$600 Main Event Day 1bc | 2024 RGPS RunGood Resort Tunica

11-17-2024 02:39 UTC-5

McEwen Gets a Big Double

Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 14: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

No less than five players saw a flop of J♦4♥2♠ as Preston McEwen bet 23,000 from under the gun. A player in middle position then jammed covering all other players. McEwen thought it over for a moment before he shrugged and called it off for 160,000 effective.

Preston McEwen: K♠J♠ All in
Middle Position: 6♠4♠

McEwen was ahead with top pair against middle pair but needed to fade a number of outs. Nothing changed on the 8♦A♦ runout as McEwen held to get the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	370,000 340,000	340,000

Tags: Preston McEwen

11-17-2024 02:08 UTC-5

Phan Soaring Up the Chip Counts

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 13: Blinds 3,000/5,000, ante 5,000

Thomas Minnich-Weber open-jammed his remaining 72,000 from the hijack and Donnie Phan looked him up from the big blind.

Thomas Minnich-Weber: A♠Q♦ All in
Donnie Phan: K♠Q♣

Minnich-Weber was in good shape to find a double until the K♦5♣3♦ flop vaulted Phan into the lead. Nothing changed on the 7♦10♣ runout as Phan has grown to be one of the largest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donnie Phan	505,000 480,000	480,000

Thomas Minnich-Weber	Busted

Tags: Donnie Phan Thomas Minnich-Weber

11-17-2024 01:35 UTC-5

Break Time

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The remaining 42 are players are going on a 15-minute break. 25 players will bag at the end of the night.

Play resumes in Level 13 with blinds at 3,000/5,000/5,000

11-17-2024 01:09 UTC-5

Rigby Trips Up Hankins and Scores a KO

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 11: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nicholas Rigby opened to 7,000 from middle position before the cutoff jammed for 17,500. In the small blind, Robert Hankins called and Rigby came along as well.

On the 10♥9♦4♥ flop, Hankins check-called a 15,000 bet from Rigby.

The turn brought the 9♠. Rigby continued for 35,000 and Hankins tanked for over a minute before he folded A♠10♦ face-up.

Cutoff: A♥7♣ All in
Nicholas Rigby: 9♥7♥

Hankins made a great fold as Rigby had the cutoff drawing dead to the 5♥ river as Rigby continues to build a stack

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Hankins	360,000 120,000	120,000
Nicholas Rigby	205,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Nicholas Rigby Robert Hankins

11-17-2024 00:40 UTC-5

Hankins Spikes the River and Gets Paid

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 10: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A large pot was brewing between Robert Hankins from the hijack and the player in the cutoff.

With the board reading Q♦8♥6♣A♦, Hankins led into the cutoff who called.

With over 100,000 in the middle, the two went heads-up to a 7♦ river. Hankins led all-in for 69,000 which sent the cutoff into the tank. After around a minute, he put in the call and the hands were tabled.

Robert Hankins: 9♦5♦ All in
Cutoff: 6♠6♥

The cutoff had slow-played a flopped set while Hankins went runner-runner to make a flush and drag a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Hankins	240,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Robert Hankins

11-17-2024 00:20 UTC-5

Scissom Catches Monaghan Speeding

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 10: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bobby Scissom opened to 9,000 from the hijack before Michael Monaghan jammed 46,000 from the button and Scissom snapped it off.

Michael Monaghan: J♥10♦ All in
Bobby Scissom: 10♠10♣

Scissom was in great shape to score an elimination and it stayed that way on the 4♠2♠2♦K♠Q♣ runout as Scissom padded his stack and sent Monaghan to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby Scissom	120,000 120,000	120,000
Michael Monaghan	Busted

Tags: Bobby Scissom Michael Monaghan

11-16-2024 23:58 UTC-5

Always Beware of the Limp-Three-Bet

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 9: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Lee Chu limped from middle position before the cutoff raised to 4,000. John Holley called in the big blind before Chu three-bet to 12,000 with 15,000 behind. The cutoff put in the call while Holley got out of the way after some deliberation.

On the 6♦5♥2♣ flop, Chu checked to the cutoff who bet enough to put Chu all-in for 15,000 and he snap-called.

Lee Chu: Q♠Q♥ All in
Cutoff: 8♥8♦

The cutoff had an overpair to the board but he was in rough shape against Chu's queens. The board ran out 3♣K♠ and Chu got the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Chu	61,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: John Holley Lee Chu

11-16-2024 23:38 UTC-5

Registration Closed

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 9: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With the start of Level 9, registration is now closed.

Day 1a saw 163 entries, Day 1b had 235, and Day 1c finished with an even 200 entries for a total of 598 entries, creating a prize pool of $304,980, crushing the $200,000 guarantee.

11-16-2024 23:20 UTC-5

Break Time

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The Day 1c players are going on a 15-minute break. Registration closes at the end of break.

Play resumes in Level 9 with blinds at 1,000/1,500/1,500.

11-16-2024 23:18 UTC-5

Kings Crack Aces...Twice

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 8: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player in the hijack opened before the button three-bet to 6,000. In the big blind, Ashley "Ash Kardash" Morales four-bet jammed as the covering stack and both opponents quickly called. The hijack was at-risk for around 60,000 and the button had around 38,000.

Hijack: A♠A♦ All in
Button: K♠K♥ All in
Ashley Morales: A♥A♣

It was an unbelievable cooler with three premium hands dealt. The two pairs of aces looked set to chop on the 7♥3♣5♥ flop until the K♦ turn gave the player on the button the lead and it stayed that way on the 2♠ river as he scooped it all.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Morales	20,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Ashley Morales