$800 Main Event Day 1cd | 2026 RGPS Passport St. Louis

03-07-2026 20:47 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Koeln	940,000 290,000	290,000
Marty Kinder	250,000 80,000	80,000

Green Hits a Flush

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Nick Becker

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The player in early position limped and Ron Green checked back in the big blind.

The flop came 2♦K♠A♠, Green led out for 10,000, and early position made it 25,000 to go. Green made the call.

The 3♠ turn went check-check, as did the 6♠ river. Green turned over 10♠2♠ for a flush and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ron Green	230,000 230,000	230,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

03-07-2026 20:25 UTC-5

Borsky Sends Bryant to the Rail

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Nick Becker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

After running ace-king into aces, Eric Bryant was left with just a few big blinds. He then got it all in preflop from the big blind against Zdenek Borsky in early position in hopes of spinning it back up.

Eric Bryant: A♠2♥ All in
Zdenek Borsky: Q♠J♥

Borsky pulled ahead on the 3♣J♠9♥ flop, pairing his jack. He sealed the deal on the J♦ turn and the meaningless A♥ rolled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zdenek Borsky	150,000 150,000	150,000
Eric Bryant	Busted

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03-07-2026 20:15 UTC-5

Wald Wins Flip with Big Slick

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Nick Becker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Steven Wald open-shoved in early position for 51,000 to put himself at risk and was called by the player in the big blind.

Steven Wald: A♦K♠ All in
Big blind: 10♦10♣

It was a fair fight but Wald pulled ahead on the 5♦K♣6♣ flop, pairing his king. The turn landed the 4♦ and the river fell the 5♣, earning Wald the much-needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Wald	114,000

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03-07-2026 20:05 UTC-5

Bryant Keeps Climbing

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Nick Becker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Eric Bryant raised to 25,000 in middle position and the player in the cutoff called for less to put himself at risk.

Cutoff: Q♠J♦ All in
Eric Bryant: A♣10♦

The dealer made it easy for Bryant by putting out three aces on the A♥A♠A♦ flop. The meaningless K♠ and 2♥ completed the board and the pot was pushed Bryant's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bryant	285,000 60,000	60,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

03-07-2026 19:51 UTC-5

Some Updated Counts

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Koeln	650,000 400,000	400,000
Craig Welko	315,000 268,300	268,300
Jeff Wheeler	250,000 84,000	84,000
Eric Bryant	225,000 50,000	50,000
Wesley Jones	200,000 235,000	235,000
Lee Richardson	175,000 120,500	120,500
Roger Foley	155,000 119,000	119,000
Ryan Rogers	150,000 110,000	110,000
Jeff Copeland	Busted
Michael Miller	Busted
Dylan Crawford	Busted

03-07-2026 19:36 UTC-5

Marty Kinder Shares His Love of Poker with His Three Sons

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Nick Becker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

PokerNews caught up with Marty Kinder, patriarch of the Kinder family that includes his three sons - Kyle, Ryan, and Drew. He discussed his own poker background and how his kids started winning at a very young age.

"I enjoyed poker ever since I was a little kid and then I got into it obviously when Full Tilt, Party Poker and all that was going, got into it pretty heavy. Kyle and Ryan, my two oldest boys, both had four-figure scores online before they were 10, 12 years old, so we've always liked it. I don't know if that was the best parenting, but I can tell you they know their math pretty good."

When asked what it means to him to be able to travel locally and play tournaments together as a family, Kinder explained that it's very special to him.

"It's just great to be able to spend time with them. It's something we can do together. I got three boys. They're all good poker players, and, it's just nice to go on a trip and spend time with my boys, and I enjoy that quite a bit."

To settle the debate on who's the best poker player in the family, Kinder had a very diplomatic answer:

"I would say I'm fourth, but other than that, it's a tie for first."

Marty, Kyle, and Ryan all registered for Day 1c, and at the time of writing, pops is sitting with the biggest stack of the trio. Drew had other commitments to take care of, so he couldn't make it out this time around.

Tags: Marty Kinder

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000