2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
The players in Day 1b are now on their first 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.
After a check from Kyung Yoo, Daniel Smiljkovic bet 1,800 on the flop of J♠9♥K♣ and Yoo called to see the turn Q♦.
The action then went check-check and the two players continued to the river A♥.
Yoo then led for 6,500 and after some thought, Smiljkovic tossed out a call.
He was then shown K♥10♣ for the nut straight by Yoo and he quickly mucked his hand to award him the pot.
On a head-up board that read 4♣J♣10♣9♥, Vidal Flores led for 6,000 but then Anthony Swift moved all in for 14,400 total.
This move sent Flores into the tank to think about his options.
After some more thought, he decided to let it go. Swift then showed him J♠10♥ for two-pair, which Flores admitted was good as he claimed to have king-jack with no club, of course.
PokerNews picked up the action on a heads-up completed board of 5♦3♠10♦Q♠5♥ with 28,500 in the pot wen Jason Liu led out for 24,000 from the small blind.
The action was then on Hung Vo who was in the tank, painfully deliberating his decision.
"Ugh, man, I put you on pocket tens, that's the only hand that really beats me," he said as he shook his head, "I've really got a monster here,".
After another few seconds, he decided he couldn't get away and tossed out the necessary chips.
"Come on, no tens, no tens!" he prayed.
"I have queens," Liu replied and tabled Q♥Q♦ for the top boat of queens full.
"Wow, that's so sick! How do you have queens?!" Vo was beside himself as he showed Q♣5♣ for a smaller full house, receiving some shocked responses from the table while Liu raked in the huge pot.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
On a three-way flop of A♠6♦9♣, the action checked to Rudy Cervantes on the button who bet 2,000 and was called only by Stanislav Kriventsov.
The two players continued to the turn 7♠, which saw Kriventsov lead for 800 but was then raised to 4,000 by Cervantes, which he called.
Kriventsov then checked the river 3♣, which prompted Cervantes to fire out for 12,000.
"Alright, I believe you," Kriventsov sighed and tossed in his cards to award Cervantes the pot.
The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) has announced a partnership with the North American Poker Tour (NAPT). The collaboration will create the “Golden Player of the Series” leaderboard which will award a $10,000 valued Gold Pass to the NAPT: Las Vegas festival at Resorts World.
The leaderboard will award and reset every RunGood tour stop prior to October 23.
Each Gold Pass prize package includes the following:
- $5,300 Buy-In: Entry to the Main Event of the NAPT.
- $2,900 Hotel Accommodation: Ensuring a luxurious stay during the tournament.
- $1,800 Expenses: Additional funds to cover travel and other costs.
“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with the NAPT and help grow the game of poker across the country. The RunGood Poker Series has always looked for ways to give back to players for their continual support over the past decade. This collaboration helps further that mantra in spades.” said Tana Karn, CEO of the RunGood Poker Series.
On a heads-up flop of J♣4♠2♥, Woody Christy checked to Terrance Reid, who bet 700. Christy then put in a check-raise to 2,100, which Reid called.
The two players then checked through the 9♦ turn and Q♥ river.
Christy shook his head and tabled 7♠5♠ for seven-high while Reid rolled over A♣3♠ for a superior ace-high.
"Gaddamnit! I missed a bet!" Christy laughed as Reid took down the pot and the two discussed high-level poker theory.