$800 Main Event Day 1cd | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Bay Area

$800 Main Event

Day 1cd Completed

05-12-2024 02:12 UTC-7

Bell Rings Strong; Fujisaka and Cornelius Bag

Liam Gannon

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

The final flight of the Rungood Poker Series Graton has come to its conclusion. The final flight brought the total number of entries up to 773, beating the guarantee and seeing a total prize pool of $541,100. Each of the 97 players have locked up a piece of that prize pool, with 25 of them coming from this flight.

Leading the way of the whole tournament is Michael Bell, who bagged 773,000. Bell is making his RGPS debut, and certainly landed with quite a splash. Multiple massive pots went his way as the night went on, including three where he held pocket queens and it held. Bell will be looking to take his massive stack onto his first RGPS title.

Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Chip Count
1	Michael Bell	772,000
2	Brian O'Malley	496,000
3	Kenneth Huynh	403,000
4	Jesse Kandola	395,000
5	Travis Fujisaka	350,000
6	Paul Serekis	311,000
7	Zichuan Huang	307,000
8	Ronaldo Araracap	254,000
9	Hung Vo	252,000
10	Dante Deusanio	246,000

Also finding a bag were Travis Fujisaka (350,000), who ended up bursting the bubble, Rungood Ambassador Julie Cornelius (166,000), and James Palmer (160,000), each one of them already guaranteed a piece of the massive prize pool, but with sights set higher.

Not all could find fortune today. Many were sent to the rail to join the likes of Papa Karn, Ronny Gil, Taylor Pollard, Bob Mather, Allen Kessler, and Rungood Ambassadors Ben Ludlow and Terrance Reid. They will have one final chance this season at Kansas City to try to take home a RGPS Main Event title.

Play ended with 27:13, left on the clock in Level 16 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. This flight was the earliest ending flight and will be the time the other players return to tomorrow. The blinds will be upped to 40-minute levels.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on The Rungood Poker Series.

Tags: Allen Kessler Ben Ludlow Bob Mather Brian O'Malley Cornelius Bag Dante Deusanio Hung Vo James Palmer Jesse Kandola Julie Cornelius Kenneth Huynh Michael Bell Papa Karn Paul Serekis Ronaldo Araracap Ronny Gil Taylor Pollard Terrance Reid Travis Fujisaka

05-12-2024 02:12 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw (Chip Count)

