$800 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2023 RGPS Graton Casino
$800 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
2023 RGPS Graton Casino
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$730,100
Entries
1,043
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
393
Players Left
50
The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event In Graton Kicks Off at 11 AM
Welcome to the second iteration of The RunGood Poker Series Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park, California. The second time that RGPS has run a series at this casino, and the first time that the main event has boasted not only an $800 buy in, but a massive $250,000 prize pool guarantee.
Last main event saw the prize pool get up to $594,880 off of a $600 buy-in. After the dust settled, Kulwant Singh won the main event title for a career best score of $100,070 after beating Bryan Saltzman heads up and outlasting a massive field of 1,144 entrants.
RGPS Graton Casino 2022 Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kulwant Singh | United States | $100,070 |
| 2 | Bryan Saltzman | United States | $69,115 |
| 3 | Paul Serrate | United States | $44,660 |
| 4 | Julian Ruvalcaba | United States | $33,205 |
| 5 | Jose Castillo | United States | $25,465 |
| 6 | Matt Massaro | United States | $20,590 |
| 7 | Sean Burson | United States | $17,010 |
| 8 | Max Gratuito | United States | $13,480 |
| 9 | Jeff Spruitenburg | United States | $10,000 |
This time around looks to see many players make appearances after playing in the prior events that have gone throughout the week. Daniel Lowery, Cody Stanford, Ian Steinman, Brett Murray, Shirin Oskooi, and Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano have all made appearances this week in the other events and they look to make another in the biggest guarantee of the series.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 in tournament chips, with blinds beginning at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Each level will last 30 minutes, with a 15-minute break between every four levels. Registration will remain open until the beginning of the ninth level, and play will continue until 12.5% percent of the field remains, after which the players will bag up and return on Sunday, March 5th, each guaranteed at least a minimum cash.
Players who do not find a bag on the first flight, will be able to fire the second flight of the day which begins at 5 pm. There will also be two more flights that will begin on Saturday March 4th at 11 AM and at 5 PM.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding The RGPS Graton $800 Main Event, and don’t forget to check out all the updates at our concurrent event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica.
Play Has Begun
The players have taken their seats with cards going in the air.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Rueda Finds A Good River
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up on the river with Jonathan Rueda in the small blind and an opponent in the hijack, with a pot containing 6,300.
On a board reading 
, Rueda bet 7,000 and his opponent went into the tank. After some thought he said "I call," tossing his chips into the middle.
Rueda turned over 
for a rivered three nines, which had his opponent shake his head and toss his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,800 |
Early Faces In The Field
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Top 5 Casino Movies You Must Watch
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
There has been no shortage of movies over the decades portraying the glamor, grit, and decadence of the casino world, from high-stakes nosebleeds to underground games.
Some of the movies that provide the most honest, hilarious, or entertaining looks at the gambling world include Ocean's Eleven (2001), Owning Mahowny (2003), The Cooler (2003), The Hangover (2009), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Uncut Gems (2019).
But none of these great movies made PokerNews' list of the five best casino movies of all time.
Note: This list deliberately does not include any poker movies, so don't get angry when you don't see classics Rounders and Mississippi Grind. PokerNews already made a list of the five best poker movies of all time.
McEachern In The Latest Batch of Entrants
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Lock Wins By Folding Out Better
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Action was picked up on the flop in between four players including Kendra Lock in the small blind with 4,300 in the center.
The board read 
and both Lock and the big blind checked to the first position player who bet 2,500 which a player in the hijack called.
In the small blind, Kendra Lock raised to 12,000 which saw the big blind call, while the other two players folded.
The turn of 
saw Lock move all in for 15,400 and the big blind folded. Lock turned over 
and the under the gun player slammed the table, implying he folded better while the hijack said "I folded jacks up."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,300 | 44,300 |