$360 Regional Event | 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates Regional

01-19-2020 17:00 UTC-7

28th-36th Place Eliminations

HillKerby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Joe Lucero and Robert Stocklmeier were just eliminated in short succession to bring the field down to 27. A full redraw for the final three tables is in the haps and the new seat draw will be posted momentarily.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Lucero	Busted
Robert Stocklmeier	Busted
Andrew Peragallo	Busted
Patrick Fox	Busted
Jeremy Standiford	Busted
Michael Tito	Busted
Jason Neal	Busted
Sunyi Yi	Busted
Steve WIlkie	Busted

Tags: Joe Lucero Robert Stocklmeier

01-19-2020 16:58 UTC-7

Lucero Hooked by Jones

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Joe Lucero saw action folded to him on the button and shoved all in, receiving a call from Doug Jones in the big blind.

Joe Lucero:
Doug Jones:

Lucero Found a sweat on the flop , giving him outs to an open-ended straight, but was unable to fill up on the turn and river to result in his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Jones	1,720,000 860,000	860,000
Joe Lucero	Busted

Tags: Doug Jones Joe Lucero

01-19-2020 16:51 UTC-7

Peragallo Hits the Showers

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrew Peragallo was standing up from his seat and gathering his belongings as his hand of was in the process of being mucked to spell the end of his tournament life.

Peragallo was on the button and had lost to Luis Rosa, who was in middle position and had the pot sent his way for his winning hand of tabled on a board of , hitting a straight to take him over 2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Rosa	2,220,000 310,000	310,000
Andrew Peragallo	Busted

Tags: Andrew Peragallo Luis Rosa

01-19-2020 16:47 UTC-7

37th-45th Place Eliminations

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The following players finished 37-45th place ($1,076).

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Zipprich	Busted
David Lewis	Busted
James Callanan	Busted
Matt Krier	Busted
Griffin Malatino	Busted
Dylan Johnson	Busted
Kevin Eyster	Busted

Igor Gavrilon	Busted
Dapo Fadeyi	Busted

01-19-2020 16:43 UTC-7

Montoya Makes a "Good Fold"

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alex Montoya opened to 145,000 under the gun and James Chmilousky three-bet all in for 535,000 from the hijack. Action got back to Montoya and he thought for close to a minute before folding face up.

"Good fold," said Chmilousky, showing to earn him the pot, giving him more than a 40% increase to his stack by taking down the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Montoya	900,000 -30,000	-30,000
James Chmilousky	780,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Alex Montoya James Chmilousky

01-19-2020 16:32 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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HillKerby

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Two players were lost before the break and 35 now remain. Here's an update on the chip counts across the final four tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Rosa	1,910,000 530,000	530,000
Alex Kotliarsky	1,740,000 1,168,000	1,168,000
Abhinav Parakh	1,585,000 665,000	665,000
Jason Johnson	1,570,000 1,221,000	1,221,000
Neil Warren	1,515,000 -61,000	-61,000
Ronnie Lamb	1,325,000 617,000	617,000
Roman Mai	1,160,000 585,000	585,000
Behrouz Keshtavar	1,080,000 -360,000	-360,000
Matthew Frisch	1,080,000 65,000	65,000
Noel Diaz	990,000 874,000	874,000
Ethan Lehrburger	980,000 -20,000	-20,000
Stuart Brown	975,000 625,000	625,000
Alex Montoya	930,000 235,000	235,000
Danny Pham	885,000 215,000	215,000
Doug Jones	860,000 370,000	370,000
Eddy Konarske	720,000 167,000	167,000
Wayne Lee	700,000
Rick Burleson	660,000 60,000	60,000
James Chmilousky	635,000 -235,000	-235,000
Phillip Gioia	615,000 79,000	79,000
Sergio Sanchez	605,000 -1,015,000	-1,015,000
Joe Lucero	595,000 272,000	272,000
Robert Stocklmeier	550,000 -350,000	-350,000
Erasmus Morfe	490,000 100,000	100,000
Andrew Peragallo	455,000 140,000	140,000

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Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

01-19-2020 16:15 UTC-7

Break Time

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HillKerby

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The 37 remaining players are on another 15-minute break.

01-19-2020 16:14 UTC-7

Frisch Hits Seven Figures

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HillKerby

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

A total of 426,000 was being counted out of his opponent's stack to match the amount Matthew Frisch had left in his stack, paying him off for a double he had just earned.

Frisch's hand of was still visible on a board of and he was paid for his winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Frisch	1,015,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Matthew Frisch

01-19-2020 16:13 UTC-7

46th-54th Place Eliminations

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HillKerby

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The following players finished 46-54th place ($978).

Player	Chips	Progress
Schuyler Thornton	Busted
Anthony Piazza	Busted
Ken Ledwos	Busted
Ben Berman	Busted
Josh Kieval	Busted
Tom Bouziden	Busted
Rebecca Galloway	Busted
Bryan Wienhoff	Busted
Cy Church	Busted