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 #6: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha saw a field of 45 entries build a prizepool of $20,240, with the top 6 players making the money.
In the end, it was Bob Mather who took home the first prize money of $7,890, entry into the RunGood Pro-Am later this month at the PokerGO studio in Las Vegas, and the prestigious RunGood ring.
Event #6: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
After the player under the gun raised to 3,200, he was called by Nick Scalise in middle position, as well as the button and the big blind.
The four players saw a flop of and after action was checked to the original raiser, he bet 12,000. Scalise then made it 25,000, and action was folded back to the original raiser who called, leaving himself about 32,000 behind.
On the turn, the under-the-gun player checked and Scalise snap-jammed to put his opponent at risk.
After a couple of minutes of deliberation, the under-the-gun player folded face up and Scalise was pushed the pot.
Scalise showed the , suggesting he either had the same hand, an inferior jack, or a set, leaving his opponent wondering if he made the correct fold.
With approximately 13,000 in the middle on a completed board of , Charles Swan tossed a pair of orange T-5,000 chips forward to bet 10,000.
His opponent in middle position shook his head in frustration, then reached for his stack and tossed a pair of his own orange chips forward to call.
Swan showed for a turned wheel, as his opponent continued to shake his head then tossed his cards forward as well into the muck. The pot was pushed to Swan, moving his stack over 200,000.