Liam Gannon

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

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TABLE	SEAT	CHIPS	BIG BLINDS
Michael	Bell	40	6	772,000	77
Levi	Wagner	37	3	614,000	61
Bryan	Saltzman	33	1	526,000	52
Justin	Chan	30	1	519,000	51
Brian	O'Malley	40	1	496,000	49
Min Jung	Han	37	2	495,000	49
Srujan	Gongala	39	4	485,000	48
Rick	Troendly	31	7	460,000	46
Matt	Betti	25	3	437,000	43
Sawmen	Talukder	33	3	417,000	41
Kong	Wang	32	4	413,000	41
Lewis	Robledo	30	4	408,000	40
Kenneth	Huynh	25	2	403,000	40
Jesse	Kandola	32	8	395,000	39
Lawrence	Chow	37	4	392,000	39
Angel	Castro	23	3	389,000	38
Anne	Thompson	30	3	380,000	38
Mario	Lopez	23	4	366,000	36
Josh	Prager	40	4	350,000	35
Columba	Duffy	33	9	350,000	35
Travis	Fujisaka	24	5	350,000	35
Trevor	Bogue	31	8	320,000	32
Niv	Decalo	23	2	317,000	31
Paul	Serekis	39	8	311,000	31
Zichuan	Huang	38	9	307,000	30
Paul	Richardson	31	3	304,000	30
Brian	Mintz	25	9	304,000	30
Rifki	Yazid	39	7	300,000	30
John	Kenner	38	1	276,000	27
Charlie	Hiat	37	1	276,000	27
Cody	Golden	23	6	268,000	26
Reggie	Pears	38	2	258,000	25
Ronaldo	Araracap	31	6	254,000	25
Hung	Vo	40	9	252,000	25
Dante	Deusanio	23	7	246,000	24
David	Brightman	31	5	241,000	24
Mitchell	Collins	30	9	241,000	24
Wilson	Tolon	23	1	237,000	23
Christopher	Marcus	24	7	236,000	23
Mitchell	Friedman	33	2	232,000	23
Brandon	Vitale	24	4	232,000	23
Nicholas	Goldizen	37	7	230,000	23
Wilson	Chan	38	4	227,000	22
Lester	Avela	32	9	227,000	22
Vijay	Ramani	25	4	224,000	22
James	Cavanaugh	40	5	223,000	22
Michael	Brand	39	1	221,000	22
Andrew	Ling	24	8	218,000	21
Randy	Gil	31	9	217,000	21
Steven	Ritchie	38	7	212,000	21
Nochol	Loxley	39	3	209,000	20
Sasima	Poetra	32	7	204,000	20
Ryan	Rummonds	30	5	204,000	20
Paul	Kho	38	8	198,000	19
Mitchell	Tsang	37	5	194,000	19
Brendon	Herrick	32	1	191,000	19
Michael	Lin	25	8	191,000	19
Lester	Lenart	37	6	187,000	18
Elecito	Coniendo	33	6	178,000	17
Zach	Smyth	33	4	172,000	17
Jason	Beahm	24	6	171,000	17
Pedram	Ghassemi	32	2	169,000	16
Jules	Cornelius	24	2	166,000	16
San	Vong	40	7	165,000	16
James	Palmer	30	7	160,000	16
Kenneth	Bailey	23	5	160,000	16
Simon	Hong	38	6	158,000	15
Steven	Silva	33	7	156,000	15
Forrest	Kollar	25	6	147,000	14
Laurence	Cruz	30	8	146,000	14
Jamil	Mattav	25	1	145,000	14
Victor	Paredes	37	9	144,000	14
Curtis	Kowlak	38	5	143,000	14
Willie	Smith	40	2	142,000	14
Alfie	Poetra	39	5	141,000	14
Charles	Himes	33	8	131,000	13
Jeff	Spruitenburg	25	7	125,000	12
Jason	White	24	9	121,000	12
Michael	Si	23	9	116,000	11
Nicky	Niknam	31	2	112,000	11
Yahor	Yusefovich	32	5	110,000	11
Jesse	Balliett	40	3	107,000	10
Sasha	Sabbaghian	39	6	106,000	10
Zhuo	Chen	30	6	106,000	10
Tyler	Patterson	38	3	103,000	10
Jonathan	Wang	24	3	103,000	10
Lexy	Gavin-Mather	23	8	101,000	10
Dal	Bains	39	9	98,000	9
Joe	Nguyen	39	2	96,000	8
Brett	White	24	1	86,000	8
Alex	Gao	32	3	85,000	8
Delfin	Daquioag	25	5	85,000	8
Henry	Acain	31	4	81,000	8
Ramin	Malekian	31	1	80,000	8
Michael	Dychta	30	2	67,000	6
Natneal	Kebede	40	8	40,000	4
Michael	Needle	33	5	33,000	3

05-12-2024 02:11 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw (Alphabetical)

