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Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
2019 RunGood Poker Series Bossier City
$575 Main Event
Day: 1a
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Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Schuyler Thornton was on the button and saw players limp in ahead of him out of early- and middle position. He limped behind, prompting the small blind to complete and the big blind to check his option to take postflop action five ways.
The flop fell 
and action checked to Thornton, who put out a bet of 600. The small blind folded and then the big blind and early-position player called. The player in middle position folded behind and the dealer announced that three players were still left in the hand as the turn came 
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Action again checked to Thornton, who made another bet of 2,000. The big blind quickly called to put action on the original limper from early position. He went into the tank for about 30 seconds and let his hand go. The river fell 
and action went check-check to take the hand to showdown.
The big blind showed 
for bottom pair. Thornton then showed 
for a pair of sixes and saw the pot sent his way. After raking in the pot, he found himself with a decently-high stack of T1,000 chips, which he counted to be 18,000, a part of his stack which appears to be up to about 35,000 nearing the end of Level 3.
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Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Joe Collier raised to 600 from early position and was called by players in middle position and on the button. Bonnie Weitzel then called out of the small blind and the big blind defended, resulting in five players seeing a flop of 
. All five players checked.
The turn came 
and all five players checked again. The river fell 
and action checked to the player in middle position, who bet 3,000. The middle-position player saw three folds to put action back onto Collier, who quickly called.
The middle-position player tabled 
. Collier showed 
for a full house that he hit on the river, good to earn him the pot along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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39,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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17,600
2,400
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2,400 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
While PokerNews is on-site offering live updates from the $575 Main Event, we wanted to take a moment to tell you about some other action that took place at the RGPS Horseshoe Bossier City.
On Wednesday, 352 entries competed in two flights in the $180 Deepstack Event and were whittled down to 52 players. Those players returned Thursday at noon to compete for their share of a guarantee shattering prizepool of $49,280. Thirty-six of those players would reach the money with a top prize of $11,316 and a coveted Championship Ring.
Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Brizelda Blagg (11th - $862), Brian Maxwell (14th - $710), Stephen Hart (16th - $586), and Lee Lackey (19th - $498).
After a ten-way final table ICM chop, it was Lam Huynh holding the cards, ring, and title.
Final Table Deal Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Baker | $6,015 |
| 2 | JP Kolb | $5,415 |
| 3 | Lam Huynh | $5,242 |
| 4 | Johnny Donnelly | $4,921 |
| 5 | Lonny Weitzel | $3,531 |
| 6 | Chadwick Bartlett | $2,838 |
| 7 | Rojeio Montelvo | $2,816 |
| 8 | Matthew Register | $2,338 |
| 9 | L Jarrett Eldis | $2,180 |
| 10 | James Hebert | $1,925 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
There are a handful more players visible throughout the tournament area with Level 3 underway. One such player is Wes Gauthier, who is well-known locally for his family's eatery, Strawn's Eat Shop. Strawn's is famous for its strawberry icebox pie, which Gauthier has been known to bring to the table and share with fellow players on occasion.
Though he is not seen with any pie in front of him, that doesn't mean Gauthier doesn't mean business. The Shreveport resident recently took 13th in the Southern Poker Open Main Event here in Bossier City in August, 2019, marking his most recent cash among over $75,000 in live earnings that also includes a WSOP Circuit Ring won here in Bossier City in 2011.
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20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Dacoda Salter saw action folded to him in the cutoff and limped in. Schuyler Thornton was next to act on the button and raised to 600. The players in the blinds folded and Salter matched the bet, taking the two to a flop of 
. Salter checked. Thornton made a continuation-bet of 500 and Salter called.
The turn came 
and Salter checked again. Thornton continued, firing a second barrel of 1,600. Salter called. The river fell and Salter checked. Thornton checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
Salter tabled 
, showing sixes up with an ace kicker. Thornton looked sharply away as if the river had gotten him. He looked back at his cards to make sure and then sent them across the felt, face down to the muck, resulting in the pot being sent Salter's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
The tournament clock is displaying a total of 102 entries into the tournament midway through Level 2, putting the tournament over halfway to its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool before the first break of the night on Flight A.
Late registration will remain open until the beginning of Level 9 at approximately 11:30 p.m. local time. There will also be two more flights tomorrow at noon and 7 p.m.
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Derek Normand opened to 300 from under the gun and received calls from the hijack and cutoff as well as the player on the button. The small blind folded and the big blind defended to take action five ways to the streets.
The flop came 
and all five players checked. The turn fell 
and the big blind checked again. Normand bet 700 and the three players behind him quickly folded.
"Just me and you?" asked the big blind as action was upon him. He then said how he always calls with hands like king-jack, only to see aces come on the flop. He then folded the face up.
As the pot was sent Normand's way, he showed 
.
"I showed the bluff," he said with a smile on his face. "But I had it last time!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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19,300
19,300
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19,300 |
