$1,200 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2023 RGPS Jacksonville
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 RGPS Jacksonville
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$653,120
Entries
628
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
103
Players Left
15
RGPS Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event $300,000 GTD Kicks off at Noon
Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,200 Main Event at the Jacksonville stop of the RunGood Poker Series(RGPS) hosted at bestbet Jacksonville card room. Cards go in the air at noon local time for the first of three starting flights.
The series is continuing on a string of tour stops that included an event at Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park, California as well as the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, MS. The tour will continue on to Downstream Casino in Joplin, MO from April 11-16th followed by stops in Iowa, Reno, and Kansas City. RGPS will then take a short hiatus during the WSOP and will roar back with the $1,000,000 Main Event at Thunder Valley in Lincoln, California.
Players will start with 30,000 in chips and registration is open until the start of Level 10. Levels are 40 minutes long and the opening flights will play a total of 14 levels with a one-hour dinner break after level 9.
Players can play in all Day 1 flights, and if a player qualifies from multiple flights their highest stack will remain in play while the other bags will be forfeited. Survivors from the three opening flights will return on Sunday at 12 p.m. for the Day 2 finale and the final table will be live-streamed on YouTube at bestbetLIVE.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for updates live from the RunGood Poker Series Main Event floor at bestbet card room in Jacksonville, Florida.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Shuffle up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and chips are flying as Day 1a of the RGPS Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event is officially underway!
Leonard Flushes out Two-Pair
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
On a heads-up turn of 
, Ross Mustatea led out for 2,000 and was called by his opponent James Leonard.
The river came out the 
and Mustatea fired off another bet, this time for 6,000, and Leonard quickly called.
"Ace-king," Mustatea announced as he flipped over 
for a top-two pair, but was then shown 
by Leonard for a flush to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | |
|
18,000 |
McNulty Works Hard to Get There
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 0 ante
On a multi-way turn of 
, Nicholas Chong bet out 600 and was called by Thad McNulty and Ryan Scott.
The players then saw the river fall the 
and action was checked to McNulty, who then announced a bet of 2,500. The action was then on Scott who went onto the tank for a bit before making the call, followed by a quick fold from Chong.
"Nuts," McNulty announced as he tabled 
for the nut flush, which prompted a quick muck from Scott.
"Man, I flopped the nuts," Scott said, shaking his head.
"Well, I had to work hard to get there!" McNulty laughed as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | 43,000 |
|
36,000 | 36,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Long Shoves the Flop
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Christopher Long opened to 800 from the button and was called by Alexandru Vasilescu in the small blind, but then Clayton Gilbert three-bet to 4,500 from the big blind.
After thinking about it for a second, Long made the call followed by a fold from Vasilescu, and the two went heads-up to a flop of 
.
Gilbert checked to Long, who then quickly announced that he was all in, which produced a hasty fold from Gilbert.
Long then showed the tabled 
for an overpair as he was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
|
28,000 |
RGPS Joplin Taking Place April 11-16 With $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Once it wraps up the currently underway stop at bestbet Jacksonville, the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is heading to Oklahoma for RGPS Joplin, which will take place April 11-16 at Downstream Casino Resort.
The RGPS Joplin stop, the latest on the RGPS 2023 Checkpoint series, will culminate with the $600 buy-in RGPS Joplin Main Event, which has a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs.
There will also be several side events, including an Omaha event, giving players plenty of chances to get their hands on an RGPS ring.
While not the longest stop on the RGPS schedule, the four-day RGPS Joplin stop is jam-packed with plenty of exciting events.
The stop will kick off with two events on April 12, including a $250 DeepStack Ring Event with two flights a $25,000 guarantee and a Flip and Go Ring Event that will be provided throughout the series on demand.
Later in the series, there will be a $300 Pot-Limit Omaha Ring Event, giving four-card players a chance to pick up an RGPS ring.
The RGPS Joplin Main Event will kick off on April 13 with the first of four starting flights. Day 2 of the Main Event will play down to a winner on April 16, and the winner will walk away with the bulk of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The RGPS Joplin stop will close out with a $225 buy-in Closer NLH Ring Event on April 16 before the RGPS team heads to Iowa for RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs.
Big Check-Raise from Wroten
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
On a three-way completed board of 
, Hunter Wroten and Raymond Leone both checked to James Leonard, who then bet 3,500 into the pot of 9,000.
Hunter Wroten then check-jammed all in for around 20,000 which produced a fold from Leone and the action was back on Leonard, who went into the tank.
"Have you got the king-high?" Wroten asked him after a good minute.
"Well, I know you don't have the ace-high!" replied Leonard, "I knew I shouldn't have bet the river I could only hope to get action from the king...should've just jammed the turn..." Leonard thought out loud.
After a few more seconds in thought, Leonard managed to throw it away and Wroten was awarded the pot.
Leonard claimed to have thrown away the ace-high flush and Wroten admitted to having pocket nines for a rivered full house, while Leone said he had the for an open-ended straight flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
|
31,100 | -6,900 |
|
25,000 |