$600 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 RGPS Joplin

05-20-2022 22:57 UTC-5

Bush Finds Aces Again

Liam Gannon

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Stacy Bush called in first position and on the button, Zachary Smith raised to 4,500. The big blind moved all-in for 40,000 and Bush moved all-in for 71,000 which Smith called to put himself at risk.

Big blind:
Zachary Smith:
Stacy Bush:

The board ran out which changed none of hte holdings of any player and Bush found himself eliminating two players to scoop a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stacy Bush	182,000	124,600
Zachary Smith	Busted

Tags: Stacy Bush Zachary Smith

05-20-2022 22:46 UTC-5

Big Stacks In The Room

Liam Gannon

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mashir Khan	262,000
Jeremiah Blackburn	241,000	112,000
Dale Schumann	186,000
Tyler Barnes	156,000
Ben Barnett	146,000
Zachary Smith	96,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

05-20-2022 22:35 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Stacy Bush	57,400

Mariano Spikes A Nine

Liam Gannon

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano raised to 3,100 from early position and was called by one player on the button. In the big blind another player moved all-in for 11,500 and Mariano moved all-in for 42,400 and the other player folded.

Big blind:
Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano:

The flop came out which gave Mariano a set of nines. The turn and river further improved him to a full house and he eliminated the other player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Mariano	55,600	30,600

Tags: Rob Mariano

Level: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-20-2022 22:12 UTC-5

Counts Around The Room

Liam Gannon

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Ward	74,300	34,000
Cash Carpenter	58,000	35,000
Duster Ellis	54,000	-8,000
Mallory Johnson	53,000	10,000
Ross Beybe	33,200	-18,800
Freddy Johnson	29,000	-42,000
Rob Mariano	25,000	25,000
Mary Beybe	13,200	-2,100
Emily Snow	Busted
Mike Cordell	Busted

05-20-2022 21:52 UTC-5

Fraley Hits The River Against Sanders

Liam Gannon

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn between three players with a pot of roughly 11,000, Michael Sanders in early position and Chris Fraley in the cutoff.

On a board reading , Michael Sanders bet 6,500 which was called by one of his two opponents. Fraley moved all-in for 45,000 effective which sent Sanders into the tank. After some time he called to put himself at risk, and the other opponent moved all-in for his remaining 3,000.

Opponent:
Michael Sanders:
Chris Fraley:

The river came off a which gave Fraley the flush and saw his chip stack shoot up the leaderboards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Fraley	123,000
Michael Sanders	Busted

Tags: Chris Fraley Michael Sanders

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

05-20-2022 21:36 UTC-5

Do Triples With Aces

Liam Gannon

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

A player raised under-the gun to 2,700 and from middle position Vinh Do moved all-in for 16,700. Action folded to the big blind who moved all-in for 10,000 and the initial raiser called to put both players at risk.

Big blind:
Vinh Do:
First Position:

The board ran out and the aces turned into aces and sevens which saw Do eliminate the big blind and double through first position.