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

Tags: Bryan DevonshireDavid GutfreundGene GioiaMark SandnessPhil MaderRyan Tepen