The players have returned from break which means registration for the second flight of the $800 RGPS Main Event is now closed.
This flight garnered the interest of 147 players (more than double 1a), and 67 of them still remain.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The players in Day 1b are now on their second 15-minute break of the evening and registration for this flight will be closed upon their return.
On a heads-up turn of 5♣4♥6♥A♦, Cody Stanford checked, his opponent bet 8,000, and then Stanford check-raised to 25,000.
"How much you have behind?" the player asked.
"About 12,000... I figure I either get a lot of chips or I rebuy in twenty minutes," Stanford replied, indicating to the tournament clock.
With that, the player moved all in and Stanford quickly called to put himself at risk.
Stanford: 2♦3♥
Opponent: A♣Q♥
The player then realized he was drawing stone dead to Stanford's made straight and the 8♥ river changed nothing to award the pot to Stanford.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,800 |
Bill Burns had made it 3,000 to go preflop and was then raised to 7,500 by Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer to his left. When the action got back to Burns he tossed out calling chips and the two went to the flop of 10♠6♦A♠.
Burns checked, Raymer bet 4,000, Burns moved all in, and Raymer called to put him at risk.
Bill Burns: Q♠8♠
Greg Raymer: A♦Q♦
Raymer was in the lead with his top pair, but the turn 5♠ immediately gave Burns the flush to lock up the hand. The river was the meaningless 8♥ and the pot was pushed over to Burns for the double.
"Nice catch," Raymer scoffed as he watched Burns stack his new chips while he himself was left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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16,000
14,000
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14,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
In the 858th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by WPT Global, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by World Poker Tour (WPT) President Adam Pliska at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the WPT World Championship, which isn't featuring a guarantee this year but instead is offering players the opportunity at a $5,000,000 Freeroll, the largest freeroll in poker history! Pliska shares how players can enter for a chance at one of 2,000 seats, plus elaborates on whether or not we might see another WPT Voyage.
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Mike and Chad then recap Jim Collopy capturing the Poker Masters Purple Jacket, Ben Tollerene claiming the final title of that series, and offer a look at some recent NAPT Gold Pass winners. Speaking of Gold Passes, learn how you can win one via either the PokerNews Podcast & Life Outside Poker Podcast giveaway, PokerGO drawing a random annual subscriber, or the Path to the NAPT for online players.
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Kyle Dickherber opened to 1,600, a player three-bet him to 5,000, and then another player four-bet to 18,000.
Dickherber called the 18,000 and the three-better open-folded Q♠Q♣, not knowing there was still action behind.
His hand was quickly mucked and he watched as the other two went to a flop of 10♦8♠4♠.
The first player announced he was all in and Dickherber nearly beat him into the pot, putting him at risk.
Player: 9♠9♣
Kyle Dickherber: 8♦8♥
Dickherber was well in the lead with his set of eights, and the runout of 5♦K♦ kept it that way to earn him the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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