2026 RGPS Passport Atlantic City

$400 PokerNews PowerStack
Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 RGPS Passport Atlantic City
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠a♥
Prize
$55,165
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$323,730
Total Entries
981
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
118
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 981
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PokerNews is not offering live coverage of this RunGood Poker Series event, but we will be keeping readers informed with updates on chip counts, core event statistics and player stories, including entries, prize pool, payouts, and final table hands. Scroll down to see more.

Final Ten Players Chip Counts

Shirley Ang
Shirley Ang
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja 		5,775,000
5,464,000
 5,464,000
Profile photo of Alberto Sabogali us
Alberto Sabogali 		5,625,000
5,174,000
 5,174,000
Profile photo of Anthony Cicali us
Anthony Cicali 		4,725,000
4,374,000
 4,374,000
Profile photo of Rajath Tangam us
Rajath Tangam 		4,725,000
4,463,000
 4,463,000
Profile photo of John McGuinness us
John McGuinness 		3,925,000
3,281,000
 3,281,000
Profile photo of Aaron Hendi us
Aaron Hendi 		3,400,000
2,787,000
 2,787,000
Profile photo of Thomas Laessig us
Thomas Laessig 		2,225,000
2,027,000
 2,027,000
Profile photo of Giuseppe Lomuscio us
Giuseppe Lomuscio 		2,000,000
1,545,000
 1,545,000
Profile photo of Cleiton Junior-Barbosa us
Cleiton Junior-Barbosa 		1,800,000
1,269,000
 1,269,000
Profile photo of Alex Paredes ec
Alex Paredes 		1,775,000
1,166,000
 1,166,000

Part-Time is a Good Time

Shirley Ang
Shirley Ang
John Mcguinness
John Mcguinness

PokerNews asked the floor to help choose candidates for interviews and the first to be introduced was John McGuinness.

“He’s fun,” the floor said.

Point Pleasant resident McGuinness describes himself as a part-time player. This, even though his Hendon Mob history literally begins with a second-place finish in the 2009 40th World Series of Poker $2,500 Mixed Limit/No Limit Hold'em event for $172,227.

McGuinness explains he is employed as a Process Server for legal matters; poker is a serious—though part-time—pursuit.

McGuinness is among the final 25 players in the $400 PokerNews PowerStack event, with $1,875 locked up. “I’m trying to make some money because I’m getting married next month,” he confides. Engaged to be married to his fiancée, April, McGuinness says, “I’m marrying April in April,” and suddenly the floor’s characterization rings true.

As Level 23 came to a close, McGuiness has a stack of just over 1 million chips. Action folded to McGuinness in the hijack and he raised to 125,000. The event chip leader in the big blind with over 3 million went into a mini-tank before folding.

McGuiness returned his cards to the dealer while pulling the pot, saying, “Man, I didn’t want to raise the chip leader’s blind. I really didn’t.”

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