Liam Gannon

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

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	TABLE	SEAT	CHIP COUNT	BIG BLINDS
Alex	Gao	32	3	85,000	8
Alfie	Poetra	39	5	141,000	14
Andrew	Ling	24	8	218,000	21
Angel	Castro	23	3	389,000	38
Anne	Thompson	30	3	380,000	38
Brandon	Vitale	24	4	232,000	23
Brendon	Herrick	32	1	191,000	19
Brett	White	24	1	86,000	8
Brian	O'Malley	40	1	496,000	49
Brian	Mintz	25	9	304,000	30
Bryan	Saltzman	33	1	526,000	52
Charles	Himes	33	8	131,000	13
Charlie	Hiat	37	1	276,000	27
Christopher	Marcus	24	7	236,000	23
Cody	Golden	23	6	268,000	26
Columba	Duffy	33	9	350,000	35
Curtis	Kowlak	38	5	143,000	14
Dal	Bains	39	9	98,000	9
Dante	Deusanio	23	7	246,000	24
David	Brightman	31	5	241,000	24
Delfin	Daquioag	25	5	85,000	8
Elecito	Coniendo	33	6	178,000	17
Forrest	Kollar	25	6	147,000	14
Henry	Acain	31	4	81,000	8
Hung	Vo	40	9	252,000	25
James	Cavanaugh	40	5	223,000	22
James	Palmer	30	7	160,000	16
Jamil	Mattav	25	1	145,000	14
Jason	Beahm	24	6	171,000	17
Jason	White	24	9	121,000	12
Jeff	Spruitenburg	25	7	125,000	12
Jesse	Balliett	40	3	107,000	10
Jesse	Kandola	32	8	395,000	39
Joe	Nguyen	39	2	96,000	8
John	Kenner	38	1	276,000	27
Jonathan	Wang	24	3	103,000	10
Josh	Prager	40	4	350,000	35
Jules	Cornelius	24	2	166,000	16
Justin	Chan	30	1	519,000	51
Kenneth	Huynh	25	2	403,000	40
Kenneth	Bailey	23	5	160,000	16
Kong	Wang	32	4	413,000	41
Laurence	Cruz	30	8	146,000	14
Lawrence	Chow	37	4	392,000	39
Lester	Lenart	37	6	187,000	18
Lester	Avela	32	9	227,000	22
Levi	Wagner	37	3	614,000	61
Lewis	Robledo	30	4	408,000	40
Lexy	Gavin-Mather	23	8	101,000	10
Mario	Lopez	23	4	366,000	36
Matt	Betti	25	3	437,000	43
Michael	Bell	40	6	772,000	77
Michael	Brand	39	1	221,000	22
Michael	Needle	33	5	33,000	3
Michael	Dychta	30	2	67,000	6
Michael	Lin	25	8	191,000	19
Michael	Si	23	9	116,000	11
Min Jung	Han	37	2	495,000	49
Mitchell	Tsang	37	5	194,000	19
Mitchell	Friedman	33	2	232,000	23
Mitchell	Collins	30	9	241,000	24
Natneal	Kebede	40	8	40,000	4
Nicholas	Goldizen	37	7	230,000	23
Nicky	Niknam	31	2	112,000	11
Niv	Decalo	23	2	317,000	31
Nochol	Loxley	39	3	209,000	20
Paul	Serekis	39	8	311,000	31
Paul	Kho	38	8	198,000	19
Paul	Richardson	31	3	304,000	30
Pedram	Ghassemi	32	2	169,000	16
Ramin	Malekian	31	1	80,000	8
Randy	Gil	31	9	217,000	21
Reggie	Pears	38	2	258,000	25
Rick	Troendly	31	7	460,000	46
Rifki	Yazid	39	7	300,000	30
Ronaldo	Araracap	31	6	254,000	25
Ryan	Rummonds	30	5	204,000	20
San	Vong	40	7	165,000	16
Sasha	Sabbaghian	39	6	106,000	10
Sasima	Poetra	32	7	204,000	20
Sawmen	Talukder	33	3	417,000	41
Simon	Hong	38	6	158,000	15
Srujan	Gongala	39	4	485,000	48
Steven	Ritchie	38	7	212,000	21
Steven	Silva	33	7	156,000	15
Travis	Fujisaka	24	5	350,000	35
Trevor	Bogue	31	8	320,000	32
Tyler	Patterson	38	3	103,000	10
Victor	Paredes	37	9	144,000	14
Vijay	Ramani	25	4	224,000	22
Willie	Smith	40	2	142,000	14
Wilson	Chan	38	4	227,000	22
Wilson	Tolon	23	1	237,000	23
Yahor	Yusefovich	32	5	110,000	11
Zach	Smyth	33	4	172,000	17
Zhuo	Chen	30	6	106,000	10
Zichuan	Huang	38	9	307,000	30

