Randy Gil was eliminated in sixth place after ending Day 1a as chipleader.
Gil was all-in against Victor Villaneuva in a heads-up pot.
Randy Gil: 
Victor Villaneuva: 
Gil was rooting for a seven but didn't get it as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Jerez Mercado was facing an all-in from Shahin Shojaeyan on the button. Mercado weighed his options and ending up mucking 
face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 | |
|
1,500,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Randy Gil opened in early position and Victor Villaneuva put in a three-bet next to act. Gil called.
Villaneuva fired for 325,000 on the 
flop and Gil tossed his hand to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
Sasha Sabbaghian and Zihan Men were involved in a big pot.
Men raised to around 80,000 on the 
turn after the 
flop and Sabbaghian called.
Men then fired a big bet on the river and Sabbaghian let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
800,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
Zihan Men opened in early position and Randy Gil put his stack in the middle of the table next to act.
It folded back to Men, who laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
Jerez Mercado appears to have the chip lead with a stack of around 2.6 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,600,000
1,700,000
|
1,700,000 |
|
|
2,250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,000,000 | |
|
|
1,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Ying Wang took down the Event #3 $300 Golden Ticket Knockout With $100 Bounties as part of the All-Stars Comeback Tour presented by the RunGood Poker Series for a score of $5,000, in addition to a ring and a ticket to the All Star Pro-Am event in December at PokerGo Studio. Wang played the tournament out after a three-way deal with Mehran Sabetzadeh and Kenneth Loveless.
The tournament attracted a total of 121 entrants and generated a prize pool of $19,360 with six places paid. Sabetzadeh received $3,485 for his second place finish while Loveless cashed for $2,630.
| PLACE | FIRST | LAST | PAYOUT | |
| 1 | Ying | Wang | $5,000 | |
| 2 | Mehran | Sabetzadeh | $3,485 | |
| 3 | Kenneth | Loveless | $2,630 | |
| 4 | Ravinder | Sharma | $1,305 | |
| 5 | Ty | Kohler | $970 | |
| 6 | Catherine | Whidden | $830 | |
| 7 | Kourosh | Shokouhirazi | $720 | |
| 8 | Kelly | Douglas | $640 | |
| 9 | Salvador | Felix | $560 |
That wraps up the RGPS events in The Poker Room at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
In the hand before break, Kevin Weinmann was eliminated in seventh place when he got it in with 
against the of Shahin Shojaeyan on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
Busted |
The remaining six players at the final table are on a 40-minute break.
