$575 Main Event | 2022 RGPS Council Bluffs

02-20-2022 18:24 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Nate Steuer	2,055,000 1,255,000	1,255,000
Vicki McKee	1,585,000 25,000	25,000
Dakotah O'Dell	1,535,000 135,000	135,000
Donald Nimneh	1,370,000 60,000	60,000
Guanyun Cheng	1,070,000 125,000	125,000
Chris Fraley	1,045,000 900,000	900,000
Kaleb Dunn	1,040,000 322,000	322,000
Nick Barksdale	830,000 460,000	460,000
Raymond Yoder	820,000 226,000	226,000
David Caron	765,000 350,000	350,000
Eric Kyle	710,000 515,000	515,000
Shem Yusuf	705,000 736,000	736,000
Rob Palacios	670,000 325,000	325,000
Dan Dykhouse	610,000 230,000	230,000
Brett Reichard	495,000 20,000	20,000
Jeff Tebben	425,000 150,000	150,000
Mike Henrich	365,000 155,000	155,000
Travis Bettcher	350,000 195,000	195,000
Isidro Sandoval	215,000 250,000	250,000
Norman Kauffman	75,000 380,000	380,000

Dinner Time

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Hill Kerby

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The 20 remaining players are on a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 6:49 p.m. local time.

02-20-2022 18:10 UTC-6

Stacks Go In on All Three Tables Before Dinner

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Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With less than five minutes before the dinner break, all three tables left in play just saw stacks go into the middle.

Hand #1: Robert Palacios opened to 60,000 in middle position and Richard Moore re-jammed for 297,000. Palacios called.

Moore:
Palacios:

Palacios won the coin flip on a runout of and eliminated Moore. Moments later, Patrick Watkins was seen vacating his seat from an adjacent table.

Hand #2: Travis Bettcher open-jammed for 117,000 in the cutoff and was called in the big blind by Norman Kauffman.

Bettcher:
Kauffman:

An ace in the window of was nothing but a tease to Kauffman, who ceded the double to Bettcher as the turn and river completed the runout in his favor.

Hand #3: A second all-in situation occurred on the table where Watkins was just eliminated, with Jason Crews getting all in with against the of Eric Kyle and failing to get there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Palacios	995,000 127,000	127,000
Richard Moore	Busted
Patrick Watkins	Busted
Jason Crews	Busted

Tags: Eric Kyle Jason Crews Norman Kauffman Patrick Watkins Richard Moore Robert Palacios Travis Bettcher

02-20-2022 17:56 UTC-6

Dunn Gets Crafty

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Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Dakotah O'Dell limped in from early position and saw action fold around to Kaleb Dunn, who completed his small blind. Raymond Yoder checked his option in the big blind and the three saw a flop of .

Action checked to O'Dell and he bet 45,000. Dunn check-raised to 120,000 and Yoder thought for a bit before cold-calling.

"All right," said Yoder, folding his hand, and both players checked the turn to bring the river on board.

"Forty (thousand)," said Dunn, throwing out chips to match. Yoder looked at Dunn on his direct right and threw out chips to call.

Dunn showed for two queens and it was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakotah O'Dell	1,400,000 470,000	470,000
Kaleb Dunn	718,000 178,000	178,000
Raymond Yoder	594,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Dakotah O'Dell Kaleb Dunn Raymond Yoder

02-20-2022 17:46 UTC-6

McKee Loses One, Then Eliminates Dorzweiler

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Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #1: Vicki McKee opened to 60,000 under the gun and received a call in middle position from Donald Nimneh. Action went heads up to a flop of and McKee checked to Nimneh, who bet 50,000. McKee called.

McKee check-called another 80,000 on the turn and the river came . She checked once more and Nimneh reached for chips, betting another 85,000.

"I missed it," said McKee as she tossed her cards to the muck without delay.

"I knew you was on it!" replied Nimneh. He then added, "we probably had the same hand." McKee said she had ace-ten.

