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

02-19-2022 21:57 UTC-5

Pham Connects for a Stack

Hill Kerby

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Steve Pham opened to 900 under the gun and was three-bet to 2,100 by a player two seats to his left. Action folded back to him and he called.

The flop fell and Pham checked. His opponent overbet-jammed for 14,100, and Pham looked back at his cards before grabbing three pink T-5,000 chips and placing them onto the felt for a call.

All-In Player:
Pham:

Pham had 11 outs to improve, one of which came on the turn to leave his opponent with one shot at a two outer to stay alive, and a lady was nowhere to be found on the river .

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Pham	60,200

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

02-19-2022 21:31 UTC-5

Break Time

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Hill Kerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Players are on a 10-minute break.

02-19-2022 21:22 UTC-5

Smith "Bluffs a Guy"

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Hill Kerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

There was over 5,000 in the middle on a board reading with heads-up action between John Smith in the hijack and an opponent in the small blind.

The small blind checked and Smith bet 3,500, receiving a call to bring the river on board. The small blind checked again and Smith bet another 7,000. The small blind thought for over half a minute and let his hand go, resulting in the dealer shipping the pot to Smith.

As the pot sat uncollected in front of Smith, he pulled out his phone and spoke into it: "Just bluffed a guy for half my stack!"

"What was that?" asked the opponent from across the table.

"Talk to text," responded Smith.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Smith	26,200

Tags: John Smith

02-19-2022 21:11 UTC-5

Howard Gets a Triple

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Hill Kerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

An early-position player and Mo Nuwwarah, who was on the button, each had 2,200 in front of them and were faced with an all-in raise from Taylor Howard in the small blind for 4,500. Both players called the jam and then checked through to showdown on .

Howard stated that his hand was best if neither player had an ace, tabling . Nuwwarah turned over one card that showed paint before turning it back over and mucking it, while the player in early position showed . With the triple, Howard is up to over 13,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Howard	13,900 9,400	9,400
Mo Nuwwarah	12,700 4,500	4,500

Tags: Mo Nuwwarah Taylor Howard

02-19-2022 21:03 UTC-5

Faces in the Crowd

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Hill Kerby

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Jennings	43,000 43,000	43,000
Papa Karn	31,600 31,600	31,600
Doc Hanson	24,500 24,500	24,500
Guanyun Cheng	21,500 21,500	21,500
Jeff Grimes	19,400 19,400	19,400
Phil Mader	18,500 18,500	18,500
Mo Nuwwarah	17,200 17,200	17,200

Alex Hill	16,500 16,500	16,500
Nate Steuer	7,300 7,300	7,300
Joe Corbin	7,300 7,300	7,300
Taylor Howard	4,500 4,500	4,500

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

02-19-2022 20:23 UTC-5

PN Podcast: Polk's Weight Loss Bet, Wynn Millions Preview, & Steve Begleiter's Phil Ivey Story

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Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring and Chad Holloway talk about living it up in Vegas, dive into the weight-loss bet between Doug Polk and Bill Perkins, share how Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov are connected to billionaire Elon Musk, and recap the 2022 PokerGO Cup.

They also preview Season 9 of High Stakes Poker, which debuts Monday on PokerGo, recap winners from the WSOP Circuit Isle Casino Pompano Park and MSPT Venetian Poker Bowl VI stops, and discuss Chad'srecent op-ed on how to best change the Poker Hall of Fame.

In the guest department, Chad sat with Wynn's director of poker operations Ryan Beauregard, and tournament director Ray Pulford to preview the upcoming Wynn Millions, which runs from February 21-March 20. Chad also caught up with 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Niner Steve Begleiter for a "Where Are They Now" session. Begleiter shares memories and highlights from his run, which includes a Phil Ivey story you don't want to miss!

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!

02-19-2022 19:32 UTC-5

Programming Break

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

PokerNews will return at the beginning of Level 4 (approx 8:00 p.m.) of Day 1c to resume live coverage and updates from the final flight of the RunGood Poker Series Contenders Horseshoe Council Bluffs $575 Main Event.

02-19-2022 19:25 UTC-5

End of Day 1b Counts (full)

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Day 1b comes to a close with 44 players advancing to join the 40 from Day 1a. Daniel Thomas bagged the chip lead for the flight after finishing with 290,000, just ahead of Mike Vanier (277,500) and Vicki McKee (265,000). Luke Blindert made a late-day surge to finish fourth in chips with 235,000, and Tim Dorzweiler (227,500) rounds out the top five.

Complete chip counts have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Thomas	290,000 2,000	2,000
Mike Vanier	277,500 277,500	277,500

Vicki McKee	265,000 60,000	60,000
Luke Blindert	235,000 138,000	138,000
Tim Dorzweiler	227,500 37,500	37,500
Daniel Klein (NE)	224,500 14,500	14,500
Redmond Reed	223,500 223,500	223,500
Logan Enman	220,500 84,500	84,500
Randy Wilson	210,500 210,500	210,500
Ryan Welch	185,000 185,000	185,000

Matthew Dillon	182,500 182,500	182,500
Dakotah O'Dell	177,500 177,500	177,500
Kipp Smith	176,500 176,500	176,500
Deb Wall	149,000 78,000	78,000
Dan Duey	148,500 148,500	148,500
Chris Belcher	141,000 8,000	8,000
Clint Applegarth	134,000 19,000	19,000
Matt Polak	126,500 23,500	23,500
Kaleb Dunn	122,500 122,500	122,500
Jonathan Lawson	116,500 116,500	116,500
Raymond Yoder	116,500
Brian Frenzel	110,500 56,000	56,000
Kevin Venhaus	105,000 105,000	105,000
Nacoties Floyd	104,000 104,000	104,000
Justin Hinkelman	96,000 96,000	96,000

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