$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 2 Started
$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 2 Started
Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | 1 | Adam Curchack | 81,000 | 54 |
1 | 2 | Bob Mather | 93,500 | 62 |
1 | 3 | |||
1 | 4 | Joshua Steiner | 118,000 | 78 |
1 | 5 | |||
1 | 6 | Johnnie Moreno | 68,000 | 45 |
1 | 7 | Harry Sellers | 172,500 | 114 |
1 | 8 | Lee Markholt | 33,000 | 22 |
1 | 9 | Frank Szuchopa | 36,000 | 24 |
2 | 1 | Jeff Beachy | 53,500 | 35 |
2 | 2 | Joe Mussat | 37,500 | 25 |
2 | 3 | |||
2 | 4 | Paul Hawkins | 43,000 | 28 |
2 | 5 | Toko Luu | 17,000 | 11 |
2 | 6 | Jeff Spruitenburg | 30,000 | 20 |
2 | 7 | Farhad Ghafari | 145,000 | 96 |
2 | 8 | Arish Nat | 67,000 | 44 |
2 | 9 | Richard Kirlin | 50,000 | 33 |
3 | 1 | Dong Meng | 126,500 | 84 |
3 | 2 | Charles Swan | 174,000 | 116 |
3 | 3 | |||
3 | 4 | Andy Witek | 154,000 | 102 |
3 | 5 | Antonio Gutierrez | 121,000 | 80 |
3 | 6 | David Goodkin | 155,000 | 103 |
3 | 7 | Lam Le | 254,500 | 169 |
3 | 8 | Marco Johnson | 26,000 | 17 |
3 | 9 | Gary Pisarek | 154,500 | 103 |
4 | 1 | Mario Lopez | 158,500 | 105 |
4 | 2 | |||
4 | 3 | |||
4 | 4 | Travis Fujisaka | 212,000 | 141 |
4 | 5 | Ryan Andrada | 26,000 | 17 |
4 | 6 | Phaly Nou | 260,000 | 173 |
4 | 7 | Bryant Miller | 127,000 | 84 |
4 | 8 | Shain Matthews | 38,000 | 25 |
4 | 9 | Reggie Pears | 38,500 | 25 |
5 | 1 | Paul Richardson | 129,000 | 86 |
5 | 2 | Alan Burgess | 83,000 | 55 |
5 | 3 | |||
5 | 4 | Stuart Young | 106,500 | 71 |
5 | 5 | Jeff Platt | 36,000 | 24 |
5 | 6 | Roger Bailey | 181,000 | 120 |
5 | 7 | Angela Jordison | 143,500 | 95 |
5 | 8 | Jose Cruz | 37,500 | 25 |
5 | 9 | Chad Burum | 263,000 | 175 |
6 | 1 | Michael Needle | 94,500 | 63 |
6 | 2 | |||
6 | 3 | |||
6 | 4 | Xai Vang | 214,000 | 142 |
6 | 5 | Moshe Gavrieli | 106,000 | 70 |
6 | 6 | Eliezier Gonzalez | 129,500 | 86 |
6 | 7 | Jon Des Pois | 131,000 | 87 |
6 | 8 | Brian Estrada | 53,000 | 35 |
6 | 9 | Jack Surwald | 140,000 | 93 |
7 | 1 | Nicholas Loxley | 144,000 | 96 |
7 | 2 | Jesse Dinsley | 92,500 | 61 |
7 | 3 | |||
7 | 4 | Richard Peloquin | 274,000 | 182 |
7 | 5 | Evan Maurer | 36,000 | 24 |
7 | 6 | Francis Anderson | 90,500 | 60 |
7 | 7 | Man Pham | 269,000 | 179 |
7 | 8 | Ben Ludlow | 152,000 | 101 |
7 | 9 | Rachel De La Torre | 97,000 | 64 |
8 | 1 | David Larson (CA) | 125,000 | 83 |
8 | 2 | Ying Wang | 53,000 | 33 |
8 | 3 | |||
8 | 4 | Stephen Song | 50,500 | 33 |
8 | 5 | Sung Keem | 34,000 | 22 |
8 | 6 | Max Young | 54,500 | 36 |
8 | 7 | Pol Candelon | 71,000 | 47 |
8 | 8 | Forrest Kollar | 79,500 | 53 |
8 | 9 | Trevor O'Donoghue | 66,500 | 44 |
9 | 1 | Feiyue Wu | 73,500 | 49 |
9 | 2 | Damion Underwood | 54,000 | 36 |
9 | 3 | |||
9 | 4 | Francis Nguyen | 28,000 | 18 |
9 | 5 | Gene Davenport | 49,500 | 33 |
9 | 6 | Joe Fernandez | 98,000 | 65 |
9 | 7 | Tyler Patterson | 258,500 | 172 |
9 | 8 | Kenny Jones | 82,500 | 55 |
9 | 9 | Cedrric Trevino | 107,500 | 71 |
