$800 Main Event
Day 1ab Completed
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Bay Area
$800 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Bay Area
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
773
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
324
Players Left
41
Wagner Bags Lead in Day 1b; Patterson and Gavin-Mather Advance
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
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
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Wagner | 614,000 |
| 2 | Bryan Saltzman | 526,000 |
| 3 | Lewis Robledo | 408,000 |
| 4 | Anne Thompson | 380,000 |
| 5 | Trevor Bogue | 320,000 |
| 6 | John Kenner | 276,000 |
| 7 | Lester Avela | 227,000 |
| 8 | Brendon Herrick | 191,000 |
| 9 | Lester Lenart | 187,000 |
| 10 | Kenneth Bailey | 160,000 |
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.
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.
Day 1b Chip Counts
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
614,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
||
|
526,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
408,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
380,000 | |
|
320,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
276,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
|
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
191,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
187,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
160,000 | |
|
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
|
116,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
103,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
||
|
103,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
101,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
|
||
|
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: A♦Q♣ 
Anne Thompson: A♠K♠
The board ran out Q♦5♣5♠7♣K♣ 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
Level Passes; No Eliminations
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
This flight has officially played the longest flight so far.
With the hand for hand portion taking the entirety of the level, no players have been eliminated in the process.
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
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: 10♣10♦
Levi Wagner: A♦J♣
The board ran out A♥2♦3♥Q♣J♠ 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
456,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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: A♥K♦
Bryan Saltzman: J♣J♥
The board ran out A♠J♠3♦10♠7♣ and the set of jacks held up for Saltzman to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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412,000 |
Last Time at Graton Casino
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
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
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Bui | San Jose, CA | $87,425* |
| 2 | Joe Nguyen | Sunnyvale, CA | $87,420* |
| 3 | Terrance Reid | Pocatello, ID | $46,600 |
| 4 | Scott Hess | San Francisco, CA | $34,745 |
| 5 | Anthony Li | San Francisco, CA | $26,425 |
| 6 | Alonso Lau | San Francisco, CA | $21,020 |
| 7 | Richard Troendly | Reno, NV | $17,395 |
| 8 | Khanh Duy Tran | San Jose, CA | $13,835 |
| 9 | Christopher Marcus | Vallejo, CA | $10,370 |
*denotes heads-up deal
Gavin-Mather Wins A Race
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
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: 6♣6♠
Lexy Gavin-Mather: A♦J♣
The board ran out 4♥4♦Q♠3♦7♥ and the sixes held up for Gavin-Mather to eliminate Barna and nearly double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
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