$800 Main Event | 2022 RGPS Cleveland

10-02-2022 19:29 UTC-4

Sid Savitt Eliminated in 16th Place ($4,910)

Mike Patrick

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sid Savitt moved all in under the gun for 360,000 and was called by Derek Bowers also in early position.

Sid Savitt:
Derek Bowers:

The board came giving Bowers a winning full house to eliminate Savitt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Bowers	2,700,000 300,000	300,000

Sid Savitt	Busted

Tags: Derek Bowers Sid Savitt

10-02-2022 19:20 UTC-4

Daniel Henderson Eliminated in 17th Place ($4,910)

Mike Patrick

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Daniel Henderson jammed his last 36,000 in from the button and was called by Stephen Stock Jr in the small blind.

Daniel Henderson:
Stephen Stock Jr:

The board came , bringing no help to Henderson who goes home in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Stock Jr	1,385,000 360,000	360,000
Daniel Henderson	Busted

Tags: Daniel Henderson Stephen Stock Jr

10-02-2022 18:13 UTC-4

George Mohan Eliminated in 18th Place ($4,910)

Mike Patrick

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

George Mohan was the first player eliminated at the final two tables as he got just over 1,000,000 chips in the middle on the button dominated against Joe Gugliotta's small blind.

George Mohan:
Joe Gugliotta:

The board ran out , keeping Gugliotta's ace-king ahead for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Gugliotta	2,225,000 1,210,000	1,210,000
George Mohan	Busted

Tags: George Mohan Joe Gugliotta

10-02-2022 16:57 UTC-4

Pierce Rivers Moon in Huge Pot

Mike Patrick

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

After his double-up was denied earlier, Christopher Moon alerted PokerNews that he was all in again with the goods on a turn.

He now had approximately 600,000 committed to the pot as he caught Shane Pierce with his hand in the cookie jar.

Christopher Moon:
Shane Pierce:

Moon again had a made straight, but Pierce was drawing to a higher straight with a gutshot to a king.

Sure enough, the dealer dropped the on the river, to send Moon to the rail with a horrific bad beat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane Pierce	1,600,000 1,444,000	1,444,000
Christopher Moon	Busted

Tags: Christopher Moon Shane Pierce

10-02-2022 15:34 UTC-4

Troha Survives All-In

Mike Patrick

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sean Troha moved his last 136,000 chip in from middle position and was called by Daniel Murray in the hijack.

The rest of the table folded and Troha was at risk.

Sean Troha:
Daniel Murray:

The flop brought no help to Troha, but the on the turn certainly did. The river changed nothing and Troha doubled up to just over 25 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Murray	313,000 123,000	123,000
Sean Troha	302,000 189,000	189,000

Tags: Daniel Murray Sean Troha

10-02-2022 14:45 UTC-4

House over House Crushes Curcio in Three-Way All in

Mike Patrick

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The wild hands keep coming since the bubble burst.

Joseph Daddario and Joseph Curcio were each all in preflop with Mark Wahba holding chance to eliminate both.

Joseph Curcio:
Mark Wahba:
Joseph Daddario:

The flop looked great for Wahba as the dealer spread , bringing both he and Daddario trip aces, with his queen kicker holding the lead.

The turn however was the , filling up Daddario and leaving Curcio drawing dead.

Then just for the needle, the came on the river, giving Curcio the full house he was looking for earlier in the hand which was irrelevant now as Daddario dragged the pot to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Daddario	170,000 8,000	8,000
Mark Wahba	150,000 -218,000	-218,000
Joseph Curcio	Busted

Tags: Joseph Curcio Mark Wahba Joseph Daddario

10-02-2022 14:11 UTC-4

Swartz Tries to Burst Bubble With Jack-Four, Then Uses Aces to Eliminate Bell

Mike Patrick

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Daniel Swartz got creative trying to burst the bubble as he jammed his big stack from the button into the small stacks in the blinds, getting a caller in Mark Lewandowski for a bit over 100,000.

Once the hands were revealed, the hand everyone in poker is talking about had the chance to burst the bubble.

Mark Lewandowski:
Daniel Swartz:

Indeed, Swartz had jammed the jack-four offsuit, but he had been picked off by aces.

The board ran out , bringing no help to Swartz as Lewandowski's aces held up to survive.

Just one hand later though, Swartz got it in again with another customer in the form of Ronald Bell for roughly another 100,000.

This time it was a straight-up cooler.

Ronald Bell:
Daniel Swartz:

It was Swartz will the aces this time, with Bell running into the worst possible situation for his kings.

The dealer gave him all the help in the world though with a flop of for a straight flush draw. Swartz held the though so a royal flush wouldn't be possible.

The turn and river however quelled the drama, awarding Swartz the pot and eliminating Bell on a very exciting bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Swartz	600,000 -45,000	-45,000
Mark Lewandowski	244,000 100,000	100,000
Ronald Bell	Busted

10-02-2022 13:48 UTC-4

Holloway Eliminated One Away From Bubble

Mike Patrick

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chad Holloway moved all in from early position for 83,000 and was called on the button by Raymond Ezzie.

Chad Holloway:
Raymond Ezzie:

Holloway was in great shape as the board ran out , but then the dealer dropped the on the river, eliminating Holloway in horrific fashion, just two spots away from the money.