Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Day 1d is underway with 269 players registered for the final opening flight of the tournament at the halfway point of Level 5. PokerNews will take a short break before live updates continue from the floor during Level 7.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Van Daele
|
645,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
|
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Vadim Zaychik |
623,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
Billy Huynh |
557,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Megan Thomson |
531,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
Steven Taxarchis | 524,000 | |
Matt Massaro |
462,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Rick Troendly | 428,000 | |
Jose Mendez
|
428,000 | |
Juan Figueroa
|
385,000 | |
Jeff Spruitenburg |
346,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
Norberto Callixto
|
346,000 | |
Kelly Douglas | 333,000 | |
Demitrius Dews
|
330,000 | |
Le Guan |
323,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
James Ostrowski | 322,000 | |
Vincent Chang |
312,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Dallas Zhao | 312,000 | |
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Kulwant Singh | 270,000 | |
Curtis Longman |
248,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Pat Lyons |
246,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
|
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Jiachen Wu | 226,000 | |
Ying Wang | 221,000 | |
Nima Mahani |
220,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
Robert Bugatto |
217,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
Phillip Jackson
|
210,000 |
A short stack in middle position moved all in and Rick Troendly called to attempt the elimination to end the night.
Opponent:
Rick Troendly:
The board ran out and Troendly sealed the deal with a straight on the river to bust his opponent and end Day 1c.
The remaining 49 players will return on Sunday at 11 a.m. for Day 2. Stay tuned to PokerNews for full chip counts from today's first flight. Day 1c ended with 1:20 left in Level 16.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rick Troendly |
428,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
The tournament is down to 50 players and play will continue hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated.
Action was heads up with 60,000 in the pot and on the board. Kelly Mayhugh checked and Megan Thomson bet 20,000. Mayhugh went into the tank for a moment before he shoved for a total of 98,000.
Thomson went deep into thought for several minutes before she tossed her hand in the muck and gave the pot to Mayhugh. Mayhugh turned over to imply the bluff.
"I'll remember that one," Thomson said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Megan Thomson |
570,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Kelly Mayhugh | 140,000 |
Craig Carillo took home the ring after an even chop with Richard Kwong in heads up play a RGPS Bay Area Event #5: $300 H.O.R.S.E. The two players outlasted a field of 70 entries to take home $4,610 each from teh total prize pool of $17,500. The top nine places paid.
Rank | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Craig Carillo | $4,610* |
2 | Richard Kwong | $4,610* |
3 | Stephen Godfrey | $2,460 |
4 | Brian Hatter | $1,710 |
5 | Loren Egide | $1,240 |
6 | Lisa French | $940 |
7 | Steven McAllister | $750 |
8 | Ray Henson | $625 |
9 | Steven Toll | $555 |
*- Denotes chop deal
The remaining 63 players have stepped out for another 10-minute break. The flight will continue until 49 players remain.
A player limped from under the gun and Ahferom Legesse raised to 322,000 from two seats over. Action folded around to the big blind and he shoved for around 100,000. The player folded from under the gun and Legesse called to put the big blind at risk.
Big Blind:
Ahferom Legesse:
The board ran out and the tens held to secure the elimination for Legesse. He moves above the 300,000 mark just before the tournament steps out for a break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ahferom Legesse |
322,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
Day 1d started at 6 p.m. local time and the current tally is 173 entries for the final flight of the tournament.
This is the first time that RunGood has drawn more than 1,000 entries into a tournament, and this is the second-largest prize pool in the history of the series with over $520,000 up for grabs.
That number will continue to grow throughout the evening as registration remains open for Day 1d until the end of Level 9.
PokerNews will stay with Day 1c until the surviving players bag up and coverage of Day 1d will resume in progress later in the evening.