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$800 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2025 RGPS Grand Prix New Orleans
$800 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 RGPS Grand Prix New Orleans
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$200,000
Total Entries
307
Level
27
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
82
Players Left
10
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The first RunGood Poker Series in New Orleans since 2015 saw 82 entries for the opening flight of the RPGS Grand Prix New Orleans $800 Main Event.
Daniel Quick finished the nights atop the counts with 546,000. (Bit about the chip leader). Quick took the lead after making two pair and getting paid off twice late in the night. From there he leveraged his stack near the money bubble, pressuring his opponents and winning many hands without showdown. Quick is most closely followed by Jeremy Gaubert, who bagged 398,000.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Quick | United States | 546,000 | 91 |
| 2 | Jeremy Gaubert | United States | 398,000 | 66 |
| 3 | Ronald Inman | United States | 316,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Roger Javier | United States | 295,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Bobby Barbier | United States | 206,000 | 34 |
| 6 | William Scarsdale | United States | 195,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Corey Harrison | United States | 143,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Jacob Foley | United States | 134,000 | 22 |
| 9 | Zackary Poll | United States | 124,000 | 21 |
| 10 | Luke Martin | United States | 104,000 | 17 |
Notables to play the opening starting flight but fail to bag include Daniel Lowery, Preston McEwen, and Nicholas Rigby.
Day 1b starts tomorrow at noon while Day 1c begins the same day at 6:00 p.m. Unlimited reentries are permitted for both flights and the survivors from all three starting flights will combine for Day 2 on Sunday, October 5 to play down to a winner.
RGPS Grand Prix New Orleans Main Event Schedule
| Date | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 4 | 1b | 12:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 4 | 1c | 6:00 p.m. |
| Oct. 5 | 2 | 12:00 p.m. |
Stay tuned tomorrow to PokerNews for full coverage of what is sure to be a busy day as the RGPS Grand Prix series continues in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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546,000
101,000
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101,000 |
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398,000
398,000
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398,000 |
|
316,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
295,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
206,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
195,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
143,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
||
|
134,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
124,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
104,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Alexander Jones shoved for 53,000 from the small blind and Jacob Foley called from the big blind with a covering stack.
Alexander Jones: K♠10♣ 
Jacob Foley: A♠K♣
Foley stayed ahead with a dominating ace on the 7♠9♣J♥A♦2♠ runout to win the final hand of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 11 players left and the final ten advancing to Day 2, play is now hand for hand.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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Level 14
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of Q♥6♣9♠ and around 50,000 in the middle, Roger Javier checked from the small blind and Jacob Foley bet 25,000 from middle position. Trace Henderson called from the button and Javier folded.
Foley checked the 4♦ turn and Henderson shoved with a covering stack. Foley snap-called with his stack of 84,000.
Jacob Foley: 6♦6♥
Trace Henderson: K♠Q♠
Henderson was drawing dead with top pair against Foley's overpair and after the A♠ river Foley doubled up. Henderson was left with just over three big blinds and busted soon after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
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107,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 13
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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445,000 | |
|
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|
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358,000 | |
|
|
265,000 | |
|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
145,000 | |
|
|
140,000 | |
|
|
110,000 | |
|
98,000 | |
|
|
58,000 | |
|
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42,000 | |
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Busted | |
Level 13
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of K♥Q♥8♠3♦ and around 25,000 in the middle, Daniel Quick checked in the big blind and a player in middle position bet 10,000. Quick check-raised to 30,000 and his opponent called.
Quick bet 20,000 on the 6♥ river and his opponent called again. Quick showed K♦3♥ for two pair to take down another sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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405,000 | |
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