2023 RGPS San Diego

$600 Main Event ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2023 RGPS San Diego

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$52,820
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$277,160
Entries
533
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 1bc
Entries
377
Players Left
47

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Brinsfield Sends Out Margers

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Cameron Brinsfield raised to 8,000 from the hijack and in the big blind, Tavish Margers called.

The flop of {10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs} checked through to the {q-Hearts} turn where Margers moved all in for 56,000 and Brinsfield snap-called.

Tavish Margers: {k-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}
Cameron Brinsfield: {k-Spades}{9-Spades}

The river {6-Hearts} did not bring the chop for Margers and Brinsfield eliminated him from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Cameron Brinsfield us
Cameron Brinsfield
154,000
71,000
71,000
Tavish Margers us
Tavish Margers
Busted

Tags: Cameron BrinsfieldTavish Margers

Gargiulo Stacks Li

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Joey Gargiulo having called the 56,000 all in of Haiquing Li.

Joey Gargiulo: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Haiquing Li: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Li was unable to impvoe against the kings of Gargiulo and he added to his growing chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Joey Gargiulo us
Joey Gargiulo
473,000
54,500
54,500
Haiquing Li us
Haiquing Li
Busted

Tags: Joey GargiuloHaiquing Li

Level: 13

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Bland Wins A Flip

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was picked up with Anthony Bland all in and at risk for his remaining 89,000 and was called by an opponent.

Anthony Bland: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Bland made top pair on the flop to improve against his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Bland us
Anthony Bland
189,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Anthony Bland

Brinsfield Can't Beat Boston Rob

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Rob Mariano
Rob Mariano

Cameron Brinsfield moved all in from first position for 60,000 and on his immediate right, Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano moved all in with the covering stack, folding out all other players.

Cameron Brinsfield: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

The flop of {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts} left Brinsfield drawing nearly dead, and the {q-Diamonds} did not give Brinsfield any hope. The rivver {j-Hearts} came out and Mariano shook hands with Brinsfield who wished his tablemates luck as he exited the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Mariano us
Rob Mariano
162,000
49,000
49,000
Cameron Brinsfield us
Cameron Brinsfield
Busted

Tags: Cameron BrinsfieldRob Mariano

Gargiulo Coolers Aulds

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Joey Gargiulo raised to 16,000 on the button and in the big blind, Scott Aulds called.

The flop came out {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{2-Spades} and Aulds checked to Gargiulo who continued for 20,000. Aulds moved all in for 92,000 and Gargiulo immediately called. "How bad is it?" asked Aulds to which Gargiulo quickly responded "really bad."

Scott Aulds: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Joey Gargiulo: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The RGPS PLO champion could not find any help on the {2-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} runout and Gargiulo pushed his stack to over half a million.

Player Chips Progress
Joey Gargiulo us
Joey Gargiulo
543,000
70,000
70,000
Scott Aulds us
Scott Aulds
Busted

Tags: Scott AuldsJoey Gargiulo