$800 Main Event Day 1cd | 2023 RGPS Graton Casino

$800 Main Event

Day 1cd Started

03-04-2023 11:19 UTC-7

The Second Batch Of Flights Kicks Off at 11 am for The RunGood Poker Series Graton Casino $800 Main Event

Liam Gannon

The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park, California sees its third and fourth flights begin today at 11 am and 5 pm respectively. The massive turnout of 393 has already seen the passing of the $250,000 guarantee on the prize pool, and a large turnout today could send the prizepool to over double the initial guarantee.

Leading the way of the 50 players who bagged up yesterday is Noel Rodriguez, who ended his day with 799,000. No stranger to RGPS, Rodriguez found himself mostly on the shorter side of the chip counts throughout the day, with a massive rally at the end cementing his lead as the overall tournament leader.

Day 1ab Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chip Count
1	Noel Rodriguez	799,000
2	Jonathan Warta	577,000
3	Daniel Lowery	576,000
4	Cody Stanford	507,000
5	Tomas Padilla	500,000
6	Marco Johnson	418,000
7	Danny Jon	417,000
8	Ekasit Aroonrungrudsamee	416,000
9	Peter Pap	412,000
10	Rickey Evans	357,000

Also bagging throughout the day were RGPS series all time winner Daniel Lowery (576,000), Cody Stanford (507,000), WSOP 2-time bracelet winner Marco Johnson (417,000), Rickey Evans (357,000), and Taylor Pollard (312,000). Players expected to fire today include Michael Loncar Ian Steinman, Kyle Kitagawa, Shirin Oskooi, Lon McEachern, and Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano.

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.

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.

Tags: Cody Stanford Daniel Lowery Danny Jon Ian Steinman Jonathan Warta Kyle Kitagawa Lon McEachern Marco Johnson Michael Loncar Noel Rodriguez Peter Pap Rickey Evans Shirin Oskooi Taylor Pollard Tomas Padilla

03-04-2023 12:01 UTC-7

Shuffle Up And Deal

Liam Gannon

Players have taken their seats and cards are in the air

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

03-04-2023 12:21 UTC-7

Early Faces In The Field

Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Ramil	30,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Frenzel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kyle Kitagawa	30,000 30,000	30,000
Justin Kusumowidagdo	30,000 30,000	30,000
La Sengphet	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Loncar	30,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

03-04-2023 12:52 UTC-7

John Ramil Wins The Mega Stack Event For $23,300

Liam Gannon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The fourth event of The RunGood Poker Series in Graton was the $360 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, which kicked off on Wednesday March 1st. A total of 373 players found their way to enter this first tournament of the series, creating a prize pool worth $111,900.

47 players found their way to a payout and at the end of it all, it was John Ramil who took home the first place after a four-handed deal. Rindy has had tournament cashes dating all the way back to the 2000s, but this remains his best first place finish score at $9,710 and his first RGPS ring.

$360 Mega Stack Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	John Ramil	$23,300
2	Ratu Caucau	$16,200
3	Patrick Perry	$10,430
4	Nicholas Gorman	$6,815
5	Allan Kwong	$5,325
6	Victor Paredes	$4,405
7	Paul Rodgers	$3,695
8	Adam Curchak	$3,020
9	Jonathan Rueda	$2,340
10	Souraj Sairam	$2,340

Tags: Adam Curchak Allan Kwong John Ramil Jonathan Rueda Nicholas Gorman Patrick Perry Paul Rodgers Victor Paredes

03-04-2023 13:07 UTC-7

Loncar Fires Twice

Liam Gannon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up on the flop in a three-bet pot between Michael Loncar on the button and two players in the cutoff and late position.

The board read and action checked over to Loncar who bet 3,300 which only the late position player called.

On the late position player checked over to Loncar who sized up to 5,000. His opponent looked Loncar up and down, but ultimately decided to toss his hand into the muck, ceding the pot to Loncar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Loncar	34,500 4,500	4,500

Tags: Michael Loncar

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

03-04-2023 13:27 UTC-7

Wong Doubles Up

Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up in a pot between Paul Wong in the small blind and Elisa Nakagawa in the big blind in a pot containing 15,400 in the center.

The board read and Wong bet 8,000, which saw Nakagawa move all in for 23,900 effective, sending Wong into the tank. "Do I have a chance?" he asked while pondering his decision. After some more time he called and the hands were tabled.