$575 RunGood Main Event Day 1c | 2022 RGPS Thunder Valley

01-08-2022 17:22 UTC-7

Abraham Scores KO's in Back-to-Back Hands

Nicholas Baltz

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Martin Abraham just picked up a pair of knockouts in consecutive hands.

First, Abraham bet 15,000 into a pot of 19,800 on the flop , and Forrest Kollar, who won Event #2 $255 RunGood Fifty Five $55,000 GTD of this series shoved all in for 51,600 total.

Abraham went deep into the tank counting out chips. He eventually declared a call and Kollar was at risk.

Forrest Kollar:
Martin Abraham:

Abraham was ahead with his pocket queens but he would need to dodge some outs. The turn brought the and the river was the as Abraham was pushed the pot.

On the next hand, Abraham bet 1,600 on the turn and the player to his direct left in seat four raised to 5,000. Abraham called.

The river was the and Abraham checked. His opponent quickly moved all in and Abraham snap-called. His opponent showed , but Abraham had it beat with for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Abraham	167,000 167,000	167,000
Forrest Kollar	Busted

Tags: Forrest Kollar Martin Abraham

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

01-08-2022 16:58 UTC-7

Winners From the RunGood Series Events So Far

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Winners from the other events at RunGood Poker Series at Thunder Valley Casino Resort

The RGPS Main Event is underway, but champions have already been crowned in some of the other events from this series.

Daniel “DJ” Hughes took down Event #1: $135 Ambassador Bomb Pot Bounty for $5,655. He defeated a field of 250 players to kick off the series.

Meanwhile, in Event #2: $255 RunGood Fifty Five $55,000 GTD, it was Forrest Kollar who defeated a field of 437 players to take down the top prize of $18,555.

In Event #3: $300 PLO, it was Keith Hudson claiming victory for $5,000 after conquering a field of 75 players.

01-08-2022 16:56 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Saunders	170,000 88,300	88,300
Dustin Orozco	164,000 26,500	26,500
Patrick Perry	115,500 38,000	38,000
John Logan	95,500 34,500	34,500
Carrie Diggs	85,000 31,000	31,000
Cynthia Isip	79,500 2,500	2,500
Joe Stapleton	78,500 78,500	78,500
Dan Martin	61,000 61,000	61,000
Alex Prok	57,500 30,500	30,500
Justin Kusumowidagdo	53,500 53,500	53,500
Lynda Hernandez	47,500 47,500	47,500
Rienzi Gagliardi	27,000 2,700	2,700
Ken Jorgensen	24,300 24,300	24,300
Nemanja Vujaklija	17,000 8,500	8,500

End of Registration

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Late registration has come to a close.

There were 455 players who entered Day 1c.

There are currently 252 players remaining in the field.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-08-2022 16:17 UTC-7

Break

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on another 15-minute break.

Late registration will end at the conclusion of the break.

01-08-2022 16:08 UTC-7

Castro Sends Two Out

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A big pot was brewing preflop on table 16. Paul Castro had an opponent all in and at risk holding pocket aces.

Paul Castro:
Opponenet:

The board ran out and Castro made a set of aces to score the knockout.

Moments later, another player was seen leaving the table at the hands of Castro. The board had been washed but the of Castro was still showing as the winner against his opponents and he collected another pot as late reg nears it's end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Castro	181,000 181,000	181,000

Tags: Paul Castro

01-08-2022 15:49 UTC-7

Diggs Three-Bets, Takes it on the Flop

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Nicholas Baltz

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Before the level jump, Cynthia Isip opened to 800 and found two callers in Rahul Lal and seat six. The action was then on Carrie Diggs and she bumped it up to 3,800 from the big blind.

Isip and Lal called and it was three-ways to a flop . Lal checked and Diggs bet 6,000 as both players folded.

Diggs showed and took down the pot.