$575 RunGood Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2022 RGPS Thunder Valley
$575 RunGood Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2022 RGPS Thunder Valley
Buy-in
$575
Prize Pool
$445,000
Entries
890
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
455
Players Left
57
Michael Rusnak Runs it Up in Day 1c of the RunGood Poker Series $575 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event $200,000 GTD at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 1c has come to a close at the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) $575 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event $200,000 GTD from the Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
Michael Rusnak (563,000) leads the pack from Day 1c. He grabbed a big stack by winning a three-way all-in with pocket aces earlier in the day and never looked back.
There were 455 entries into Day 1c and 57 advanced to Day 2 and each player is in the money. They will join the 55 other players from Day 1a and Day 1b to return Sunday, Jan 9 at 11 a.m. for Day 2.
A new record was set this weekend at the RunGood Poker Series. After three starting flights, there were 890 entries in the Main Event. This breaks the previous record of 851 entries in Omaha, Nebraska at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs stop in June of 2021.
The field also smashed the $200,000 guarantee, generating a prize pool of $445,000. There will be 112 players paid and first place will take home $77,400.
Other players that advanced from Day 1c include Simon Santiago (518,000), Alex Prok (273,000), Frank Saunders (517,000), Kyle Kitagawa (214,000), and Dan Martin (60,000).
They will be joined by qualifiers from the earlier flights such as Day 1a chip leader Tho Duong (494,000), Day 1b chip leader David Newton (624,000), Bernard Lee (576,000) Jeff Platt (144,000) Julie Cornelius (124,000), Sayed Mousavi Rad (405,000), Blair Hinkle (62,000), and Theresa Cummings (353,000).
PokerNews will continue coverage of the tournament until its completion. Check back here for all the updates until a champion is crowned in the RGPS $575 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event $200,000 GTD at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
563,000 | 18,000 |
|
518,000 | |
|
517,000 | 272,000 |
|
484,000 | 484,000 |
|
|
479,000 | 479,000 |
|
460,000 | 460,000 |
|
429,000 | 429,000 |
|
408,000 | 408,000 |
|
|
381,000 | 381,000 |
|
|
355,000 | 355,000 |
|
339,000 | 339,000 |
|
326,000 | 143,000 |
|
|
302,000 | 302,000 |
|
292,000 | 292,000 |
|
273,000 | -17,000 |
|
|
238,000 | 238,000 |
|
232,000 | 232,000 |
|
227,000 | 227,000 |
|
215,000 | 215,000 |
|
214,000 | 87,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
183,000 | 183,000 |
|
|
178,000 | 178,000 |
|
172,000 | 172,000 |
|
169,000 | 169,000 |
Day 1c Ends
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
57 Players have advanced to Day 2 for tomorrow Jan 9, at 11 a.m. and a full recap of today's events will be posted shortly.
Kumar Bubbles to Bring Play to an End
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jasthi Kumar moved all in for the last of his chips and Simon Santiago called.
Jasthi Kumar: 
Simon Santiago: 
The board ran out 
and Kumar could not improve as he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
518,000 | 518,000 |
|
Busted |
Hand-For-Hand Begins
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Play has moved to hand-for-hand as 58 players remain.
Bubble Drawing Near
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
There are currently 61 players remaining and 57 will advance.
Once the field hits 58, play will move to hand-for-hand.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Prok Takes Another, Shows Quads
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Alex Prok was involved in another pot brewing at table two.
Prok bet 18,000 on the turn 
and Kyle Kitagawa raised to 45,000 before Prok moved all in with the bigger stack.
Kitagawa quickly folded and Prok showed the table 
for quad kings as he dragged another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
127,000 | -8,000 |
Four-Way All-In Goes to Prok
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
"Four-Way All-In," said a player from table two as players gathered to watch.
Daniel Hatch held the biggest stack and had Alex Prok, plus the players in seats four and five at-risk preflop.
Alex Prok: 
Seat Four: 
Seat Five: 
Daniel Hatch: 
Hatch was in front with pocket aces but that would change on the flop 
. The turn brought the 
and the river was the 
to send a shock through the table as Prok drilled a set of nines to win it.
Seats four and five were both eliminated while Hatch took a hit to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
235,000 | 40,000 |
|
113,500 | 113,500 |