10 | 1 | Andrew Ostapchenko | 178,000 | 118 |
10 | 2 | Ray Henson | 181,000 | 120 |
10 | 3 | |||
10 | 4 | Lance Oliver | 87,000 | 58 |
10 | 5 | Toan Nguyen | 151,500 | 101 |
10 | 6 | Haixia Zhang | 48,000 | 32 |
10 | 7 | Jorgio Castro | 196,000 | 130 |
10 | 8 | Pierre Philp | 27,500 | 18 |
10 | 9 | Kris Burchfield | 40,500 | 27 |
11 | 1 | Brett Murray | 29,000 | 19 |
11 | 2 | Anthony An | 145,000 | 96 |
11 | 3 | |||
11 | 4 | Eddie Barna | 94,000 | 62 |
11 | 5 | Menram Moeinzaoen | 58,500 | 39 |
11 | 6 | Rudy Robledo | 60,000 | 40 |
11 | 7 | Shijia Liu | 150,500 | 100 |
11 | 8 | Scott Stewart | 160,000 | 106 |
11 | 9 | Brandon Zuidema | 59,000 | 39 |
12 | 1 | Darren Rabinowitz | 75,000 | 50 |
12 | 2 | Greg Pincombe | 82,000 | 54 |
12 | 3 | |||
12 | 4 | Derrick Nobles | 125,500 | 83 |
12 | 5 | Rogelio Avalos | 36,000 | 24 |
12 | 6 | Alejandro Madrigal | 22,000 | 14 |
12 | 7 | Jon C | 38,500 | 25 |
12 | 8 | Kelly Mayhugh | 96,000 | 64 |
12 | 9 | Stephen Godfrey | 77,500 | 51 |
13 | 1 | Michael Rossito | 49,000 | 32 |
13 | 2 | Brock Wilson | 36,500 | 24 |
13 | 3 | |||
13 | 4 | Nick Pupillo | 155,000 | 103 |
13 | 5 | Greg Jennings | 115,000 | 76 |
13 | 6 | Victor Paredes | 70,500 | 47 |
13 | 7 | Joe Nguyen | 56,000 | 37 |
13 | 8 | Michael Lin | 43,500 | 29 |
13 | 9 | Elizabeth Smith | 80,500 | 53 |
14 | 4 | Connor Henderson | 111,500 | 74 |
14 | 8 | JC Tran | 96,500 | 64 |
14 | 1 | Jonathan Wang | 80,000 | 53 |
14 | 2 | Hock Lau | 32,000 | 21 |
14 | 3 | |||
14 | 5 | |||
14 | 6 | Mike Lancaster | 43,500 | 29 |
14 | 7 | [Removed:420] | 70,000 | 46 |
14 | 9 | Pat Lyons | 45,000 | 30 |
15 | 1 | Dylan Wilkerson | 114,000 | 76 |
15 | 2 | Papa Karn | 70,000 | 46 |
15 | 3 | |||
15 | 4 | Charisse Case | 142,000 | 94 |
15 | 5 | |||
15 | 6 | Allen Ayers | 75,000 | 50 |
15 | 7 | Mario Quijano | 71,500 | 47 |
15 | 8 | Nabil Zumout | 40,500 | 27 |
15 | 9 | David Covarrubias | 56,000 | 37 |
16 | 1 | Deven Cannon | 139,000 | 92 |
16 | 2 | Ben Underwood | 94,000 | 62 |
16 | 3 | |||
16 | 4 | Lane Jacobson | 283,000 | 188 |
16 | 5 | |||
16 | 6 | Arthur Tanimoto | 106,500 | 71 |
16 | 7 | Noel Rodriguez | 87,000 | 58 |
16 | 8 | Glenn Burleson | 61,000 | 40 |
16 | 9 | Masoud Shojaei | 9,500 | 6 |
17 | 1 | Florencio Arguelles | 110,000 | 73 |
17 | 2 | Juan Valadez | 191,000 | 127 |
17 | 3 | |||
17 | 4 | Michael Loncar | 310,500 | 207 |
17 | 5 | |||
17 | 6 | Mike Scalise | 144,500 | 96 |
17 | 7 | Craig Schott | 106,000 | 70 |
17 | 8 | Mark Egbert | 90,500 | 60 |
17 | 9 | Allan Fernando | 88,000 | 58 |
18 | 1 | Cornel Cimpan | 344,500 | 229 |
18 | 2 | Cornel Roman | 112,500 | 75 |
18 | 3 | |||
18 | 4 | Garrett Gruener | 119,000 | 79 |
18 | 5 | |||
18 | 6 | Liya Gerasimova | 192,000 | 128 |
18 | 7 | Yanki Koppel | 90,500 | 60 |
18 | 8 | Justin Saliba | 34,000 | 22 |
18 | 9 | Thomas Morris | 47,000 | 31 |
19 | 1 | Jasthi Kumar | 77,500 | 51 |
19 | 2 | Mike Runnels | 28,000 | 18 |
19 | 3 | |||
19 | 4 | Sok Chean | 24,000 | 16 |
