2022 RGPS Coconut Creek

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 RGPS Coconut Creek

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$80,268
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$589,760
Entries
608
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
171
Players Left
48

Welcome to Day 1a of The Run Good Poker Series $1,100 Main Event at Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek!

Raminder Singh
Raminder Singh

The Run Good Poker Series has made a return to The Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek. The main event is the sixth event played out of the nine events total being played at this stop. Not only does it have the biggest buy-in seen thus far at $1,100, but it boasts an impressive $200,000 guarantee on the prize pool, four times of what it was last time the tour stopped here.

Last summer saw 514 players enter over the course of two starting days. The main event ended in a heads up deal between Timothy Miles and Raminder Singh, each taking home $45,456 for their efforts, with the latter winning a seat to the Run Good Poker Series Pro-Am in Vegas(which Singh ended up winning as well).

Players will start out with 30,000 in chips with blinds starting at 100-100. The first 8 levels of the day will be 30 minutes long with the remaining levels of the tournament switching to 40 minutes. There is a 15-minute break after levels 4 and 8 and after that there is a break every three levels. Players who survive through the day will reconvene on Sunday at 12 pm where they will play until a winner. The players who do not make it through today will have an opportunity to try once more in the flights of 1b tomorrow and 1c on Saturday.

Raminder Singh will be defending his title and will be joining many fun and familiar faces including; PokerGo broadcastersJeff Platt and Jamie Kerstetter, Twitch streamer Drew “BetOnDrew” Gonzalez, as well as many new faces coming from far and wide.

PokerNews.com will be on the ground and giving updates of this tournament from the first card hitting the felt, to the last player being eliminated in Event #6 $1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event.

Tags: Jamie KerstetterJeff PlattRaminder SinghTimothy MilesDrew Gonzalez

Spinder Calls Right

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Greg Spinder
Greg Spinder

Action was picked up on the turn between a player in the small blind and Greg Spinder on the button, with a board reading {8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}.

The small blind player led the turn for 900 which Spinder quickly called.

On the river {7-Hearts}, the small blind player bet once more and Spinder called again. The small blind turned over {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a pair of eights which was no good against {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for aces-up and Spinder was rewarded an early pot of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Spinder us
Greg Spinder
34,700
34,700
34,700

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Medina Bombs Flop

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Carlos Medina
Carlos Medina

Action was picked up four ways with 2,100 in the pot already.

The flop read {2-Spades}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} and saw an early position player bet 600 when checked too. The other two players in the hand called with action getting back around to Carlos Medina who raised to 5,000. Each player thought about their decision for a bit but each one of them ended up folding, giving the pot to Medina.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Medina
Carlos Medina
34,200
34,200
34,200

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Karn Raises out Abramowitz

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Papa Karn
Papa Karn

Action was picked up on the flop between Papa Karn, Jeff Abramowitz and a third player on a board reading {8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. Abramowitz bet 1,700 when the action checked to him and Karn called, leaving the third player to fold.

The turn of {q-Spades} elicited a bet from Abramowitz to the tune of 3,600 which Karn responded to by raising to 10,000. Abramowitz looked at Karn, then back at his hand as he tossed it into the muck, giving Karn the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Papa Karn us
Papa Karn
39,000
7,800
7,800
Jeff Abramowitz
Jeff Abramowitz
38,200
5,200
5,200

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Platt Gets Coolered By Endara

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Jeff Platt
Jeff Platt

Juan Endara raised to 700 in first position which folded around to Jeff Platt who re-raised to 2,300 on the button and was met with a four-bet to 5,800. Platt Called and the two players saw a flop.

Endara bet 9,500 in the dark and the flop came out {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Platt called.

Once more Endara bet in the dark, this time to the tune of 15,000 which Platt responded too by moving all-in with the covering stack and Endara called the 30,000 to put himself at risk.

Juan Endara: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Jeff Platt: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The river came the {q-Clubs} and Endara's top set of aces were good against Platt's set of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Endara us
Juan Endara
85,000
85,000
85,000
Jeff Platt us
Jeff Platt
9,600
-20,400
-20,400

Lucas Coolers an Opponent

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Solange Lucas
Solange Lucas

Action was picked up after the cards were on the back and both players all in for on a board reading {2-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Opponent: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Solange Lucas: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

Both players had flopped a set with Lucas' set being higher. The turn and river came out the {a-Diamonds} and the {7-Clubs} giving no improvement to the jacks and Lucas' had her opponent just covered by 1,000 chips with her 34,100.

Player Chips Progress
Solange Lucas us
Solange Lucas
82,100
44,100
44,100

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Burchfield Ascending

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Kris Burchfield
Kris Burchfield

Kris Burchfield was down to less than 10,000 at one point, but has been steadily gaining chips throughout the course of the tournament.

Burchfield raised to 2,500 preflop from the cut off and got one caller from the big blind.

Both players checked the {j-Spades}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop to the {6-Diamonds} turn which saw the big blind check-fold to Burchfield, who added another pot to his growing chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Kris Burchfield us
Kris Burchfield
86,000
61,100
61,100

Velentzas Eliminates One

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Nicholas Valentzas
Nicholas Valentzas

A player in early position opened to 2,400 which Nicholas Velentzas responded to by going all-in for 21,000 which folded the action around to the initial raiser who called.

Opponent: {10-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Nicholas Velentzas: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and no improvement was given to the jack-ten and Velentzas scooped an opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Velentzas us
Nicholas Velentzas
37,300
-6,400
-6,400

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Henson Doubles

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ray Henson
Ray Henson

With a decent amount of chips in the middle and a board reading {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, Ray Henson bet into an opponent to the tune of 22,000. The player raised all-in and Henson called, tabling his hand.

Ray Henson: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Opponent: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The river came a {7-Spades} and Henson's stack moved to over 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
112,000
90,700
90,700
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Ray Henson