2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Bay Area

$800 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info

2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Bay Area

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$85,780
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
773
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1ab
Entries
324
Players Left
41

$800 Main Event

Day 1ab Completed

Wagner Bags Lead in Day 1b; Patterson and Gavin-Mather Advance

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

The second flight of the Rungood Poker Series Graton has come to its conclusion. A total of 135 entrants tried to make their mark in this flight, bringing the total number of players to 341 who have attempted to secure a piece of the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. When the dust settled, just 24 made it through to return on Sunday, May 12th.

Leading the way is Levi Wagner, who bagged 640,000. Wagner shot up the counts throughout the day, eliminating players like Bob Mather and Mitchell Collins. With just one prior cash on his Hendon Mob, the tournament newcomer now holds the biggest stack of any of the players left of either flight. He looks to make his first RGPS cash a big one.

Day 1b Top Ten

RankPlayerChip Count
1Levi Wagner614,000
2Bryan Saltzman526,000
3Lewis Robledo408,000
4Anne Thompson380,000
5Trevor Bogue320,000
6John Kenner276,000
7Lester Avela227,000
8Brendon Herrick191,000
9Lester Lenart187,000
10Kenneth Bailey160,000

Also finding a bag were RGPS Main Event champion Tyler Patterson (103,000), RGPS ring winner Lexy Gavin-Mather (101,000), and Joe Nguyen (96,000) who took home second place in last year’s edition of the event.

Tyler Patterson
Tyler Patterson found a bag in his quest for two Main Event titles

Not all could find fortune today. Two-time RGPS ring winner John Koo couldn’t find enough momentum, joining the rail with Terrance Reid, Jules Cornelius, and Papa Karn. These players will have ample opportunity to fire in tonight or tomorrow’s flights.

Play ended with 25:13, left on the clock in Level 16 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante in Day 1a. The players will return at this level unless a subsequent flight ends earlier than this one.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the RGPS Graton Main Event.

Tags: Anne ThompsonBob MatherBrendon HerrickBryan SaltzmanJoe NguyenJohn KennerJohn KooJules CorneliusKenneth BaileyLester AvelaLester LenartLevi WagnerLewis RobledoLexy Gavin-MatherMitchell CollinsPapa KarnTerrance ReidTrevor BogueTyler PattersonWagner Bags Lead

Day 1b Chip Counts

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Levi Wagner us
Levi Wagner
614,000
158,000
158,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Bryan Saltzman us
Bryan Saltzman
526,000
114,000
114,000
Lewis Robledo us
Lewis Robledo
408,000
408,000
408,000
Anne Thompson us
Anne Thompson
380,000
Trevor Bogue us
Trevor Bogue
320,000
320,000
320,000
John Kenner us
John Kenner
276,000
276,000
276,000
Lester Avela us
Lester Avela
227,000
227,000
227,000
Brendon Herrick us
Brendon Herrick
191,000
191,000
191,000
Lester Lenart us
Lester Lenart
187,000
187,000
187,000
Kenneth Bailey us
Kenneth Bailey
160,000
Willie Smith us
Willie Smith
142,000
142,000
142,000
Michael Si us
Michael Si
116,000
116,000
116,000
Nicky Niknam us
Nicky Niknam
112,000
112,000
112,000
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
103,000
-51,000
-51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Wang us
Jonathan Wang
103,000
103,000
103,000
Lexy Gavin-Mather us
Lexy Gavin-Mather
101,000
-84,000
-84,000
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Joe Nguyen us
Joe Nguyen
96,000
-29,000
-29,000

Anne Thompson Rivers A King To Bring The Field To The End of Play

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

A player moved all in for 104,000 from middle position and in the small blind, Anne Thompson called to put her at risk.

Opponent: AQ All in
Anne Thompson: AK

The board ran out Q557K and the river king paired up Thompson to eliminate her opponent and bring the field to the final 17.

Stay tuned for full chip counts and a flight recap.

Player Chips Progress
Anne Thompson us
Anne Thompson
380,000
380,000
380,000

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Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Wagner Outflips Collins; Hand for Hand Reached

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

Level 15: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 Ante

Levi Wagner raised to 16,000 on the button and in the small blind, Mitchell Collins moved all in for 176,000 which Wagner called.

Mitchell Collins: 1010 All in
Levi Wagner: AJ

The board ran out A23QJ and the ace-jack made two pair by the river to give Wagner a huge pot and Collins was eliminated from the tournament.

With his elimination, the players are now on the stone bubble, as just 17 players bag.

Player Chips Progress
Levi Wagner us
Levi Wagner
456,000
105,000
105,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Mitchell Collins us
Mitchell Collins
Busted

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Satlzman Hooks Some Chips

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

Level 15: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 Ante

A player raised to 16,000 from middle position which saw one player call and Bryan Saltzman three bet from the hijack to 80,000. In the cutoff another player moved all in for 87,000 which only Saltzman called.

Opponent: AK All in
Bryan Saltzman: JJ

The board ran out AJ3107 and the set of jacks held up for Saltzman to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Saltzman us
Bryan Saltzman
412,000

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Last Time at Graton Casino

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

Last fall at Graton Casino, the $800 RGPS Main Event saw a total of 837 entrants created a massive prizepool of $585,900. Two players remained at the tournament’s close and after a deal was struck, Joe Nguyen finished in second place to Anne Bui.

Bui took home her first RGPS main event title, and a career best score of $87,425. “I can’t believe it,” the newly crowned champion said with a smile beaming across her face “I still can’t believe it, my first ever win. It was a lot of fun, everyone played great, I got lucky.”

Just weeks after a runner-up finish in the WSOPC event at Graton, Bui claimed not only her biggest lifetime score, but her first listed win on The Hendon Mob. The Bay Area regular had $184,459 in lifetime earnings prior to this final table, adding a hefty sum to that total.

$800 RGPS Graton Main Event Final Table

PlacePlayerHometownPrize (USD)
1Anne BuiSan Jose, CA$87,425*
2Joe NguyenSunnyvale, CA$87,420*
3Terrance ReidPocatello, ID$46,600
4Scott HessSan Francisco, CA$34,745
5Anthony LiSan Francisco, CA$26,425
6Alonso LauSan Francisco, CA$21,020
7Richard TroendlyReno, NV$17,395
8Khanh Duy TranSan Jose, CA$13,835
9Christopher MarcusVallejo, CA$10,370

*denotes heads-up deal

Gavin-Mather Wins A Race

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Lexy Gavin-Mather
Lexy Gavin-Mather

Level 14: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 Ante

Eddie Barna raised to 12,000 from the hijack and three players called behind him before Lexy-Gavin Mather moved all in from the big blind for 101,000 which only Barna called, putting himself at risk.

Eddie Barna: 66 All in
Lexy Gavin-Mather: AJ

The board ran out 44Q37 and the sixes held up for Gavin-Mather to eliminate Barna and nearly double up.

Player Chips Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather us
Lexy Gavin-Mather
185,000
77,000
77,000
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Tags: Lexy Gavin-Mather