The players are now on a scheduled 1-hour break for dinner and will return at approximately 7:35 p.m. local time. Registration will officially be closed when they return and the black 100-denomination chips will also be colored up at this time.
With a total of 289 total entries, the guaranteed prize pool of $300k has just been hit! With an hour of late registration still open in this flight and all of tomorrow's flight, this prizepool is well on its way to be over $500,000.
Jamie Kerstetter opened to 2,500 from under-the-gun and was called by three players until Adam Foley in the big blind decided to bump it up to 12,500.
Only Henry Thieling made the call and the two went heads-up to a flop of 
. Foley then continued for another 10,000 and Thieling promptly folded to award the pot to Foley.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 115,000 |
|
75,000 | |
|
70,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Raymond Leone opened to 2,200 and was called by Bobby Fultz and one other player before Dustin Holladay moved all in for 11,500.
Action folded back to Leone who made the call, as well as Fultz, and the three went to a flop of 
.
Leone and Fultz decided to check all the way through the turn and river 
at which point Holladay flipped over 
for a Broadway. Leone mucked his hand and Fultz flipped over 
before sending it into the muck as well.
"Well I didn't really want that second call, but I guess it worked out for me...really hated that flop with jacks," Holladay thanked his good fortune as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
37,000 | 22,000 |
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
PokerNews missed the opening action, but walked up on the scene as Brian Frenzel and Shane Barnard were all in preflop, with Barnard at risk.
Shane Barnard: 
Brian Frenzel: 
The flop came out a disgusting 
to give both players a set, with Frenzel having the upper hand. Tablemate Joey Gargiulo admitted to folding 
which meant Barnard was drawing stone dead.
The board completed with the meaningless 
to secure Frenzel's victory in the big pot and sent Barnard to the rail. Meanwhile, although he was left with a short stack, Gargiulo was patting himself on the back for making the fold preflop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 50,000 |
|
15,000 | -16,700 |
|
|
Busted |
On a heads-up completed board of 
, Clayton Adams was in the small blind when he decided to check his action over to Brian Frenzel in late position.
Frenzel then placed out a bet of 7,000 and Adams promptly folded to award Frenzel the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 100,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
