$1,140 Main Event Day 1a | 2026 RPT South Dakota State Poker Championship

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Chip Counts

Josh Matti

489,000

Alan Curl

452,000

Spike Smith

408,000

Lorri Riley

404,000

Rick Leonard

353,000

Dori Julius

348,000

Richard Perkerewicz

312,000

Dave Ouellette

305,000

Jeffrey Bowen

212,000

Zeph Irion

212,000

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2 days ago

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Matti	180,000 60,000	60,000

Lorri Riley	160,000 70,000	70,000
Ross Lebo	130,000 75,000	75,000
Dori Julius	130,000 60,000	60,000
Larry Christiensen	130,000 95,000	95,000
Patrick Davey	120,000 70,000	70,000
John Choleva	120,000 30,000	30,000
Rosie Paules	120,000
Ralph Kingan	90,000 30,000	30,000
Jim Dempsey	80,000 65,000	65,000
Jeffrey Bowen	70,000
Alexander Powell	60,000 10,000	10,000
Mark Fink	60,000
Heath McAllister	40,000 85,000	85,000

2 days ago

Smith Drops Some More to Slaubaugh

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Brent Slaubaugh raised to 6,000 in middle position and Spike Smith called on the button.

Both players checked the 7♦6♠K♥ flop. Slaubaugh then bet 7,000 on the Q♦ turn, and Smith called.

Slaubaugh checked the A♥ river, and Smith bet 7,500. Slaubaugh called with A♠Q♣ for two pair, and Smith mucked A♦7♠.

Arlie Brandvold, the three-time Roughrider Poker Tour Player of the Year, just joined this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spike Smith	150,000 50,000	50,000
Brent Slaubaugh	140,000 80,000	80,000
Arlie Brandvold	30,000

Tags: Arlie Brandvold Brent Slaubaugh Spike Smith

2 days 1 hour ago

Ouellette's Kicker Plays to Double Off Reichard

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dave Ouellette moved all in for 8,500 in middle position, Joshua Reichard reshoved in the small blind, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Dave Ouellette: A♣9♦ All in
Joshua Reichard: A♠7♣

Ouellette had Reichard dominated, and the board ran out K♥J♠8♦4♠K♠. It took a moment for the table to figure out if Ouellette's nine continued to play, and the pot was eventually pushed over to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Reichard	45,000 15,000	15,000

Dave Ouellette	20,000

Tags: Dave Ouellette Joshua Reichard

2 days 1 hour ago

Some Overkill Gives Berger a Bustout

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Stephen Berger bet 6,000 from early position on a flop of 6♠Q♣6♥ and an opponent in the big blind called.

Berger bet another 5,500 on the Q♣ turn, his opponent moved all in for 15,500, and Berger snap-called. The at-risk player showed Q♥10♣ for a full house, but Berger had 6♦6♣ for quads.

"You have quad sixes, really? A little bit of overkill," the big blind said as the 2♥ completed the board on the river to give Berger the knockout.

"It wasn't overkill. I needed every bit of it," Berger added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Berger	120,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Stephen Berger

2 days 1 hour ago

Thomsen Slows Down Smith

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Spike Smith bet 6,000 from the small blind on a board of 9♦Q♦J♣Q♥ and Seth Thomsen called on the button.

The river was the 3♦ and Smith bet another 11,000. Thomsen again called, and Smith showed K♦J♥ for two pair. Thomsen, though, had A♥J♠ and won the pot with his ace-kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spike Smith	200,000 60,000	60,000
Seth Thomsen	140,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Seth Thomsen Spike Smith

2 days 1 hour ago

Gimenez Sends One Out

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With around 30,000 in the pot on a flop of Q♠10♦6♠, a player in the cutoff moved all in for 25,000, Santiago Gimenez reshoved in early position, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

All-In Player: A♣K♦ All in
Santiago Gimenez: 10♠10♣

The at-risk player had a straight draw to go with his overcards, but he missed the 4♦ turn and 6♦ river as Gimenez held on with his tens to send his opponent to the rail.

Joshua Reichard joined the field during the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santiago Gimenez	60,000
Joshua Reichard	30,000

Tags: Joshua Reichard Santiago Gimenez

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2 days 1 hour ago

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are going on another 10-minute break.

There are 60 players remaining out of 143 entries.

2 days 1 hour ago

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Spike Smith	260,000 110,000	110,000
Heath McAllister	125,000 5,000	5,000

Josh Matti	120,000 5,000	5,000

Lorri Riley	90,000
Alan Curl	80,000 10,000	10,000
Ron Haase	80,000 40,000	40,000
Alexander Powell	70,000 55,000	55,000
Jim Weaver	70,000
Brent Slaubaugh	60,000 20,000	20,000
Rick Leonard	35,000 20,000	20,000
David Summers	15,000

2 days 1 hour ago

Rodriguez Gets Another Cooler

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up on a flop of A♥9♠10♠, Ralph Kingan bet 12,000 from the cutoff, Matthew Rodriguez moved all in for 16,000 on the button, and Kingan called.

Matthew Rodriguez: 10♣10♦ All in
Ralph Kingan: 9♦9♣

Rodriguez was on the right side of the set-over-set cooler, and the 7♠ turn and 3♥ river secured his double up.

"That's the second time I had set-over-set today. That's crazy," Rodriguez said.