| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Dave Kohnke opened for 11,000 from middle position only to have Kevin Eyster three-bet all in for roughly 100,000. Max Chrisp then called off for 35,000 from the small blind, and Kohnke called to put both players at risk.
Kohnke: 
Chrisp: 
Eyster: 
Everyone held a pocket pair, but Kohnke's was best, at least until the flop came down 
. Chrisp flopped a full house, which held for the triple after the 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river. Meanwhile, Kohnke took down the side pot to send Eyster to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
100,000
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Day 1a chip leader Ross Reichert opened for 25,000 from the cutoff only to have Jason Vanstrom three-bet jam for 157,000 from the small blind. Reichert hit the tank, but eventually made the call.
Vanstrom: 
Reichert: 
It was a flip, but Vanstrom needed to improve to stay alive. That's just what he did too as the 
flop paired his ace. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Reichert, and he sent a bunch of his chips over to Vanstrom.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
184,500
|
184,500 |
|
220,000
-137,500
|
-137,500 |
Action folded to Michael Sanders on the button and he put in a raise. Rodger Johnson responded by three-betting all in from the small blind, and Sanders opted to call.
Sanders: 
Johnson: 
Johnson got it in good, but that didn't matter as the board ran out 
to give Sanders trips and the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
Jeff Fielder began the day dead last in chips, but he got off to a good start with an early double.
It happened when Mansour Alipour-Fard raised to 60,000 from the button to put the pressure on the short-stacked blinds. Fielder called off for 25,500 from the small blind, and after the big folded, the cards were turned up.
Ford:
Fielder:
Fielder got it in good, but the 
flop paired Alipour-Ford. Fielder began to get up, but stopped when the dealer burned and turned the to give him back the lead. The river was of no consequence, and Fielder shipped the much-needed double.
Meanwhile, MSPT Grand Falls champ Alan Curl has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
55,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
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Welcome back to the Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Casino!
Over the last three days, 510 entrants – a new record for the stop — packed the Golden Gates Poker Parlour to create a $494,700 prize pool, which absolutely obliterated the $200,000 guarantee.
Of those, just 87 combined players survived from the three starting flights, and today Bobby Sanoubane of Aurora, Colorado will begin the day as chip leader with 466,000, which is ahead of both Day 1b chip leader Derek McMaster (450,000) and Day 1a's Ross Reichert (357,500).
Earlier in week, Golden Gates Casino hosted a $360 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed MSPT Regional event, which attracted 770 entrants. Sanoubane, who fired four bullets in the Main Event, took down that tournament for $33,000 after a six-way chop. If there's such a thing as home field advantage in poker, Sanoubane has it.
Of course he'll have his work cut out as he faces some stiff competition on Day 2 including defending champ Kane Lai (304,000), MSPT Team Pros Matt Alexander (270,500) and Nick Pupillo (100,000), Colorado poker pro Bryan Devonshire (178,000), WSOP Millionaire Maker champ Adrian Buckley (157,500), two-time WSOP bracelet winner David Warga (60,000), and the short stack coming into play, Jeff Fielder (32,000).
It'll also be interesting to keep an eye on the MSPT Season 6 Player of the Year race today. Mark Hodge, who was eliminated on Day 1c, currently leads with 3,540 points, a solid 540 ahead of second place Blake Bohn. However, the aforementioned Pupillo sits in third with 2,950 points. With neither Hodge nor Bohn in the mix today, Pupillo finds himself with a great opportunity to add some coveted POY points.
To have a look at the current MSPT POY leaderboard, CLICK HERE.
Day 2 will kick off at 12:00 p.m. local time, which is about an hour from now. Who will walk away with the top prize? Be sure to join us then as we bring you all the action from the MSPT Golden Gates Casino!
Here's a look at those who've capture titles in Season 6 thus far:
| Dates | Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 15-25, 2015 | MSPT bestbet Jacksonville | 421 | Brian Arbaugh | $102,806 |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 8, 2015 | MSPT Running Aces | 354 | Erv Bjerga | $91,941 |
| Feb. 14-22, 2015 | MSPT Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin Dells | 463 | Ben Wiora | $114,512 |
| March 5-15 | MSPT Golden Gates | 409 | Kane Lai | $101,365 |
| March 21-29 | MSPT Meskwaki | 371 | Chad Willett | $96,760 |
| April 4-12 | MSPT Potawatomi | 635 | Jason Mirza | $147,529 |
| April 6-19 | MSPT Maryland Live! Casino | 270 | Greg Himmelbrand | $72,910 |
| April 17-26 | MSPT Canterbury Park | 430 | Dan Hendrickson | $106,182 |
| May 9-17 | MSPT FireKeepers Casino | 614 | Mark Rubenstein | $142,637 |
| June 1-5 | MSPT Venetian | 1,964 | Angelina Rich | $215,815 |
| July 24-26 | MSPT Meskwaki | 410 | Blake Bohn | $101,229 |
| August 14-16 | MSPT Grand Falls | 238 | Alan Curl | $64,941 |
| August 21-23 | MSPT Tropicana Evansville | 251 | Michael O'Neill | $67,746 |
| September 4-6 | MSPT Potawatomi | 462 | Dan Goepel | $114,117 |
| September 18-20 | MSPT Running Aces | 328 | Peixin Liu | $85,498 |
| October 10-18 | MSPT FireKeepers Casino | 559 | Michael Ferraroti | $134,642 |
| November 6-8 | MSPT Meskwaki | 410 | Rich Alsup | $101,229 |
For additional news and updates, be sure to follow the tour on Twitter @msptpoker.
