$800 Main Event | 2022 RGPS Cleveland

10-02-2022 09:12 UTC-4

Inaugural RGPS Cleveland Main Event Champion to be Crowned Sunday

Mike Patrick

After what’s been a tremendously successful week of events for the RunGood Poker Series in its first-ever trip to the Jack Cleveland Casino, the marquee event crowns its champion Sunday with the completion of the RGPS Cleveland $800 Main Event.

The 107 survivors of the three opening flights will be vying for a share of the $491,280 prizepool, with the champion taking home $100,875, and the top 72 players earning at least $1,620.

Day 1b chip leader Scott Katip brings the largest stack into play with 568,000 chips, but not far behind him are Day 1c chip leader Derek Bowers (565,000) and Day 1a chip leader Anthony Carbone (500,000).

RGPS Cleveland Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Flight	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Scott Katip	United States	1b	568,000	142
2	Derek Bowers	United States	1c	565,000	141
3	Anthony Carbone	United States	1a	500,000	125
4	Daniel Swartz	United States	1b	498,000	124
5	Joe Gugliotta	United States	1a	457,000	114
6	Jesse Price	United States	1c	436,000	109
7	Shawn Gaffney	United States	1a	427,000	106
8	Kyle Royer	United States	1c	422,000	105
9	Dan Henderson	United States	1b	420,000	105
10	Taylor Howard	United States	1b	411,000	102

Plenty of notables will be returning to the Jack Cleveland poker room Sunday, including two-time WSOP bracelet winner Sean Troha (357,000), who enters the day just outside the top ten chip counts, Nathan Walter (165,000) and Ryan Mayer (100,000), who won RGPS Cleveland side events earlier in the week.

The final 107 players will now come back to the Jack Cleveland Casino poker room at 11:15 a.m to play down to a winner. Play will resume at the earliest finish point of the opening flights, which was Day 1a’s completion point in Level 13 with 33:27 left on the clock.

Blinds will be rolled back to 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. Levels will again be 40 minutes in length with 15-minute breaks scheduled after every third level.

Stay close to PokerNews for live reporting of all the action until the first ever RunGood Poker Series Cleveland Main Event champion is crowned here at the incredible Jack Cleveland Casino.

Tags: Anthony Carbone Dan Henderson Daniel Swartz Derek Bowers Jack Cleveland Casino Jesse Price Joe Gugliotta Kyle Royer Nathan Walter Ryan Mayer Scott Katip Sean Troha Shawn Gaffney Taylor Howard

10-02-2022 12:21 UTC-4

Lagodich Building His Big Stack

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Frank Lagodich started the day with one of the larger stacks in the room, but he's already boosted it significantly.

Lagodich's early position raise was called by Shawn Gaffney in the big blind, and on a flop of , Lagodich continued for 10,000 into 28,000, which Gaffney called.

The turn brought the , and after Gaffney checked again, Lagodich fired 27,000 more.

Gaffney called again and checked once more on the river.

Lagodich brought more heat with a bet of 72,000, finally getting a fold from Gaffney.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Lagodich	655,000 255,000	255,000
Shawn Gaffney	207,000 -220,000	-220,000

Tags: Frank Lagodich Shawn Gaffney

10-02-2022 12:32 UTC-4

Carbone Eliminates Zhu

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The man who at one point on Day 1a had a massive chip lead was just eliminated by the man who finished that day with the chip lead.

As recounted by the players, Anthony Carbone raised to 11,000 in middle position and Connor Zhu jammed for his last 80,000 in the big blind.

Carbone made the call to put the aggressive Zhu at risk.

Connor Zhu:
Anthony Carbone:

The board ran out , giving Carbone a straight to eliminate the man who at one point had 750,000 chips on Day 1a, but finishes out of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Carbone	670,000 170,000	170,000

Connor Zhu	Busted

Tags: Anthony Carbone Connor Zhu

10-02-2022 13:38 UTC-4

Schultz Doubles Through Troha

Mike Patrick

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

After Sean Troha raised to 16,000 in middle position, Dean Schultz moved all in from the button for about 60,000.

Troha called to put Schultz at risk.

Dean Schultz:
Sean Troha:

The board ran out , pairing Schultz's ace and giving him a much-needed pot, while Troha's stack now shrinks to just over 20 big blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Troha	175,000 -60,000	-60,000

Dean Schultz	134,000 -53,000	-53,000

Tags: Dean Schultz Sean Troha

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.

Play is now hand-for-hand on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Ezzie	300,000 87,000	87,000
Chad Holloway	Busted

Tags: Chad Holloway Raymond Ezzie

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 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 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 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 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.