$600 Main Event ($100,000 Guaranteed) | 2023 RGPS Tulsa

01-29-2023 13:28 UTC-5

Byrne Sends Out Moore

Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Torey Byrne raised to 16,000 from under the gun, and in the small blind Jeremy Moore moved all in for 94,000 which saw Byrne call.

Jeremy Moore:
Torey Byrne:

Moore found himself behind drawing to three outs, none of which came on the runout and Byrne's chip stack grew by a significant size.

Player	Chips	Progress
Torey Byrne	435,000 268,000	268,000
Jeremy Moore	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Moore Torey Byrne

01-29-2023 13:51 UTC-5

Martin Takes Out Smith

Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chris Battaglia raised to 18,000 from the hijack and on the button, Mark Martin called. In the small blind Cory Smith moved all in for 209,000 which saw Battaglia fold and Martin went into the tank. After a decent amount of time Martin called and both hands were turned over.

Cory Smith:
Mark Martin:

The board ran out and Smith was unable to find any improvement to double through Martin and Martin became the second player to cross the seven figure mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Martin	1,095,000 278,000	278,000

Chris Battaglia	285,000 151,000	151,000
Cory Smith	Busted

Tags: Chris Battaglia Cory Smith Mark Martin

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

01-29-2023 14:11 UTC-5

Renko Spikes Against McCaig

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Joey McCaig raised to 24,000 from late position and in the hijack, Sarah Renko moved all in for 166,000. Action folded back to McCaig who snap-called.

Sarah Renko:
Joey McCaig:

Renko was behind and in need of help, which materialized on the flop. The turn brought no backdoor opportunities and the river kept Renko's top set in the lead as she doubled through McCaig.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey McCaig	675,000 261,000	261,000
Sarah Renko	349,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Joey McCaig Sarah Renko

01-29-2023 14:27 UTC-5

Petree On The Rise

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jacob Lewis raised to 40,000 from the cutoff and on the button, Pete Petree three-bet to 130,000. Lewis responded by moving all in for his remaining 180,000 and Petree called.

Jacob Lewis:
Pete Petree:

The board ran out and Petree's full house was good enough to eliminate Lewis.

The following hand, Petree raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and an opponent moved all in for 120,000 on the button which Petree called.

Opponent:
Pete Petree:

The board ran out and Petree turned two pair to best tens and pad his chip stack even more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Petree	732,000 221,000	221,000
Jacob Lewis	Busted

Tags: Jacob Lewis Pete Petree

01-29-2023 14:50 UTC-5

Herderhorst Soars To The Top

Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

James Herderhorst raised to 30,000 from first position, which saw action fold around to Ricky Waggle in the big blind who called.

On a flop of , Waggle checked to Herderhorst who continued for 65,000 and Waggle called.

The turn of saw Waggle move all in for 198,000 which sent Herderhorst into the tank. After some time thinking, he called and the hands were turned up.

Ricky Waggle:
James Herderhorst:

The river did not complete Waggle's flush, giving Herderhorst a massive pot to send him into a top five chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Herderhorst	1,090,000
Ricky Waggle	Busted

Tags: James Herderhorst Ricky Waggle

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-29-2023 14:57 UTC-5

Byrne Falls To Speck

Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Travis Speck raised to 24,000 from middle position and on the button, Torey Byrne moved all in for 198,000, which saw action fold back to Speck who called.

Torey Byrne:
Travis Speck:

The sevens were not able to find any help on the flop and Byrne's deep run came to an end at the hands of Speck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Speck	805,000 552,000	552,000
Torey Byrne	Busted

Tags: Travis Speck Torey Byrne

01-29-2023 15:10 UTC-5

Ellis Finds A Nine

Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A player called in first position, which saw Duster Ellis move all in for 50,000 from the button which saw only Chris Battaglia call int the small blind.

Duster Ellis:
Chris Battaglia:

The flop of saw Battaglia flop top pair to take the lead. The turn of did not change anything, but as Ellis was standing up, the river peeled off, giving him a jolt of life and the full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Battaglia	326,000 41,000	41,000
Duster Ellis	136,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Chris Battaglia Duster Ellis

01-29-2023 15:16 UTC-5

The Blazer Cannot Beat Quads

Liam Gannon

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Brian "The Golden Blazer" Frenzel moved all in for his last 95,000 from middle position which Saw Joey McCaig raise on the button to 202,000 to fold out everyone else and the cards were turned over.

Brian "The Golden Blazer" Frenzel:
Joey McCaig:

The flop came out , which gave a myriad of backdoor outs to Frenzel, but the turn dashed all hope of winning the hand and the recently crowned RGPS Deepstack champion ended his run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey McCaig	835,000 160,000	160,000
Brian Frenzel	Busted

Tags: Joey McCaig Brian Frenzel