Nível: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Nível: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The players have gone on a 10-minute break.
As part of PokerNews’ continuing Industry Insiders series, we caught up with Golden Nugget’s poker shift manager Mike Godfrey, who this summer is serving as Tournament Manager and Administrator for Grand Poker Series under Andy Rich, who we previously featured in his own Industry Insiders profile here.
Godfrey, 38, graduated from UNLV with a degree in American History and is a proud husband as well as a father of two children.
“I have worked in the poker industry for 13+ years and have been playing since I moved into town when I was 21,” Godfrey told PokerNews. “I was hired as a dealer for my first job at the Joker’s Wild Casino. I quickly moved on to the Mirage where I learned that I would work more hours if I learned to be a supervisor and in return was mentored by one of the all-time greatest in Mark Gershof.”
From there he was hired as a tournament manager at the Golden Nugget in November 2014.
“I was lucky to be hired by the Golden Nugget as a tournament manager and from there I took over the graveyard shift and am lucky enough to still be manning that post for seven years. My mentor, Mark Getshof, knew the acting manager at the time and put in a good word for me. It must have been an incredible one because I was hired on the spot and have pushed myself every day to be worthy of that recommendation still.”
When he started, Godfrey oversaw little nightly tournament 5-6 days a week. The priority was simple – turn a two-table tournament into a six-table tournament. Within three months, he did exactly that and their daily events soon became a popular attraction.
“After working my first Grand Poker Series with Andy Rich at the helm of operations we learned that the mission became even larger — turn GPS into a tournament destination for pokers players of all buy in ranges and demographics,” Godfrey shared. “I was turned into a shift manager on graveyard where we were struggling, and the goal became to change the direction of how late night poker was handled at the Golden Nugget. With the help of my team of dealers we have made that shift into a thriving place for poker."
He added: “The theme for the goals across the goal was simple – build. Make things better, keep things fun, and make the world of poker great for everybody involved.”
Jack Oliver moved all in for 14,000 in middle position which saw Chris Maguire call in the cutoff and Harrison Gimbel call in the big blind. "Housemate busts other housemate," joked Maguire.
The flop rolled out A♠K♣J♣ and Gimbel check-folded to a bet of 10,000 from Maguire.
Jack Oliver: A♥4♠
Chris Maguire: A♣7♠
"F***," Oliver screamed "low cards please."
The turn came the A♦ which gave both players three aces and looking very likely to chop.
"Yes!" screamed Oliver.
The river changed fortunes once more as the 4♥ peeled off, giving Oliver aces full of fours.
"Yes!" Oliver screamed even louder while flipping his roommate off as the pot was pushed towards him and the table laughed all around him.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Chris Maguire |
413,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Harrison Gimbel | 109,000 | |
|
||
Jack Oliver |
50,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
A player in first position moved all in for 65,000 which saw action fold around to Eric Pei in the small blind who moved in for more and everyone else folded.
Opponent: 9♦9♣
Eric Pei: A♥K♥
The board ran out K♠10♥2♣5♠7♥ and the ace-king found a king on the flop to pull ahead and take down the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Eric Pei |
214,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
Nível: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Yueqi Wang | 364,000 | |
Chris Maguire |
317,000
317,000
|
317,000 |
Joshua Prager |
275,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Michael Liang |
209,000
17,700
|
17,700 |
Jason Riesenberg |
203,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Tim Garles
|
193,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Jack Sinclair |
181,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
||
Gabi Livshitz |
178,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Shane Melert |
175,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Stanislav Ivanov |
143,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
Xuan Liu |
99,000
54,500
|
54,500 |
Ryan Laplante |
93,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
||
Brian Altman |
75,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
||
Brian Hastings |
74,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
||
Jack Oliver |
68,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Lena Evans |
55,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
Michael Wang | Eliminado | |
|
||
Cole Ferraro | Eliminado | |
|
||
Marle Spragg | Eliminado |
Nível: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
A player raised to 6,000 in early position and Terence Reid move all in from late position. The player on the button called all in for 16,000 and the initial raiser folded.
Opponent: A♠J♠
Terence Reid: 9♦9♣
The board ran out Q♣7♠7♣4♦5♣ and the nines turned into nines and sevens, which were good for Reid to take down the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Terence Reid |
102,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
812 entries has been confirmed by the floor, nearly double the size of this flight last year.
A total of 102 players will bag up at the end of the day.