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$1,200 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Jacksonville
$1,200 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Jacksonville
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,200
Prize Pool
$483,600
Total Entries
465
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
83
Players Left
11
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Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
It was an eventful day of poker in Day 1a of the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event.
A total of 83 runners made their way to bestbet Jacksonville with their eyes on a bag. However, after 13 levels of play, just 11 have punched their ticket to Sunday’s Day 2. They’re all fighting for a piece of the $300,000 guarantee, a bestbet trophy, and a coveted RGPS ring.
Leading the way from Day 1a is Bradley Beetz who used a late surge to bag an impressive 535,000.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Beetz | 535,000 |
| 2 | Matthew Hoffman | 389,000 |
| 3 | Cornelius Walker | 354,000 |
| 4 | David Trager | 193,000 |
| 5 | Shane Scorza | 186,000 |
| 6 | Terakun Karnchanakphan | 154,000 |
| 7 | Kristopher Burchfield | 132,000 |
| 8 | Nicholas Raio | 111,000 |
| 9 | Christopher McGarrah | 107,000 |
| 10 | Nick Costa | 83,000 |
| 11 | John Oneal | 62,000 |
Day 1a Highlights
Just 15 players were seated at the starting bell, but the tables quickly filled up and chips were flying from the very first hand.
Several notable players hopped into the action early, including Terakun Karnchanakphan, RunGood ambassadors Maggie Fox, Kristopher Burchfield, and Heather Alcorn, and 2023 RGPS Jacksonville champion Antwan Prince.
However, the most notable player to take their seat was none other than Ali Imsirovic. The high-stakes crusher with a checkered past got seated at the end of Level 3 and quickly built up a stack, including an impressive triple barrel bluff in a pot of almost 200 big blinds.
Imsirovic would enter the dinner break as the largest stack in the room. However, upon returning from dinner Imsirovic was nowhere to be seen and his chips were taken out of play. For the full story, please check out this article.
The field dwindled quickly as the bubble loomed around the end of Level 12, after Bradley Beetz scored a massive double knockout with top boat.
Shortly into Level 13 with the blinds at 2,000/3,000, hand-for-hand play began. After 8 hands, Shannon Scalice busted on the stone bubble after jamming pocket sevens into the top set of Shane Scorza.
Day 1a wrapped up with 10 minutes left in Level 13. The tournament will offer two more opening flights on Friday and Saturday, both at 12 p.m. local time. All surviving players will return on Sunday, May 4 at 12 p.m. to play down to a winner in the Day 2.
This tournament also features a multi-bag bonus. If a player bags twice, they will receive a $3,600 bonus along with a min-cash for the smaller of the two bags, and the higher bag will be in play for Day 2.
Remaining RGPS Jacksonville Full Schedule
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| May 2 | 12:00 PM | $1,200 Main Event 1B ($300,000 GTD) |
| May 2 | 6:00 PM | $280 Milestone Mega Main Event Satellite (10 Seats GTD) |
| May 3 | 12:00 PM | $1,200 Main Event 1C ($300,000 GTD) |
| May 4 | 12:00 PM | Main Event Day 2 |
| May 4 | 1:00 PM | $500 The bestbet 500 No-Limit Hold'em Ring Event |
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from the floor of the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Stay tuned for a recap of the day.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was picked up on the turn with around 55,000 in the middle in a hand between Shannon Scalice from the small blind and Shane Scorza from the cutoff.
With the board reading 10♣9♥3♠5♥, Scalice jammed for 52,000 and Scorza beat her into the pot as the slightly covering stack.
Shannon Scalice: 7♠7♦ 
Shane Scorza: 10♠10♥
Scalice was drawing dead to the 6♠ river as she hit the rail on the stone bubble.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
With the elimination of Danielle Chaput, play will continue hand-for-hand until another player is eliminated.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The final 13 players are going on a 15-minute break.
Play resumes in Level 13 with blinds at 2,000/3,000/3,000.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Pablo Valdivieso opened to 6,000 from middle position and Nicholas Raio called in the cutoff. In the small blind, Danny Clarkson jammed for 28,000. Bradley Beetz cold-called in the big blind, and the other two came along as well.
Four ways to the K♠9♥9♣ flop, Beetz checked to Valdivieso who bet 30,000, Raio folded, and Beetz called.
On the Q♥ turn, Beetz checked again to Valdivieso who jammed for around 45,000 and Beetz snapped it off.
Danny Clarkson: 6♠6♦
Pablo Valdivieso: K♥Q♠
Bradley Beetz: K♦K♣
Beetz had both opponents drawing dead to the river as he collected a massive one to bring the tournament to its final 13 players.
