2022 RunGood Poker Series Season Finale

$2,500 Season Finale ($1,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day: 1b
Event Info

2022 RunGood Poker Series Season Finale

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$172,835
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,000,000
Entries
417
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
187
Players Left
81

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

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

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Richard Troendly
Richard Troendly

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

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

Tags: Anthony JacinthBryant MillerDaniel HatchDavid BecerrilJoe NguyenJonathan CockeyRichard TroendlyRuben NietoSamuel Cade

"Stapes" Doubles Up "Spartacus"

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Joe Stapleton
Joe Stapleton

After Joe Stapleton raised to 1,300 from under the gun, Greg Pincombe, known at Thunder Valley as "Spartacus", moved all in from the small blind for about 29,000.

"Stapes" as he's known by pretty much everyone that's ever met him, called and a classic race involving two great nicknames was underway.

Greg "Spartacus" Pincombe: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Joe "Stapes" Stapleton: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The {3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop was safe for Stapleton, but the {k-Spades} on the turn left the comedian and poker commentator needing a ten on the river.

Instead, the {k-Hearts} added insult to injury, as Stapleton was left with under half of a starting stack, while Pincombe vaulted over 60,000.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Pincombe us
Greg Pincombe
61,400 61,400
Joe Stapleton us
Joe Stapleton
16,000 -41,000

Tags: Greg PincombJoe Stapleton

Singh Survives with Chop

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Kulwant Singh, who won the RunGood Graton Main Event back in September, was all in and at risk on a flop of {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} after betting his last 7,600 and getting called by the button.

Kulwant Singh: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Button player: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

Singh's top pair and straight draw were crushed by his opponent's flopped Broadway straight.

The {q-Hearts} on the turn gave him outs to a full house, but instead, the {a-Clubs} fell on the river, giving Singh a chop with his own Broadway straight.

Player Chips Progress
Kulwant Singh us
Kulwant Singh
10,500

Tags: Kulwant Singh

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cornel Cimpan us
Cornel Cimpan
Day 1B Chip Leader
WPT 2X Winner
179,000 28,000
Angela Jordison us
Angela Jordison
166,000 82,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
149,000 -2,700
Arthur Tanimoto us
Arthur Tanimoto
140,000 19,000
Scott Stewart us
Scott Stewart
117,000 15,000
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
WPT 1X Winner
92,000 40,000
Charles Moore us
Charles Moore
69,000 6,000
Bryant Miller us
Bryant Miller
67,000 -38,300
Justin Saliba us
Justin Saliba
WSOP 2X Winner
65,000 24,800
Joe Stapleton us
Joe Stapleton
57,000 17,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
55,000 55,000
Joshua Prager us
Joshua Prager
54,000 54,000
Michael Loncar us
Michael Loncar
48,000 8,000
Kris Burchfield us
Kris Burchfield
35,000 -4,000
Sasha Sabbaghian us
Sasha Sabbaghian
32,000 32,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Wild Pot Sees Tanimoto Top 100k

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Arthur Tanimoto
Arthur Tanimoto

Maybe the most exciting pot of the day just took place as three players were all in and a fourth made a disciplined fold to keep his tournament alive.

Preflop, David Ong raised to 2,200 in early position and was called by Arthur Tanimoto in middle position, Conrad Bowman in the cutoff, and Mark Egbert in the small blind.

The flop came {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{k-Hearts} and Egbert moved in for just under 16,000. Ong made the call, but then Tanimoto moved over top all-in for just under 40,000.

Bowman went into the tank before moving all-in as well for slightly more.

Seeing all the action behind his original jam, Egbert actually left the table and had to be called back by the floor staff who threatened to kill his hand.

He returned to see Ong now in the blender with the two further all-ins behind his original call.

With no further action possible, Ong folded {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} face up to save his last 17,500 chips, which proved to be a wise decision as the hands were revealed.

Mark Egbert: {6-Spades}{5-Spades}
Conrad Bowman: {a-Spades}{7-Spades}
Arthur Tanimoto: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

Tanimoto's set of eights was ahead versus a pair of flush draws, with Egbert only drawing live to a straight flush.

The dealer completed the board with the {a-Hearts} on the turn and the {6-Diamonds} on the river to send the huge pot to Tanimoto, while Egbert was instantly eliminated and Bowman was sent packing shortly after as the was left with crumbs.

Player Chips Progress
Arthur Tanimoto us
Arthur Tanimoto
121,000
David Ong us
David Ong
17,500
Mark Egbert us
Mark Egbert
Busted
Conrad Bowman us
Conrad Bowman
Busted

Tags: Arthur TanimotoConrad BowmanDavid OngMark Egbert