$600 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2023 RGPS Reno
$600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 RGPS Reno
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$186,680
Entries
359
Level
27
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
112
Players Left
14
Englekirk Takes Slim Lead After Day 1a of RunGood Poker Series Reno Main Event
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 1a of the $600 RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event has ended after close to eight hours of play. The day drew 112 entries, and as the dust settled at the night's end, just 14 players remained.
Ending the night as chip leader was Dwight Englekirk with 433,000 as he barely pipped [Removed:420] (418,000) for the in the clubhouse chip lead in one of the last hands of the night to steal it away from Vinluan who had been overwhelming chip leader with over 650,000 not long before.
Xingyao Wang and Corey Paggeot were the other two players who were able to bag up over 400,000. Both players won several hands in the final few levels of the night to move up the counts and finish on the top shelf. Carlos Resendiz would round out the top five stacks with 341,000 at night’s end.
Top Five Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Dwight Englekirk | 433,000 |
| 2 | [Removed:420] | 418,000 |
| 3 | Xingyao Wang | 413,000 |
| 4 | Corey Paggeot | 407,000 |
| 5 | Carlos Resendiz | 341,000 |
A couple of other notable players to advance on to Day 2 among the surviving fourteen included; Jessica Plusko (255,000) and Loren Klein (81,000) who was able to survive on the stone bubble at the end of the night when he came from behind to out-flop a pocket pair.
Several players such as Jamie Kerstetter, Conrad Simpson and Ian Steinman took their shot at advancing to Day 2 but will have to try again tomorrow as they found their stacks exhausted during the day.
Jeff Platt will have to give it another shot tomorrow as well, as he tempted fate with a slow roll holding pocket aces against Paggeot but saw them go up in flames against ace-king with runner-runner broadway.
The fourteen players will now advance to Day 2, which is at 12 noon on Sunday. They will be joined by the survivors of Day 1b and Day 1c, played tomorrow.
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End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
433,000 | 243,000 |
![[Removed:420]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
418,000 | -272,000 |
|
413,000 | -7,000 |
|
407,000 | 117,000 |
|
341,000 | 61,000 |
|
255,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
207,000 | |
|
200,000 | 110,000 |
|
141,000 | 37,000 |
|
136,000 | 136,000 |
|
132,000 | -203,000 |
|
129,000 | 44,000 |
|
81,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
70,000 | 7,000 |
End of Day 1a
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The day has just come to and end as the short stack who had previously survived through the chop was felled to burst the bubble and bring a conclusion to the night.
Chip counts and recap to follow momentarily.
Bubble Fails To Burst
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
There were two simultaneous all ins and both ended up in near identical unlikely situations.
The shortest stack player was at risk for just 30,000 against Carlos Resendiz.
Short Stack: A♥8♦
Carlos Resendiz: 8♣8♥
The board ran out J♦J♥10♣Q♥9♣ to give both players the straight and keep the short stack alive with the chop.
The next all in was run at the next table and it was an eerily similar spot as Loren Klein had and was at risk against Jessica Plusko.
Loren Klein: A♠9♣
Jessica Plusko: 9♥9♦
The board ran out 10♠A♣6♣Q♦A♥ and Klein survived as both short stacks remained alive after low percentage spots.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000 | 225,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 157,000 |
|
|
85,000 |
Hand For Hand Play Underway
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The field has just been cut down to 15 players and action will go hand for hand on the bubble.
Vinluan Hits River to Increase Chip Lead
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The flop read 2x2x9x. [Removed:420] used his massive stack to call the all in of his short-stacked opponent.
At Risk Player: 6x6x
[Removed:420]: AxKx
The turn was the 4x and the river was unkind for the at risk player as the A♦ bounced down as he got up in anger and Vinluan added more chips to his late-night chip lead as the field was cut one closer to the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
690,000 | 690,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Wang Gathers More
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Action was on the turn with the board reading A♥K♦5♦K♥. From the big blind, Adam Saven made a bet of 35,000 which Xingyao Wang called.
The river came the 10♥. Action went check-check. Wang announced that he had the ace and tabled the A♦6♦. Saven mucked and Wang once again found himself taking in chips from the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
85,000 | -52,000 |
Wang Rising Up
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Action was joined on the river with the board completed to read 7♠6♦10♦A♥3♠. The pot had about 55,000 in it and Xingyao Wang bet 40,000 from the cutoff to make Taylor Howard stew over a big decision.
Howard was in the big blind and considered it thoroughly for about a minute before he called.
Wang tabled the 3♣3♥ for the set and Howard flung his cards into the muck in frustration as a large portion of his stack was taken away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
355,000 | 80,000 |
|
83,000 | -32,000 |