05-12-2024 02:09 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw

Liam Gannon

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

TABLE	SEAT	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CHIPS	BIG BLINDS
40	1	Brian	O'Malley	496,000	49
40	2	Willie	Smith	142,000	14
40	3	Jesse	Balliett	107,000	10
40	4	Josh	Prager	350,000	35
40	5	James	Cavanaugh	223,000	22
40	6	Michael	Bell	772,000	77
40	7	San	Vong	165,000	16
40	8	Natneal	Kebede	40,000	4
40	9	Hung	Vo	252,000	25
39	1	Michael	Brand	221,000	22
39	2	Joe	Nguyen	96,000	8
39	3	Nochol	Loxley	209,000	20
39	4	Srujan	Gongala	485,000	48
39	5	Alfie	Poetra	141,000	14
39	6	Sasha	Sabbaghian	106,000	10
39	7	Rifki	Yazid	300,000	30
39	8	Paul	Serekis	311,000	31
39	9	Dal	Bains	98,000	9
38	1	John	Kenner	276,000	27
38	2	Reggie	Pears	258,000	25
38	3	Tyler	Patterson	103,000	10
38	4	Wilson	Chan	227,000	22
38	5	Curtis	Kowlak	143,000	14
38	6	Simon	Hong	158,000	15
38	7	Steven	Ritchie	212,000	21
38	8	Paul	Kho	198,000	19
38	9	Zichuan	Huang	307,000	30
37	1	Charlie	Hiat	276,000	27
37	2	Min Jung	Han	495,000	49
37	3	Levi	Wagner	614,000	61
37	4	Lawrence	Chow	392,000	39
37	5	Mitchell	Tsang	194,000	19
37	6	Lester	Lenart	187,000	18
37	7	Nicholas	Goldizen	230,000	23
37	9	Victor	Paredes	144,000	14
33	1	Bryan	Saltzman	526,000	52
33	2	Mitchell	Friedman	232,000	23
33	3	Sawmen	Talukder	417,000	41
33	4	Zach	Smyth	172,000	17
33	5	Michael	Needle	33,000	3
33	6	Elecito	Coniendo	178,000	17
33	7	Steven	Silva	156,000	15
33	8	Charles	Himes	131,000	13
33	9	Columba	Duffy	350,000	35
32	1	Brendon	Herrick	191,000	19
32	2	Pedram	Ghassemi	169,000	16
32	3	Alex	Gao	85,000	8
32	4	Kong	Wang	413,000	41
32	5	Yahor	Yusefovich	110,000	11
32	7	Sasima	Poetra	204,000	20
32	8	Jesse	Kandola	395,000	39
32	9	Lester	Avela	227,000	22
31	1	Ramin	Malekian	80,000	8
31	2	Nicky	Niknam	112,000	11
31	3	Paul	Richardson	304,000	30
31	4	Henry	Acain	81,000	8
31	5	David	Brightman	241,000	24
31	6	Ronaldo	Araracap	254,000	25
31	7	Rick	Troendly	460,000	46
31	8	Trevor	Bogue	320,000	32
31	9	Randy	Gil	217,000	21
30	1	Justin	Chan	519,000	51
30	2	Michael	Dychta	67,000	6
30	3	Anne	Thompson	380,000	38
30	4	Lewis	Robledo	408,000	40
30	5	Ryan	Rummonds	204,000	20
30	6	Zhuo	Chen	106,000	10
30	7	James	Palmer	160,000	16
30	8	Laurence	Cruz	146,000	14
30	9	Mitchell	Collins	241,000	24
25	1	Jamil	Mattav	145,000	14
25	2	Kenneth	Huynh	403,000	40
25	3	Matt	Betti	437,000	43
25	4	Vijay	Ramani	224,000	22
25	5	Delfin	Daquioag	85,000	8
25	6	Forrest	Kollar	147,000	14
25	7	Jeff	Spruitenburg	125,000	12
25	8	Michael	Lin	191,000	19
25	9	Brian	Mintz	304,000	30
24	1	Brett	White	86,000	8
24	2	Jules	Cornelius	166,000	16
24	3	Jonathan	Wang	103,000	10
24	4	Brandon	Vitale	232,000	23
24	5	Travis	Fujisaka	350,000	35
24	6	Jason	Beahm	171,000	17
24	7	Christopher	Marcus	236,000	23
24	8	Andrew	Ling	218,000	21
24	9	Jason	White	121,000	12
23	1	Wilson	Tolon	237,000	23
23	2	Niv	Decalo	317,000	31
23	3	Angel	Castro	389,000	38
23	4	Mario	Lopez	366,000	36
23	5	Kenneth	Bailey	160,000	16
23	6	Cody	Golden	268,000	26
23	7	Dante	Deusanio	246,000	24
23	8	Lexy	Gavin-Mather	101,000	10
23	9	Michael	Si	116,000	11

