RGPS Main Event
Day 1b Started
2023 RGPS Tunica
RGPS Main Event
Day: 1b
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Flight 1b Of The $600 RGPS Main Event Begins At 11 a.m.
Today begins the second day of starting flights of the RunGood Poker Series Contenders Tunica $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Hotel and Casino. A total of 184 entrants fired in yesterday’s flight, seeing 23 players make it to Day 2, which will resume tomorrow, Sunday September 3rd at noon. Players unhappy with their ending total of the day, can choose to play another flight and have it be best bag forward, meaning a double bag will result in the bigger of the two stacks playing on Day 2, and the smaller one accepting a minimum cash.
Leading the way is none other than 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, who ended his day with 1,285,000. Moneymaker’s start to the day was strong and the momentum continued throughout the day as he ended the day with triple what Jacob Schiros (421,000) ended the day with who is his next closest opponent. Others that found bags at the end of the day include BJ McBrayer (387,000), Morgan McBrayer (259,000), Emily Berglund (144,000), Walker Miskelly (118,000), and Pam Belote (81,000). Each one of them guaranteed a payout, but each looking for the title.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Moneymaker | 1,285,000 |
| 2 | Jacob Schiros | 421,000 |
| 3 | BJ McBrayer | 387,000 |
| 4 | Edward Hill | 382,000 |
| 5 | Jacob Foley | 336,000 |
| 6 | Peter Rouviere | 285,000 |
| 7 | Morgan McBrayer | 259,000 |
| 8 | William Tubbs | 227,000 |
| 9 | Thomas Montoya | 218,000 |
| 10 | Stuart Breakstone | 166,000 |
Players expected to fire today include Daniel Lowery, Ashley “PokerFaceAsh” Frank, Dawson Darbouze, Kyle Cartwright, Cody Stanford, and Donnie Phan, each of whom looking for greater success in this second flight. Those who do not bag will have one more chance in the form of the third flight, beginning at 6 p.m. today.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 chips with levels beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. Levels will escalate once every 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break occurring every four levels, then every three levels after level 8. Players will have the option to enter in as many times as they wish in the first eight levels of the tournament. Play will continue until the field plays down 12.5%, then the remaining players will bag up for Sunday, September 3rd where they will all be in the money.
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Shuffle Up and Deal!
The 103 players in Flight 1b have taken their seats as cards have gone in the air.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The Field Starts To Populate
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The Introduction of The Big Blind Ante Rule
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
For the first time, The RunGood Poker Series is implementing the first use of The Big Blind Protection Rule for all of the tournaments occurring at Horseshoe Tunica.
Implemented, the rule states that a player who has come off of a broken table having just paid the big and small blind who would have been on the button will not come into the big blind at their new table.
"The idea was that we didn't want a player having to pay four blinds all in a row, effectively five big blinds," says tournament director Mike Murphy "now when we come up to break a table, the person that just paid both blinds that would have been on the button, will get protection that if they go to the new table and their first hand would have been the big blind where they would have been paying two more blinds, they will sit out until the button passes and then come in."
The rule will be further implemented in the next RunGood Poker Series stop in Baltimore, Maryland next weekend.
Davis Doubles With a Set; Lowery and Lemery Enter
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Mark Davis all in and at risk for his last 8,900 against the big blind who had called to put him at risk.
Mark Davis: 3♠3♦
Big Blind: K♥Q♠
The door card being a K♠ looked to be a poor result for Davis, with the following card being a Q♣. The drama came to a head when the final card on the flop was a 3♥ giving Davis a set and leaving him with four outs to fade. He faded them on the 10♦6♠ runout and the WPT champion doubled up.
In the tournament, Daniel Lowery and Dylan Lemery entered for the first time today, while Donovan Dean re-entered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000
30,000
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30,000
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18,600
-11,400
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Phan's A Fan of The Turn
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Action was picked up with cards on their backs between Donnie Phan and another player after Fan had moved all in for his last 11,800, which his opponent called.
Donnie Phan: 10♥10♠
Opponent: Q♣Q♠
The flop of 4♥4♦2♥ saw no help to Phan, but the turn 10♦ gave Phan tens full of fours and it held on the 6♠ river as he doubled courtesy of the ten on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,600
-5,400
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-5,400 |