$800 Main Event
Day 1b Started
2023 RGPS St. Louis
$800 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 RGPS St. Louis
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$484,220
Entries
682
Level
32
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
173
Players Left
21
The Second Flight of The $800 RGPS Main Event Begins at 5 pm
After 82 players came out to yesterday’s first day of registration, Day 1b of The $800 RGPS Main Event at Hollywood Casino in St. Louis, MO. Players will have their second opportunity to secure a bag to get a piece of the $200,000 guaranteed prizepool.
Leading the final ten of yesterday’s flight was WSOP bracelet winner David Prociak (497,000) who secured his first ever RGPS cash. Others who found bags included Mark Lafata (437,000), John Fagg (311,000), and RGPS ring winners Jon Swift (162,000) and Dylan Lemery (100,000). Each one of them is looking for their first Main Event title on The RunGood circuit.
2023 RGPS St. Louis Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Prociak | Orlando, FL | 497,000 |
| 2 | Mark Lafata | St. Louis, MO | 437,000 |
| 3 | John Fagg | Terra Haute, IN | 311,000 |
| 4 | Donald Stanley | St. Charles, MO | 289,000 |
| 5 | Don Havener | Union, MO | 238,000 |
| 6 | Nick Goings | Ewing, MO | 233,000 |
| 7 | Jon Swift | Memphis, TN | 162,000 |
| 8 | Gregory Bertels | Cape Coral, FL | 108,000 |
| 9 | Dylan Lemery | Chattanooga, TN | 100,000 |
| 10 | Harry Cheatham | St. Clair, MO | 85,000 |
Today will also see regulars from St. Louis and other Rungood stops alike to play for the title. RGPS Tunica Main Event champion Loi Hoang will likely fire today, along with Preston McEwen, Craig Welko, Grant Hinkle, Angela Jordison, Jeffrey Copeland, Cody Stanford, Brian "TheGoldenBlazer" Winter, and Walker Miskelly.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 in chips with blinds beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. Levels will last 30 minutes each with a 10-minute break occurring after every four until Level 8. After Level 8, registration will close and the levels will be upped to 40 minutes, with a 10-minute break occurring after every three levels. Play will conclude once the field has shrunk to 12.5% remaining. Players will bag after that with the intention to return to play on Day 2 on Sunday, October 1st at 12 pm.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding The RunGood Poker Series.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The players have taken their seats as cards have been put into the air.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Faces In The Field
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Brown Can't Stop Hitting Quads
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up on the river in a pot between Cornelius Brown in the hijack and another player in the big blind with 16,500 in the middle.
With a board reading 3♠6♦2♦6♠4♠, the big blind moved all in for 15,400 to put Brown all in which Brown called.
Cornelius Brown: 6♥6♣
Opponent: K♠10♠
Brown made quads to double up, in a funny situation as in his final table yesterday, he made quads twice heads up in his match with Brian Winter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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41,200
11,200
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11,200 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Weinberg Takes Down A Massive Pot
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
A player opened to 600 in first position which saw another player three bet 1,600 in middle position. In the small blind, Larry Weinberg four bet to 5,100 which saw the initial raiser move all in for 21,000, the middle position move all in for 23,400 and Weinberg called to keep everyone covered.
First Position: QxQx
Middle position: KxKx
Larry Weinberg: AxAx
The board ran out clean for Weinberg to take an early chip lead in tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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86,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
More Entrants Trickling In
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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