$600 Main Event Day 1b | 2022 RGPS San Diego

11-19-2022 01:32 UTC-7

Davis Gets Max Value

Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a three-way flop of , Terry Davis bet 22,000 and was called by Derek Molnar.

The turn came the and both players decided to check and see the on the river.

Davis then led out again for 30,000 and after a few seconds, Molnar made the call. Davis then flipped over for a turned straight and Molnar sighed as he mucked his hand.

Davis was pushed the large pot to boost his stack up to 280,000 to be one of the largest in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Davis	280,000
Derek Molnar	25,000

Tags: Derek Molnar Terry Davis

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

11-19-2022 01:02 UTC-7

Break Time

Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining 30 players are now on a 15-minute break and will return to battle shortly.

11-19-2022 00:55 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Hong	290,000
Dominic Miana	210,000 123,000	123,000
Taylor Howard	195,000 146,000	146,000
Chris Smith	180,000
Sandor Molna	170,000
Bob Hoag	165,000
Kevin Meyers	85,000 10,000	10,000
Bernard Lee	82,000 -3,000	-3,000
Rich Alsup	80,000 -35,000	-35,000
Zak Rodriguez	65,000 -35,000	-35,000

PN Podcast: Hall of Fame Poker Room, Hellmuth's Bad Picks & Guest Chad Eveslage

Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Jesse Fullen, and Connor Richards talk about the opening of the Hall of Fame Poker Room at Bally's (soon to be Horseshoe Las Vegas), actor Vince Vaughn taking on former Main Event champs, and the FTX crypto crash.

They also highlight winners from the PokerStars WCOOP, APPT Cambodia, and Bar Poker Open before talking about Phil Hellmuth's crappy record in his NFL "Pick of the Week." However, it's not all bad news as Houston's Mattress Mack won $75 million thanks to the Astros winning the World Series. It was the largest sports-betting win in history!

Finally, this week's guest is Chad Eveslage, who in the last 18 months has won two WPT titles and his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet. Eveslage, who has $6,725,332 in career tournament earnings, recently won WPT Five Diamond for $1,042,300 and before that the WPT Venetian for $910,370 in June 2021. Find out more about one of poker's hottest players in this exclusive interview.

Speaking of the WPT, don't miss out on hearing about this week's ClubWPT Qualifier, who punched their ticket to the upcoming $15M GTD WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

11-19-2022 00:29 UTC-7

Callejo Forces Fold

Kirk Brown

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Tim Callejo opened to 6,500 under-the-gun and action folded around to Gary Bousquet in the small blind, who decided to make the call.

The two players went to a flop of and action went check-check.

The turn came the and Bousquet led out for 6,000 but was then raised to 15,000 by Callejo.

Bousquet promptly sent his cards into the muck and the pot was pushed to Callejo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Callejo	95,000 62,000	62,000
Gary Bousquet	50,000

Tags: Gary Bousquet Tim Callejo

11-19-2022 00:22 UTC-7

Salazar Knocks out Foster

Kirk Brown

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of , Grant Foster and Luis Salazar found themselves all in, with Foster at risk.

Grant Foster:
Luis Salazar:

"Wow you've got a seven," Foster sighed as he saw he was drawing slim.

The board completed with to improve Salazar to a full house and Foster was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Salazar	130,000 82,000	82,000
Grant Foster	Busted

Tags: Grant Foster Luis Salazar

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

11-18-2022 23:55 UTC-7

Meyers Takes it Down

Kirk Brown

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Rich Alsup raised to 4,000 preflop and found one call from Kevin Meyers to his left.

The flop came and Alsup continued for 4,000 but was then raised by Meyers to 12,000.

Aslup thought for a second but then opted on a fold and the pot was pushed to Meyers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Alsup	115,000 85,000	85,000
Kevin Meyers	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Kevin Meyers Rich Alsup