$575 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 RGPS Tunica

03-05-2022 00:40 UTC-5

Carter Makes the Best Hand

HillKerby

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

A player in early position raised to 2,600 and received calls behind from JW Carter in the hijack and Cody Stanford on the button. The big blind also defended, taking action four ways to the streets.

The flop dropped and the big blind checked, as did the original raiser. Carter bet 5,500 and saw Stanford fold, the big blind call, and the original raiser fold.

Action continued heads up to the turn , and both players checked to bring the river on board. The big blind bet 7,000 and Carter wasted no time calling.

The big blind showed for two pair, nines and deuces, and it was bested by the of Carter, whose jacks up was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Stanford	222,000 -23,000	-23,000
JW Carter	79,500 79,500	79,500

Tags: JW Carter Cody Stanford

03-05-2022 00:34 UTC-5

Kenneth Nicoletti Wins Event #3: $185 RunGood DeepStack

HillKerby

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

Event #3: $185 RunGood DeepStack took center stage inside Horseshoe Tunica on Wednesday, drawing a massive 452 entries over the two flights the day offered. After those two flights finished, 62 players remained and advanced to Thursday's Day 2.

Sixteen of those players fell short of cashing, as the top 46 players made it into the money. RunGood Ambassadors Daniel Lowery (32nd - $334) and Julie Cornelius (29th - $378) were among those who accomplished that feat, only to fall short of the final table, and were also joined by Papa Karn (21st - $591), who cashed for his second time in the first three tournaments of the series.

However, it ultimately came down to heads-up play between Kenneth Nicoletti and Saeed Nia, and the two chopped up the remaining prize money to take home $12,238 apiece with Nicoletti claiming the first-place title and accompanying hardware.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kenneth Nicoletti	$12,238*
2	Saeed Nia	$12,238*
3	Craig Trent	$6,277
4	Virginia Beireis	$4,653
5	Christopher Cochran	$3,499
6	Richard Barnett	$2,669
7	Cameron Bellamy	$2,065
8	William Stanford	$1,620
9	Dylan Lemery	$1,289

_{*Denotes three-handed deal.}

03-05-2022 00:27 UTC-5

River Gives Lemery a Double

HillKerby

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

The dealer was in the process of finishing a runout in an all-in situation between Dylan Lemery in the cutoff and his opponent, who was under the gun. Lemery was all in for 19,300.

Lemery:
Opponent:

Lemery's opponent flopped Broadway against his top set, but the board paired on the river to give him a full house and score him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Lemery	41,600 41,600	41,600

Tags: Dylan Lemery

03-05-2022 00:21 UTC-5

Registration Closes

HillKerby

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

Level 9 is now underway and registration has closed on Day 1a with 184 entries. Eleven tables are still in play, meaning less than 100 players remain with under two hours of play left in the evening.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

03-05-2022 00:10 UTC-5

Final Break of the Night: Last Chance To Enter

HillKerby

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

Players are on another 10-minute break, the final one of the evening. This is the last chance to enter Day 1a, as late registration will close at the beginning of Level 9 (approximately 11:20 p.m. local time) and four more levels will be played for the night before bagging and tagging.

03-05-2022 00:08 UTC-5

Loch Doubles

HillKerby

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

Bryan Loch was in the cutoff jammed for 7,700 on a flop of against an opponent in the big blind, who called.

Loch:
Big Blind:

Loch had just eight-seven high, but it was ahead of his opponent's eight-five high with an open-ended straight draw. The turn hit Rice's kicker, removing three outs from the total he had to fade. The river was a clean and he scored the double.

Moments later, Loch was seen stacking some more chips and now finds himself above starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Loch	28,500

Tags: Bryan Loch

03-05-2022 00:05 UTC-5

More Photos from Day 1a of the 2022 RGPS Contenders Tunica $575 Main Event

HillKerby

03-04-2022 23:57 UTC-5

Updated Counts

HillKerby

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Stanford	245,000
Edward Fisher	155,000 32,500	32,500
Michael Sanders	110,000 80,000	80,000
Ashley Peck	108,000 41,500	41,500
James Gidden	70,000 70,000	70,000
Donny Mol	70,000 16,000	16,000
Papa Karn	68,000 3,500	3,500
Virginia Beireis	66,000 -6,000	-6,000

Kyle Cartwright	62,000 5,000	5,000

Daniel Lowery	58,000 33,000	33,000
Preston McEwen	57,300 -27,700	-27,700
Donnie Phan	52,500 35,000	35,000
Julie Cornelius	42,500 1,400	1,400
Ryan Phan	26,500 10,100	10,100
Robert Leth	17,000 -24,700	-24,700
Jesse Lott	15,500 15,500	15,500
Scott Hiett	3,400 -4,700	-4,700
Sanh Vuong	Busted
Rashad Walton	Busted
Kaleb Dunn	Busted

03-04-2022 23:47 UTC-5

Fender Doubles with the Nut Flush

HillKerby

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

All of the action had already transpired and James Fender was in the process of his remaining stack of 34,200 counted out for a double after the chips went in postflop. Fender was in the hijack and had doubled through his opponent on the button on a completed board of .

Fender:
Opponent:

When all was said and done, Fender his one of his 12 needed outs on the river to score the dub and stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Fender	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: James Fender