RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Seminole Coconut Creek

RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek $600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Seminole Coconut Creek

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$45,456
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$275,070
Entries
519
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
205
Players Left
29

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Baumstein Bounces One Out

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Scott Baumstein in previous action
Scott Baumstein in previous action

Scott Baumstein was all in for 18,400 preflop after three-bet shoving over a raise to 1,500 and a few callers, and only a player in middle position stuck around, committing their last 15,000.

Opponent: {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Scott Baumstein: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

Baumstein's eights held on a {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{j-Spades} board, and he eliminated his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
39,000 21,500

Tags: Scott Baumstein

Four-Way Dance Benefits Silverstein and Spinder

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player raised to 2,000 from under the gun, and Jeffrey Silverstein called next to act. Greg Spinder three-bet shoved for 11,300 in middle position, and the cutoff called off for 5,800. The under-the-gun player then four-bet shoved, and Silverstein instantly called for 58,200 total.

Cutoff: {10-Spades}{9-Spades}
Greg Spindler: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Jeffrey Silverstein: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Under-the-gun: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Spinder held on the {3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop, but the {k-Diamonds} turn gave the under-the-gun player a host of outs, as any jack or diamond would ship the entire massive pot their way. A harmless {5-Clubs} hit the river, however, and Spinder nearly quadrupled up, while Silverstein won a monster side pot with his queens.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Silverstein us
Jeffrey Silverstein
93,800 81,100
Greg Spinder us
Greg Spinder
40,600 17,600

Tags: Greg SpinderJeffrey Silverstein

Chip Counts From Half the Room

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eric Landau us
Eric Landau
96,000 1,000
Jose Reyes us
Jose Reyes
64,000 37,000
[Removed:286] us
[Removed:286]
61,800 -3,200
Howard Mash us
Howard Mash
WSOP 1X Winner
59,600 40,100
Andrew Kaplan us
Andrew Kaplan
55,000 -3,000
Mark Dube us
Mark Dube
50,600 16,200
Charles Lees us
Charles Lees
42,200 3,200
Matt Sundberg us
Matt Sundberg
33,000 -8,000
Mark Lafata us
Mark Lafata
27,000 -6,000
Allen Kerlin us
Allen Kerlin
26,500
Steve Olivier us
Steve Olivier
23,500 2,000
Mark Hodge us
Mark Hodge
12,400 7,500
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
7,100 -5,300

Lucas Tae Wins RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek Event #2: $130 Opening Night

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Lucas Tae
Lucas Tae

While our live updates this weekend are focused on the $600 Main Event, this tournament is actually the culmination of a week's worth of tournaments.

Earlier this week, Event #2: $130 Opening Night Ring Event more than doubled its $10,000 guarantee as 211 runners generated a $20,678 prize pool. The top 27 finishers got paid including Nick Visconti (10th - $434), Wade Hinds (14th - $372), Barry Chazen (16th - $310), Jason Casten (19th - $248), Maxton Goncalves (23rd - $191), and Mark Brannick (26th - $154).

The title came down to Lucas Tae and Kimani McKoy, and the two battled in a lengthy heads-up affair. Ultimately it was Tae, a WSOP Circuit ring winner, who prevailed to claim a $5,028 first-place prize. The win came a month after he finished runner-up in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event #7: $200 NLH Big Stack for a career-high $37,055.

For more on Event #2, check out the Seminole Coconut Creek blog here.

RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek Event #2 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Lucas Tae$5,028
2Kimani McKoy$3,487
3Justin King$2,119
4Trung Tran$1,289
5Khaled Ali$996
6Rafael Lima$825
7David Shifrel$703
8Pedro Palacio$602
9Joseph Eder Johnson Jr$502

Tags: Lucas Tae

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Kaplan Cuts Down Big Slick

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Three players were involved on the turn of a {k-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} board, and the big blind checked over to a player from under the gun, who bet 5,300. Andrew Kaplan called in the cutoff, and the big blind folded.

The under-the-gun player bet 10,000 on the {5-Hearts} river, and Kaplan twirled two 5k chips around in his hands before eventually tossing them to the felt for a call. The under-the-gun player showed {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for a pair of kings, but Kaplan had that beat with {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for two pair, and Kaplan earned the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Kaplan us
Andrew Kaplan
58,000

Tags: Andrew Kaplan

[Removed:294] Stymies Polychronopoulos

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Athanasios Polychronopoulos in WSOP action
Athanasios Polychronopoulos in WSOP action

A player raised to 1,500 from middle position, and was called by two-time WSOP Bracelet winner Athanasios Polychronopoulos in the small blind and [Removed:286] in the big blind.

Action checked to the middle position player on an {a-Spades}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs} flop, and they bet 3,000. Both Polychronopoulos and [Removed:294] called.

The {4-Spades} turn was checked through to the {k-Clubs} river, and Polychronopoulos checked. [Removed:294] bet 5,000, and the middle position player folded. Polychronopoulos took his time, but ultimately folded as well.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:286] us
[Removed:286]
65,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
12,400 -12,100

Tags: Athanasios Polychronopoulos

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