Welcome to Day 1c of the 2020 MSPT Golden Gates $360 Regional Event
Two flights down, two to go: It’s time for Day 1c of the 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Golden Gates $360 Regional Event.
The third of four starting flights presents the next opportunity for players to earn their seat into Sunday’s Day 2. Wednesday’s Day 1a saw a massive 161 entries and Thursday’s Day 1b saw another 207 added to the tally, bringing the two-day total up to 368. This figure is up some 28% from the most recent edition of this tournament in November, 2019, where that number sat at 287 at this point in the tournament.
The $150,000 guaranteed prize pool is sure to be eclipsed today as another large field is expected to make their way up the mountain to the Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour in beautiful Black Hawk, Colorado. Players will once again receive 25,000 starting stacks with levels lasting 30 minutes all tournament long. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of every four levels with unlimited reentry available until the start of Level 13, and 15 levels are set to be played to their completion for the day unless 12% of the field remains before that happens.
As for the happenings on the first two days, Day 1a chip leader Luis Rosa (641,000) leads the way with Day 1b chip leader Abhinav Parakh (414,000) currently second in chips. Eight more players behind them finished with more than 300,000, with 41 players currently on the Day 2 roster.
Cards are in the air at noon and PokerNews will be on the floor covering all the action. Stay tuned to see who advances as the day unfolds.