Break Time!
Half of the day's eight levels have now been completed and the remaining players have been sent on their second break of the day.
Half of the day's eight levels have now been completed and the remaining players have been sent on their second break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
A player on the button moved all in for his last 10,900 and was called by Michael Ludwick in the small blind to put his opponent at rick.
Button player:
Michael Ludwick:
The board ran out , pairing Ludwick's king on the river to win him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Ludwick | 64,300 |
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.
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 |
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 | |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Richard Peloquin
|
225,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
JC Tran |
153,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
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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 |
|
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 |
|
"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 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800