Hand #2: Moments later, Tim Dorzweiler was seen making his way to the payouts desk as his stack was being shipped to McKee. McKee and Nimneh filled in the details, saying that stacks got in after McKee called a shove on the turn of a three-club board.

Dorzweiler:
McKee:

Dorzweiler's bluff was called by McKee's nut flush draw, which proved to be ahead on its own, and a seven failed to fall on the river to spell his elimination.

In the meantime, Mike Vanier and Kevin Venhaus were also recently eliminated on adjacent tables, bringing the field down to 23.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vicki McKee	1,610,000 655,000	655,000
Donald Nimneh	1,310,000 265,000	265,000
Tim Dorzweiler	Busted
Mike Vanier	Busted

Kevin Venhaus	Busted

Tags: Donald Nimreh Kevin Venhaus Mike Vanier Tim Dorzweiler Vicki McKee

02-20-2022 17:33 UTC-6

Palacios Spikes a Three Outer

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Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Robert Palacios raised in middle position and saw David Caron three-bet to 110,000 in the small blind. Palacios four-bet jammed and Caron asked for a count, which was in the process of being totaled to 414,000 before he wasted no further time calling.

Palacios:
Caron:

"Come on, three outer," requested Palacios, and his request was immediately granted on . The case queen did not come as completed the runout and Palacios earned the full double as a result.

Just after the redraw, Dave Grandin was eliminated in 27th place, and the field has remained at 26 for several minutes since then.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Palacios	868,000
David Caron	415,000
Dave Grandin	Busted

Tags: David Caron Robert Palacios

02-20-2022 17:21 UTC-6

Final Three Tables Redraw

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Hill Kerby

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player
10	1	Dan Dykhouse
10	2	Vicki McKee
10	3	Richard Moore
10	4	David Caron
10	5	Donald Nimneh
10	6	Jeff Tebben
10	7	Tim Dorzweiler
10	8	Mike Henrich
10	9	Robert Palacios

14	1	Isidro Sandoval
14	2	Norman Kauffman
14	3	Brett Reichard
14	4	Chris Fraley
14	5	Kaleb Dunn
14	6	Dakotah O'Dell
14	7	Travis Bettcher
14	8	Dave Grandin
14	9	Raymond Yoder

15	1	Nate Steuer
15	2	Guanyun Cheng
15	3	Mike Vanier
15	4	Kevin Venhaus
15	5	Nick Barksdale
15	6	Eric Kyle
15	7	Jason Crews
15	8	Shem Yusuf
15	9	Patrick Watkins

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

02-20-2022 17:12 UTC-6

Wilson Falls in 28th; Places 28-36

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

"All in," said Mike Wilson on a completed board of from the big blind in a heads-up pot against Guanyun Cheng. Cheng snap-called.

Wilson had for a full house, but was shown the bad news as Cheng tabled and he was eliminated in 28th place.

The tournament clock has now been paused for the three-table redraw. In the meantime, the following players finished in 28-36th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guanyun Cheng	1,195,000 361,000	361,000
Randy Wilson	Busted
Dan Hamm	Busted
Jesse Bowman	Busted
Deb Wall	Busted
Jonathan Lawson	Busted
Dan Duey	Busted
Daniel Thomas	Busted
Kipp Smith	Busted
Beriz Turnadzic	Busted

Tags: Mike Wilson Guanyen Cheng

02-20-2022 17:03 UTC-6

Wall Falls

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Deb Wall open-jammed for 116,000 in the cutoff and Dan Dykhouse called in the big blind.

Wall:
Dykhouse:

Wall did not connect on the runout and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Dykhouse	840,000 515,000	515,000
Guanyun Cheng	834,000 334,000	334,000
Jason Crews	605,000 478,000	478,000
Kaleb Dunn	540,000 310,000	310,000
Kevin Venhaus	481,000 346,000	346,000
Norman Kauffman	455,000 122,000	122,000
Randy Wilson	308,000 101,000	101,000
Clint Applegarth	210,000 159,000	159,000
Travis Bettcher	155,000 99,500	99,500
Deb Wall	Busted