Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Svetlana Meinikova took home the second ring of the RunGood Bay Area series in Event #2: 250 6-Max. Meinikova won the ring and chopped with Ashkun Latevardi and Angelo Kratsas to beat a field of 155 entries that generated a prize pool of $31,000.
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetlana Meinikova | $5,690* |
| 1 | Ashkun Latevardi | $5,690* |
| 1 | Angelo Kratsas | $5,690* |
| 4 | Scott Vouri | $2,475 |
| 5 | Bryan Saltzman | $1,765 |
| 6 | Eric Jun | $1,300 |
* - Denotes final three chop deal
Action was heads up with ![]()
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on the board and Robert Thompson had bet all but one T-500 chip. Matt Kurtin was in the tank but he called to see
on the river. Thompson committed the last chip and Kurtin called while he turned over ![]()
, but Thompson had ![]()
to take the pot with a better jack.
Elsewhere at the table, Deborah Sternberg has taken her seat, and she was encouraging players to tell the PokerNews team that their name is Joe Stapleton.
However, Stapleton is in the room at another table with 42,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,000
43,000
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43,000 |
|
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42,500
42,500
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42,500 |
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37,500
37,500
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37,500 |
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20,400
20,400
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20,400 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Action was heads up with a growing pot in the middle and ![]()
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on the board when Tony Costa checked from the small blind. A player two seats over bet 8,000 and Costa called to see
on the river.
Both players checked the river and Costa turned over ![]()
to take the pot while his opponent tossed the losing hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 |
Kevin Goldman outlasted a field of 275 entries to capture the first ring of the RGPS Bay Area stop. The top 35 places paid out from a total prize pool of $55,000, and Goldman took home $12,100 for the victory.
| Rank | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Goldman | $12,100 |
| 2 | Antonio Esta | $8,670 |
| 3 | John Tipton | $5,575 |
| 4 | Glenn Campbell | $3,425 |
| 5 | Anton Halteh | $2,645 |
| 6 | Emily Terry | $2,190 |
| 7 | James Petray | $1,845 |
| 8 | Lang Vo | $1,540 |
| 9 | Darrell Ticehurst | $1,230 |
Action was heads up with 6,000 in the middle and ![]()
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when L.U. checked and a player in late position bet 4,000. L.U. raised to 10,500 and the player in late position shoved for a total of 28,300.
L.U. was worried about pocket queens, but he tossed in a chip to call while he turned over ![]()
for the turned full house. His opponent showed ![]()
for the flopped flush.
The river didn't matter and L.U. dragged the pot while his opponent picked up the pieces and made his way to the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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64,000
64,000
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64,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300

Once the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) wraps up its Bay Area stop at Graton Casino, it will to Jack Cleveland Casino in Ohio for the very first RGPS Cleveland, which will feature the $800 buy-in RGPS Cleveland Main Event with a $250,000 guarantee.
The Main Event will consist of three starting flights, the first of which will get underway on Sept. 29. After Day 1b on Sept. 30 and Day 1c on Oct. 1, Day 2 will take place on Oct. 2. and play down to a winner, who will get the bulk of the guaranteed prize pool and take home the RGPS trophy.
The RGPS Cleveland stop, set to run Sept. 22-Oct. 2, will also feature over $500,000 in guarantees and a handful of side events that will see the winner's taking home Championship Rings, which were recently reintroduced by RGPS.
Action was heads up with a full board of ![]()
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and Jeff Spruitenburg was in the tank after his opponent fired 1,600 at the river. He tossed out the chips to call and his opponent turned over ![]()
for ace-high, but Spruitenburg had ![]()
for sixes and fives to take the pot.
"Nice try," Spruitenburg said with a smile as he dragged the pot.
Elsewhere in the room, Casey Carrow, Scott Young, and Jeff Walsh have taken their seat for the flight. There are now 204 entrants in Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |