2022 RGPS Council Bluffs

$575 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 RGPS Council Bluffs

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$48,771
Event Info
Buy-in
$575
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
813
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
137
Players Left
1

Thomas Eliminated

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

Daniel Thomas found himself down to just over 100,000 and open-jammed in early position. He received a taker in 2021 RGPS Council Bluffs Golden Ticket Main Event Champion Nate Steuer, who was in the cutoff.

Thomas: {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Steuer: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Both payers paired their ace on {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and the situation remained unchanged as the runout completed {10-Spades}{4-Spades} to bring about Thomas's elimination from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Donald Nimneh us
Donald Nimneh
1,045,000 845,000
Nate Steuer us
Nate Steuer
800,000 547,000
David Caron us
David Caron
686,000 562,500
Patrick Watkins us
Patrick Watkins
290,000 30,000
Jeff Tebben us
Jeff Tebben
275,000 198,000
Dan Hamm us
Dan Hamm
265,000 30,000
Jonathan Lawson us
Jonathan Lawson
165,000 -55,000
Richard Moore ca
Richard Moore
135,000 51,000
Daniel Thomas us
Daniel Thomas
Busted

Smith Felted

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

Kipp Smith open-jammed for his last couple of big blinds under the gun and received action from Dave Grandin in the cutoff. Grandin showed {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

"I haven't looked yet," said Smith. He then rolled over the {k-Spades} along with the {4-Clubs}, one at a time.

The runout {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Spades}{q-Hearts} did Smith no favors and he was sent to the payout desk as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Shem Yusuf us
Shem Yusuf
1,441,000 161,000
Dave Grandin us
Dave Grandin
640,000 417,000
Raymond Yoder us
Raymond Yoder
545,000 428,500
Nick Barksdale us
Nick Barksdale
370,000 128,500
Dan Dykhouse us
Dan Dykhouse
325,000 184,000
Mike Vanier us
Mike Vanier
275,000 5,000
Dan Duey us
Dan Duey
160,000 11,500
Kipp Smith us
Kipp Smith
Busted

Tags: Dave GrandinKipp Smith

Yusuf and Vanier Play for Stacks

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

As the previous level expired, Mike Vanier defended his big blind to an under-the-gun open from Shem Yusuf. The flop came {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Vanier checked to Yusuf, who continuation-bets 55,000. Vanier check-raised to 140,000 and Yusuf called.

The turn was the {5-Hearts} and Vanier checked. Yusuf bet 165,000 and Vanier went into the tank for a while before check-jamming for Yusuf's effective stack of 430,000. Yusuf snap-called.

"Do you have a full house?" asked Vanier. "I flopped a straight," he added as he tabled {4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. Yusuf confirmed the answer to Vanier's question, showing {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} for the turned boat. The river {q-Clubs} completed the runout and the pot of roughly 1.3 million was shipped to Yusuf.

Player Chips Progress
Shem Yusuf us
Shem Yusuf
1,280,000 1,157,500
Mike Vanier us
Mike Vanier
270,000 -7,500

Tags: Mike VanierShem Yusuf

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Escareno Can't Win the Coin Flip

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Guanyun Chen opened in the hijack and saw Mike Escareno re-shove for around 100,000 on the button. Chen called once it was his turn to do so.

Escareno: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Chen: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}

A queen-high runout {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{q-Spades} was not enough for Escareno to stay alive, and he was eliminated in 40th place as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Guanyun Cheng us
Guanyun Cheng
500,000 407,000
Mike Escareno us
Mike Escareno
Busted

Tags: Guanyun ChenMike Escareno

King Runs Into Aces

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Tom King was just seen getting all in preflop once more from middle position against Tim Dorzweiler in the small blind.

King: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Dorzweiler: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

King's big-slick had run into the preflop nuts, and he could only muster one of the two kings he would need to improve on a runout of {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Spades} to bring about his elimination from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Dorzweiler us
Tim Dorzweiler
670,000 540,000
Tom King us
Tom King
Busted

Tags: Tim DorzweilerTom King

King Holds for the Double

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Tom King was in the big blind and got his stack of 61,000 into the middle against Chris Fraley in the cutoff.

King: {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Fraley: {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}

King hit one of his kind on the flop {k-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and locked up the double by the turn {8-Spades}, with the river {2-Clubs} completing the runout to make the hand official.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Fraley us
Chris Fraley
145,000 -25,000
Tom King us
Tom King
140,000 23,000

Tags: Chris FraleyTom King

Kauffman Leaves Applegarth Short After a Dub

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Clint Applegarth open-jammed for 202,000 in early position and Norman Kauffman called all in for 151,000 in the cutoff.

Kauffman: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Applegarth: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Kauffman flopped top pair on {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, leaving Applegarth in need of hitting one of his two overcards to win the pot. The turn {2-Diamonds} took away two of his outs, and the river {a-Diamonds} proved to be one of those, giving him top pair but improving Kauffman to a flush and scoring him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Norman Kauffman us
Norman Kauffman
333,000 -107,000
Clint Applegarth us
Clint Applegarth
51,000 -64,000

Tags: Clint ApplegarthNorman Kauffman