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$800 Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2026 RGPS Passport Atlantic City
$800 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2026 RGPS Passport Atlantic City
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$497,000
Total Entries
710
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
290
Players Left
36
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Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The third starting flight of the inaugural $800 RunGood Passport Season Atlantic City Main Event promised to be the biggest one yet, and it lived up to the billing as a massive field gathered inside the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa for Day 1c today.
Greg Himmelbrand ended up atop the leaderboard as 36 players survived out of 290 entries to secure their spots on Day 2 tomorrow. Himmelbrand, who already has nearly $2.8 million in live earnings, busted a player in a big pot when his ace-queen hit top pair against his opponents’ ace-king on his way to 1,175,000.
Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Himmelbrand | United States | 1,175,000 |
| 2 | Justin Bianco | United States | 1,068,000 |
| 3 | Michael Cheng | United States | 974,000 |
| 4 | David Lu | United States | 908,000 |
| 5 | Cenk Cerci | Germany | 783,000 |
| 6 | Nan Min | United States | 775,000 |
| 7 | John Alexander | United States | 739,000 |
| 8 | Joe Foote | United States | 703,000 |
| 9 | Yusuf Buber | United States | 668,000 |
| 10 | Nicholas Rigby | United States | 646,000 |
Justin Bianco is the other member of the million-chip club after cracking aces with two pair. He ended up with 1,068,000, while Michael Cheng (974,000) and Cenk Cerci (783,000) are also in the top five. David Lu earned the most spectacular double up of the day. Lu was all in for 445,000 with ace-king but ran right into MR’s two aces. With a potential chip-lead pot at stake, Lu flopped a miracle straight and ended the day with 908,000.
Nan Min scooped a three-way all in when she woke up with two queens. The poker nomad, who sold her home in New York last year to travel around playing poker, has cashed everywhere across the United States and even in the Bahamas and Brazil over the last year. She ended up with 775,000 in her pursuit of a RunGood Poker Series championship ring.
Other top stacks include Nicholas Rigby (646,000) and Chris Conrad (545,000), while PokerNews PokerStack runner-up Alberto Sabogali (207,000), WSOP November Niner Eric Buchman (147,000), MR (144,000), Christian Mazzarelli (121,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Eriquezzo (106,000) will also return tomorrow.
The 290 entries on Day 1c brought the field up to 593 through three starting flights. There are currently more than 100 players in the turbo Day 1d flight as the event went well past the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool. All surviving players will return tomorrow at noon local time for Day 2 already in the money. The action will pick up on the earliest finishing time from one of the opening flights, which is currently projected to be 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante.
The first-ever RGPS stop here at Borgata has already been a smashing success, and all that’s left is to hand out the championship ring tomorrow. Stay tuned as PokerNews returns to follow all the action down to a champion on Day 2.
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,175,000
235,000
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235,000 |
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1,068,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
974,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
908,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
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783,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
775,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
739,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
703,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
668,000
588,000
|
588,000 |
|
646,000
326,000
|
326,000 |
|
545,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
475,000 | |
|
458,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
392,000 | |
|
|
372,000 | |
|
|
369,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
317,000 | |
|
288,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
262,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
260,000 | |
|
257,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
252,000 | |
|
207,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
198,000 | |
|
|
191,000 | |
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Play has ended on Day 1c, and the remaining 36 players are bagging up their chips for the night.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Michael King was all in and at risk against Soukha Kachittavong again, this time for his last 63,000 in early position as Kachittavong looked to burst the bubble in the cutoff.
Michael King: K♥8♥ 
Soukha Kachittavong: J♥J♣
The A♦10♥J♦ flop gave Kachittavong a set, while King picked up a straight draw. The K♦ turn wasn't enough for King, and he failed to improve on the 2♣ river and was eliminated on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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250,000 | |
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Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Michael King moved all in for 60,000 in the cutoff and Soukha Kachittavong called in the big blind.
Michael King: K♦J♦
Soukha Kachittavong: 9♦9♠
The flop came A♦K♥J♥ to give King two pair and the lead. "That's a good start," King said, and the rest of the 2♣4♦ board earned him a double up.
"Nobody was rooting for you," a tablemate told King.
"That was my first good hand in like 40 hands," King added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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230,000
230,000
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230,000 |
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Another player was eliminated shortly after Paul Lam busted, bringing the field down to 37 players.
Action is going hand-for-hand until there is one more elimination.
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Paul Lam moved all in for 70,000 from middle position and Joe Foote called in the big blind.
Paul Lam: A♥K♥
Joe Foote: K♦Q♣
Lam had Foote dominated and was poised for the double up as the board came 2♠7♠4♥8♠, but Foote caught the Q♥ on the river to win the pot and send Lam to the rail three spots off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
A preflop raising war between David Lu and MR in the blinds ended with Lu all in for his last 445,000.
David Lu: A♣K♦
MR: A♥A♠
Lu had run right into aces as MR was poised to climb over 1,000,000 with this pot, but the Q♥J♠10♠ flop gave Lu the nut straight and the lead.
The rest of the board ran out 4♦J♦ and Lu earned the miracle double up. "I just lost a million-chip pot. Wasn't meant to be," MR said in resignation as he handed over most of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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900,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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50,000
410,000
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410,000 |
