Break Time and Color Up
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The remaining 36 players are on a quick 15-minute break while the orange 500-chips are raced off and will return to action shortly.
2023 RGPS Kansas City
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 RGPS Kansas City
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$412,425
Entries
423
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
149
Players Left
18
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Douglas Dodges the Deck to Bust Leiva
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After an open and several callers, Eric Douglas put in a big three-bet followed by an all-in from Byron Leiva.
The action then folded around to Douglas who made the call, putting Leiva at risk.
Byron Leiva: A♥4♣
Eric Douglas: 6♠6♦
Douglas was sitting pretty comfortably with his pocket pair, but as all poker players know, it's always a sweat as the flop came out 10♣3♥5♦ to give Leiva extra outs to a straight. The turn 9♦ did not do it and the J♣ on the river was a welcome card for Douglas as it meant his sixes held to claim the pot, sending Leiva to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
Busted |
C-Bet for Borysevych
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Shane Fuller opened to 10,000 from early postion but was then three-bet to 30,000 from Sergii Borysevych in the cutoff. After action folded back around to him, Fuller made the call to see a flop of A♦Q♠Q♦ and quickly checked.
Borysevych then continued for 20,000 and Fuller's hand promptly found the muck to award him the pot, bringing his stack over 300,000.
Fuller then managed to win a big pot the following hand to put him close to 300,000 as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000 | |
|
290,000 | |
|
||
Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Getting Close to the Bubble!
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With 22 players remaining and 18 spots advancing, they are only 4 spots away from bagging so the action is heating up close to the bubble!
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Queens Send Spark Flying
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a three-way flop of J♠7♦5♣, Spencer Sanchez checked to Shane Sparks who bet 30,000 which produced a fold from Sergii Borysevych and a call from Sanchez.
On the turn 10♦, both players then decided to slow down and checked to the 3♣ on the river. Sanchez then took the lead and bet out 55,000 but was quickly called by Sparks who then tabled Q♦Q♥. This was evidently good enough as Sanchez tapped the table and tossed his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
468,000 | |
|
340,000 | |
|
|
120,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
Bubble Time! Hand-for-Hand
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 19 players remaining, they are now on the money bubble and hand-for-hand play has been initiated.
Bubble Burst! Players Bag Up
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The action was picked up as a player was all in preflop against Shane Fuller and Shane Sparks who still had action but checked it through the board of Q♠10♠4♣8♣5♣.
When the floor instructed them to proceed, the cards were flipped over:
At-risk player: K♣9♠
Shane Sparks: J♠3♠
Shane Fuller: 5♠3♥
Much to the agony of the at-risk player, Fuller managed to make a pair of fives on the river to win the pot, eliminating the player on the stone bubble. Play for the evening has now stopped as the remaining players have begun the bagging process.
Stay tuned as the final chip tallies and a Day 1a recap will be posted shortly.