Players in the field
2022 RGPS Council Bluffs
$575 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
2022 RGPS Council Bluffs
Buy-in
$575
Prize Pool
$100,000
Entries
813
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
561
Players Left
99
Players in the field
Players in the field
$575 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
Brett Reichard Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1bc of RGPS Contenders Council Bluffs $575 Main Event
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Two starting flights of the RunGood Poker Series Contenders Council Bluffs $575 Main Event came and went on Saturday, totaling nearly 15 hours of combined play. Day 1b began at 11 a.m. and drew 269 entries, with 44 players making their way through 13 levels of play. Then, Day 1c took center stage, generating the largest turnout of the event with 292 entries and bringing the three-day tournament total to 813.
On that center stage, Brett Reichard wound up stealing the show in the final hour of play for the night, roughly tripling his stack largely in part to a massive pot he won just before bagging in which his ace-nine hit a nine on the river to beat the ace-king of Joe Corbin, who had well above an average bagging stack of his own prior to his knockout blow. When chips went into bags, Reichard finished the day with 465,500, easily the largest stack among the 55 that remained in his flight and in the overall field.
Day 1b chip leader Daniel Thomas (290,000) finished with the next largest stack of the combined flights, while both flight's second place finishers in Mike Vanier and Beriz Turnadzic each ended their respective flights with 277,500.
Other notables to make it through the field included Luke Blindert, former RGPS Champions Nate Steuer (161,000) and Mark Fink (136,000), Brian Frenzel (110,500), and Johnnie Moreno (91,000).
Plenty more failed to advance, including RunGood Ambassador Grant Hinkle, Taylor Howard, Greg Jennings, Phil Mader, and William Reynolds.
In total, 137 players will return at 11 a.m. for Day 2 of the event with 45-minute levels to start the day. Prize pool information has yet to be released, but PokerNews will be bringing you all the action again from the time cards go in the air, through the bubble, and all the way to the finish line. See you in the morning.
End of Day 1bc Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
A total of 99 players advanced from today's two flights (44 in Day 1b; 55 in Day 1c), and those 99 will join the 38 who advanced from Day 1a for a total of 137 players returning on Sunday at 11 a.m. for Day 2.
Complete Day 1bc chip counts have been posted below, with Brett Reichard holding the end-of-day chip lead as well as the overall top stack in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
465,500 | |
|
290,000 | |
|
|
277,500 | |
|
277,500 | |
|
265,000 | |
|
235,000 | |
|
227,500 | |
|
|
224,500 | |
|
|
223,500 | |
|
|
220,500 | |
|
|
218,000 | |
|
210,500 | |
|
185,000 | |
|
182,500 | |
|
182,500 | |
|
177,500 | |
|
176,500 | |
|
|
175,500 | |
|
|
166,500 | |
|
161,000 | |
|
149,000 | |
|
|
148,500 | |
|
148,000 | |
|
145,500 | |
|
145,500 |
End of Day 1c Counts
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
A total of 55 players advanced from Day 1c. Full counts have been listed below, and Day 1bc combined counts will be posted together in a moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,500 | -19,500 |
|
|
277,500 | -15,500 |
|
|
218,000 | 218,000 |
|
|
182,500 | 182,500 |
|
|
175,500 | 175,500 |
|
|
166,500 | 166,500 |
|
|
161,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
148,000 | 148,000 |
|
|
145,500 | 10,500 |
|
|
145,500 | -8,500 |
|
145,000 | 145,000 |
|
144,500 | 144,500 |
|
142,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
142,000 | 142,000 |
|
136,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
129,000 | 129,000 |
|
122,500 | 122,500 |
|
121,500 | 121,500 |
|
|
107,000 | 107,000 |
|
|
106,500 | 106,500 |
|
106,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
104,000 | 104,000 |
|
|
102,000 | 102,000 |
|
|
99,500 | -6,100 |
|
99,000 | 99,000 |
Play Finished
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Play has concluded on all six remaining tables as of a couple of minutes ago, and players are in the process of bagging and tagging their chips. A complete list of chip counts for Days 1b and 1c will be posted shortly with a recap of the day's action to follow.
Two More Hands
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
The final 58 players will be playing two more hands apiece before bagging and tagging to advance to tomorrow morning's Day 2, which will begin in just over 10 short hours.
Reichard Vaults to the Top
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was heads up between Joe Corbin in the big blind and Brett Reichard, who was on the button with a small pile of chips already in the middle. The board read 
and Corbin bet 12,000. Reichard raised to 50,000 and Corbin called.
Corbin checked the turn 
and Reichard announced he was all in for Corbin's effective stack of around 90,000.
"I call. Do you have a pair?" said Corbin hardly any hesitation. He tabled 
.
Reichard tabled 
and the river came 
.
"I do now," replied Reichard. Corbin could not believe his eyes and pushed his stack of chips forward, toppling onto the felt. Reichard got up from his seat and walked over to apologize, with the table sharing disbelief of what had just transpired. Reichard looks to have close to 500K after the pot, and should be the clear chip leader in the entire field should his stack remain for the rest of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000 | 313,500 |
|
|
Busted |