2023 RGPS Jacksonville

$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 RGPS Jacksonville

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$92,796
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$653,120
Entries
628
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
195
Players Left
34

$1,200 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Chuck Kelly Bags Lead in Day 1b of RGPS Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Chuck Kelley
Chuck Kelley

After 14 full levels of play, 34 players have found a bag to continue to Day 2 of the RGPS Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event here at bestbet. Leading the way is Charles “Chuck” Kelley who bagged 368,000 followed by Jeremiah Booker (328,000) and Lan Vo (300,000). Rounding out fourth and fifth are William Mitchell (280,000) and Toby Boas (269,000).

Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

RankNameHometownStateChip Count
1Charles KelleyJacksonvilleFL368,000
2Jerimiah BooherCharlotteNC328,000
3LanVo SavannahGA300,000
4William MitchellJeffersonSC280,000
5Toby BoasSylvaNC269,000
6Gabriel PardoPlantationFL253,000
7Victor LiLos AngelesCA239,000
8Eric Salazar  232,000
9Dimas Martinez jrWoodbineGA218,000
10Raymond HensonHoustonTX214,000
Jamie Kerstetter
Jamie Kerstetter

A field of 195 entries took their shot at advancing to Sunday’s Day 2, and the $300k guarantee was hit an hour before registration closed. Play wrapped up at the end of level 14 as scheduled, with just under 18% of the field remaining.

Other notables to make it to Day 2 include RGPS Ambassadors Ray Henson (214,00), David Tuchman (147,000), and Jamie Kerstetter (107,000) as well as Brian Frenzel (155,000), and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein (71,000).

Players that unfortunately did not find a bag were RGPS Ambassadors Kris Burchfield and Jonathan Gaviao, as well as Joey Garguilo.

The final of the three opening flights will take place Friday, with a starting time at noon. Players who failed to advance Thursday and Friday will have another shot at making it to Sunday’s final day of play, and even those who did make it through Day 1ab can hop in again in hopes of accumulating a bigger stack to take into Sunday instead of their total from this flight.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for our continuing coverage of the event until a champion is crowned on Sunday at the action-packed bestbet Jacksonville!

Tags: Brian FrenzelCharles KelleyDavid TuchmanEric SalazarGabriel PardoJamie KerstetterJeremiah BookerJerimiah BooherJoey GarguiloJonathan GaviaoKris BurchfieldLan VoRay HensonRaymond HensonToby BoasVictor LiVo SavannahWilliam MitchellYuval Bronshtein

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Charles Kelley us
Charles Kelley
368,000 368,000
Jerimiah Booher us
Jerimiah Booher
328,000 328,000
William Mitchell us
William Mitchell
280,000 155,000
Toby Boas us
Toby Boas
269,000 269,000
Gabriel Pardo us
Gabriel Pardo
253,000 246,000
Victor Li ca
Victor Li
239,000 239,000
Eric Salazar us
Eric Salazar
232,000 194,000
Dimas Martinez Jr. us
Dimas Martinez Jr.
218,000 218,000
Raymond Henson us
Raymond Henson
214,000 214,000
Anthony Midolo
Anthony Midolo
210,000 210,000
John Oneal us
John Oneal
208,000 208,000
Jonathan Cronin
Jonathan Cronin
186,000 186,000
Jack Sumner us
Jack Sumner
185,000 185,000
Perry Johnston us
Perry Johnston
172,000 172,000
Adam Foley us
Adam Foley
157,000 -23,000
James Holland us
James Holland
156,000 156,000
Brian Frenzel us
Brian Frenzel
155,000 50,000
Clayton Adams us
Clayton Adams
149,000 129,000
Peter Moore us
Peter Moore
147,000 147,000
David Tuchman us
David Tuchman
147,000 -78,000
Aja Owens us
Aja Owens
138,000 138,000
Mark Shulla us
Mark Shulla
134,000 134,000
Sean Conklin us
Sean Conklin
129,000 129,000
Joseph Frizzi us
Joseph Frizzi
117,000 117,000
Qui Nguyen us
Qui Nguyen
109,000 109,000

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End of Day 1b; Players Bag

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Play has officially ended for Day 1b of the RGPS Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event and players have begun the bagging process.

Stay tuned as a full recap of the day's events will be released shortly as well as complete chip counts.

Holland Dodges to Double

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After a brief betting war, Adam Foley and James Holland got all their chips into the middle before the flop, with Holland at risk.

James Holland: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Adam Foley: {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

Holland was a favorite going into this matchup, but the flop of {4-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs} gave Foley a flush draw for a good sweat and the turn {j-Diamonds} gave him even more outs to a straight.

Fortunately for Holland, the river came the brick {8-Hearts} to award Holland the pot for a double-up.

Tags: Adam FoleyJames Holland

Kopp Doubles with Rockets

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a three-way flop of {5-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}, Billy Kopp made it 10,00 to go and was called by William Mitchell and Lan Vo.

On the turn {2-Diamonds}, Kopp fired again for 25,000 which produced a quick fold from Mitchell, but then Vo moved all in to cover Kopp.

Kopp snap-called and flipped over {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} while Vo sheepishly tabled {9-Spades}{6-Spades}.

The board completed with another {2-Clubs} on the river and Kopp was awarded the pot for a successful double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Lan Vo us
Lan Vo
210,000
Billy Kopp us
Billy Kopp
180,000
William Mitchell us
William Mitchell
125,000 125,000

Tags: Billy KoppLan VoWilliam Mitchell

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Donovan Wright Takes 1st in Chop Deal in RGPS bestbet Event #2: $400 Black Chip Bounty Ring Event

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Donovan Wright
Donovan Wright

After besting a field of 174, Donovan Wright and Anthony Romanellu decided to chop the remaining prize pool, with Wright receiving the glory along with the RGPS ring.

Event #2: $400 Black Chip Bounty Ring Event

PlaceName Payout
1Donavon Wright$8,024 
2Anthony Romanelli$8,023 
3Carlos Loving$4,676 
4Joshua Plummer$3,457 
5Shane Scorza$2,595 
6Koray Gurel$1,978 
7John Korsedal$1,531 
8Sudharshan Karanam$1,205 
9Conrad Lau$963 
10Heather Alcorn$963 
    

Tags: Anthony RomanelluDonovan Wright

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000