$1,100 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2023 RGPS Kansas City
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 RGPS Kansas City
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$200,000
Entries
497
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
60
Players Left
1
Andre Allen Emerges Victorious in RGPS Kansas City Main Event ($86,550)
Level 30
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After a marathon day of poker, Andre Allen has been crowned the winner of the RGPS Kansas City Main Event after a chop dea with Casey Henry. He was awarded $86,550, the RGPS champions ring, and the Dream Seat in Las Vegas for later this year. Henry was awarded $75,000 (more than second-place money) for his efforts.
When Allen was asked why he decided to chop, he responded with:
“Man, to be honest, I've been chasing this ring for eight years, plus my son graduated today, so I wanted both of us to come home a winner.”
Allen is no stranger to tournaments with over $200,000 in live cashes according to The Hendon Mob, but this is his largest score to date as his previous record was $59,356 from a WSOP Circuit Baltimore score in 2016.
When the 43-year-old Kansas City native isn't cashing tournaments, he runs a barber shop in the Kansas City Airport called Director’s Cut Take II with his partner Armon Lasker. When asked what he planned to do with his winnings, he said he would put most of it back into his business and make several crypto investments (and also pad his WSOP bankroll).
RGPS Kansas City Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Allen | $86,550* |
| 2 | Casey Henry | $75,000* |
| 3 | Jesse Jones | $42,850 |
| 4 | Jason Brin | $29,713 |
| 5 | Jackson Turrentine | $22,827 |
| 6 | Iman Alsaden | $19,043 |
| 7 | Saied Moradi | $15,859 |
| 8 | Matthew Snook | $12,719 |
| 9 | Joseph McCaig | $9,574 |
*indicates chop deal
Throughout the day, it was Saied Moradi and Jesse Jones that were the forces to be reckoned with, amassing large piles of chips early in the day and keeping it as such all the way to the final table. They were first and second in chips going into the final table, Moradi with 3,310,000 and Jones with 3,135,000. Things went downhill for Moradi when he made a huge bluff on the river against Allen, but he could sniff it out and made the call with top pair. Left short, Moradi busted soon after in seventh place, followed by Iman Alsaden when her ace-ten couldn't improve against Jason Brin’s pocket fours.
After Jackson Turrentine busted with ace-nine versus Brin’s pocket nines, Allen caught fire by picking up pocket aces to bust Brin in fourth a few hands later. Then the hand of the night occurred, when big stacks Jones and Allen got it all in preflop, Jones with pocket treys, Allen with ace-king. Allen flopped top pair of kings but Jones flopped bottom set on the king-three-nine board for a huge lead. Miraculously, Allen went runner-runner king-nine to make a bigger boat on the river and busted Jones in third place. That’s when he and Henry made the deal and he was crowned champion of the $1,100 Main Event.
Allen’s win concludes PokerNews’ coverage of the RGPS Kansas City Series, which has been a tremendous success here at Harrah’s Casino.
Allen and Henry Make Deal; Play Stops
Level 30
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After Eliminating Jesse Jones, Andre Allen and Casey Henry agreed to a deal that gave Henry $75,000 and Allen taking the remainder along with the ring and the RGPS Dream Seat.
A full recap and winner's interview will be posted shortly so stay tuned!
Jesse Jones Eliminated in 3rd Place ($42,850)
Level 30
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After a pre-flop betting war, Jesse Jones and Andre Allen got all the chips into the middle, with Jones at risk.
Jesse Jones: 3♠3♣
Andre Allen: A♣K♣
The flop came out 3♦K♥9♦ to give Allen top pair but gave Jones a bottom set of threes to give him a major lead.
"Wow, why you gotta do me like that, tre-trey!" Allen exclaimed.
But it was far from over, as the K♠ came on the turn to give Allen trip kings, and the river fell the miracle 9♣ to give him the bigger full house to win the massive pot and eliminate Jones in 3rd place.
Good playing, guys," Jones said with an enormous amount of class as he tapped the table and exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000,000 | 4,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Break Time
Level 29
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The remaining three players are now on a short 10-minute break and will return to battle shortly.
Jason Brin Eliminated in 4th Place ($29,713)
Level 29
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Short-stacked Jason Brin Moved all in for 1,275,000 and Andre Allen made the call as the other two players got out of the way.
Jason Brin: Q♦8♠
Andre Allen: A♦A♣
"Ughh, Nice hand, Dre," Brin sighed when he saw what he was up against.
The flop came out 4♣8♦5♦ to give Brin some life with his pair of eights.
"Oh, I've seen this before!" Brin said, referring to a previous hand where Allen had beaten Jones' aces with two-pair.
"Not when the king comes!" Allen replied as the turn brought the K♠. The river came down the 7♠ to secure his victory in the hand and eliminated Jason Brin in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000 | 3,700,000 |
|
Busted |
Huge Double for Jones to Take Massive Chip Lead
Level 29
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
On a completed board of K♣6♠9♠3♦Q♥, Jesse Jones bet 1,600,000 into the already bloated pot and the action was then on Andre Allen.
Allen then ripped it all in, covering Jones, who then went into the tank.
After a good minute, he flicked in the chip to signal a call and Allen flipped over K♥6♦ for a flopped two pair. Unfortunately for him, Jones then rolled over 3♣3♠ for a turned set of threes to win the pot.
"Oh my god, nice hand Jesse," Allen sighed as he doubled him up in the huge hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,500,000 | 3,300,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 | -1,100,000 |
Jones Doubles Through Brin
Level 29
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Jesse Jones and Jason Brin got all the money in before the flop, with Jones at risk of elimination.
Jesse Jones: K♦3♥
Jason Brin: K♥Q♥
Brin was in a prime position to knock out Jones with his superior holding, but the flop of 3♦A♣7♥ put a damper on that as Jones spiked a three to take the lead. The runout of 9♦6♣ did not improve things for Brin and Jones scored a big double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000 | 1,400,000 |
|
|
1,800,000 | -2,000,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000