$600 Main Event Day 1cd | 2023 RGPS Joplin

04-15-2023 12:17 UTC-5

Frank Shoves The Flop

Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A player in first position called with Trent Wilson calling just behind him and another called in middle position. Action folded around to Ashley "PokerFaceAsh" Frank in the small blind who raised to 2,200. The initial caller raised to 5,100 and action folded around to Frank who called.

The flop came out K♣9♠Q♥ which saw Frank check and the first position player bet bet 5,300.

Frank responded by moving all in and the big blind quickly disposed of their hand, ceding the pot to Frank who added a decent pot to her stack in the early levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Frank	43,800 13,800	13,800

Tags: Ashley Frank Trent Wilson

04-15-2023 12:38 UTC-5

Ramirez Hits The River On Gargiulo

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joshua Bozarth raised to 1,000 from middle position and Victor Ramirez three bet to 3,000 from late position. In the hijack, Joey Gargiulo moved all in for 10,600 and action folded back to Ramirez who called.

Joey Gargiulo: JxJx
Victor Ramirez: Ax10x

The flop of Jx2x4x gave Gargiulo top set and a near lock on the hand, but the board ran out 3x5x to give Ramirez a wheel to scoop the pot and the two-time RGPS ring winner exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ramirez	45,000
Joey Gargiulo	Busted

Tags: Joey Gargiulo Joshua Bozarth Victor Ramirez

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

04-15-2023 12:59 UTC-5

Petree Bombs The River

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on flop between Pete Petree in the late position and another player in the cutoff with a pot of 3,100 already having been built.

The flop came out 2♣J♣10♠ and Petree check-called a bet of 3,000 from his opponent.

On the K♣ turn, action checked through to the 9♣ river where Petree bet 11,000 and his opponent went into the tank before folding. The RGPS Tulsa Champion took down the pot to push his chips in the right direction as the first few levels of the day tick down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Petree	34,200

Tags: Pete Petree

04-15-2023 13:00 UTC-5

Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players have gone on their first 15-minute break.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-15-2023 13:30 UTC-5

Pigago Takes Out Brandau

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Joseph Gatlin called in first position and Scott Brandau moved in his final 17,300 from late position which only Danny Pigago in the big blind called.

Scott Brandau: J♥J♠
Danny Pigago: A♥K♣

The board ran out 9♠4♦3♦2♣A♠ and Pigago drilled the river to send out the defending champion from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Pigago	51,300 51,300	51,300
Scott Brandau	Busted

Tags: Danny Pigago Joseph Gatlin Scott Brandau

04-15-2023 13:47 UTC-5

Assorted Chip Counts

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Soliz	112,000
Dustin Hill	82,000 82,000	82,000
Sam Washburn	73,100 73,100	73,100
Roger Bennett	63,200 33,200	33,200
Trevor Lewis	63,100 63,100	63,100
Ashley Frank	53,200 9,400	9,400
Kevin Unkel	49,100 19,100	19,100
Donald Forshey	48,100 18,100	18,100
Edward Welch	48,000
William McCracken	46,000 46,000	46,000
Grant Hart	46,000 18,400	18,400
Sarah Renko	45,600 103,400	103,400
Michael Skimbo	42,000 12,000	12,000
Pete Petree	39,200 5,000	5,000
Denise Pratt	32,400 32,400	32,400
Rodney Spriggs	31,000 31,000	31,000
Brian Frenzel	23,200 6,800	6,800
Joey Gargiulo	15,200 15,200	15,200
Joshua Bozarth	9,800 19,100	19,100

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-15-2023 14:02 UTC-5

Kathy Schimmel Wins Event #1: $225 Seniors NLH For $8,472

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Liam Gannon

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kathy Schimmel Wins The Seniors Ring Event

The RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint kicked off its first event this year at Downstream Casino with the $225 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em ring event on Tuesday, April 11th. The event saw a total of 179 entrants put their hat into the ring for the chance to win a ring, creating a prizepool of $32,220.

A total of 22 places were paid out, with the top prize of $8,472 being awarded to Kathy Schimmel. Schimmel took home her biggest career cash as well as her first RGPS ring.

Event #1: $225 Seniors Final Table Results

Place	Name	Payout
1	Kathy Schimmel	$8,472
2	Ricky Gebhart	$5,223
3	Jeff Grimes	$3,623
4	Donald Forshey	$2,568
5	Ronald Eden	$1,872
6	Richard Fuchs	$1,402
7	Michael Zimmer	$1,079
8	Mary Sonntag	$857
9	Robert Michael	$702