2023 RGPS St. Louis
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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.
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.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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.
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.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
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.
The players have gone on a 15-minute break.