Day 2 of the RGPS Jamul Casino $575 Main Event Begins at Noon
The Day 1 flights are a wrap in the RunGood Poker Series Jamul Casino $575 Main Event. Day 1b and Day 1c played to their completion Saturday from Jamul Casino in San Diego, California, and Day 2 is set to commence today at noon.
The survivors from Saturday’s Day 1b (33) and 1c (14) flights will join the Day 1a survivors (18) from Friday, and the 64 total players will come back as a combined field for Day 2. The tournament is scheduled to crown a champion today.
Big stacks from Day 1b include Robert Fortuno (290,500), who ended the flight with the chip lead from the Day 1b field. Other big stacks from the flight include Steve Potaschnick (220,500), Spencer Tep (141,500) and Bob Hoag (140,000).
Day 1c big stacks include Joe Walters (294,500), who ended with the biggest stack from Saturday's double flight.
Those players will join chip leaders from Day 1a such as Rich Aronow (372,000), who will begin Day 2 as the overall chip leader. Other big stacks from Day 1a include David McGhee (144,500), Chris Carney (143,500), and Michael Harkins (134,000).
The 64 returning players for Day 2 will compete for a share of the $147,000 prize pool. The $100,000 guarantee in this event was far surpassed, with official payout structure paying 37 places, and $32,000 to the eventual champion. The $575 Main Event drew a total of 294 entries.
After 12 half-hour levels on each of the Day 1 flights, Day 2 will switch to 45-minute levels, until a champion is crowned.
The eventual winner will win the first-place share of the prize pool, a RGPS ring and $550 seat to the RGPS All-Stars Pro-am event at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas, set for December 2020.
Keep it here at PokerNews as the champion in the RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event is crowned!
board, with Walters holding pocket tens and Henson with pocket sixes. Walters, with the better of the two sets, collected the pot after the river fell, and appears to be the first player to eclipse the 600k mark in the Main Event.
turn, Potashnick bet 65,000, Yuan check-raised all in for 109,000, and Potashnick folded.
flop, and Mello shoved, putting out a big overbet for 285,000 into the 50,000 pot.
face up. After much deliberation, Potashnick made the call, with Mello covered.
come in on the turn, leaving him drawing dead to Mello's full house. The inconsequential 
hit on the river, and Mello took in the 600k-plus pot.
flop against Chris Carney in the small blind.
and river 
brought no help for Brooks, who exits in 16th place.
