$575 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 RGPS Tunica

03-04-2022 23:20 UTC-5

Cartwright Calls Correctly

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action was heads up on a completed board of with just shy of 20,000 in the middle. The small blind bet 5,000, sending Kyle Cartwright into the tank on the button. After a bit, Cartwright took one T-5,000 chip and flung it forward onto the felt.

The small blind showed for two pair, queens and jacks. Cartwright paused for half a second and then turned over a of his own along with the , which played and earned him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Cartwright	57,000 10,400	10,400

Tags: Kyle Cartwright

03-04-2022 23:33 UTC-5

Fraley On the Ascent

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Hand #1: Action was heads up on a board reading with around 9,000 in the middle. The big blind checked to Chris Fraley in middle position, who bet 7,300 and received a call after half a minute.

The river came and the big blind checked again. Fraley went all in for 18,400, a bit more than his opponent had left. More than two minutes went by, with the player putting his head into his hands as he pondered over the decision for his tournament life. Eventually, a fold was made and Fraley took down the pot.

Hand #2: On the very next hand, a player in early position raised to 2,600 and Fraley three-bet to 6,000 one seat over. Action folded back to the original raiser, who four-bet jammed for 16,200. Fraley called.

All-In Player:
Fraley:

An ace appeared in the window of the flop , giving the all-in player his much-needed three outer. The turn left the situation the same, but the river came behind to improve Fraley to a full house, queens full of nines, and score him the knockout and accompanying pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Fraley	60,000 42,700	42,700

Tags: Chris Fraley

03-04-2022 23:37 UTC-5

Joanne Cain Wins Event #2: $135 RunGood Guest Bounty

HillKerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

A sizeable 337 entries turned up to Horseshoe Tunica on Tuesday evening for Event #2 of the 2022 RGPS Contenders Tour, and as expected, the action did not disappoint.

Kyle Cartwright, who sits within the top 10 of Horseshoe Tunica's all-time money earnings list, was one of the first ones out in 31st ($189) after the bubble burst shortly beforehand when 33 players remained. The top seven all locked up prizes of more than $1,000, bounties not included, and the final four players ultimately decided on a chop, with Joanne Cain officially claiming first place and earning herself the trophy. Also involved in the chop were William Stanford, Alec Wilson, and Sanh Vuong

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Joanne Cain	$4,467*
2	William Stanford	$4,467*
3	Alec Wilson	$4,467*
4	Sanh Vuong	$4,466*
5	Susan Segura	$1,855
6	John Holley	$1,415
7	David Lindahl	$1,096
8	Mark Cooney	$862
9	Bobby Bryant	$688

_{*Denotes four-handed deal.}

Tags: Joanne Cain

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

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

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

03-05-2022 00:05 UTC-5

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

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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 00:10 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.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200