Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Bay Area
$800 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Bay Area
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$450,100
Entries
643
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
264
Players Left
33
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Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Registration closes at the start of Level 9. The clock currently reads 138 entries in Day 1c, just one shy of yesterday's Day 1a at 139.
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
In the 890th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Kyna England talk about admitted poker cheat Ali Imsirovic being DQ'ed mid-tournament from an event in Florida. Was it the right thing to do?
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Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The players are going on another 15-minute break with the clock showing 145 entries.
Play resumes in Level 9 with blinds at 1,000/1,500/1,500.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A total of 150 entries were tallied for Day 1c, and 19 will bag for Day 2.
76 players remain with an average stack just under 60,000.
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action was picked up with the cards on their backs as Dennis Lee was all-in for his final 25,000 from under the gun.
Dennis Lee: 8♠8♥ 
Early Position: A♠Q♦
It was a coinflip scenario until the 10♠8♣5♥ flop gave Lee top set. His opponent was drawing dead on the 5♣ turn to the 2♥ river as Lee found the full double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player in middle position opened to 3,000 and Pat Lyons called in the hijack. The cutoff then three-bet to 11,000 and only Lyons called.
On the 9♦3♣2♣ flop, Lyons led all-in for 15,000 effective as the covering stack. The cutoff would tank for almost a minute before he shrugged and flicked in the call to put himself at risk.
Cutoff: A♠K♥
Pat Lyons: 7♥7♦
Lyons was in good shape to score a knockout until the A♣ landed on the turn to give his opponent the lead. The 4♦ river changed nothing as the WSOP bracelet winner took a dent to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 26th episode, Connor speaks with chess streamer and GGPoker ambassador Alexandra Botez about learning chess and poker from her dad, getting into streaming at Stanford, dealing with online trolls, creating content with her sister Andrea Botez and the similarities between chess and poker.
Botez also talked about winning $456,900 in a legendary 2022 Hustler Casino Live stream that included Phil Hellmuth, Mr. Beast and Ninja, as well as signing on as a GGPoker ambassador and securing two career-high cashes at World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise (she finished 60th in the $10,000 GGMillion$ Championship for $22,190 before finishing 187th in the $25,000 Super Main Event for $67,300).
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