19 | 5 | |||
19 | 6 | Wesley Lehman | 79,000 | 52 |
19 | 7 | Sasha Sabbaghian | 107,000 | 71 |
19 | 8 | Michael Ludwick | 161,500 | 107 |
19 | 9 | Dann Turner | 100,000 | 66 |
20 | 1 | Mark Dolan | 52,000 | 34 |
20 | 2 | Jeffrey Lennon | 133,000 | 88 |
20 | 3 | |||
20 | 4 | Benny Rosa | 27,500 | 18 |
20 | 5 | |||
20 | 6 | Adam Brownstone | 64,500 | 43 |
20 | 7 | Prab Thonduru | 74,500 | 49 |
20 | 8 | Kyle Kitagawa | 44,500 | 29 |
20 | 9 | Jesse Hollander | 142,500 | 95 |
21 | 1 | Megan Thomson | 67,500 | 45 |
21 | 2 | Joe Stapleton | 56,500 | 37 |
21 | 3 | |||
21 | 4 | Kenny Tran | 74,500 | 49 |
21 | 5 | |||
21 | 6 | Andrew Moreno | 169,500 | 113 |
21 | 7 | Stuart Tuvey | 125,500 | 83 |
21 | 8 | Rassoul Malboubi | 72,500 | 48 |
21 | 9 | William Prin | 22,000 | 14 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cornel Cimpan | 344,500 | |
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Michael Loncar | 310,500 | |
Lane Jacobson
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283,000 | |
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Richard Peloquin
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274,000 | |
Man Pham | 269,000 | |
Chad Burum | 263,000 | |
Phaly Nou | 260,000 | |
Tyler Patterson | 258,500 | |
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Lam Le | 254,500 | |
Xai Vang | 214,000 | |
Travis Fujisaka | 212,000 | |
Jorgio Castro | 196,000 | |
Liya Gerasimova | 192,000 | |
Juan Valadez
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191,000 | |
Roger Bailey | 181,000 | |
Ray Henson | 181,000 | |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 178,000 | |
Charles Swan | 174,000 | |
Harry Sellers | 172,500 | |
Andrew Moreno | 169,500 | |
Michael Ludwick | 161,500 | |
Scott Stewart | 160,000 | |
Mario Lopez | 158,500 | |
David Goodkin | 155,000 | |
Nick Pupillo | 155,000 | |
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After two player-friendly opening flights to start the biggest RGPS Contenders Series Main Event ever, business is about to pick up on Day 2 here in Northern California.
So far, 397 entries have taken their shot at a piece of RunGood Poker Series history. Returning Monday are 164 remaining contenders with even more starting at 26 big blinds before registration closes once cards are in the air at noon local time to start level 9.
Before the day is done, players who make it deep enough will claim a share of the $1,000,000 guaranteed prizepool. Details will be announced once registration closes and final numbers are tallied.
Through the opening pair of flights, it’s two-time World Poker Tour champion Cornel Cimpan taking the chip lead into Monday’s second day of play with 344,500 chips. Just behind him is popular vlogger, streamer, and coach Michael Loncar with 310,500 chips.
They both brought their stacks from Day 1b, while Day 1a chip leader Lane Jacobson and his 283,000 chips enter the day with the third-largest stack.
