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Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
2025 RGPS Mission RunGood St. Louis
$800 Main Event
Day: 2
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Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 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).
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Alexandra Botez by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
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Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Action was picked up with Keith Tomlinson and Mario Webster all in with Paul Reynolds putting both players at risk. The board was showing 3♥A♠6♥8♦7♥.
Keith Tomlinson: A♣Q♦ 
Mario Webster: A♦J♣
Paul Reynolds: A♥8♥
Reynolds who held the smallest ace was now well in front with two pair, and the nut flush draw to go with it. The river brought the 7♥ bring in the flush for Reynolds, giving him the pot and scoring the double knockout.
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Action was picked up with Keith Tomlinson all in for 73,000 and Mario Webster putting him at risk.
Keith Tomlinson: Q♥Q♦
Mario Webster: A♣J♠
Tomlinson had the best of it with his pocket queens, and once the board ran out Q♣6♣5♥2♦9♦ he improved to a set of queens to secure the double up.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was picked up with Iman Alsaden all in for 41,000, and Donald Dukate putting him at risk.
Iman Alsaden: A♠10♥
Donald Dukate: 8♥8♣
It was a race for Alsaden's tournament life, but when the board ran out J♠3♠9♥2♥5♣ the pocket eights of Dukate remained best, giving him the pot and eliminating Alsaden.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Fouad Fahsi raised to 18,000 from under the gun, and was called by the big blind Gregory Bertels.
After the flop came 6♥K♠K♦ Bertels checked to Fahsi who moved all in for his stack of 100,000, which Bertels quickly called to put Fahsi at risk.
Fouad Fahsi: A♦J♠
Gregory Bertels: K♥7♥
Bertels left Fahsi needing running cards after flopping trips, but the 5♥ on the turn left him drawing dead. The irrelevant 10♦ hit on the river to give the pot to Bertels with trip kings, eliminating Fahsi.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The record breaking Main Event in St. Louis has a $448,000 prize pool, with the top prize being a staggering $82,156.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $82,156 | 15-16 | $4,362 |
| 2 | $54,768 | 17-20 | $3,622 |
| 3 | $40,340 | 21-24 | $3,047 |
| 4 | $30,052 | 25-32 | $2,596 |
| 5 | $22,646 | 33-40 | $2,241 |
| 6 | $17,266 | 41-48 | $1,961 |
| 7 | $13,319 | 49-56 | $1,739 |
| 8 | $10,397 | 57-64 | $1,564 |
| 9-10 | $8,215 | 65-72 | $1,426 |
| 11-12 | $6,571 | 73-79 | $1,318 |
| 13-14 | $5,321 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action is officially underway in Day 2 of the record setting $800 Main Event
