$575 RunGood Main Event
Day 1c Completed
$575 RunGood Main Event
Day 1c Completed
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
563,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
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|
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518,000 | |
|
|
517,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
|
484,000
484,000
|
484,000 |
|
|
479,000
479,000
|
479,000 |
|
|
460,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
|
429,000
429,000
|
429,000 |
|
|
408,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
|
381,000
381,000
|
381,000 |
|
|
355,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
|
339,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
|
|
326,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
|
302,000
302,000
|
302,000 |
|
|
292,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
|
273,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
238,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
|
232,000
232,000
|
232,000 |
|
|
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
214,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
183,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
|
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
|
172,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
|
169,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
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.
Jasthi Kumar moved all in for the last of his chips and Simon Santiago called.
Jasthi Kumar: ![]()
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Simon Santiago: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Kumar could not improve as he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
518,000
518,000
|
518,000 |
|
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Busted |
Play has moved to hand-for-hand as 58 players remain.
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
Alex Prok was involved in another pot brewing at table two.
Prok bet 18,000 on the turn ![]()
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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
|
55,000 |
|
|
127,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
"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: ![]()
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Seat Four: ![]()
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Seat Five: ![]()
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Daniel Hatch: ![]()
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Hatch was in front with pocket aces but that would change on the flop ![]()
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. 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
|
40,000 |
|
|
113,500
113,500
|
113,500 |