$575 RunGood Main Event
Day 1a Started
$575 RunGood Main Event
Day 1a Started
The next RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) champion will be crowned this weekend as the RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event in San Diego is about to get underway. The $575 buy-in tournament kicks off today at 7 p.m. local time with Day 1a.
The RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event has a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000 and is expected to surpass that as players have three starting flights to choose from. Day 1b will commence on Saturday, Feb. 5 at noon, while Day 1c will get underway later that evening at 7 p.m.
Players will begin with a stack of 20,000 chips and blind levels of 100/100. Blind levels will last for 30 minutes in duration through Level 12, at which point they will increase to 45 minutes. The tournament allows for unlimited re-entry up until the start of Level 9.
Day 1 will break either after Level 12 or at the tournament director’s discretion. The remaining players at the end of each starting flight will return for Day 2 on Sunday, Feb. 6 at noon, which will play down to a winner.
The eventual winner of the RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event will earn the lion’s share of the prize pool, as well as an exclusive invitation and $800 seat and stipend package to the RGPS: All-Stars Pro-am Event at PokerGo Studios in December 2022.
A handful of RunGood ambassadors will be taking their shot in the Jamul Casino Main Event, including Jamie Kerstetter, Joe Stapleton, Julie Cornelius, “Boston” Rob Mariano and Kris Burchfield.
PokerNews’ very own Chad Holloway will also be among the players on the felt after winning a seat through an online satellite on ClubGG. You can read about his experience turning a $49.99 monthly subscription into a Main Event tournament seat here.
Last month, California’s Kasey Orr won the RGPS Thunder Valley Main Event and earned a payday of $65,728 after reaching a heads-up deal in a tournament that set an RGPS turnout record with 851 entries.
Place | Player | Prize |
1 | Kasey Orr | $65,728* |
2 | Nicolaus Estrella | $65,726* |
3 | Dustin Russell | $34,815 |
4 | Jack Jenco | $26,075 |
5 | Mike Hanson | $19,760 |
6 | Ryan Awwad | $15,755 |
7 | Theresa Cummings | $13,040 |
8 | Daniel Hatch | $10,370 |
9 | Balthazar Villa | $7,790 |
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to bring readers updates of Day 1a action in the RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 1a of the RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event.
There are a number of familiar faces in the field so far, including Kyna England, who is fresh off of breakout year in 2021 that included a first-place finish in the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Winter Poker Classic for $186,709.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Harvey Alegado | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Jamie Kerstetter | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Kris Burchfield | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Chad Holloway
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Kyna England | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Kevin Meyers | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Picking up the action on a flop reading , Chris Carney bet 400 in position and his heads-up opponent check-called.
The opponent checked again on the turn and called a bet of 1,100 from Carney. The opponent checked a third time on the river and Carney sized up to 3,500.
Carney's opponent tanked for about a minute and peeled up his cards before tossing them across the table and into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Carney | 25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
An early position player raised pre-flop and two players called, including Robert Fortuno.
The early position player bet out on a flop of and the next player to act flat-called. Fortuno responded with a raise and the early position player moved all-in for 11,700. Only Fortuno called.
Opponent:
Robert Fortuno:
Fortuno was on a flush draw while his opponent had top pair. The turn peeled off the to give Fortuno his flush and have his opponent drawing dead headed to the river.
"Couldn't get him off the flush draw," the opponent muttered as he walked off.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Robert Fortuno | 35,000 | 35,000 |
Chad Holloway opened to 500 from the cutoff and the button called, as did Joseph Bodnar in the big blind.
Bodnar checked on a flop of and Holloway continued with a bet of 700. The button folded and Bodnar called.
Bodnar checked again on the turn and Holloway checked back. The river brought the and Bodnar led out with a bet of 1,300. Holloway folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joseph Bodnar
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
Chad Holloway
|
6,000 | -14,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200