On a heads-up board of Q♦J♦3♥J♥, there was a sizeable pot brewing when Robert Kasawdish moved all in and Curt Kohlberg snap-called to put him at risk.
Kasawdish flipped over Q♥7♠ for queens and jacks but Kohlberg had him crushed with A♣J♠ for trip jacks. Kasawdish was gathering his things and standing up but quickly sat back down when the Q♠ smacked on the river to give him the superior full house, which got a reaction from the table.
Kohlberg handled it quite well as a large chunk of his chips were shipped over to Kasawdish.
The next RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) champion will be crowned today as Day 2 of the RGPS Jamul Casino Main Event in San Diego kicks off at high noon local time.
The Main Event had three starting flights and 415 runners to generate a prize pool of $215,800, well surpassing the guarantee of $125,000. Only 53 of those players are returning for Day 2 as they compete for the top prize.
All players returning are already in the money, with $997 already locked up as a min-cash. The first-place finisher will earn a nice sum of $41,550, the RunGood ring, and a package to the Dream Seat Invitational at Thunder Valley later this year.
RGPS Main Event Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$41,550
10-12
$3,744
2
$31,200
13-15
$3,151
3
$20,056
16-18
$2,579
4
$13,304
19-21
$2,147
5
$10,240
22-24
$1,791
6
$8,481
25-27
$1,511
7
$7,111
28-36
$1,219
8
$5,781
37-45
$1,101
9
$4,454
46-53
$997
Leading the charge into Day 2 will be Day 1c's leader, Kenneth Douglas with his dominating stack of 709,000 followed by Lirio Fontamillas of 1c with 680,000 and Abraham DeGuzman of 1b with 530,000. Defending champion Derrick Yamada also bagged a big stack with 423,000 and will be looking for a chance to repeat last November's result.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Kenneth Douglas
709,000
118
2
Lirio Fontamillas
680,000
113
3
Abraham DeGuzman
530,000
88
4
Kenneth Nicoletti
481,000
80
5
Seth Harmes
464,000
77
6
Derrick Yamada
423,000
71
7
Timothy Vu
400,000
67
8
Edward Liu
377,000
63
9
Luis Pedro
363,000
61
10
Corey Paggeot
355,000
59
Play will resume with 22:54 in Level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000, but once it is complete the length of the levels will be changed to 40 minutes with a break every three.
As always, stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring you all of the Day 2 action!