RGPS Main Event
Day 1a Started
RGPS Main Event
Day 1a Started
For the second time this year, The RunGood Poker Series has found its way to The Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. After a successful week of preliminary events, that saw all of the prize pool guarantees surpassed, the weekend kicks off with Flight A of The $600 RunGood Main Event beginning at 6 p.m. tonight. This event boasts a $200,000 prize pool guarantee, and given the trend of the events this week, the number could ultimately be passed.
Earlier this year, Kevin Broadway managed to make a deal to secure first place in the RGPS Tunica Main Event for his first title. Time will tell as Broadway will look for a title defense in the event as other regulars look to make their mark on this tournament.
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Broadway | $46,804* |
2 | Ricky Loyd | $50,804* |
3 | Kelly Black | $28,846 |
4 | Cliff Hart | $21,501 |
5 | Khanh Chau | $16,220 |
6 | James "Coach" Milligan | $12,376 |
7 | Jason Arnold | $9,532 |
8 | Patrick Rogers | $7,438 |
9 | Michael Monaghan | $5,875 |
*-denotes chop deal
All the usual suspects have appeared around the area this week, with many of them finding success in earlier tournaments. Brian “TheGoldenBlazer” Frenzel collected his fourth title late last night after a few cashes this series. Dylan Lemery won the biggest event thus far after taking down the multi day deepstack. Other RunGood Poker Series winners like Jon Swift, Joey Gargiulo, and Ashley “PokerFaceAsh” Frank all have made appearances this week and look to add a good score with the main event to add to their resumes.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 chips with levels beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. Levels will escalate once every 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break occurring every four levels. Players will have the option to enter in as many times as they wish in the first eight levels of the tournament. Play will continue until the field plays down 12.5%, then the remaining players will bag up for Sunday, September 3rd where they will all be in the money. Players who do not bag on this flight, will be able to play the remaining two flights on Saturday, September 2nd.
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The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air for The $600 Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roger Foley |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jacob Foley |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dawson Darbouze |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Donnie Phan |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Emily Berglund |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Pam Belote |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Forrest Kollar |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Chris Moneymaker |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Donavan Dean |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Action was recapped by the table as Roger Foley was seen heading to the desk to rebuy.
Roger Foley had opened in early position to 800 which saw one caller, then Kerry Dawson who three bet to 2,600 which prompted a four bet from Foley, to which Dawson responded by moving all in with the covering stack which Foley called.
Roger Foley: JxJx
Kerry Dawson: KxKx
The kings held up as the pot was pushed to Dawson while Foley had to go over to rebuy early.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kerry Dawson | 56,400 | |
Roger Foley | 30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Jacob Foley raised to 700 from under the gun and a player on his immediate right called him.
Action folded around to the cutoff who three bet o 3,400 which only Foley called.
On the flop of 5♣Q♦8♠, Foley check called a bet of 4,500 from his opponent.
Action checked through on the 10♠ turn to the river 6♠ and Foley bet 10,700 which sent his opponent into the tank. After over a minute of thought, he put his cards into the muck, ceding the pot to Foley who added a nice early level pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jacob Foley |
45,200
15,200
|
15,200 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tiffany Keathley |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Matthew Higgins |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Donnie Phan | 30,000 | |
Jon Swift |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ben Mintz |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Michael Sanders |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Christina Read | 30,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400