2023 RGPS Graton Casino

$800 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 RGPS Graton Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$90,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$730,100
Entries
1,043
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
131
Players Left
1

Jon Finds A Fortunate Queen

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Danny Jon
Danny Jon

A player raised to 24,000 in first position which saw a player call on the button. In the big blind, Danny Jon moved all in for 281,000 and the initial raiser called while the button folded.

Danny Jon: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Jon found himself hitting a queen to take the lead and make the best hand. Jon now sits with a health stack over 50 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Jon
577,000
160,000
160,000

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Who Will Win The RGPS Graton Main Event?

Noel Rodriguez
Noel Rodriguez

After a successful week of tournaments, a total of 1,043 players came out to play The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park, California. This massive turnout smashed the initial guarantee and put the prizepool at $730,100, with a whopping $122,385 awarded to first place. The starting field has been reduced to just 132 players, all of whom are guaranteed $1,175, but all of them with eyes on the prestige of winning one of the biggest RGPS Main Events ever.

Leading the way is Day 1a’s chip leader Noel Rodriguez, who ended his day with 799,000. Rodriguez bagged the only stack over 700,000 and despite three flights coming after him, held onto the chip lead through them all. Rodriguez holds the top spot as well as over $200,000 in career cashes on Hendon mob. A win here could add his biggest overall score, and with his stack he is in the prime position to make a run for it.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerChip CountBig Blinds
1Noel Rodriguez799,00099
2Dan Sarasin611,00076
3Jonathan Warta577,00072
4Daniel Lowery576,00072
5Craig Stampher564,00070
6Giovanni Magat558,00070
7Cody Stanford507,00063
8Henry Frazier500,00063
9Tomas Padilla500,00062
10Seaver Kyuw477,00062

Daniel Lowery also cracked the top five in chips with 576,000. Lowery holds more RGPS title than anyone else in RGPS history, and with all of his results and his chip stack, he looks to be a threatening force to the field. Cody Stanford bagged up 507,000 coming fresh off of a win in this past RGPS PLO event, where he won his third ring. Others that found their way to bags over the course of the past two days included Jeff Beachy (442,000), WSOP Bracelet Winner Marco Johnson (418,000), Viet Vo (380,000), Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano (362,000), Josh Prager (332,000), Alex Loncar (322,000), and Taylor Pollard (312,000). Each one looking to make a mark in RGPS history.

The 132 players come Level 15 and blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. The levels following the first will become 40-minute levels, with a 15-minute break occurring after every three rather than every four and play will continue until a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates and the eventual results of The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in California. Also check out updates for the concurrently running RunGood Poker Series $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica Mississippi.

Tags: Alex LoncarCody StanfordCraig StampherDan SarasinDaniel LowertDaniel LoweryGiovanni MagatHenry FrazierJeff BeachyJonathan WartaJosh PragerMarco JohnsonNoel RodriguezSeaver KyuwTaylor PollardTomas PadillaViet Vo