2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley

$2,500 Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,015,105
Total Entries
455
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
6,066,667
Total Chips
18,200,000
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
143
Players Left
20
Players Left 3 / 455
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Troendly KOs Quraishi

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 3♦2♦Q♥, all the money got into the middle between Richard Troendly and Nissar Quraishi, with Quraishi at risk.

Nissar Quraishi: Q♠J♦All in
Richard Troendly: A♣Q♣

Quraishi stood up as he was in bad shape, although the turn 6♦ did give him some extra outs to a flush. Unfortunately, the river was the brick 10♣ to award Troendly the pot and sent Quraishi to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Richard Troendly us
Richard Troendly 		295,000
131,000
 131,000
Profile photo of Nissar Quraishi us
Nissar Quraishi 		Busted

Tags: Nissar QuraishiRichard Troendly

Kakumanu Cracks Caucau's Kings

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On a heads-up turn of J♣6♠5♦Q♦, Ratu Caucau and Naga Kakumanu got all of their chips into the middle, with Kakumanu at risk.

Naga Kakumanu: J♠9♣All in
Ratu Caucau: K♥K♦

Kakumanu would need some serious help on the river to stay alive, and he sure got it as the 9♠ smacked down to give him two pair and the double.

Caucau was stunned and left the table for a few minutes after that bad beat.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Naga Kakumanu
Naga Kakumanu 		205,000
148,500
 148,500
Profile photo of Ratu Caucau us
Ratu Caucau 		143,000
77,500
 77,500

Tags: Naga KakumanuRatu Caucau

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Nat Mucks to Damasco

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rommel Damasco opened under-the-gun to 6,000 and was called by 3 players to see a flop of A♦Q♣K♥ where the action checked through to the 2♥ turn.

Damasco then took a stab at the pot for 11,000 and was called only by Arish Nat to continue to the river 10♦.

Damasco checked over to Nat, who bet 20,000 and Damasco quickly called the bet, but Nat then mucked his hand to award Damasco the pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rommel Damasco
Rommel Damasco 		175,000
3,000
 3,000
Profile photo of Arish Nat us
Arish Nat 		149,000
24,000
 24,000

Tags: Arish NatRommel Damasco

Prize Pool and Payouts

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With 455 total entries, this event generated a prize pool $1,015,105 with 69 spots being paid. A min-cash will be worth $3,740 while the eventual winner will take home $203,565!

PlacePayoutPlacePayout
1$203,56516-18$10,180
2$130,63019-21$8,560
3$93,10022-24$7,310
4$68,83025-27$6,350
5$51,58028-30$5,600
6$39,19031-33$5,020
7$30,20034-36$4,570
8$23,60037-45$4,240
9$18,70046-54$3,990
10-12$15,04055-63$3,830
13-15$12,28064-69$3,740

Liu Slowrolls Song to Double

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Yunkyu Song
Yunkyu Song

Yunkyu Song opened to 5,500 and was then three-bet to 17,000 by Shijia Liu. The action folded back to Song who moved all in as he gave a speech about how he was forced to do so, all while he stood up and began putting on his jacket and backpack, his "body armor" as tablemate Francis Anderson called it.

After some thought, Liu announced a call and the cards were on their backs.

Shijia Liu: A♣K♥All in
Yunkyu Song: A♠J♦

"Wow! Slowroll!" Song exclaimed when he saw what he was up against. The runout of A♦10♣Q♣10♦8♦ failed to win Song the pot and Liu was pushed the chips for the double.

"This is Sacramento, they have it here," Anderson told Song who was still bewildered at what just occurred.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yunkyu Song us
Yunkyu Song 		219,000
148,500
 148,500
Profile photo of Shijia Liu us
Shijia Liu 		175,000
97,500
 97,500

Tags: Francis AndersonShijia LiuYunkyu Song

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

We Have Liftoff: Cards in the Air for Day 2 at 11 a.m.!

Kirk Brown
Kirk Brown
Final Boarding - Preflight Entertainment
Final Boarding - Preflight Entertainment

Welcome to Day 2 of the Destination RunGood: Final Boarding Million Dollar Main hosted here at the always beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California.

455 players fired their shot in this $2,500 buy-in event, but only 143 remain to continue the fight on Day 2, and the money still hasn't even been hit yet.

The players generated an unofficial prize pool of $1,015,105 but the official numbers and payouts will be released shortly.

Leading the way this morning will be Andrew Voor of Day 1a who bagged 390,000 followed by Yunkyu Song with 367,500. Third and fourth in chips is Toan Nguyen and Daniel Rezaei with 351,000 and 350,000, respectively, and rounding out the top five is Niv Decalo who bagged 319,500.

Day 1 Combined Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Andrew VoorUnited States390,000156
2Yunkyu SongUnited States367,500147
3Toan NguyenUnited States351,000140
4Daniel RezaeiAustria350,000140
5Niv DecaloUnited States319,500128
6Kyung YooUnited States302,000121
7Joshua PragerUnited States281,000112
8Jared JaffeeUnited States278,000111
9Andrew OstapchenkoUnited States274,000110
10Richard Green JrUnited States263,000105

Some other big notable names still in the running include defending champ Tyler Patterson (163,500) and 2022's winner Brett Murray (107,000). Jeff Platt is also in the mix with 29,000 along with Matthew Wantman (141,500), Ian Steinman (141,500), and RGPS Baltimore Main Event winner Ari Katz (241,000).

Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time and play will start at level 11 with blinds as 1,500/2,500, with a 2,500 big blind ante. Like Day 1, play will consist of another ten 60-minute levels before bagging up to return on Monday for Day 3.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort until a CheckPoint Champion is crowned on Monday.

Tags: Andrew OstapchenkoAndrew VoorAri KatzBrett MurrayDaniel RezaeiIan SteinmanJared JaffeeJeff PlattJoshua PragerKyung YooMatthew WantmanNiv DecaloRichard Green JrToan NguyenTyler PattersonYunkyu Song

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