Pilotin Leads Day 1d of Jamul Main Event
Day 1d action in the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Jamul Casino Main Event has wrapped up after 16 full levels of play with Ediberto Pilotin in the chip lead after bagging a stack of 594,000. Pilotin leads 14 players from Day 1d who will return to compete on Day 2 for a chance to take down the Main Event.
Play on Day 1d lasted just over 8 hours and saw a field of 109 entrants. Day 1d kicked off towards the end of Day 1c, which had attracted 148 entrants to make it the largest of the four starting flights.
In total, the four flights attracted 460 runners to generate a prize pool of $239,200 to smash the guarantee of $150,000.
Other stacks at the end of Day 1d include Howard Azar (394,000), Sahar Bakshi (370,000), Nova Baghdasarian(318,000), and RunGood Ambassador Preston McEwen who bagged 94,000.
Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Hometown | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ediberto Pilotin | 594,000 | |
| 2 | Howard Azar | San Diego, CA | 394,000 |
| 3 | Sahar Bakshi | San Marcos, CA | 370,000 |
| 4 | Nova Baghdasarian | San Diego, CA | 318,000 |
| 5 | Rich Alsup | 297,000 | |
| 6 | David Para | Santee, CA | 221,000 |
| 7 | Rip Fritzer | Alpine, CA | 203,000 |
| 8 | Afzal Atta | 183,000 | |
| 9 | Lena Evans | Beverly Hills, CA | 167,000 |
| 10 | Noel Eicher | Poway, CA | 161,000 |
Day 2 of the Main Event will commence at 11:00 on Sunday, November 20th and will play down to a winner, who will be presented with the RGPS championship ring and 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.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow for Day 2 coverage.
which was no help to Yagura, but the turn 
gave him an open-ended straight draw. The turn also brought in hearts, and Alsup was holding the ace of hearts to give him a flush draw. 
to pair Yagura's king but it also gave Alsup a flush to win the pot and eliminated Yagura on the stone bubble of this event. Yagura, a poker vlogger, was a good sport about it and exited with dignity and thanked everyone for the experience.
, Nabor Delgado checked to Mary Anne Madruga, who then bet 15,000. The player behind her in the cutoff went all in for less, then Delgado check-raised all in for 36,000, sending Madruga into the tank. 
on the turn left them drawing dead and the 
on completed the board to secure his victory. Delgado was shipped the pot while the cutoff player exited the tournament area.
, Sahar Bakhshi bet 12,000 but was then raised by Howard Azar to 25,000.
. The action was checked to Bakhshi and she continued for 20,000, which Stanford called. 
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for a flopped set of queens as he was pushed the pot.
, Brian Behncke in the small blind open shipped his stack of 31,000 and was called by Armando Mesina to his left. 
did not do it and he was eliminated as Morey was pushed the large pot. 
