Golden Gates Casino

Brian Hou Bags Overall Chip Lead As 23 Advance From Day 1C Of MSPT Golden Gates

Day 1C of the MSPT Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour Main Event saw 167 entrants hit the felt, bringing the total field to 354 runners. In the end, 23 players managed to achieve a Day 2 bag, with Brian Hou and his stack of 417,000 taking the overall chip lead into Day 2, ahead of Day 1A chip leader Brian Leitch (276,000) and Day 1B chip leader Ramiro Perez (353,000). Hou has three MSPT Main Event cashes to his credit, and managed a cash in November’s MSPT $360 Regional Event here at Golden Gates. Hou was also part of a four-way chop two weeks ago at a $400 DeepStack Showdown event at The Venetian for $19,000.

Other big stacks include Maury Solano (337,500), Umut Ozturk (236,000), Bradley Beetz (227,000), and Rich Dixon (204,000). Others to bag include Tom Bouziden (170,000), Nils Bardsley (156,500), Jesse Allen (107,000), Nader Wahdan (82,000), and Danny Gonzales (52,000).

Sadly, not everyone was fortunate enough to survive the day, and among those to fall short of a bag include former MSPT $360 Golden Gates Regional champs Adam Wilbur, Bobby Sanoubane, Stephen Zipprich, and “Money” Mike Maruna, and former MSPT Golden Gates Main Event champs Fred Garcia, Kane Lai, Jason Beasley, Michigan’s Cooper Wanty, Chase Bianchi, birthday boy Kanat Ozturk, and Kevin “1sickdisease” Eyster.

Day 2 will kick off tomorrow at 11 AM with 46 players returning (5 from Day 1A, 18 from Day 1B, 23 from Day 1C) and the field will play down to a winner. The final table will be streamed with hole cards on a fifteen-minute delay on both Twitch and right here at MSPTpoker.com. As always, all of the action can also be found right here on the blog, so be sure to tune in tomorrow to find out who will walk away with the MSPT Golden Gates Main Event title!

End Of Day 1C Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Brian Hou	417,000	380,500
Maury Solano	337,500	198,500
Umut Ozturk	236,000	208,500
Bradley Beetz	227,000	99,500
Rich Dixon	204,000	218,500
Tom Bouziden	170,000	103,000
Nils Bardsley	156,500	210,000
Josh Levin	150,500	164,500
Matthew Krier	122,000	20,000
Eric Greenberg	117,000	73,500
Alex Goble	113,000	30,000
Raj Dhane	110,000	50,000
Jesse Allen (MI)	107,000	116,500
Jeremy Standiford	95,500	152,500
Mansour Alipourfard	93,000	123,500
Paul Schief	89,500	23,500
Nader Wahdan	82,000	59,000
Derek Palmer	62,000	96,000
William Remshardt	61,000	123,000
Danny Gonzales	52,000	98,000
Robert Mohn	41,500	47,000
Anthony Martinez	28,000	217,000
Nissim Ancel	20,500	178,000

Four More Hands

Players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day’s action.

Tom Bouziden's Ace High Is Enough

Action folded to the lojack who opened to 7,000. Tom Bouziden made the call from the cutoff and the rest of the players folded.

The flop came down and the lojack folded to Bouziden who bet 10,000. His opponent called.

The fell on the turn and both players checked.

The hit the river and the lojack led out for 8,000. Bouziden made the call.

Bouziden:
Opponent:

Tom Bouziden - 127,000 (42 bb)

Nils Bardsley Takes From Raj Dhane

Raj Dhane raised to 7,500 on the button, and Nils Bardsley called in the big blind.

Bardsley checked a flop to Dhane, who bet 10,000. Bardsley called.

The peeled off on the turn, and Bardsley led out for 10,000. Dhane called.

Bardsley bet 30,000 when the hit the river, and Dhane folded.

Nils Bardsley - 210,000 (70 bb)
Raj Dhane - 50,000 (17 bb)

Jeremy Standiford Out Races Karim Abuzar

Jeremy Standiford opened to 7,500. Action folded to Karim Abuzar in the cutoff who shoved all in for 21,500.

Action folded back to Standiford, and he made the call.

Standiford:
Abuzar:

The flop would come down giving Standiford quads. However he still didn’t earn the check mark as Abuzar could go running aces to have a bigger quads.

The on the turn would in fact give Standiford the check mark and the KO.

Jeremy Standiford - 80,000

Steve Wilkie's Big Slick Doesn't Do The Trick

Steve Wilkie stopped by the MSPT Live Reporting desk to let us know about a bad beat that ended his chances here at the MSPT Golden Gates Main Event.

Wilkie raised to 10,000, and was met with a three-bet to 20,000 by a lone opponent. Wilkie jammed for around 50,000, and his opponent made a reluctant call.

Wilkie:
Opponent:

Wilkie’s opponent flopped a flush draw and turned the flush, and Wilkie was left with a bad beat story and hit the rail.

Steve Wilkie - Busted

Karim Abuzar Wins A Race For A Crucial Double-Up

Karim Abuzar open shoved all-in for his remaining 21,500.

Action folded to the cutoff who re-shoved all-in over the top.

Everyone else folded and they were heads-up.

Abuzar:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Abuzar would successfully double-up.

Karim Abuzar - 45,000 (18 bb)

Maury Solano Surges Close To The Top Of The Leaderboard

Maury Solano opened UTG to 6,000.

He had a caller from middle position, before the big blind shoved all in for his remaining 150,000.

Solano made the call, while the other player saw his way out.

Solano:
Opponent:

Looking to fade an ace, Solano did just that on the board, and with that pot, Solano surges to the top of the leaderboard.

Maury Solano - 320,000 (160 bb)

Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Brian Hou	380,500	0
Rich Dixon	218,500	0
Umut Ozturk	208,500	0
Maury Solano	198,500	0
Nissim Ancel	178,000	178,000
Josh Levin	164,500	164,500
Mitchell Lekarczyk	155,500	0
Raj Dhane	153,500	153,500
Jeremy Standiford	152,500	152,500
Jordan Turoff	145,500	145,500
Mace Reed	133,500	133,500
Mansour Alipourfard	123,500	123,500
William Remshardt	123,000	123,000
Jesse Allen (MI)	116,500	0
Tom Bouziden	103,000	0
Bradley Beetz	99,500	99,500
Danny Gonzales	98,000	0
Derek Palmer	96,000	0
Eric Greenberg	73,500	73,500
Nader Wahdan	59,000	0
Karim Abuzar	55,000	55,000
Robert Mohn	47,000	0
Nils Bardsley	43,500	0
Steve Wilkie	32,000	0
Alex Goble	30,000	30,000
Paul Schief	23,500	23,500
Matthew Krier	20,000	20,000
Chase Bianchi	20,000	0