'Diaper' Helps Nick Rigby Win Third Poker Tournament in 24 Hours
Nicholas Rigby's "Diaper" wasn't dirty, but a deuce helped him win his third poker tournament in less than a two-day span.
The Pittsburgh poker player first took down the $400 PokerNews PowerStack event during the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) at Hollywood Casino St. Louis on Thursday. He returned to action on Friday and proceeded to capture two additional rings all within the same day.
Rigby's first win of the week — his fourth RGPS ring — went for $28,010. But he was just getting started.
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Rigby, who made the "Dirty Diaper" poker hand (deuce-three) famous during the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, was already having a strong month of poker before his two-win Friday. He'd finished sixth for $72,925 in the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Cherokee Main Event two weeks ago, and then his RGPS title on Friday for another five-figure score. The heater hasn't stopped.
The RGPS crusher first entered the $500 PLO Ring Event on Friday, which had 93 entries. He won that for $11,719 and his fifth ring. Rigby then late registered for the $200 Turbo NLH Ring Event, a tournament with 121 entrants.
He again ran deep and reached three-handed play where he used the "Diaper," the suited version of his signature hand, the "Dirty Diaper," to bust the third-place finisher, Jim Gidden. Action had folded to Rigby in the small blind, and he moved all in preflop with 3♠2♠, only for his short-stacked big blind opponent to wake up with A♣K♠. The board brought a winning flush for the Diaper hand, however.
Rigby has won three RGPS rings and has four cashes during the series in St. Louis totaling over $45,000.
The RGPS Passport series at Hollywood Casino will wrap on Sunday with two final ring events and the conclusion of the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event, which is being live reported by PokerNews.
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