Place | Name | Flight | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Cornel Cimpan | 1b | 344,500 | 229 |
2 | Michael Loncar | 1b | 310,500 | 207 |
3 | Lane Jacobson | 1a | 283,000 | 188 |
4 | Richard Peloquin | 1a | 274,000 | 182 |
5 | Man Pham | 1a | 269,000 | 179 |
6 | Chad Burum | 1a | 263,000 | 175 |
7 | Phaly Nou | 1b | 260,000 | 173 |
8 | Tyler Patterson | 1a | 258,500 | 172 |
9 | Lam Le | 1a | 254,500 | 169 |
10 | Xai Vang | 1b | 214,000 | 142 |
While those players top the leaderboard entering Day 2, the $1,000,000 guarantee has drawn plenty of star power and notables this week and many of them are lurking not far off that top ten list.
Among those with healthy stacks are RunGood Ambassadors Ray Henson (181,000) and Ben Ludlow (151,000), Andrew Moreno (169,500), Angela Jordison (143,500), JC Tran (96,500), and Johnnie Moreno (68,000) to name just a few.
Ten more 60-minute levels of play are scheduled for Day 2 before a champion is crowned on Day 3 Tuesday.
Players will start the day at blinds of 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live reporting until the first ever $1,000,000 guaranteed main event in RunGood history crowns its champion Tuesday, here at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Cards are in the air and registration is closed with 20 more players entering at the start of Day 2, bringing the total number of players to 417 with 179 taking their seats today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Hien Nguyen | 40,000 | |
Steven Dempsey
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40,000 | |
Lexy Gavin-Mather | 40,000 | |
Xiong Thao
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40,000 | |
Paul Arguell
|
40,000 | |
Martin Zamani | 40,000 | |
Alfie Poetra | 40,000 | |
Joshua Prager | 40,000 | |
Timothy McDermott | 40,000 | |
Nova Baghdasarian | 40,000 | |
David Triggs | 40,000 | |
Cory Cook
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40,000 | |
Nicky Niknam | 40,000 | |
Rob Mariano | 40,000 | |
David Ong | 40,000 | |
Cole Miller | 40,000 | |
Ryan Awwad | 40,000 | |
Roman Shainiuk | 40,000 | |
Jarod Minghini | 40,000 | |
Justin Levitt | 40,000 |
After Jesse Tinsley raised to 3,500 on the button, Andrew Moreno three-bet to 15,500 from the small blind.
Richard Peloquin then cold-called from the small blind and Tinsley folded.
The flop came and Moreno checked. Peloquin then sprayed a bet of 25,000 forward which after a bit of pause got a fold from Moreno.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Richard Peloquin
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285,000
11,000
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11,000 |
Andrew Moreno |
135,000
-34,500
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-34,500 |
Jesse Tinsley
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss their recent travels, offer highlights from the World Poker Tour (WPT) Rock 'n' Roll Poker Open (RRPO) at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and offer an interview with the winner of the $3,500 Championship, Andy Wilson, who claimed a $785,800 top prize.
Speaking of the WPT, don't miss out on hearing about this week's ClubWPT Qualifier, who punched their ticket to the upcoming $15M GTD WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, as well as highlights from the WPT Premier MUG at Wynn Las Vegas.
Finally, the guys preview the upcoming Phil Hellmuth vs. Jason Koon High Stakes Duel III Rd 5 match on December 7 before diving headfirst into the most recent controversy where Nemo "akaNemsko" Zhou, a chess and poker player, decided to hold a contest for a $12K WPT World Championship seat only to give it to her poker coach and alleged boyfriend Alex "Thallo" Epstein.
With approximately 35,000 in the pot on a completed board of , Florencio Arguelles bet 30,000 from the small blind.
In late position, Mark Egbert stewed over his decision before plunking down a stack of chips to call.
Arguelles showed for a flopped set and rivered full house.
Egbert bemoaned the result as he showed , saying "it's tough to fold that."
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Florencio Arguelles |
210,000
100,000
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100,000 |
Mark Egbert |
116,000
25,500
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25,500 |
A short-stacked Jeff Platt moved his last 21,500 chips in from middle position and was called by Chad Burum in the small blind.
Platt was at risk, but had a more than decent chance to chop.
Jeff Platt:
Chad Burum:
It was a battle of spades versus clubs, with each player picking up one more on the flop.
Burum picked up a fourth club on the turn in the , then nailed the on the river to send Platt to the rail in unceremonious fashion.
Meanwhile at another table, Justin Saliba was also eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chad Burum |
264,000
1,000
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1,000 |
Justin Saliba | Busted | |
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Jeff Platt | Busted |