RGPS Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 RGPS Tunica
RGPS Main Event
Day: 1b
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From Bubble Boy To Chip Leader; Darbouze Leads Day 1b in The RGPS $600 Tunica Main
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
A total of 293 entrants came out to play The RunGood Poker Series Tunica $600 Main Event in Flight 1b. This guarantees a smashing of the $200,000 guarantee set on the prizepool. With registration still open in the final flight that began at 6 p.m. a final prizepool will not be tallied up until late into the night. Only 35 players from this flight will be joining the 23 from the last flight on Sunday, September 3rd at noon.
Leading the way is Dawson Darbouze who ended his day with 560,000. Darbouze had built up a large stack last night in the prior flight, but as the day winded to a close, he was sent out the door by Chris Moneymaker when his pair and flush draw combo did not come home. This time, he spun up the biggest stack of the night as the Haiti-born player continues his new hot streak on the live poker scene, after a deep run in the Tulsa WSOPC Main Event. He now looks to add a deep RunGood main score to his growing resume.
Top Ten Chip Counts Day 1b
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawson Darbouze | 560,000 |
| 2 | Forrest Kollar | 518,000 |
| 3 | Shannon Hamblen | 470,000 |
| 4 | Chance Lawson | 457,000 |
| 5 | Raymond Riley | 421,000 |
| 6 | Jacob Tittle | 404,000 |
| 7 | Carl Masters | 395,000 |
| 8 | Michael Sanders | 359,000 |
| 9 | Chris Dunn | 331,000 |
| 10 | David Mann | 304,000 |
Three former RGPS Tunica Champions found bags as defending champion Kevin Broadway (202,000), Tiffany Keathley (281,000) and Max Le (144,000) all survived to the end of the day. Others who found their way included Forrest Kollar (518,000), Michael Sanders (359,000), Donnie Phan (255,000), and WPT champion Mark Davis (240,000). Each one of them looking to add a RunGood ring to their resumes from this leg of the tour.
Not all were fortunate enough to find a bag in this flight. Brian Frenzel, Daniel Lowery, Donovan Dean, and Matthew Higgins were among the casualties. With registration open in the final flight, it seems likely that these faces will pop into the final flight in the hopes to bag up.
This flight went well past what the previous flight bagged as far as levels go. Play ended with 5:40 left in Level 14 in the previous flight, with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. The 23 players from that flight and the 35 players from this flight will return on noon this Sunday to combine with the final flight of the tournament. They will return to this level unless the final flight finishes before this one.
Coverage of The RunGood Poker Series Tunica Main Event will take a break. Check back in later tonight to PokerNews for continued coverage of the final flight.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
518,000 | |
|
470,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
457,000
457,000
|
457,000 |
|
421,000
421,000
|
421,000 |
|
404,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
395,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
359,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
331,000 | |
|
304,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
281,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
276,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
260,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
255,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
240,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
231,000
231,000
|
231,000 |
|
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
226,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
215,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
202,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
192,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
|
|
182,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
|
163,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
Dylan Lemery One Of Two Bubble Boys In Flight 1b
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Dylan Lemery was forced all in from the big blind which saw he and Forrest Kollar in the small blind go heads up to the flop after Kollar squeezed out Roger Foley's limp from under the gun.
Dylan Lemery: 10♠5♦
Forrest Kollar: Q♦9♣
The board ran out 10♥J♥J♦K♥K♠ and Kollar straightened out on the turn to eliminate Lemery on the stone bubble.
At another table, one other player was all in against five other players who had checked down their hands to the river. The board read 4♥7♠5♠4♣K♥ and all players turned over their hands, with only two held up long enough to see it.
At-Risk Player: 8♣7♥
Chris Dunn: A♠4♦
Dunn's three fours were good enough to send another player out on the stone bubble. 35 players will bag up to return tomorrow at noon. Stay tuned for a full recap and flight counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
518,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
|
331,000
331,000
|
331,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Hand for Hand Begins
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The clock reads 37 players as the field is one more player away from bagging.
Kollar's Lovely Ladies
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A player in early position called while Forrest Kollar moved all in from the hijack for 140,000 which saw the big blind call and the initial limper called for less.
Early position: 7♥7♠
Forrest Kollar: Q♥Q♠
Big blind: A♠A♥
Kollar was in trouble and needed help, which materialized on the Q♦10♥4♣10♦6♠ runout for the RGPS regular to hop to an above average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Break
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The players have gone on another 10-minute break.
Darbouze Tops Later In The Day Counts
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000
414,000
|
414,000 |
|
420,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
|
|
408,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
|
391,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
|
|
364,000
364,000
|
364,000 |
|
|
316,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
308,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
|
178,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
145,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
116,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
85,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |