500
Darren Hicks
Darren Hicks
102,200
102,200
102,200
Herbert Burkhalter JR
Herbert Burkhalter JR
101,800
101,800
101,800
Stephen Le Peau us
Stephen Le Peau
92,400
92,400
92,400
Daniel Dreyfuss
Daniel Dreyfuss
89,900
89,900
89,900
Bradly Zotti
Bradly Zotti
88,400
88,400
88,400
Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
86,000
-49,000
-49,000
Kenneth Lechel
Kenneth Lechel
79,500
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
76,800
76,800
76,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Suetlana Martie
Suetlana Martie
73,400
73,400
73,400
Aaron Gardner
Aaron Gardner
71,400
71,400
71,400
Michael Kelley
Michael Kelley
64,700
64,700
64,700
Daniel Weiss
Daniel Weiss
63,000
63,000
63,000
James Hansen
James Hansen
62,800
62,800
62,800
Ryan Tepen us
Ryan Tepen
61,200
-24,500
-24,500
Lawrence Brookes us
Lawrence Brookes
60,500
60,500
60,500
Darek Spring
Darek Spring
59,200
59,200
59,200
Matthew Cervantes
Matthew Cervantes
56,200
56,200
56,200
Andrew Smolen JR
Andrew Smolen JR
55,400
55,400
55,400
David Wray
David Wray
49,500
49,500
49,500
Robert Skutelsky
Robert Skutelsky
45,900
45,900
45,900
Anthony Karahalios
Anthony Karahalios
44,400
44,400
44,400
Robert Kononen
Robert Kononen
40,100
40,100
40,100
Thao Thiem us
Thao Thiem
40,000
-52,000
-52,000
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
38,100
-61,900
-61,900
Michael Harris
Michael Harris
32,600
32,600
32,600
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon
Nicolas Vaca-Rondon
32,400
32,400
32,400
Philip Bujorian
Philip Bujorian
29,700
29,700
29,700

Tags: Bryan DevonshireDavid GutfreundGene GioiaMark SandnessPhil MaderRyan Tepen