$575 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 RGPS Council Bluffs

02-19-2022 00:03 UTC-5

Prevost With Piles

HillKerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Papa Karn opened to 2,000 on the button and was three-bet to 5,500 by Clarence Prevost in the big blind. Karn called.

The flop came and Prevost continuation-bet 3,500. Karn thought for a couple of moments and sent his cards to the muck.

Prevost added to his stack, which is beginning to look like that of a city skyline, and he now appears to be closing in on 150K, the largest in the field with a full room of players still in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clarence Prevost	142,000	64,700
Papa Karn	28,500	-8,000

Tags: Clarence Prevost Papa Karn

02-18-2022 23:55 UTC-5

Updated Counts

HillKerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Several players who were eliminated earlier have been spotted in new seats, including the likes of Mo Nuwwarah and Jeff Grimes. Both players quickly found doubles, and now sit above 50K and 40K, respectively.

Meanwhile, Johnnie Moreno was on the other side of an all-in situation, recently losing with pocket aces to pocket jacks after all the chips went in before the flop. He now finds himself with less than 10 big blinds.

A full round of updated counts has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Holland	80,000	36,000
Alex Hill	68,000	41,200
Lexy Nuzum	63,400	33,900
Brad Cohen	59,000	37,500
Mo Nuwwarah	52,500	52,500
Ron Thomas	42,500	13,300
Jeff Grimes	40,500	20,500
Loren Burbach	39,500	-21,000
Kerry Hildebrand	35,000	-10,500
Grant Hinkle	29,300	-2,700
Melissa King	28,500	9,300
Luke Blindert	27,800	27,800
Kenneth Adkins	23,000	-23,000
Brian Frenzel	20,000	-16,000
Blair Hinkle	18,000	18,000
Lucas Kulbe	17,500	-6,800
Taylor Howard	15,900	-2,900
Ryan Phan	11,500	11,500
Steve Federspiel	11,300	-7,900
Johnnie Moreno	8,000	-28,500
Daniel Hughes	Busted

Tags: Jeff Grimes Johnnie Moreno Mo Nuwwarah

02-18-2022 23:53 UTC-5

Players in the field

Joe_Garrett

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

02-18-2022 23:44 UTC-5

Maras Doubles With the Nuts

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player in early position opened to 2,400 and received a call from the cutoff. Jon Maras re-jammed for 12,000 in the cutoff and the original raiser called, with the cutoff folding behind to let the two have at it.

Maras:
Opponent:

Maras picked up four additional outs to Broadway on and caught one immediately thereafter on the turn , giving him the nuts. The river gave his opponent a meaningless set of nines, and Maras earned the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Maras	28,000

Tags: Jon Maras

02-18-2022 23:35 UTC-5

Brian "TheGoldenBlazer" Frenzel Wins Event #2: $135 Pro Bounty

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

A pair of events kicked off the RunGood Poker Series "Contenders" Tour on Tuesday night, the second of which was the staple Event #2: $135 Pro Bounty.

After late registration closed, 235 entries were tallied with the top 24 places set to be paid. When all was said and done, Brian "TheGoldenBlazer" Frenzel found himself as the last man standing and earned the first-place prize of $5,872.

The event was Frenzel's first event as a RunGood guest ambassador, per the RGPS Twitter, and was also his third RGPS final table, as he finished in 8th place in the Jamul $575 Main Event last September and took 3rd in the $550 RunGood All-Stars Pro-Am Invitational, which was held this past December at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.

Final Table Results

Table	Seat	Player
1	Brian Frenzel	$5,872.00
2	Nathaniel Switch	$3,631.00
3	Joel Lundstrom	$2,643
4	Chtistopher Belcher	$1,954
5	Timothy Sciscoe	$1,468
6	Jacob Jobman	$1,120
7	Alan Gatzemeyer	$867
8	Jackie Kromeich	$682
9	Joel Scott	$544

Tags: Brian Frenzel

02-18-2022 23:25 UTC-5

Grimes Getting Back In

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

"See ya tomorrow," said Jeff Grimes, stopping by PokerNews to confirm he had been eliminated from the tournament. Moments later, he was informed that the alternate list only had a handful of players waiting and opted to take another shot at the action tonight.

With play into Level 7, Day 1 is over halfway over and it shouldn't be long until he has a fresh stack of 20,000 once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Grimes	20,000	700

Tags: Jeff Grimes

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

02-18-2022 23:14 UTC-5

Kulbe Turns the Nuts

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Lucas Kulbe had 2,000 in front of him in middle position and action was back on him, facing a re-jam from the small blind for 5,600. Kulbe called.

All-In Player:
Kulbe:

The flop came to give Kulbe the nut flush draw.

"It's never easy," said another player at the table. Regardless of whether it was easy or hard, the turn locked up the pot and knockout for Kulbe with the nut flush and the pot was sent his way after the river completed the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Kulbe	24,300	24,300

Tags: Lucas Kulbe

02-18-2022 23:04 UTC-5

JohnnieVIBES Looking for Another Big Score at RGPS Council Bluffs

HillKerby

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Johnnie Moreno, pictured in another event

Just last week, Johnnie "JohnnieVIBES" Moreno notched the largest live score of his poker career by a long shot, taking second place in the $1,100 MSPT Venetian Main Event for $124,675. Following the finish, it didn't take long before he jumped on board the RunGood train and headed out to Council Bluffs.

Riding the momentum and flying to Omaha tomorrow for the @RGPokerSeries stop @HorseshoeIowa # https://t.co/a01o6vzhEs
— Johnnie VIBΞS (@JohnnieVibes)

Moreno comes into the RunGood Council Bluffs Main Event with a total live earnings of more than $250,000, including five WSOP Main Event cashes, including three in the last four years.

As for this event, Moreno is closing in on doubling the 20K with which he started, having chipped up to 36,500 midway through Level 6.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnnie Moreno	36,500	16,900

Tags: Johnnie Moreno