$575 Main Event Day 1bc | 2020 RunGood Poker Series Jamul Casino

02-23-2020 03:18 UTC-7

Walters, Fortuno Among the Chip Leaders From Day 1b and 1c of the RGPS Jamul Casino $575 Main Event

GeoffFisk

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

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 Sunday.

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 on Day 2, with the restart at noon.

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!

Tags: Bob Hoag Chris Carney David Joe Walters Michael Harkins Spencer Tep

02-22-2020 23:42 UTC-7

Feinberg Hits Quads, Harrington Dodges a Bullet

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Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mark Feinberg gave PokerNews the details of a hand that resulted in Feinberg doubling up to 42,000, with Brent Harrington avoiding disaster.

The hand began with an under-the-gun limp, calls from Harrington on the button, and Rafi Azam in the small blind.

Feinberg raised to 3,800, and the under-the-gun player limp-shoved for 18,000. Harrington went into the tank for awhile, then folded, and Azam also folded. Feinberg made the call.

Mark Feinberg:
Under the Gun:

Board:

The river brought in quad queens for Feinberg on a runout that couldn't have gone better for his hand.

Harrington later said that the hand he was tanking on was pocket eights, which would have brought in a losing set of eights for Harrington.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Harrington	51,000 21,000	21,000
Mark Feinberg	42,000 5,000	5,000

02-22-2020 22:32 UTC-7

Feinberg Takes One From Harrington

GeoffFisk

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

With the flop showing , Brent Harrington checked from the cutoff, Mark Feinberg bet 5,000 from the button, and Harrington made the call.

Harrington checked again om the turn, and Feinberg checked back.

Harrington checked again on the river, Feinberg bet 8,300, and Harrington folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Feinberg	24,100
Brent Harrington	22,000 -1,000	-1,000

Tags: Mark Feinberg Brent Harrington

02-22-2020 21:00 UTC-7

Feinberg Fires Again, Erwin Does Not

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Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Mark Feinberg is in the Day 1c field, after playing Day 1b but not making it through. Feinberg tells PokerNews that his stack never caught momentum on Day 1b, and he was never over 28,000 at any point in the day. Feinberg was eliminated just 35 minutes before the end of Day 1b play.

Ben Erwin, the Director of Poker at Thunder Valley Resort in the Sacramento, California area, tells PokerNews that he will not be firing bullet number two, after playing in Day 1b and not bagging at the end of the night. Erwin was sitting on a comfortable stack for most of the day, but hit a run of bad luck toward the end of the flight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Feinberg	20,000 20,000	20,000

02-22-2020 18:53 UTC-7

Fortuno Stacking Big

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The button opened to 6,000, Robert Fortuno called in the small blind, and the big blind called.

Fortuno led out for 7,000 on the flop, and only the button called.

Fortuno bet 8,000 on the turn, and the button folded. With that pot, Fortuno has surpassed the 200k mark, and appears to be the chip leader heading into the last level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Fortuno	218,000 218,000	218,000

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02-22-2020 16:43 UTC-7

Colclough Takes One from Phung

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With a 9,000 pot on the line on a board, Sean Colclough bet 7,000 from the big blind, sending Thien Phung, in the cutoff, into the tank.

After several moments, Phung folded, surrendering the pot to Colclough. The pot took a chunk out of Phung's stack, but he still sits on 62,00 as Level 7 winds down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thien Phung	62,000 -9,000	-9,000
Sean Colclough	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Sean Colclough Thien Phung

02-22-2020 14:02 UTC-7

Moreno Hits Straight, Gets Paid

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Johnnie Moreno, on the button, and Eric Bradford each put 300 into the pot on the flop.

Bradford bet 800 on the turn, and Moreno called.

Bradford checked the river, Moreno bet 2,200, and Bradford went into the tank. He eventually made the call, and Moreno tabled the winner with for the straight.

Bradford mucked, and Johnnie Vibes is back up to the starting stack as Level 2 winds down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnnie Moreno	19,500 4,200	4,200
Eric Bradford	18,000 18,000	18,000

02-22-2020 13:58 UTC-7

Brooks With the KO

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Travis Brooks, in the cutoff, and his opponent on the button arrived at the river with 15,000 in the pot, and the board showing .

Brooks checked, and the button went all in for 12,800, sending Brooks into the tank.

Brooks eventually called, and the button immediately mucked. Brooks' was the winner, and he's up to 42,000 in the aftermath.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Brooks	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Travis Brooks

02-22-2020 11:26 UTC-7

Day 1b of the RunGood Poker Series Jamul Casino $575 Main Event Begins at Noon

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The RunGood Poker Series is in California for the first time, as RGPS All Stars presented by PokerGO emanates throughout the week from Jamul Casino in San Diego, California.

The centerpiece event of the series has arrived, as the $575 Main Event continues today. Day 1b begins at noon today, and Day 1c begins at 7 p.m.

Players begin with 20,000 starting chips and will play through 12 30-minute levels on Day 1a. The blinds begin at 100/100, with a big blind ante kicking in at Level 2. The field will go on 10-minute breaks after Level 4 and Level 8, and play will wrap for the night at the conclusion of Level 12 , with late registration available through the beginning of Level 9.

This three-day event concludes with Day 2 on Sunday, February 23, with the combined survivors of Day 1a, Day 1b and Day 1c coming back as a combined field and playing down to a winner. Day 2 begins at noon Sunday.

This tournament comes with a $100,000 guarantee, and the eventual champion will also win a $550 seat to the RGPS All Stars Pro-am, set to take place from the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada in December 2020. The Main Event champion will also take home an RGPS ring.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand from San Diego to cover the Main Event from start to finish; follow along here!