$360 Regional Event Day 1d | 2019 MSPT Golden Gates Regional

$360 Regional Event

Day 1d Completed

11-16-2019 22:23 UTC-7

Ryan Brown Leads Final Flight of MSPT Golden Gates Regional Event

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The final starting day of the $360 MSPT Golden Gates Regional Event drew the biggest field with 360 players but only 57 found a bag for Day 2.

All in all, the four flights combined attracted 915 competitors generating a prize pool of $274,500 but only 131 of them will return to the felt tomorrow to continue to battle it out.

The top 99 finishers will be guaranteed a min-cash worth $659, but all eyes will be on the first-place prize of $52,155 as well as the MSPT trophy.

Ryan Brown earned the honors of Day 1d chip lead with a stack of 443,000. He now shares the overall chip lead with defending champion Aaron Frei who bagged the exact same stack on Day 1a. Brown already has a couple of cashes at the MSPT but he will be looking to make a deep run, and take home his first MSPT trophy.

Other players who made it near the top of the leaderboard through this final flight include Raymond Swingle (333,000), Joel Verbeck (326,000) and James McGee (295,000).

Verbeck acquired most of his chips after winning a massive pot in a three-way all in. He was at risk on the flop with an open-ended straight draw against the player in the hijack who had two pair and Steve Wilkie who had a better two pair. The turn was just what Verbeck needed for a straight and he took over the chip lead, but couldn't keep it till the end of the day.

Some of the familiar faces that also bagged today inlcude Griffin Malatino (286,000), Scotter Clark (89,000), Steve Klaus (87,000), and Ben Keeline (54,000). Keeline has over $2.4 million in total live earnings including major titles. He will be chasing another victory to add to his resume.

Among those to bust throughout the last starting day were David Blankenship, Leland Fox, Steve Wilkie, Ken Mann, and Ming Chang to name just a few. Blankenship forfeited his stack on Day 1a after bagging 84,000 with the hope of bagging a bigger stack for Day 2. However, he saw his hopes vanish as he couldn't find another bag.

All Day 1 survivors combine to a single field on Sunday, November 17th at noon local time to continue to battle it out until a winner is crowned. Action will resume at Level 16 which features a small blind of 2,000, big blind of 5,000, with a 5,000 big blind ante. PokerNews will be your one-stop-shop for all the action.

Tags: Aaron Frei Ben Keeline David Blankenship Griffin Malatino Joel Verbeck Ken Mann Leland Fox Ming Chang Ryan Brown Scotter Clark Steve Klaus Steve Wilkie

11-16-2019 22:20 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
3	1	Zach Gutierrez	279,000
3	2	Andrew Dea	180,000
3	3	David Lewis	148,000
3	4	Carlos Aguirre	119,000
3	5	Nicholas Marchitti	98,000
3	6	James Swan	80,000
3	7	Ravi Subramanian	71,000
3	8	Ben Keeline	54,000
3	9	Aaron Frei	443,000

4	1	Andrew Fritsch	79,000
4	2	Thor Hansen	68,000
4	3	Ryan Brown	443,000
4	4	Jeff Santaselli	271,000
4	5	Andrew Van Maanen	178,000
4	7	Gary Schneider	147,000
4	8	Josh Saltz	119,000
4	9	Mike Meyer	93,000

5	1	Khoa Nguyen	263,000
5	2	Shane Hershberger	178,000
5	3	Shawn Botsford	147,000
5	4	Thomas Fisher	91,000
5	5	Jordan Turoff	118,000
5	6	Ryan Shank	377,000
5	7	Lou Casades	78,000
5	8	James Lee	67,000
5	9	Chris Valdez	53,000

6	1	Sergio Ruiz	170,000
6	2	Scotter Clark	89,000
6	3	Brent Cunningham	145,000
6	4	Jeff Granowski	78,000
6	5	Jared Johnson	115,000
6	6	Ronald Scott	66,000
6	7	Shane Murphy	376,000
6	8	Kevin Kurtz	262,000
6	9	Michael Bublitz	103,000

7	1	Bobby Sanoubane	167,000
7	2	Barb Visher	140,000
7	3	Brett Richter	114,000
7	4	Steve Klaus	87,000
7	5	Chris Carlson	78,000
7	6	Scott Norman	10,000
7	7	Edwin Eng	65,000
7	8	Greg Geller	335,000
7	9	Miguel Navarro	237,000

8	1	Greg Quinn	222,000
8	2	Raymond Swingle	333,000
8	3	Dana Deitz	138,000
8	4	Walter Treccarichi	86,000
8	5	Evan Johnson	78,000
8	6	Justin Russell	64,000
8	7	Rea Tillman	50,000
8	8	Johnny Ambrosio	166,000
8	9	David Quick	113,000

9	1	Jay Robb	50,000
9	2	Ryan Dodson	331,000
9	3	Chandler Duncan	218,000
9	4	Phil Gioia	157,000
9	5	Mansour Alipourfard	134,000
9	6	Steve Koerner	113,000
9	7	Nin Ho	85,000
9	8	Noel Sierra-Zobia	63,000
9	9	Kelly Shelton	77,000

