2026 FPN Vegas National Championship

Royal Court Nat'l Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2026 FPN Vegas National Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$12,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$50
Prize Pool
$50,700
Entries
333
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
333
Players Left
1
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Joel Smith Eliminated in 7th Place ($800)

Level 20 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Joel Smith
Joel Smith

Joel Smith moved all in for 650,000 from early position and Glenn Schaefers called in the big blind.

Joel Smith: J6 All in
Glenn Schaefers: QQ

Smith temporarily took the lead on the 694 flop before the board finished out Q9 to mark the two-time FPN champion's elimination.

Player Chips Progress
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Glenn Schaefers
2,500,000
1,530,000
1,530,000
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Joel Smith
Busted

Bonnie Bona Eliminated in 8th Place ($800)

Level 20 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bonnie Bona
Bonnie Bona

Bonnie Bona was all in for 220,000 in the big blind against Sam Romero in the cutoff.

Bonnie Bona: AQ All in
Sam Romero: A9

Bona had her opponent dominated, but the board proceeded to run out 10867J to give Romero a straight to mark Bona's elimination in eighth place.

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Sam Romero
2,100,000
955,000
955,000
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Bonnie Bona
Busted

Tags: Bonnie BonaSam Romero

Level: 20

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Suzzanne Barsaloux Eliminated in 9th Place ($800)

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Suzzanne Barsaloux
Suzzanne Barsaloux

Suzzanne Barsaloux open-jammed for 140,000 in the small blind and was called by Aaron Miller in the big blind.

Suzzanne Barsaloux: 43 All in
Aaron Miller: 106

Barsaloux couldn't improve despite flopped a Wheel draw as the board ran out 25K108 to mark her elimination in ninth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Aaron Miller
1,300,000
600,000
600,000
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Suzzanne Barsaloux
Busted

Tags: Aaron MillerSuzzanne Barsaloux

Miller Doubles With Ace-High

Level 19 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Joel Smith raised to 160,000 from under the gun and Aaron Miller three-bet jammed a stack of 420,000 from the hijack. Bonnie Bona then called on the button and Smith folded.

Aaron Miller: A8 All in
Bonnie Bona: KQ

Miller stayed ahead with ace-high as the board ran out 38558 to earn him a double.

Player Chips Progress
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Joel Smith
1,500,000
155,000
155,000
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Aaron Miller
700,000
280,000
280,000
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Bonnie Bona
300,000
630,000
630,000

Tags: Aaron MillerBonnie BonaJoel Smith

Final Table Redraw (full)

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Final Table
Final Table
SeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
1Steve Belland1,375,00034
2Sam Romero1,145,00029
3Suzzanne Barsaloux940,00024
4Aaron Miller420,00011
5Wendy Adamczyk D'Andrea310,0008
6Bonnie Bona930,00023
7Glenn Schaefers970,00024
8Larry Sundberg555,00014
9Joel Smith1,655,00041
Player Chips Progress
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Joel Smith
1,655,000
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Steve Belland
1,375,000
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Sam Romero
1,145,000
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Glenn Schaefers
970,000
190,000
190,000
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Suzzanne Barsaloux
940,000
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Bonnie Bona
930,000
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Larry Sundberg
555,000
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Aaron Miller
420,000
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Wendy Adamczyk D'Andrea
310,000

Garth Courtney Eliminated in 10th Place ($600)

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Garth Courtney
Garth Courtney

Garth Courtney opened to 120,000 in the cutoff with and Glenn Schaefers called in the big blind.

Courtney then got the rest of his stack of 235,000 in on the flop of 48A.

Garth Courtney: A5 All in
Glenn Schaefers: A4

Courtney had been outflopped and couldn't improve as the board finished out 36 to mark his elimination on the final table bubble.

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Glenn Schaefers
780,000
20,000
20,000
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Garth Courtney
Busted

Tags: Garth CourtneyGlenn Schaefers

Level: 19

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000