$800 Main Event
Day 1cd Started
$800 Main Event
Day 1cd Started
The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park, California sees its third and fourth flights begin today at 11 am and 5 pm respectively. The massive turnout of 393 has already seen the passing of the $250,000 guarantee on the prize pool, and a large turnout today could send the prizepool to over double the initial guarantee.
Leading the way of the 50 players who bagged up yesterday is Noel Rodriguez, who ended his day with 799,000. No stranger to RGPS, Rodriguez found himself mostly on the shorter side of the chip counts throughout the day, with a massive rally at the end cementing his lead as the overall tournament leader.
Day 1ab Top Ten Chip Counts
Place | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Noel Rodriguez | 799,000 |
2 | Jonathan Warta | 577,000 |
3 | Daniel Lowery | 576,000 |
4 | Cody Stanford | 507,000 |
5 | Tomas Padilla | 500,000 |
6 | Marco Johnson | 418,000 |
7 | Danny Jon | 417,000 |
8 | Ekasit Aroonrungrudsamee | 416,000 |
9 | Peter Pap | 412,000 |
10 | Rickey Evans | 357,000 |
Also bagging throughout the day were RGPS series all time winner Daniel Lowery (576,000), Cody Stanford (507,000), WSOP 2-time bracelet winner Marco Johnson (417,000), Rickey Evans (357,000), and Taylor Pollard (312,000). Players expected to fire today include Michael Loncar Ian Steinman, Kyle Kitagawa, Shirin Oskooi, Lon McEachern, and Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 in tournament chips, with blinds beginning at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Each level will last 30 minutes, with a 15-minute break between every four levels. Registration will remain open until the beginning of the ninth level, and play will continue until 12.5% percent of the field remains, after which the players will bag up and return on Sunday, March 5th, each guaranteed at least a minimum cash. Players who do not find a bag on the first flight, will be able to fire the second flight of the day which begins at 5 pm.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding The RGPS Graton $800 Main Event, and don’t forget to check out all the updates at our concurrent event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica.
Players have taken their seats and cards are in the air
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Ramil |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Brian Frenzel |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kyle Kitagawa |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Justin Kusumowidagdo |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
La Sengphet |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Michael Loncar | 30,000 | |
|
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The fourth event of The RunGood Poker Series in Graton was the $360 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, which kicked off on Wednesday March 1st. A total of 373 players found their way to enter this first tournament of the series, creating a prize pool worth $111,900.
47 players found their way to a payout and at the end of it all, it was John Ramil who took home the first place after a four-handed deal. Rindy has had tournament cashes dating all the way back to the 2000s, but this remains his best first place finish score at $9,710 and his first RGPS ring.
$360 Mega Stack Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | John Ramil | $23,300 |
2 | Ratu Caucau | $16,200 |
3 | Patrick Perry | $10,430 |
4 | Nicholas Gorman | $6,815 |
5 | Allan Kwong | $5,325 |
6 | Victor Paredes | $4,405 |
7 | Paul Rodgers | $3,695 |
8 | Adam Curchak | $3,020 |
9 | Jonathan Rueda | $2,340 |
10 | Souraj Sairam | $2,340 |
Action was picked up on the flop in a three-bet pot between Michael Loncar on the button and two players in the cutoff and late position.
The board read and action checked over to Loncar who bet 3,300 which only the late position player called.
On the late position player checked over to Loncar who sized up to 5,000. His opponent looked Loncar up and down, but ultimately decided to toss his hand into the muck, ceding the pot to Loncar.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Loncar |
34,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Action was picked up in a pot between Paul Wong in the small blind and Elisa Nakagawa in the big blind in a pot containing 15,400 in the center.
The board read and Wong bet 8,000, which saw Nakagawa move all in for 23,900 effective, sending Wong into the tank. "Do I have a chance?" he asked while pondering his decision. After some more time he called and the hands were tabled.
Paul Wong:
Elisa Nakagawa:
The river did not complete the flush draw or straight draw of Nakagawa and Wong received a sizable double up early in the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Wong | 67,000 | |
Elisa Nakagawa | 35,600 |