$600 Main Event Day 1bc | 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood San Diego

02-22-2025 18:47 UTC-8

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Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

02-22-2025 19:09 UTC-8

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Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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02-22-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Marino Goes Runner Runner

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Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up with Frankie Marino all in and at risk for his last 88,000 and his opponent had him at risk with the covering stack.

Frankie Marino: J♦10♣ All in
Opponent: K♣K♦

The board ran out 6♥9♣9♠Q♣8♠ and the river brought Marino a straight to stay alive as the flight nears its conclusion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie Marino	165,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Frankie Marino

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

02-22-2025 19:30 UTC-8

Kyle Frey and Ramon Ramil Eliminated on the Bubble By Di Wu

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Just one hand after getting his kings cracked, Kyle Frey moved in his last 60,000 from under the gun, prompting Di Wu to move all in from the hijack and Ramon Ramil moved all in from the button for 120,000.

Kyle Frey: 6♥6♦ All in
Ramon Ramil: A♠K♠ All in
Di Wu: 10♦10♠

The board ran out 7♥7♦2♣J♦5♠ and the tens and sevens were good for Wu to take down the pot and eliminate two players to bring the field down to 24.

Stay tuned for a flight recap and full chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Di Wu (CA)	480,000
Kyle Frey	Busted
Ramon Ramil	Busted

Tags: Di Wu Kyle Frey Ramon Ramil

02-22-2025 19:37 UTC-8

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiyuan Yang	748,000 524,000	524,000

Di Wu (CA)	480,000
Luis Medina	355,000 355,000	355,000
Jason Laughead	337,000 128,000	128,000
Chris Stallkamp	337,000 337,000	337,000
Farid Karimi	288,000 258,000	258,000
Chris Bremmer	285,000 285,000	285,000
Fabrice Lapeyre	267,000 57,000	57,000
Tavish Margers	266,000 156,000	156,000
David Lebhar	247,000 247,000	247,000
David Fernandez	236,000 236,000	236,000

Nan Chen	227,000 227,000	227,000
Derek Molnar	208,000 208,000	208,000
Ramon Mantuano	197,000 197,000	197,000
James Lawrey	180,000 49,000	49,000
Ken Kroumer	170,000 170,000	170,000
Frankie Marino	156,000 9,000	9,000
Hassan Dashtake	154,000 154,000	154,000
Astivan Batoo	109,000 109,000	109,000
Charles Lee (CA)	109,000 109,000	109,000
Kevin Petties	97,000 97,000	97,000
Steve Sharp	85,000 85,000	85,000
Aviran Parsha	85,000 85,000	85,000
Tong Champ	84,000 84,000	84,000

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02-22-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Yang Leads 24 From Day 1b in the Jamul Main Event

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The biggest individual flight of any tournament so far this stop, saw a total of 189 entrants play the second flight of the $600 Main Event which saw its $150,000 guarantee eclipsed. Only 24 of those players advanced onward into Day 2, to join the 15 from the prior flight’s survivors.

Leading the way is Qiyuan Yang, who bagged a massive stack of 748,000. Hailing from Oceanside, California, Yang had already final tabled one event earlier this week in the Deepstack. He finished in eighth place there and collected $1,115 for his finish. With his overall chip lead, he looks to make another run at a final table in the hopes to make his second ever RGPS cash a big one.

Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chip Count
1	Qiyuan Yang	748,000
2	Di Wu (CA)	480,000
3	Luis Medina	355,000
4	Jason Laughead	337,000
5	Chris Stallkamp	337,000
6	Farid Karimi	288,000
7	Chris Bremmer	285,000
8	Fabrice Lapeyre	267,000
9	Tavish Margers	266,000
10	David Lebhar	247,000

It was not a fortunate day for all as players like Anastasia Knapp, Rip Fritzer, Conrad Simpson, Corey Paggeot, and Anthony Bland all fell by the wayside. Tonight’s flight will be the one final flight for players to secure themselves a cash and a chance for the Main Event title.

The flight ended in Level 16 so that means that play will revert to the first flight’s end time. Play ended with 16:45 left in Level 15 in Day 1A, with blind at 4,000/8,000, with a 8,000 big blind ante. This will be the level the players will return to unless another flight ends earlier.

PokerNews coverage will now go on a break. Check back in later to see who bags up in the final flight.

Tags: Anastasia Knapp Anthony Bland Chris Bremmer Chris Stallkamp Conrad Simpson Corey Paggeot David Lebhar Di Wu Fabrice Lapeyre Farid Karimi Jason Laughead Luis Medina Qiyuan Yang Rip Fritzer Tavish Margers Yang Leads

02-23-2025 00:43 UTC-8

99 Entrants In Day 1c

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Coverage of the RGPS Jamul Main Event has begun again as the registration period in the final flight saw a total o 99 entrants come to play.

13 will bag up by the end of the night. The clock currently reads 27 as the 13th level of play begins.

02-23-2025 00:59 UTC-8

Some Chip Counts in Day 1c

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodney Danger	139,000 139,000	139,000
Ken Morey	121,000 121,000	121,000
Anastasia Knapp	93,000 93,000	93,000

Zackery Rodriguez	78,000 78,000	78,000
Smriti Dewari	74,000 74,000	74,000
Derrick Yamada	60,000 60,000	60,000