Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The remaining players are going on another 15-minute break. This is the last change for reentries as registration will be closed at the start of the next level.
2025 RGPS Grand Prix Tunica II
$600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 RGPS Grand Prix Tunica II
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$328,950
Entries
645
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
184
Players Left
23
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Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
There were four players who headed to a flop of Q♦8♦3♠ and the big blind led out with a bet of 10,000. Rob Lemke jammed all in for 14,200 on his left. Kevin Broadway called from a couple of seats over aand Matthew Doyle also called on the button. The big blind completed and the A♥ landed on the turn.
The big blind ripped all in for his last 14,300 which got Broadway to fold. Doyle called and the three remaining hands were tabled.
Rob Lemke: A♦9♦
Big Blind: Q♣5♣
Matthew Doyle: Q♥9♥
The river was the 8♣ which meant the big blind and Doyle chopped the side pot. Lemke, however, scooped the main pot which quadrupled his stack from the start of the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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62,500 | |
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48,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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38,000
52,000
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52,000 |
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
In a three-bet pot, Adam Byars was heads-up with the player on his left. The dealer fanned a flop of 8♥7♥6♣ and the two players exchanged some raises before all of chips got in the middle with Byars at risk for a little over 45,000.
Adam Byars: 7♣7♦
Opponent: Q♥Q♦
Byars flopped a set of sevens to leave his opponent drawing to just two outs. The J♣ and 4♦ runout changed nothing and Byars held on for a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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115,000
115,000
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115,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Joshua Butler is quite familiar with collecting prize money and participating in winner’s interviews - but not when it comes to poker. The Alabama native is an accomplished professional bass fisherman who, until September, had only competed in two other live tournaments in his life. He got his first taste of glory on the felt by defeating Hamid Izadi heads-up to take down the RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix Tunica Main Event, earning $49,282 and the coveted RGPS ring.
The two-day event featured a $600 buy-in and attracted 627 entries, with only 76 players returning to Horseshoe Tunica here along the banks of the Mississippi River for the final day of action. Butler captured the lion’s share of the $326,040 prize pool, which crushed the $200,000 guarantee that was advertised.
2025 RGPS Grand Prix Tunica Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Butler | United States | $49,282* |
| 2 | Hamid Izadi | United States | $40,000* |
| 3 | Chris Kennedy | United States | $40,000* |
| 4 | Jamie Kizer | United States | $21,897 |
| 5 | Nathan Morton | United States | $16,497 |
| 6 | Cody Stanford | United States | $12,577 |
| 7 | Brian Durr | United States | $9,704 |
| 8 | Dylan Crawford | United States | $7,579 |
| 9 | Teresa Lammie | United States | $5,992 |
*Denotes three-way deal
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Moneymaker opened to 2,400 from under the gun and picked up a couple of callers. Nicholas Rigby three-bet to 15,300 out of the big bling and Moneymaker shoved all in as the big stack. The action folded back to Rigby who quickly called off his stack of 56,600.
Nicholas Rigby: A♥K♠
Chris Moneymaker: J♠J♥
It was a classic coin flip and the flop of A♠6♥5♠ put Rigby in the lead with a pair of aces. The turn was the 8♠ which also gave Rigby the better of the two flush draws. However, it was the J♦ on the river that gave Moneymaker a set of jacks and sent Rigby to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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155,000
114,000
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114,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
There were three players in the hand on a flop of 10♥8♠6♣. Jason Rogers threw in a bet of 3,000 and was called by Chad Link in the cutoff. The big blind check-raised all in for 24,400 which got Rogers to fold.
"I've gotta be way behind," Link said as he contemplated his decision. "You must be good." Link eventually threw in the chips to call and found out that he was actually ahead.
Opponent: Q♦9♦
Chad Link: 10♠9♠
The A♣ on the turn changed nothing and the 10♦ on the river improved Link to trip tens. After the elimination, Link stacked up the pot and is now one of the largest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
224,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
There was an all-in from early position for 9,800 and Cody Stanford just called in middle position. The rest of the table folded which brought a shock to Stanford.
"Ya'll have been check-raising and bluffing. Nobody folds on this table! What's going on?" Stanford question before turning over his premium.
Opponent: Q♠Q♣
Cody Stanford: A♠A♦
Stanford was well out front but the flop of Q♥9♦8♦ hit the felt and his opponent took the lead with a set of queens.
"I think an ace is coming," another player predicted at the table.
It wasn't on the turn as the 3♦ rolled off but the river brought the A♥ which sent the table in gasps. Stanford made a set of aces and sent his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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76,500
46,500
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46,500 |
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Albert Allen raised to 2,100 in middle position and picked up four callers along the way. The flop came K♣4♥2♣ and Allen continued with a bet of 3,200. Dylan Crawford was the only player to call from the big blind.
The turn was the 9♥ and Crawford check-called another bet of 4,400 from Allen. The J♠ completed the board and Crawford checked once more. Allen flicked in a bet of 10,000 and Crawford dumped his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,000 | |
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46,000
5,000
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5,000 |
