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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Kentucky
$800 Main Event
Day: 1ef
Event Info
2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Kentucky
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ef
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$424,200
Total Entries
606
Places Paid
74
Level
27
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
254
Players Left
31
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Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Action was heads up on a completed board showing 6♥3♠8♦J♥9♥, where Ray Parker bet 5,000 from the small blind. Shannon Willman moved all in, covering her opponent in early position.
Parker made the call for his stack of 16,000, and both hands were revealed.
Ray Parker: 8♠8♥ 
Shannon Willman: K♣K♦
Parker showed his set of eights, beating Willman's kings to secure the double-up. Willman was left short, as she racked up her remaining chips while being moved to another table.
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Michael Esquivel opened to 600 in early position, and Felix Borden called on his immediate left. James Decker was next to act and three-bet to 2,000, with Anthony Graham calling in the small blind.
Esquivel and Borden also came along to the 3♠9♥7♥ flop, where action checked around to Decker. He slid a bet of 3,500 into the middle, and all three opponents called.
The Q♥ turn produced checks around the table, and action repeated on the 5♦ river. Decker tabled 10♠10♦, but Graham showed J♣J♦ for a better pair to take the pot as Esquivel and Borden mucked.
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
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Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The $800 Main Event prize pool continues to climb, now passing $286,000 for the week with six more levels of late registration remaining in Day 1e before one final flight begins this afternoon.
This has established a new record in the state of Kentucky, beating a previous tournament at The Barrel Social Club earlier this year.
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action folded to Vernon Langston on the button, who raised to 600. Matthew Skaggs defended his big blind, and the 3♠J♦10♠ flop was fanned out.
Skaggs checked and Langston continued for 600. That was enough to take down the early pot, as Skaggs sent his cards into the muck.
At a nearby table, Richard Moscardelli raised to 500 from under the gun, finding a call from David Knuckles on the button. Moscardelli led out for another 500 on the J♠6♣9♥ flop, and Knuckles was quick to let his hand go.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Samuel Hicks checked the 4♣7♥3♦ flop from the big blind, with Christina Hicks and Chase Cocanougher both committing a 1,000 chip into the pot. Samuel Hicks called, and checked again on the 4♦ turn.
Christina Hicks fired a bet of 1,200, and Cocanougher was the only caller. Hicks bet again on the 4♠ river, this time for 2,300. Cocanougher replied with a raise to 6,000, seeing a fold from Hicks to earn the early pot.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With the early entries to begin Day 1e, the Main Event prize pool has officially climbed past the $250,000 guarantee.
The next benchmark will be the largest ever prize pool in Kentucky, which is likely to be met midway through the first day. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 9.
