Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2026 RGPS Passport San Diego
$600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 RGPS Passport San Diego
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$191,360
Total Entries
368
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
125
Players Left
15
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Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Maksim Tatarintsev is back in the field this week at Jamul Casino Resort, aiming to achieve a rare RunGood Poker Series feat. Back in 2024, Tatarintsev claimed victory in his first live tournament, earning $37,250 and a RGPS ring in the RunGood Resort San Diego $600 Main Event.
Last November, Tatarintsev did the improbable and won again to claim another ring along with $38,890 in the RGPS Grand Prix San Diego $600 Main Event.
Looking for a three-peat this weekend, Tatarintsev has already been running hot this week at the RGPS Passport stop including a fourth-place finish in the $300 PokerNews PowerStack event.
"I'm running good," the defending champion told PokerNews during a break in play. "I already have final table today, two final tables yesterday. So I mean, I'm still running good."
Tatarintsev credits a difficult final table in the PokerNews Powerstack event to help prepare him for another deep run in the Main Event. He has not only started playing more locally in San Diego, but has taken his game to new locations as well.
"I started some daily tournaments here in San Diego, I was in Vegas for the first time in December three months ago. I will come to the WSOP soon, so yeah, I mean it's helped me to play more."
"I'm still not a full-time player, so I'm just playing for fun, have a good base, and that's it."
Tatarintsev has built a solid stack to begin the first flight of the weekend, and the rest of the field is on notice.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
It took less than five levels for the $600 Main Event to pass the 100-entry mark, with three more levels of late registration still to come tonight.
Saturday will bring two more starting flights, as the tournament builds towards the $150,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Kyna England checked from the big blind on the A♥7♥A♣ flop, and Happy Spaulding checked back in the hijack.
England then led out for 1,000 on the 5♦ turn, and Spaulding made the call. England fired another 1,000 on the K♦ river, and Spaulding quickly raised to 4,000.
That produced a fold from England, and Spaulding raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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15,000
11,000
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11,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Players have been sent on the first 15-minute break of the night.
Late registration remains open for another four levels.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
The defending RGPS champion here in San Diego, Maksim Tatarintsev led from the small blind for 2,500 on the 6♣7♥4♠ flop. Craig Welko called in the hijack.
The 10♦ turn produced a pair of checks, and Tatarintsev led for 3,500 after the J♦ river. Welko raised to 11,500, and Tatarintsev made the call.
Welko showed A♦6♦ for a pair of sixes, while Tatarintsev tabled Q♣7♣ for a pair of sevens to add new chips to his stack before break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
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36,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Three-way action was down to two after Gianluca Pace and Noel Eicher committed 1,000 chips on the Q♠2♣Q♥ flop.
Pace led out from under the gun for 2,000 on the 10♥ turn, and Eicher called on the button. Both players then checked through the J♣ river.
Pace tabled J♥10♦ for two pair, but Eicher showed A♠J♠ for the same two pair with a superior kicker to earn the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | |
|
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29,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
After an early position limp, Joshua Royal raised to 1,000 in the cutoff. Gianluca Pace stuck in a call on the button, and Daniel Hughes three-bet to 5,000 in the big blind.
Royal was the only called to the 4♣8♣K♣ flop, where Hughes continued for another 5,000. That produced a fold from Royal, and Hughes collected the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | |
|
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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26,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
