Geoff Vail just put a player all in out of the small blind on a 
flop. The player called it off with 
but was well behind Vails 
. Vail held on the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
In a span of five seats at Table 13, there sits roughly $5 million worth of tournament winnings.
In Seat 1, Kou Vang has about $600,000 in live cashes to his name, while Seat 3 houses Vang's fellow Mid-States Poker Tour team pro Blake Bohn, who sits at just under $2 million. The five seat, meanwhile, is home to Kevin "1sickdisease" Eyster, well-known online crusher who also sports north of $2.3 million in live cashes. Needless to say, the other players at this table have their work cut out for them if they hope to accumulate any chips, and worse still, the table is likely to be one of the last to break.
It goes without saying that we'll keep a close eye on Table 13.
Alex Greenblatt just sent a significant portion of his stack to Phillip Luong, after the latter had 
hold up on what looked to be a ten-high board. We didn't see Greenblatt's hand.
At another table, Kenneth Kottwitz busted when he shoved a very short stack from middle position with and was called by a player holding 
. Kottwitz could not overtake the dominating hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
123,500
|
123,500 |
|
238,000
-109,000
|
-109,000 |
|
Busted |
Short stack Jared Koppel got his last nine big blinds in with 
and lost to a player holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
After three days of warm-ups, the championship Sunday has arrived for Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates. Day 2 play will commence at 11 a.m. local time here in Black Hawk, Colo., with 104 players in contention for the first prize of more than $120,000. The total number of runners was 500, so 54 of the 104 will walk out with payouts.
Mike Wright brings the overall chip lead into Day 2 with 600,000, trailed by the 511,500 of MSPT team pro Blake Bohn. Plenty of other notables remain in contention as well, including Alex Greenblatt, Adam Friedman, John Beauprez, Will Givens, Phil Mader, Ben Keeline, John Hayes, and Bohn's fellow team pros Kou Vang and Matt Kirby.
Play will begin at Level 16 (2,000/4,000/500) and progress until the final table is set, at which point everyone will break for dinner. Keep an eye on the live updates right here on PokerNews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000 | |
|
511,500 | |
|
470,000 | |
|
431,000 | |
|
|
347,000 | |
|
331,500 | |
|
316,000 | |
|
312,500 | |
|
310,000 | |
|
|
291,500 | |
|
278,000 | |
|
274,500 | |
|
271,000 | |
|
||
|
251,500 | |
|
||
|
|
243,000 | |
|
242,500 | |
|
232,000 | |
|
|
||
|
228,500 | |
|
224,500 | |
|
|
222,500 | |
|
221,000 | |
|
212,500 | |
|
208,500 | |
|
|
208,500 | |
|
196,000 | |
Main Event
Day 2 Started
