$575 Main Event
Day 1bc Started
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
Welcome To Day 1bc of the 2022 RGPS Council Bluffs Contenders $575 Main Event
Welcome back to PokerNews coverage of the 2022 RunGood Poker Series "Contenders" Tour $575 Main Event. Saturday brings a pair of starting flights at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time that will close out the preliminary flights for this weekend's event.
Days 1b and 1c will all but guarantee the poker room inside Horseshoe Council Bluffs is either full or close to it until the wee hours of the morning, as hundreds of hopefuls will look to add their name to Sunday's Day 2 roster alongside the 38 that did so on Friday night's Day 1a, which drew a total of 252 entries to kick off the event.
Starting stacks remain at 20,000 for all Day 1 flights with Levels 1-12 each being 30 minutes in length before seeing an increase to 45 minutes apiece. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of Levels 4 and 8, with late registration remaining open through the second break until the beginning of Level 9 in each flight.
Last night's flight saw play extended into Level 13, scheduled to stop at approximately 40 remaining players. The final number wound up being 38, with Isidro Sandoval (331,000) bagging the chip lead. Everybody in today's flights will be gunning for that number with the hopes of calling themselves the overall Day 1 chip leader.
Keep it here at PokerNews all day long for updates from the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Day 1b Has Begun
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
All pre-tournament announcements have been made and play is underway on Day 1b of the RGPS Council Bluffs $575 Main Event.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Early Arrivals
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A total of 16 tables are in play with 160 players in their seats and an alternate list of more than 50 players waiting to get in on the action. A few early arrivals were present last night, including the likes of RunGood Ambassador Grant Hinkle, Papa Karn, Johnnie "JohnnieVIBES" Moreno, and Jeff Grimes.
"Farmer" Phil Mader and Greg Jennings are also in the room this Saturday morning, looking to find their way into Day 2 on the first of two starting flights for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 | |
Klein Shows Two Cowboys
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
There was over 8,000 in the middle with heads-up action between Daniel Klein in the small blind and his opponent, who was under the gun. The dealer had just brought the turn on a board of 
and Klein checked, with his opponent checking back.
The river fell 
and Klein flicked out a T-5,000 chip. His opponent called quickly, taking the hand to showdown.
Klein showed 
for kings up. His opponent looked back at his cards and then sent them to the muck, earning Klein the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Aces Up for Snook
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Under the gun pumped it up to 600 and action folded around to the player on the button, who called. Matthew Snook called in the small blind as well, and the big blind came along to take postflop action four ways.
Snook led out for 1,600 on 
and the big blind called. The original raiser and player on the button then folded.
Action continued heads up to the turn 
and Snook bet another 2,200. His opponent called, and Snook fired 2,200 again on the river 
. His opponent called once more.
Snook showed 
for a flopped two pair, aces and sixes. His opponent mucked and the pot was shipped his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,400
26,400
|
26,400 |
"Ask and You Shall Receive"
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
John Dace was down to his last 1,100 and open-jammed in early position. The hijack and cutoff both called, and then the big blind three-bet to 5,300, isolating the other two players out of the pot.
Dace: 
Big Blind: 
Dace's odds went from bad to worse on the flop 
, but the turn 
gave him outs to life via a backdoor gutter to Broadway.
"Ten!" exclaimed Dace, and the dealer brought 
to complete the runout and improve him to the best hand, scoring a quadruple in the process.
"Ask and you shall receive!" said a tablemate, and the pot was shipped Dace's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600 |