$800 Main Event Day 1b | 2023 RGPS St. Louis

09-29-2023 23:14 UTC-5

Updated Counts

Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Garles	143,000 2,000	2,000
Jeffrey Copeland	139,000 65,000	65,000
Keith Heine	131,000 8,000	8,000
Jaymie Virtusio	108,000 14,000	14,000
Preston McEwen	88,000 33,000	33,000
Angela Jordison	72,000 21,000	21,000
Bret Karr	63,000 33,000	33,000
Jacob Long	53,000
Jason Simon	50,000 5,900	5,900

Roger Bennett	49,000 -26,000	-26,000
Forrest Kollar	39,000 -24,000	-24,000
Michael Chilton	28,000 -41,000	-41,000
Brian Winter	Busted

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-29-2023 22:45 UTC-5

All The Queens for Virtusio

Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with Jaymie Virtusio on the button against one player in the big blind and another in first position.

The flop read 9♣Q♣Q♥ and the big blind checked to first position player who bet 6,000. Virtusio raised to 16,000 which only the first position player called.

On the Q♦ turn, both player checked to the 9♦ river that saw action check to Virtusio who bet 13,000. Her opponent wasted little time in folding and Virtusio took in the pot.

She smiled as she flashed A♠Q♠ for four queens as she added to her chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaymie Virtusio	94,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Jaymie Virtusio

09-29-2023 22:28 UTC-5

Chilton Takes Down a Five Way Pot

Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Roger Bennett opened to 5,000 in first position which saw five players call including Preston McEwen on the button and Michael Chilton in the small blind.

The flop came out K♦K♣3♥ and action checked around to McEwen who bet 6,000 which only Chilton called.

Action checked through on the 5♣ turn to the river 6♥ and Chilton bet 12,000 to which McEwen responded by folding quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Bennett	75,000 45,000	45,000
Michael Chilton	69,000 43,000	43,000
Preston McEwen	55,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Michael Chilton Preston McEwen Roger Bennett

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

09-29-2023 22:03 UTC-5

McBrayer Gets Cracked By Rohe

Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action was recapped by the table as BJ McBrayer was exiting the tournament.

Rich Rohe opened to 3,500 which saw BJ McBrayer three bet to 14,000. Action folded back around to Rohe who moved all in for 45,000 effective which McBrayer called to put himself at risk.

BJ McBrayer: AxAx
Rich Rohe: JxJx

A Jx5x2x flop followed by no help on the subsequent streets for the aces saw McBrayer take his leave from the tournament earlier than he would have wanted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Rohe	126,000
BJ McBrayer	Busted

Tags: BJ McBrayer Rich Rohe

09-29-2023 21:45 UTC-5

Richardson Hooks One From The Big Blind

Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A player moved all in from the small blind for 17,000 and in the big blind, Lee Richardson called to put his opponent at risk.

Opponent: A♦4♦
Lee Richardson: J♠J♥

The board ran out 5♠8♦10♠5♠4♠ and the ace-four could not find any improvement, leaving Richardson to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Richardson	67,000

Tags: Lee Richardson

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

09-29-2023 21:31 UTC-5

Registration Closed

Liam Gannon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The registration for the second flight of play has closed with a total of 173 entrants coming out to play. This sees an uptick of 91 entrants between this flight and the previous one.

Play will continue until just 21 players remain, after which they will bag up for the night.

09-29-2023 21:12 UTC-5