$1,700 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 RGPS Grand Prix Maryland

10-30-2025 20:27 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kashka Corpening	160,000 40,000	40,000
Nathan Bomey	90,000 30,000	30,000
Caitlin Comeskey	85,000 5,000	5,000
Russell Brooks	80,000 5,000	5,000

Ariel Krupnik	60,000 5,000	5,000
Brandon Padula	60,000 10,000	10,000
Changfeng Fan	30,000 30,000	30,000
John Mayo	18,000 17,000	17,000

10-30-2025 20:24 UTC-4

Caruso Has No Luck on Second Bullet

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David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lara Eisenberg raised to 2,200 in middle position and Christopher Caruso, who reentered shortly after dinner break, three-bet to 10,000 in the cutoff. Alvin Anton then moved all in from the big blind and Eisenberg folded, but Caruso committed the rest of his stack.

Christopher Caruso: A♠9♣ All in
Alvin Anton: A♣A♦

Caruso had run into Anton's aces, and the K♥5♥6♦10♦2♥ board offered no miracles as he headed to the exit once again.

Nicholas Rigby also joined during the break and took his seat at this same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lara Eisenberg	130,000 55,000	55,000

Alvin Anton	110,000
Nicholas Rigby	40,000
Christopher Caruso	Busted

Tags: Alvin Anton Christopher Caruso Lara Eisenberg

10-30-2025 20:13 UTC-4

Ring-Winner Michael Lisman Rides the Momentum to a Big Stack

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David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Lisman etched his name into the record books when he became the first-ever ring winner from the inaugural RunGood Poker Series stop at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and it came at the perfect time.

Lisman won $11,244 for taking down the $400 One Day NLH event yesterday, his win earning him a free entry into the $1,700 Main Event. He’s making the most of his opportunity, building a stack of around 160,000 as players go on dinner break.

“It was awesome. It was a lot of fun. I remember I chipped up in a big hand with two tables left, and I was a monster stack. I was just thinking to myself, man, don’t blow this,” he said.

Lisman, whose career earnings of more than $300,000 have come almost exclusively from small buy-in events, has found himself with a lot of free time recently. The federal employee is currently out of a job due to the government shutdown, and admits he never would’ve entered a tournament this big if not for the free entry.

“I actually got a free entry into this tournament. I don’t think I would normally be buying into this. I was a federal employee. I don’t have a job right now. Bankroll is important, but free tournaments are great. Pretty good start, and I’m excited,” he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lisman	160,000

Tags: Michael Lisman

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-30-2025 20:01 UTC-4

Catch the Latest Edition of The Rundown

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

10-30-2025 19:31 UTC-4

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are going on a 45-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 8:15 p.m. local time.

10-30-2025 19:30 UTC-4

Arnwine Earns Another Massive Bustout

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player in the cutoff bet 2,200 on a board of 8♠5♠6♣10♣ before Justin Arnwine raised to 12,200 in the big blind. The cutoff then reraised to 27,000 and Arnwine again spun around his Hello Kitty before moving all in. His opponent called for around 60,000.

Arnwine had 8♣6♥ for two pair, while the at-risk player showed Q♣7♣ for straight and flush draws. The 10♥ fell on the river and Arnwine secured the pot with tens and eights, earning him another knockout and sending his stack up past 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Arnwine	320,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Justin Arnwine

10-30-2025 19:23 UTC-4

Comeskey Takes From Petro

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three players saw a flop of Q♥6♠Q♦ when Morgan Petro bet 1,600 from early position. Only Caitlin Comeskey called in the small blind.

Petro bet another 6,500 on the K♥ turn and Comeskey again called. Both players checked down the J♣ river, and Comeskey showed K♠9♠ for two pair to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caitlin Comeskey	80,000 58,000	58,000
Morgan Petro	60,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Morgan Petro Caitlin Comeskey

10-30-2025 19:16 UTC-4

Caruso Caught With His Hand in the Cookie Jar

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Christopher Caruso limped in from the hijack before Russell Brooks raised to 5,000 in the big blind. Caruso then moved all in for 35,000, and Brooks called.

Christopher Caruso: 7♥4♠ All in
Russell Brooks: A♠K♦

Caruso had been caught making a move, and the A♦8♠2♣ flop left him further behind as Brooks improved to top pair. The K♥ turn gave Brooks two pair, and Caruso was drawing dead before the 4♣ river and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Brooks	85,000

Christopher Caruso	Busted

Tags: Christopher Caruso Russell Brooks

10-30-2025 19:11 UTC-4

"Today's Our Day"; Arnwine Finds an Ace to Stun Friedman

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Justin Arnwine raised to 2,000 in the hijack and the button called. Brandon Friedman then three-bet to 11,500 in the big blind and Arnwine began spinning around his Helly Kitty figurine before announcing all in. The button quickly folded, but Friedman called for around 70,000.

Brandon Friedman: K♠K♣ All in
Justin Arnwine: A♦K♦

Friedman needed to avoid an ace to stay alive, but Arnwine pulled ahead on the A♥J♦3♠ flop. The rest of the board ran out Q♦8♥ and Arnwine took down the big pot to send a shocked Friedman to the rail.

"My only defense is, me and Caitlin have been playing together for three days in a row, and we've been destroyed for all three days. We paid for these chips. Not in this tournament, but over those three days," Arnwine said as he and tablemate Caitlin Comeskey shared a laugh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Arnwine	250,000 110,000	110,000

Brandon Friedman	Busted

Tags: Brandon Friedman Justin Arnwine