| Table | Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | William Givens | 374,500 |
| 3 | 2 | Tim Heminger | 76,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Lucas Mermin | 192,500 |
| 3 | 4 | Chris Ellis | 116,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Danny Gonzalez | 108,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Anthony Karahalios | 155,500 |
| 3 | 7 | Anthony Martinez | 94,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Michael Campbell | 178,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Nick Pupillo | 100,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Roger Martin | 50,500 |
| 6 | 2 | Don Angstead | 153,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Brandon Miller | 97,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Cuong Nguyen | 263,500 |
| 6 | 5 | James Wilson | 392,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Dan Simental | 158,500 |
| 6 | 7 | Luke Macken | 173,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Matt Greenwald | 155,500 |
| 6 | 9 | John Vitt | 82,500 |
| 9 | 1 | Todd Tritsch | 35,700 |
| 9 | 2 | Mansour Alipour-Fard | 205,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Jeff Fielder | 32,000 |
| 9 | 4 | Norelia Austin | 50,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Charles Harder | 125,500 |
| 9 | 6 | Adrian Buckley | 157,500 |
| 9 | 7 | Ben Keeline | 375,000 |
| 9 | 8 | Chris Maxwell | 64,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Alexander Ziskin | 112,000 |
| 11 | 1 | Paul Hoch | 242,500 |
| 11 | 2 | Lou Mortellaro | 352,500 |
| 11 | 3 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | 251,500 |
| 11 | 4 | Svetlana Martie | 137,500 |
| 11 | 5 | George Clarke | 263,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Tom Heine | 196,500 |
| 11 | 7 | Nathan Finger | 82,500 |
| 11 | 8 | David Warga | 60,000 |
| 11 | 9 | Corey Zedo | 141,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Tom Bovzider | 282,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Richard Oneal | 131,500 |
| 12 | 3 | Rob Fulcomer | 39,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Bryan Devonshire | 178,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Osama Aweida | 114,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Robert Schneegas | 186,500 |
| 12 | 7 | Jose Serratos | 33,500 |
| 12 | 8 | Bruce Russell | 223,000 |
| 12 | 9 | Sylvain Cote | 159,000 |
| 13 | 1 | Josh Connett | 182,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Bobby Sanoubane | 466,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Shanon Grundland | 105,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Nades Wahdan | 422,500 |
| 13 | 5 | Kyle Wagner | 315,500 |
| 13 | 6 | Derek McMaster | 450,000 |
| 13 | 7 | David Skilling | 51,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Rich Dixon | 296,500 |
| 13 | 9 | Cuong Dang | 142,500 |
| 14 | 1 | Aaron Thomas | 225,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Ryan Brown | 233,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Max Chrisp | 53,500 |
| 14 | 4 | Kane Lai | 304,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Phil Bujorian | 114,500 |
| 14 | 6 | Robert Foster | 188,500 |
| 14 | 7 | Steven Baca | 362,500 |
| 14 | 8 | Dave Kohnke | 285,000 |
| 15 | 1 | Ben Marsh | 68,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Brad Lien | 126,500 |
| 15 | 3 | Michael Sanders | 205,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Rodger Johnson | 60,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Elizabeth Pratt | 72,000 |
| 15 | 6 | David Gutfreund | 195,000 |
| 15 | 7 | Igor Balaban | 170,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Michael Jelaso | 88,500 |
| 15 | 9 | Empty | - |
| 16 | 1 | Mexican Pireto | 63,500 |
| 16 | 2 | Phanora Prom | 294,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Steve Wood | 138,500 |
| 16 | 4 | Jon Tyler Holbrook | 325,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Kenneth Kottwitz | 121,500 |
| 16 | 6 | Mitchell Lekarczyk | 138,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Vincent Griboski | 237,500 |
| 16 | 8 | Stephen Marsh | 47,000 |
| 16 | 9 | Empty | - |
| 18 | 1 | Michael Ermie | 222,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Matt Alexander | 270,500 |
| 18 | 3 | Alan Curl | 44,000 |
| 18 | 4 | David Levy | 257,500 |
| 18 | 5 | Ross Reichert | 357,500 |
| 18 | 6 | Julian Levy | 133,500 |
| 18 | 7 | Jason Vanstrom | 135,500 |
| 18 | 8 | He Huong | 232,500 |
| 18 | 9 | Empty | - |
Over the course of three starting flights, the MSPT Golden Gates Casino attracted 510 total entries that created a prize pool of $494,700. That will be distributed to the top 54 players as follows:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st $123,180 | |
| 2nd $69,258 | |
| 3rd $44,523 | |
| 4th $35,370 | |
| 5th $27,703 | |
| 6th $22,755 | |
| 7th $18,056 | |
| 8th $14,098 | |
| 9th $9,893 | |
| 10-12th $6,431 | |
| 13-15th $4,947 | |
| 16-18th $3,710 | |
| 19-27th $2,721 | |
| 28-36th $2,474 | |
| 37-45th $2,226 | |
| 46-54th $1,979 |
