2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Houston

$600 Main Event
Day: 1de
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Event Info
2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Houston
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥8♣
Prize
$51,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$269,000
Total Entries
538
Places Paid
49
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1de
Entries
337
Players Left
31
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Kemper Keeps Climbing

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Drake Kemper raised to 20,000 in middle position and was called by Charles Sims and Billy Seber in the blinds. The flop fell K♣8♦3♥ and Kemper continued with a bet of 45,000. Sims called and Seber stepped aside.

The J♣ landed on the turn and Sims checked to Kemper who announced all in. Sims shrugged as he called off his stack of around 150,000.

Charles Sims: K♠Q♥All in
Drake Kemper: A♥A♣

The river was the 5♠ and Kemper's pocket aces held up to send Sims to the rail.

Tags: Billy SeberCharles SimsDrake Kemper

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

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Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
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Trichel Goes for Thin Value

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Gage Trichel
Gage Trichel

Gage Trichel opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Aditya Batra called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of 9♦7♥5♦ and Trichel continued with a bet of 13,000 which Batra called.

The turn brought the 10♦ and Trichel fired out another bet of 24,000. Batra still called and the Q♦ on the river put four diamonds on the board. Trichel made a small bet of 13,000 and Batra looked him up. Trichel tabled Q♠10♠ for two pair and Batra couldn't beat it.

Tags: Aditya BatraGage Trichel

Yoon Donks the River

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading A♠J♦3♣10♣, William Preece tossed in a bet of 20,000 into a pot of around 45,000. Justin Yoon called from the small blind and the 4♠ hit the river.

Yoon donk-led with a bet of 60,000 on the river and Preece dipped into the tank. Nearly two minutes had passed and Preece finally relinquished his cards to the muck.

"It was either that or all in," Preece mumbled.

Tags: Justin YoonWilliam Preece

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Eliminations Post Registration Period

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Soskin Let's Everyone Know

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
David Soskin
David Soskin

Just before the last break, David Soskin found himself involved in one of the craziest hands of the tournament thus far. Replayed by Soskin himself, belting the action across the room, everyone was completely aware of what was going on as a crowd gathered around the table.

"I've got deuces! They never lose! Aces, kings, queens," Soskin pointed in the direction of each hand. That's right, four players got all of their chips in the middle preflop as one of the craziest coolers in poker.

One player had pocket aces, another had pocket kings, and another with pocket queens. And then there was Soskin who found his way in with pocket deuces.

"Deuuuucceee!!!" Soskin shouted. The board ran out 9x4x3x6x5x and Soskin rivered a straight with his deuces to claim one of the biggest stacks in the room.

In his own words, Soskin claims that he has contributed to half of the prize pool thus far with the number of times that he's visited the registration desk. Now the question remains: will he be able to find a bag for Day 2?

Tags: David Soskin

Level: 13

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

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