05-12-2024 01:38 UTC-7

End of Day 1d Chip Counts

Liam Gannon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Bell	772,000 772,000	772,000

Brian O'Malley	496,000 496,000	496,000
Kenneth Huynh	403,000 403,000	403,000
Jesse Kandola	395,000 395,000	395,000
Travis Fujisaka	350,000 -43,000	-43,000
Paul Serekis	311,000 311,000	311,000
Zichuan Huang	307,000 307,000	307,000
Ronaldo Araracap	254,000 254,000	254,000
Hung Vo	252,000 252,000	252,000
Dante Deusanio	246,000 246,000	246,000
David Brightman	241,000 241,000	241,000
Michael Brand	221,000 221,000	221,000
Steven Ritchie	212,000 212,000	212,000
Sasima Poetra	204,000 204,000	204,000
Elecito Coniendo	178,000 178,000	178,000
Julie Cornelius	166,000 -22,000	-22,000
James Palmer	160,000 69,000	69,000
Simon Hong	158,000 158,000	158,000
Laurence Cruz	146,000 146,000	146,000
Alfie Poetra	141,000 141,000	141,000
Jeff Spruitenburg	125,000 125,000	125,000
Jesse Balliett	107,000 107,000	107,000
Sasha Sabbaghian	106,000 106,000	106,000
Dal Bains	98,000 98,000	98,000
Alex Gao	85,000 85,000	85,000

05-12-2024 01:29 UTC-7

Travis Fujisaka Sends One of Three Home On The Bubble

Liam Gannon

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

Travis Fujisaka raised to 24,000 from the hijack, then called his opponent who jammed for 49,000 from the small blind while all others folded.

Opponent: J♦J♠ All in
Travis Fujisaka: Q♦J♥

The board ran out 4♦3♥10♣8♦Q♥ and the queen on the end ensured Fujisaka the pot, while the player became one of the three bubble boys as hand for hand was skipped as only 25 players remained.

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Fujisaka	350,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Travis Fujisaka

05-12-2024 01:00 UTC-7

Rose Doubles Through Reid

Liam Gannon

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

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

Poker.ORG's Terrance Reid raised to 16,000 in the cutoff and on the button, Tanner Rose moved all in for 111,000 which saw action fold back around to Reid who called.

Tanner Rose: Q♣Q♠ All in
Terrance Reid: 10♣10♠

The board ran out K♦8♠J♣4♥J♠ and the queens held up for Rose to double while the RunGood Ambassador was left with just a few chips.

He was eliminated shortly after and will not be able to repeat his third place finish from last year's RGPS Graton Main.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanner Rose	235,000
Terrance Reid	Busted

Tags: Tanner Rose Terrance Reid

05-12-2024 00:39 UTC-7

Recent Casualties

Liam Gannon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	Busted

Druce Gammon	Busted
Papa Karn	Busted
Khanh Duy Tran	Busted
Greg Pincombe	Busted

05-12-2024 00:30 UTC-7

Double Up For Karn

Liam Gannon

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

Level 14: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 Ante

A player raised to 12,000 from middle position and Papa Karn moved all in for 39,000 which saw action fold back around to the initial raiser who called to put him at risk.

Papa Karn: A♠K♠ All in
Opponent: A♦Q♠

The board ran out 10♠9♣2♦9♠3♥ and the ace-king held up for Karn to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Papa Karn	93,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Papa Karn