$800 Main Event | 2022 RGPS Cleveland

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

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-02-2022 12:44 UTC-4

Some Updated Chip Counts and Eliminations

Mike Patrick

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Gugliotta	790,000 333,000	333,000
Scott Katip	675,000 107,000	107,000

Daniel Swartz	645,000 147,000	147,000
Sid Savitt	310,000 310,000	310,000
Bradley Rogoff	80,000 -130,000	-130,000
Joseph Rowe	Busted
Dante Powell	Busted
Steven Lekic	Busted

10-02-2022 12:53 UTC-4

Napierala Over 500,000

Mike Patrick

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With 40,000 in the middle on a flop, Jesse Price bet 41,000 from the big blind.

He was met with a raise to 291,000 from Blake Napierala in early position, which would cover Price's entire stack.

After a couple of minutes of consideration, Price chose to fold and preserve his stack as the bubble approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blake Napierala	522,000 148,000	148,000
Jesse Price	176,000 -260,000	-260,000

Tags: Blake Napierala Jesse Price

10-02-2022 12:56 UTC-4

Players in the field

Joe_Garrett

10-02-2022 13:02 UTC-4

Campbell Gets the Field Closer to the Money

Mike Patrick

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After Paul Campbell raised to 15,000 in late position, Shawn Gaffney moved all in for 110,000 and Campbell called.

Shawn Gaffney:
Paul Campbell:

The board ran out , pairing Campbell's ace on the flop to give him the winner.

At an adjacent table, Julie Thomas was also eliminated. With her and Gaffney's eliminations, the field is just five bustouts away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Campbell (OH)	660,000 349,000	349,000
Shawn Gaffney	Busted
Julie Thomas	Busted

Tags: Julie Thomas Paul Campbell Shawn Gaffney

10-02-2022 13:13 UTC-4

Some Updated Counts Before Break

Mike Patrick

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Carbone	710,000 40,000	40,000

Scott Katip	626,000 -49,000	-49,000

Derek Bowers	580,000 13,000	13,000

Taylor Howard	495,000 84,000	84,000
Donald Mullen	388,000 388,000	388,000
Chad Welka	240,000 102,000	102,000
Sean Troha	235,000 -56,000	-56,000

Nathan Walter	148,000 -17,000	-17,000
Chad Holloway	78,000 -43,000	-43,000