$2,500 Main Event Day 1b | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley

08-03-2024 13:28 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts; Jason Liu Leads

Kirk Brown

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Liu	102,000 1,000	1,000
Gary Pisarek	102,000 102,000	102,000
Daniel Lee	99,400 99,400	99,400
Benjamin Primus	98,200 58,200	58,200
Kyung Yoo	95,900 10,600	10,600
Annette Hurst	91,500 91,500	91,500
Toan Nguyen	87,000 87,000	87,000
Thomas Taum Iv	87,000 87,000	87,000
Matthew Kramer	83,900 83,900	83,900
Kenneth Bailey	83,100 83,100	83,100
Lee Markholt	80,000 80,000	80,000

Jaime Esquivel	78,500 78,500	78,500
Dominico Rodriguez	77,400 77,400	77,400
Rommel Damasco	74,100 74,100	74,100
Diana Cantea	73,400 73,400	73,400
Terrance Reid	71,200 29,700	29,700
Michael Cervantes	70,600 70,600	70,600
Rudy Cervantes	59,100 24,100	24,100

Roman Shainiuk	59,000 59,000	59,000
Daniel Ferketa	58,500 58,500	58,500
Samuel Rosen	58,000 58,000	58,000
Fernando Mora	57,500 57,500	57,500
Mario Samareta	57,000 57,000	57,000
James Prager	55,800 55,800	55,800
Travis Egbert	55,000 55,000	55,000

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-03-2024 13:10 UTC-7

Break Time

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Kirk Brown

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The players in Day 1b are now on their first 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.

08-03-2024 13:06 UTC-7

Yoo Scores Value from Smiljkovic

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Kirk Brown

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyung Yoo	106,500
Daniel Smiljkovic	34,500 34,500	34,500

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Kyung Yoo

08-03-2024 13:01 UTC-7

Swift Stuffs the Turn

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Kirk Brown

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Swift	39,000
Vidal Flores	31,100 31,100	31,100

Tags: Anthony Swift Vidal Flores

08-03-2024 12:32 UTC-7

Liu and Vo Engage in Naval Battle

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Kirk Brown

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Liu	101,000 101,000	101,000
Hung Vo	31,100 8,900	8,900

Tags: Hung Vo Jason Liu

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

08-03-2024 12:18 UTC-7

Cervantes Bombs River on Kriventsov

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Kirk Brown

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudy Cervantes	35,000 35,000	35,000

Stanislav Kriventsov	30,400 30,400	30,400

Tags: Rudy Cervantes Stanislav Kriventsov

08-03-2024 12:03 UTC-7

RunGood Poker Series Partners with PokerStars NAPT

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Kirk Brown

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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.

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08-03-2024 11:47 UTC-7