$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed) Day 1a | 2022 RunGood Poker Series Season Finale

12-03-2022 17:53 UTC-8

Updated Counts and Eliminations

Mike Patrick

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Moreno	164,000 124,300	124,300
Lika Gerasimova	122,000 40,000	40,000
Benjamin Underwood	95,000 62,500	62,500
Elizabeth Smith	76,000 13,000	13,000
Jesse Tinsley	65,400 21,400	21,400
Mike Stanley	53,500 112,500	112,500
Pete Dirksen	40,000
Kyle Kitagawa	40,000 21,000	21,000
Angela Jordison	Busted

Kris Burchfield	Busted
Darrell Cain	Busted
Joe Stapleton	Busted

12-03-2022 17:37 UTC-8

Richard Troendly Wins Event #4: $255 RunGood Fifty-Five

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Mike Patrick

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates for the $1,000,000 guaranteed Contenders Series Season Finale Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that awarded RGPS rings over the past week here at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort.

Event #4: $255 RunGood Fifty-Five NLH saw a field of 429 entries build a prizepool of $92,235, shattering the $55,000 guarantee and seeing the top 55 players making the money.

In the end, it was Richard Troendly who took home $18,355 and the RunGood ring for first place.

Event #4: $255 RunGood Fifty-Five NLH Final Table Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Richard Troendly	$18,355
2	Bryant Miller	$13,010
3	Ruben Nieto	$8,350
4	Jonathan Cockey	$5,650
5	Anthony Jacinth	$4,355
6	Samuel Cade	$3,615
7	Joe Nguyen	$3,030
8	David Becerril	$2,445
9	Daniel Hatch	$1,860

Tags: Anthony Jacinth Bryant Miller Daniel Hatch David Becerril Joe Nguyen Jonathan Cockey Richard Troendly Ruben Nieto Samuel Cade

12-03-2022 17:36 UTC-8

Players in the field

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Joe Garrett

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-03-2022 17:33 UTC-8

Mariano Can't Survive Any Further

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

"Boston" Rob Mariano's day has ended unceremoniously in Level 5, despite doubling up versus Bob Mather, then again recently with aces against his opponent's deuces.

Shortly after that, Mariano four-bet shoved ace-jack from late position into the big blind who called him with pocket queens.

The board brought no help to the RunGood ambassador and his tournament torch was snuffed out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Mariano	Busted

Tags: Rob Mariano

12-03-2022 17:25 UTC-8

Trevino Puts Second Bullet at Risk

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Cedrric Trevino's second bullet of the day was at risk as he put his last 9,600 into the middle from the small blind on a board with just over 22,000 in the pot.

His opponent in the big blind contemplated but ultimately folded as Trevino got his stack back near its starting point, showing his for an open-ended straight draw that turned into a rivered two pair as the pot was pushed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedrric Trevino	32,700 10,500	10,500

Tags: Cedrric Trevino

12-03-2022 17:19 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Peloquin	225,000 24,000	24,000
JC Tran	153,000 113,000	113,000

Jack Surwald	117,000 15,000	15,000
Megan Thomson	79,000 9,000	9,000
Michael Rossitto	79,000
Kris Burchfield	76,000 23,500	23,500
Darren Rabinowitz	58,000 4,000	4,000

Lee Markholt	29,800 29,800	29,800

12-03-2022 17:04 UTC-8

"Boston Rob" Doubles Through #MoreBob; Gavin-Mather Eliminated

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After a short-stacked Rob Mariano moved all in for his last 4,000 from late position, he was called by Bob Mather, who won the RunGood PLO event Friday.

Rob Mariano:
Bob Mather:

The flop came , giving Mather a pair and an open-ended straight draw.

The on the turn eliminated fours from Mather's outs, which was good for Mariano, as the river brought the , giving Mather his two pair, fives and fours, but Mariano's aces and sixes gave him the much-needed double-up.

Meanwhile, Mather's better half, Lexy Gavin-Mather was recently eliminated from the tournament. She'll have the opportunity to fire another bullet Sunday in Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Mather	73,000 29,700	29,700
Rob Mariano	12,000 8,500	8,500
Lexy Gavin-Mather	Busted

Tags: Bob Mather Lexy Gavin-Mather Rob Mariano

12-03-2022 16:51 UTC-8

Henry Acain Wins Event #5: $600 RunGood PokerGO Studio Ticket NLH

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

While PokerNews is here offering live updates for the $1,000,000 guaranteed Contenders Series Season Finale Main Event, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about some of the side events that awarded RGPS rings over the past week here at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort.

Event #5: $600 RunGood PokerGO Studio Ticket NLH saw a field of 350 entries build a prizepool of $183,750, with the top 45 players making the money.

In the end, it was Henry Acain, who won the 20,000+ entry WSOP Housewarming event this summer for over $700,000 who took home the first prize money of $38,270, entry into the RunGood Pro-Am later this month at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas, and the prestigious RunGood ring.

Event #5: $600 RunGood PokerGO Studio Ticket NLH Final Table Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Henry Acain	$38,270
2	Ben Underwood	$27,075
3	Manuel Ramirez	$17,470
4	Mark Egbert	$11,375
5	Eric Cossey	$8,765
6	Nabil Zumout	$7,250
7	Lexy Gavin-Mather	$6,080
8	Feiyue Wu	$4,970
9	Christopher Goodyear	$3,880