$575 Main Event | 2022 RGPS Council Bluffs

02-20-2022 12:35 UTC-5

Novin Back In It After a Miracle

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

More commotion just came from Table 3, the very same table that started the day with quads to a Royal Flush, and it was the recently-crippled Ali Novin who brought about the raucous after getting all in preflop from the cutoff against Stacy Bush in the small blind.

Novin:
Bush:

Both players connected with the flop , leaving Novin in need of running full house outs to improve his top pair, top kicker beyond Bush's set. Just like that, running came to earn him another double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stacy Bush	169,000 89,000	89,000
Ali Novin	86,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Ali Novin Stacy Bush

02-20-2022 12:46 UTC-5

More Recent Eliminations

HillKerby

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The field is quickly approaching the bubble with less than 10 minutes remaining in Level 14, as the tournament clock displays 113 entries. Another batch of recent eliminations has been posted below, which includes the likes of Johnnie "JohnnieVIBES" Moreno.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melissa King	Busted
Nathan Young	Busted
Ian Dean	Busted
Lucas Kulbe	Busted
Grant Illig	Busted
Justin Heilman	Busted
Allen Peter	Busted
Scott Dattelk	Busted
Ken Reed-Bouley	Busted
Johnnie Moreno	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

02-20-2022 12:57 UTC-5

May Done In on the River

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kipp Smith opened to 12,000 in middle position and Cony May re-jammed for 43,500 in the hijack. Action folded back to Smith, who counted his stack to be a little over 10K more than May's. He let out a small chuckle after realizing the decision would be for the majority of his stack, and he found a call.

May:
Smith:

May was able to fade the three remaining aces in the deck, but Smith flopped an open-ended straight draw on that completed on the river after the runout finished .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kipp Smith	110,000 -66,500	-66,500
Cony May	Busted

Tags: Cony May Kipp Smith

02-20-2022 13:07 UTC-5

Updated Counts

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Fraley	270,000 166,000	166,000
Dan Hamm	235,000 89,500	89,500
Daniel Klein (NE)	235,000 10,500	10,500
Mark Fink	223,000 87,000	87,000
Brad Cohen	212,000 4,500	4,500
Aaron Trentacosta	211,000 87,500	87,500
Seth Frederici	170,000 48,500	48,500
Kaleb Dunn	137,000 14,500	14,500
Jesse Bowmen	130,000 34,500	34,500
Carson Perreault	126,500 55,500	55,500
Edgar Martinez	122,000 -39,500	-39,500
Ryan Phan	120,000 -55,500	-55,500
Matthew Murray	110,000 -38,000	-38,000
Nick McAtee	103,500 18,500	18,500
Sean Halverson	97,000 11,900	11,900
Melissa Stetler	77,000 36,000	36,000
David Nelson	49,000 -27,000	-27,000
Lauren Caudle	20,000 -86,500	-86,500

02-20-2022 13:11 UTC-5

Booth Runs Into a Bigger Pair

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kristen Booth open-jammed for 41,500 under the gun and saw Ryan Welch re-jam one seat over. All remaining players folded.

Booth:
Welch:

Booth was unable to find a jack on the runout and was eliminated from the tournament by Welch's kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Welch	204,000 19,000	19,000

Kristen Booth	Busted

Tags: Kristen Booth Ryan Welch

02-20-2022 13:23 UTC-5

Ten Tables Remain

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Less than 100 players now remain and the tournament is one table's worth of eliminations away from reaching the bubble. Other recent eliminations have been listed below, including RunGood Ambassador Blair Hinkle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Adkins	Busted
Melissa Stetler	Busted
Nacoties Floyd	Busted
Shannon Dill	Busted
Lauren Caudle	Busted
Blair Hinkle	Busted

Matt Streeter	Busted
Mark Van Kiersbilck	Busted
Loren Burbach	Busted
Chris Simone	Busted
Tracy Porter	Busted
Lee Kathol	Busted

02-20-2022 13:34 UTC-5

Bush Jams the Flop

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Preflop action saw Nate Steuer raise in early position and call a three-bet from Stacy Bush, who was in the small blind to bring about 75,000 into the middle.

The flop came and Bush went all in for 91,500. Steuer went into the tank for close to two minutes, talking himself through his thought process and ultimately announcing that he had to fold.