RGPS Main Event
Day 1c Started
2023 RGPS Tunica
RGPS Main Event
Day: 1c
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The Final Flight Of The RGPS Main Event Closes Registration at 10:30 p.m.
The first two flights of The RunGood Poker Series $600 Main Event saw a total of 477 players take their seats over the course of two flights. This smashes the $200,000 guarantee initially set on the prizepool and with registration open until 10:30 tonight, time will tell to see just how large this flight becomes.
Dawson Darbouze (560,000) leads the second flight of the tournament after being the prior flight's bubble boy. He and Forrest Kollar (518,000) became the only two from the second flight to bag over half a million chips. They join their cohorts like Shannon Hamblen (470,000), Carl Masters (395,000), Michael Sanders (359,000), Tiffany Keathley (281,000), WPT champion Mark Davis (240,000) and defending RPGS Tunica Main Event champion Kevin Broadway (202,000). Keathley, Broadway and Max Le (144,000) could join the elite group of players with two or more RGPS Main Event titles.
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 |
Players already seen entering the field include Cody Stanford, Krista Lowery, Christina Read, Jon Swift, and Mike Cordell. Many others are likely to join them.
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.
Check back in to PokerNews later tonight for all updates regarding the final flight of The RGPS Tunica Main Event.
Registration Closed In Day 1c
Registration in the final event has closed with a total of 241 players entering the final flight. This is now the new biggest ever RunGood Poker Series Main Event in Tunica.
The brings the final number of entrants for the event up to 718, creating a prizepool of $373,360.
A total of 30 players will find bags tonight as they will return to play tomorrow at noon.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Faces In The Field
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
151,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
113,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
98,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
94,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
89,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
83,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
71,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
||
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
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51,000
51,000
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51,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
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26,000 |
|
11,500
11,500
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11,500 |
|
7,800
7,800
|
7,800 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Higgins Sends Out Two
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Matthew Higgins raised to 7,000 in the small blind and the big blind responded by raising to 16,000. Higgins moved all in for 60,000 effective and the big blind called to put herself at risk.
Big blind: AxKx
Matthew Higgins: AxQx
The big blind seemed set to double up, until the board ran out Qx2x2x2x6x to give Higgins twos full of queens as he took one player out.
The following hand the player in the cutoff raised to 6,000 which saw Matthew Higgins three bet to 16,000 on the button. He was met with a shove worth 100,000 and Higgins called with the covering stack.
Opponent: JxJx
Matthew Higgins: QxQx
The board ran out 9x9xKxQx3x and Higgins sent out a second player, just moments after knocking out the first.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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247,000
134,000
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134,000 |
Virtusio Bets Two Times
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A player on the button raised to 5,000 which saw both Jaymie Virtusio call in the small blind and the big blind called as well.
The flop peeled off Q♠A♣K♥ and everyone checked to the 6♥ turn where Virtusio bet 7,000 which saw only the button call.
On the 5♥ river, Virtusio bet once more, this time to the tune of 8,500 and her opponent quickly folded. Virtusio looked to build her stack back up again after running into a brutal cooler of aces vs. aces and losing in the last flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000
36,500
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36,500 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
"TheGoldenBlazer" Looking For Second Title This Week
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Brian "TheGoldenBlazer" Frenzel raised to 6,500 in the cutoff which saw the button and both blinds call.
The flop came out J♠8♦5♥ and action checked over to Frenzel who bet 15,000 which only the small blind called.
Action checked through on the 3♣ turn to the 9♣ river where the small blind bet 16,000 which saw Frenzel shove for 70,000. The small blind quickly folded and the three-time RGPS ring winner looked to add to his growing stack into his hunt for a fourth ring.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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142,000
53,000
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53,000 |