button in SafariJosh Adkins Makes the Call of the Day to Challenge Phuong Ta For the Chip Lead on Day 1b of the RGPS Jacksonville Main Event
The final 16 players on Day 1b of the RunGood Poker Series Golden Expedition Jacksonville $1,200 Main Event headed off on a break as the clock went past midnight, still two spots away from the money. As soon as they returned, Josh Adkins sent a shockwave through the room.
Adkins was faced with a massive all-in shove on the turn against Igor Tretyakov. He ended up tanking for nearly 10 minutes before calling with two pair and a flush draw. Tretyakov could only show ace-high, and when the river came out safe for Adkins, the WPT champion had earned the double up that rocketed him up into contention for the top stack.
Adkins ended up with 551,000, but he and the rest of the field are looking up at Phuong Ta atop the leaderboard. Ta finished off Tretyakov with a set of sixes to burst the money bubble as he finished with 690,000 and the overall chip lead over the 14 players who survived the day.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phuong Ta | United States | 690,000 |
| 2 | Josh Adkins | United States | 551,000 |
| 3 | Ricky Patel | United States | 262,000 |
| 4 | Afnan Chowdhury | Bangladesh | 227,000 |
| 5 | Nikhil Sunku | United States | 221,000 |
| 6 | Mario Oliveira | United States | 217,000 |
| 7 | John O'Neal | United States | 206,000 |
| 8 | Dee Oakes | United States | 169,000 |
| 9 | Edward Mroczkowski | United States | 144,000 |
| 10 | James Brown | United States | 138,000 |
Ricky Patel (262,000), Afnan Chowdhury (227,000), and Nikhil Sunku (221,000) round out the top five after the event’s second opening flight. Other players advancing include John O’Neal (206,000), Edward Mroczkowski (144,000), and 2023 champion Antwan Prince (127,000), while Shannon Scalice joined her husband Mike in making it to Day 2 with 85,000.
Christina Gollins was the lone RunGood ambassador to take a shot at the ring and $300,000 guaranteed prize pool today, but her run was cut short in a hand against Thomas Burkett. Caleb Powell, Kelley Slay, and Leif Force were also among those sent to the rail today.
The 108 entries on Day 1b brought the total field up to 252 through two starting flights. There is still Day 1c tomorrow at noon local time, when another big field is expected to pack into the bestbet Jacksonville poker room. All surviving players then return for Day 2 on November 1 at noon, with the action picking up at the earliest finishing time from one of the starting flights. Day 1b went into Level 16 and past yesterday’s opening flight end time, which came with four minutes remaining in Level 15 with blinds of 3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow as players get one final shot at the championship ring on Day 1c, so be sure to return for all the updates.