Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2023 RGPS Tunica
RGPS Main Event
Day: 1b
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
Higgins Soars With Rockets
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Donovan Dean raised to 2,000 in middle position which saw three player behind call. In the small blind, Matthew Higgins looked down at A♣A♥ and raised to 10,000 which saw Dean fold and one of the callers move all in for 28,100 effective and Higgins snap called.
Opponent: 9♥9♦
Matthew Higgins: A♣A♥
The board ran out as no help to the nines and Higgins got a decent boost to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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64,200
64,200
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64,200 |
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34,600
34,600
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34,600 |
Sanders Stacking
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Sanders raised to 2,000 in first position which saw four players call behind him.
On the A♦Q♥5♦ flop, action checked around to Sanders who bet 4,000 and only one player in the hijack called.
The turn of 5♥ saw Sanders move all in for 28,000 effective and his opponent called.
Opponent: K♦6♦
Michael Sanders: A♥J♥
The river 7♠ did not complete the flush draw of the hijack and Sanders took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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131,200
104,900
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104,900 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Recent Casualties
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Gargiulo Outflops Cordell
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Mike Cordell raised to 1,600 in early position which saw action fold to Joey Gargiulo on the button who called and the button called as well.
The flop came out 6♣4♦3♣ and action checked over to Cordell who bet 2,500 and Gargiulo raised to 10,000. The small blind folded and Cordell moved all in for 24,600 which Gargiulo called.
Mike Cordell: A♣A♦
Joey Gargiulo: 5♥2♥
The turn of K♠ had Cordell drawing dead against Gargiulo's flopped straight and Cordell did not stick around for the Q♦ river card and Gargiulo took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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86,500
33,400
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33,400 |
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Busted | |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Covich Climbing High
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Frank Covich in the small blind, Donnie Phan on the button and another player in middle position.
The board read 10♥4♦J♠4♦ and with 3,900 in the center, Covich checked over to the middle position player who bet 3,000 which Phan called. Covich raised to 12,000 and both players called.
On the 3♠ river, Covich bet 25,000 which only Phan called, to which Covich responded by turning over 4♣3♣ for fours full of threes. Phan shook his head and tossed his hand into the muck as Covich took a massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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161,500
68,500
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68,500 |
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28,100
-22,900
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-22,900 |
Dean Fills Up
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
A player in early position raised to 1,500 which saw Donovan Dean defend his big blind.
The flop of 7♥7♣6♦ saw action check through to the turn of 6♥ that saw Dean bet 3,000 to which his opponent quickly called.
On the river 5♦, Dean sized up to 15,000 and his opponent called then mucked when he saw the 6♣3♣ in Dean's hand for sixes full. Dean raked in a sizable pot to more than double his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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61,200
61,200
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61,200 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600