$1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2023 RGPS Kansas City

05-19-2023 19:00 UTC-5

Break Time

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The players are now on their first 10-minute break of the evening and will return to the felt shortly.

05-19-2023 18:51 UTC-5

Current Champion Phan Looking to Retain Title; Seale Looking for Redemption

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Nam Phan, the 2019 RGPS Kansas City Main Event champion has been spotted in the field with a healthy stack of 57,000.

Meanwhile, at the adjacent table, Jacob Seale is also in the mix with a stack of 26,000. Seale was the runner-up to Phan in 2019 after the two agreed to a chop and played for an additional $5,000 and the RGPS ring.

Phan secured the win when the two got it all in with Seale holding ace-king against Phan's pocket deuces. Phan ended up flopping a set and managed to fade a flush draw on the river to take down the first-place prize of $42,428.

With the way things are looking for this series, that prize money will be more than doubled for this event so both players will have to bring their A-game if they want to be crowned champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Phan	57,000
Jacob Seale	26,000

Tags: Jacob Seale Nam Phan

05-19-2023 18:45 UTC-5

Saturday's Flight Day 1C Rescheduled to 5 p.m.

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Due to the delayed start of today's Flight 1A, tomorrow's Flight 1C will also be rescheduled to 5:00 p.m. from the original 4:00 p.m. start.

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

05-19-2023 18:01 UTC-5

Notable Stacks in the Field

Kirk Brown

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Papa Karn	80,000 80,000	80,000
Jeff Tebben	30,000
Michael Jensen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Frenzel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Craig Dick	27,000 27,000	27,000
Blair Hinkle	13,600 13,600	13,600

Grant Hinkle	12,600 12,600	12,600

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-19-2023 17:50 UTC-5

Chadbourne Makes the Call

Kirk Brown

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

In a raised four-way pot, the flop came out 4♠Q♣10♦ and the small blind led out 2,100 which produced a fold from the under-the-gun player, but then Steve Chadbourne in the hijack raised it up to 5,000. The cutoff made the call as well as the small blind.

The turn was the K♥ and action checked to Chadborne who continued for another 5,000 but then the cutoff then jammed all in for around 16,200. The small blind quickly got out of the way and the action was back on Chadborne who went into the tank.

After around 30 seconds, Chadbourne sighed and set out chips to put his opponent at risk and the cards were tabled.

Cutoff: Q♠J♣
Steve Chadbourne: K♦Q♦

Chadbourne was ahead with his two-pair against his opponent's pair of queens, but still needed to fade a nine or an ace to avoid the straight draw. Fortunately for him, the river came the brick 4♦ and Chadbourne scooped the pot and eliminated his opponent in the process.