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

12-03-2022 15:41 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryant Miller	113,500 73,500	73,500
Jose Cruz	74,500 10,500	10,500
Jac Weber	61,000 3,000	3,000
Brandon Zuidema	47,000 7,000	7,000
Scott Stewart	31,000 31,000	31,000
Greg Jennings	19,800 -20,200	-20,200

Andrew Moreno Jams on his Opponent

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With about 21,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Andrew Moreno moved all in from the big blind for his opponent's final 20,300 in the cutoff.

The player debated for over a minute before opting to fold and send the pot across the table to Moreno.

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12-03-2022 16:06 UTC-7

A Gift for Ostapchenko

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,000 and was called by Andrew Ostapchenko on the button.

The flop came and the original raiser bet 1,000. Ostapchnko clicked it back to 2,000, and the original raised piled his chips up and moved all in for 17,300. Ostapchenko happily called.

Under the Gun:
Andrew Ostapchenko:

Ostapchenko's top and bottom pair had picked off his opponent's blast off with ace-king high.

The runout sealed the hand for Ostapchenko who finished third in a WPT Deepstacks event here last December for over $110,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Ostapchenko	84,000 84,000	84,000

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Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

12-03-2022 16:25 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryant Miller	119,500 6,000	6,000
Ray Henson	105,000 69,400	69,400

Jack Surwald	102,000 102,000	102,000
Megan Thomson	70,000 41,700	41,700
Kevin O'Donnell	51,300 6,300	6,300
Joe Stapleton	49,300 -17,900	-17,900
Lexy Gavin-Mather	45,400 3,400	3,400

Bob Mather	43,300 -1,700	-1,700
Stephen Song	41,000 41,000	41,000

JC Tran	40,000 40,000	40,000

Johnnie Moreno	34,000 -7,900	-7,900
Cedrric Trevino	22,200 -28,400	-28,400

Ben Ludlow	12,800 -25,300	-25,300
Papa Karn	6,600 -20,400	-20,400

Lots of Action for Patterson's Three-Bet

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Following a raise to 1,200 from the cutoff, Tyler Patterson three-bet to 3,500 on the button. Both the small and big blinds called, as did the original raiser and the quartet were off to a flop of .

Action was checked to Patterson who bet 3,000. Both blinds folded, but the cutoff called.

On the turn, action was checked and the fell on the river.

Again the players checked, and the cutoff showed for two pair, but Patterson rolled over for a better two pair to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Patterson	46,000 7,000	7,000

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12-03-2022 16:50 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Peloquin	201,000
Mike Stanley	166,000
Brett Murray	96,000 44,400	44,400
Elizabeth Smith	89,000 -8,000	-8,000
Paul Richardson	84,000 38,000	38,000
Kyle Kitagawa	61,000 26,000	26,000
Darren Rabinowitz	54,000
Jeff Platt	53,200 16,200	16,200
Kris Burchfield	52,500 -1,000	-1,000
Rob Mariano	20,500 -24,500	-24,500
Dylan Wilkerson	10,800 -15,400	-15,400

Gerasimova Gets There on Wrong End of Super Cooler

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

A player under the gun opened to 1,200 and was then three-bet by a player in late position to 10,000.

From the big blind, Lika Gerasimova then made it 25,000 to go with a cold four-bet.

The original raiser folded, but the late position player five-bet jammed for 46,000 and Gerasimova called.

Late Position Player:
Lika Gerasimova:

Gerasimova was on the wrong end of the classic preflop cooler and was still behind after the flop.

The on the turn however changed everything, now leaving her opponent dead to two outs, neither of which came on the river, sending a huge pot to Gerasimova.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lika Gerasimova	162,000 162,000	162,000

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12-03-2022 17:05 UTC-7

Darrell Cain Wins Event #3: $135 Ambassador Bomb Pot Bounty

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 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 #3: $135 Ambassador Bomb Pot Bounty saw a field of 164 entries build a prizepool of $16,400, with the top 21 players making the money.

In the end, it was Darrell Cain who took home $4,320 and the RunGood ring for first place.

Event #3: $135 RunGood Ambassador Bomb Pot Bounty NLH Final Table Results

Place	Name	Prize
1	Darrell Cain	$4,320
2	Nelson Lickey	$2,855
3	Ben Primus	$1,685
4	Alexander Bailey	$1,025
5	Ruben Soliz	$790
6	Francisco Campos	$655
7	James Johnson	$565
8	Sean McCormack	$495
9	Adan Barajas	$430