A Round of Eliminations
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bob Gruber
|
Busted | |
Chris Tryba
|
Busted | |
Jesse Howells | Busted | |
Edward Mogilnicki | Busted | |
Miki Murzi | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bob Gruber
|
Busted | |
Chris Tryba
|
Busted | |
Jesse Howells | Busted | |
Edward Mogilnicki | Busted | |
Miki Murzi | Busted |
The always aggressive and entertaining Nicholas Rigby's final bullet of the day was fired after dinner and he passed along the details of his demise to PokerNews.
Rigby opened from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position.
Heads up to a flop of , Rigby moved all in for the last of his 30,000 chips and was called by his opponent who held .
The board brought Rigby no help and he was eliminated from the tournament for the final time Saturday.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nicholas Rigby | Busted |
274 Day 1c entrants have brought the final total of entrants in the main event to 712.
Currently 88 players remain in this flight with 42 representing the magic number of 15 percent of the field that would bring the day to a close, sending those players through to Day 2.
Stay tuned for complete prizepool and payout information shortly.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break, returning at approximately 7:57 p.m.
At the end of the break, late registration will be closed.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mark Wahba | 280,000 | 208,000 |
Jesse Price
|
178,000 | 130,000 |
James Anderson
|
172,000 | 108,600 |
Anthony Gencarelli | 139,000 | 139,000 |
Kristan Mackiewicz | 137,000 | 73,000 |
Jason Yates (OH)
|
120,000 | |
Chad Holloway
|
80,000 | -28,000 |
Mikha Richards
|
60,000 | 27,500 |
Todd Saffron | 14,000 | -119,000 |
With approximately 35,000 in the pot on a completed board of , Kevin Brown checked to Cem Sarioglu, who bet 7,000.
Brown then check-raised to 22,000. Sarioglu didn't seem to love it as he showed Brown his , as he made the call.
Brown turned over for a turned set of jacks that fell to Serioglu's flush on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cem Sarioglu
|
121,500 | |
Kevin Brown | 78,000 |
While PokerNews is here offering live updates for the $800 Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that awarded RGPS rings over the past week for the RunGood Cleveland Series here at Jack Cleveland Casino.
Event #1: $420 Opener saw 392 entries create a $139,160 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 players and in the end, it was Jack Corrigan who captured the RunGood ring, along with a $30,735 payday.
Place | Name | Prize |
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1 | Jack Corrigan | $30,735 |
2 | Ryan Mayer | $18,925 |
3 | Michele Iacovone | $13,775 |
4 | Joseph Ebanks | $10,155 |
5 | Shane Pierce | $7,650 |
6 | Linda Eisenstein | $5,840 |
7 | Joseph Stachowiak | $4,590 |
8 | Robert Randell | $3,615 |
9 | Cem Sarioglu | $2,640 |
The tournament clock now shows 257 entries, surpassing the 252 runners from day 1b. All tolled, almost 700 total entries are now in the combined three-day field, with registration still open for one more level plus the 60-minute dinner break.