10	1	Jesus Sanchez	204,000
10	2	David Lang	156,000
10	3	Gary Giovino	133,000
10	4	John Biondo	43,000
10	5	Vincent Griboski	111,000
10	7	Andreas Ramadanis	76,000
10	8	Ralph Kingan	62,000
10	9	Joel Verbeck	326,000

11	1	Phil Bujorian	154,000
11	2	Michael Block	130,000
11	3	Dan Pope	105,000
11	4	Mark Strayer	76,000
11	5	Jacob Battenberg	82,000
11	6	Christina Brown	62,000
11	7	Steve Parrish	37,000
11	8	Patrick Suzuki	315,000
11	9	Dmitri Amirov	201,000

12	1	Brent Vaughn	75,000
12	2	Clarence Judkins	60,000
12	3	Adam Zweifel	34,000
12	4	Andrew Peragallo	306,000
12	5	Ed Plumb	200,000
12	6	Terry Miller	154,000
12	7	Paul Holder	130,000
12	8	Graeme Cowie	105,000
12	9	Mark Dusza	82,000

13	1	Jared Ingles	200,000
13	2	Michael Fallis	153,000
13	3	Brian Leitch	129,000
13	4	Colin McGuire	103,000
13	5	Umamaheswara Palle	81,000
13	6	James McGee	295,000
13	7	Brandon Vrbas	75,000
13	8	Ted Shenefelt	59,000
13	9	Robert Sweeney	24,000

14	1	Brad Lien	22,000
14	2	Alex Kotliarsky	200,000
14	3	Parsa Sepahi	127,000
14	4	Anthony Piazza	102,000
14	5	Dan Durkee	81,000
14	6	Jeffrey Crowe	152,000
14	7	Abhinav Parakh	289,000
14	8	Anthony Martinez	75,000
14	9	James Gosselin	59,000

15	1	Ronnie Lamb	80,000
15	2	Mitchell Lekarczyk	73,000
15	3	Jason Welch	59,000
15	4	Michael Hinde	198,000
15	5	Corey Zedo	150,000
15	6	Vincent Moscati	124,000
15	7	Evan Miller	100,000
15	8	David St John	18,000
15	9	Griffin Malatino	286,000

16	1	Naval Subbarayan	149,000
16	2	Stephen Bishop	120,000
16	3	Patrick O’Mahony	100,000
16	4	Bobby Tysoxi	80,000
16	5	Kelly Dejaynes	55,000
16	7	Aaron Campbell	283,000
16	8	Dino Aragon	73,000
16	9	Richard Mijares	195,000

17	1	Chris Busch	149,000
17	2	Brian Beck	119,000
17	3	Alex Dunn	98,000
17	4	Sean Vongsakoun	280,000
17	5	Ben Beiman	194,000
17	7	Philip Cummings	80,000
17	8	Wayne Lee	72,000
17	9	Doug Jones	54,000

11-16-2019 21:19 UTC-7

End of Day Chip Counts for Day 1d (full)

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Brown	443,000 443,000	443,000
Raymond Swingle	333,000 23,000	23,000
Joel Verbeck	326,000 21,000	21,000
James McGee	295,000 35,000	35,000
Griffin Malatino	286,000 16,000	16,000
Aaron Campbell	283,000
Jeff Santaselli	271,000 271,000	271,000
Alex Kolitiarsky	200,000 200,000	200,000
Michael Hinde	198,000 198,000	198,000
Andrew Van Maanen	178,000 178,000	178,000
Shane Hershberger	178,000 178,000	178,000
Sergio Ruiz	170,000 15,000	15,000
Robert Sanoubane	167,000 167,000	167,000
David Lang	156,000 96,000	96,000
Terry Miller	154,000 154,000	154,000
Jeffrey Crowe	152,000 152,000	152,000
Corey Zedo	150,000 150,000	150,000
Chris Busch	149,000 149,000	149,000
Shawn Botsford	147,000 147,000	147,000
Dana Deitz	138,000 138,000	138,000
Brian Leitch	129,000 129,000	129,000
Stephen Bishop	120,000 120,000	120,000
Carlos Aguirre	119,000 119,000	119,000
Josh Saltz	119,000 119,000	119,000
Jordan Turuff	118,000 118,000	118,000

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11-16-2019 20:43 UTC-7

Play Has Halted for Day 1d

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The remaining 57 players have bagged for the night. End-of-day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly,

11-16-2019 20:26 UTC-7

Five More Hands

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Five more hands will be played at each table before the remaining players bag and tag for the night.

11-16-2019 20:24 UTC-7

Some Updated Counts

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Campbell	305,000 12,000	12,000
Joel Verbeck	305,000 25,000	25,000
Griffin Malatino	270,000
James McGee	260,000 10,000	10,000
Alexi Kotliarsky	170,000 -110,000	-110,000
Sergio Ruiz	155,000 99,000	99,000
Robert Sweeney	67,500 -107,500	-107,500
Ben Keeline	45,000 -15,500	-15,500

11-16-2019 20:14 UTC-7

Prize Pool Info Released

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The four flights combined of the $360 MSPT Golden Gates Regional Event attracted a total of 915 players creating a prize pool of $274,500. The top 99 finishers will be guaranteed to make the money with a min-cash being worth $659. The eventual winner will walk away with the first place prize of $52,155 in addition to the trophy.

Here is a look at the final table payouts: