2022 RGPS Tunica
Cody Cunningham open-limped from the hijack and saw Sanh Vuong raise to 5,000 in the small blind. Cunningham called.
The flop fell ![]()
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and Vuong continuation-bet 5,000. Cunningham called.
The turn was the
and Vuong checked. Cunningham threw out a bet of 7,400 and Vuong thought for a few moments before sending his cards to the muck.
Cunningham has been seen with around a starting stack of 25K through most of the afternoon, and he has now appeared to have chipped up a bit since the last break with his recent addition bringing him over 30 big blinds in the penultimate level of play for the flight.
Ten tables are now left in play with a few minutes remaining in Level 10, meaning less than 90 players are still in contention. The following players are not among them and will have another shot at advancing during tonight's 7 p.m. Day 1c flight.
Just over an hour of play remains in Day 1b.
RunGood Ambassador Julie Cornelius called an under-the-gun open to 4,000 from middle position and went heads up to a flop of ![]()
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. The original raiser continuation-bet 3,000 and Cornelius raised to 11,000, receiving a call.
The turn came
and the original raiser led out, sliding his stack of 33,000 forward onto the felt. Cornelius went into the tank for over a minute.
"I definitely had the best hand on the flop," she said out loud amidst her thought process. Eventually, she found a call.
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Cornelius's top pair, top kicker was ahead of her opponent's top pair and king kicker, leaving her with just three outs to fade for the knockout. The river
came in compliant fashion and the pot was shipped her way.
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.
All of the chips went into the middle preflop between the player on the button and Edwin Cates, who was in the big blind.
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"That's it?!" joked the player on the button after seeing his jacks up against the preflop nuts. Nothing changed on a runout of ![]()
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and stacks were counted out with Cates having 44,000, slightly more than his opponent's 42,000 and change to earn him the pot and the knockout with his aces.
Jacob Tittle was in the big blind and re-jammed for 15,400 over a middle-position open to 4,000 and calls from both the cutoff and small blind.
Tittle predicted he would end up winning the hand in one fashion or another and quickly got two folds.
"Two outta three (folds)!" exclaimed Tittle.
"You're probably ahead,' said the small blind, tossing in calling chips and showing ![]()
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The two were in a race as Tittle showed ![]()
, which improved to op pair on the flop and held through a runout ![]()
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to make his prediction come true.
Level 9 is now underway with the tournament clock displaying 245 entries for Day 1b, bringing the two-flight total up to 429. Four more levels of play remain for the flight, with all left in contention at the end of Level 12 set to join the 46 players who advanced from last night's Day 1a flight.
Just over 100 players remain, as 12 tables are still left in play.
Players are on their second and final 10-minute break of Day 1b. This is the last chance to enter the flight, as late registration will close at the beginning of Level 9 when play resumes (approximately 4:31 p.m. local time).