2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Aruba

$400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Aruba
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$100,000
Total Entries
78
Players Left
8
Average Chip Stack
71,250
Total Chips
570,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
78
Players Left
8
Players Left 8 / 78
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Level: 5

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

First Break

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The players have been sent on their first 10-minute break of the day with the clock reading 63 entries, among which about 42 remain.

Play resumes in Level 5 with blinds of 400/800.

Fireworks Erupt between Helpard and Sengphet After Cooler Flop

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
David Helpard
David Helpard

David Helpard from middle position and La Sengphet from the small blind were tangled in a three-bet pot with about 5,500 in the middle preflop.

With the flop reading A106, a series of raises resulted in Sengphet's 43,000 stack finding its way into the middle, and she was at risk against Helpard.

La Sengphet: AQ All in
David Helpard: 1010

It was a cooler scenario, with Helpard flopping middle set against the top pair and nut flush draw of Sengphet. However, the board would run out 28, leaving the set of tens best for Helpard to take out Sengphet.

Sengphet, who just a won a large Seniors tournament in Austin, Texas a few days ago, wished her opponents farewell on her way to the rebuy desk.

"That sh*t might work in the Seniors tournaments," Helpard joked, "But don't try that here."

Tags: David HelpardLa Sengphet

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Blind Hand Goes Awry for Bolger

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Malcolm Bolger
Malcolm Bolger

After just scooping a pot, Malcolm Bolger decided to play the next hand blind from early position, finding himself tangled with Zhivko Yovchev on the button and the big blind.

On the 976 flop, it checked to Yovchev who bet 7,000. At this point, Bolger decided to peek at his cards, and he announced all in as the covering stack, and Yovchev quickly called off his roughly 19,000 stack.

Zhivko Yovchev: 76 All in
Malcolm Bolger: K3

Yovchev flopped two pair with the six-seven, while Bolger had a flush draw. The J turn kept Yovchev in the lead, and Bolger could not find a spade on the 4 river, sending doubling chips in the direction of Yovchev.

Tags: Malcolm BolgerZhivko Yovchev

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Early Faces in the Field

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The field has hit 40 entries nearing the end of Level 2.

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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