Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Three players limped in before Francis Margaglione, who recently earned the largest score of his career at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood for $293,510, raised to 1,100 from the small blind, Only Jeffrey Silverstein made the call in middle position.
Margagilione bet 1,000 on the ![]()
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flop, and Silverstein raised to 2,000. Margagilione called.
Margagilione checked the
turn, and Silverstein bet 5,000.
"What did you limp with?" Margagilione asked Silverstein while shuffling his cards in his hand. Margagilione folded after a few more seconds, and Silverstein smirked, then revealed ![]()
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"I knew you limped with something strong!" Margagilione said with a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,000 | |
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23,200 |
Matt Sundberg, who is off to a strong start with more the double the starting stack already, raised to 400 from the hijack, and was called by Julio Fernandez in the cutoff. The small blind three-bet to 2,300, and Frank Russo cold-called in the big blind. Sundberg tagged along with a call, while Fernandez folded.
The small blind checked the ![]()
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flop, and Russo wasted little time in throwing out a bet of 7,400. Sundberg and the small blind folded, and Russo picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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26,000
6,000
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6,000 |
David Coughlin raised to 400 from the hijack, and the cutoff made the call, as did Howard Mash in the small blind. Trung Tran three-bet to 2,500 from the big blind, and Coughlin, the cutoff, and Mash all called.
Mash checked the ![]()
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flop to Tran, who bet 2,000. Coughlin and the cutoff called, while Mash folded.
Tran bet 3,000 on the
turn, and only Coughlin called.
The
fell on the river, and Tran checked. Coughlin pushed his entire 14,000 stack into the middle, and Tran, who had 11,000 behind, spent half-a-minute in thought before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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34,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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19,500
19,500
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19,500 |
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11,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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.
It all started earlier in the week with Event #1: $250 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry), a tournament that easily surpassed its $25,000 guarantee as 376 runners generated a $77,080 prize pool. The top 49 players got paid a minimum of $366 and some of those walking away with a cash were Joe Duchman (10th - $1,341), Isolda White (20th - $771), and Scott Baumstein (26th - $540), just to name a few.
After Mark Cannon exited in third place for $7,194, the final two players ended the tournament with an even chop. Lisa Teebagy finished as runner-up while David Alberston, who had the chip lead, claimed the title and RGPS championship ring.
For more on Event #1, check out the Seminole Coconut Creek blog here.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Albertson | $13,585 + RunGood Ring* |
| 2 | Lisa Teebagy | $13,584* |
| 3 | Mark Cannon | $7,194 |
| 4 | Stephen Smith | $4,756 |
| 5 | Eric Piderit | $3,661 |
| 6 | John Holley | $3,033 |
| 7 | Brandon Schwartz | $2,540 |
| 8 | Pedro Palacio | $2,067 |
| 9 | Mark Lafata | $1,598 |
*Denotes results of heads-up deal

Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Michael Wadlow had just finished gathering up the remnants of a big double-up in the opening level, and Vito DiStefano was kind enough to share details of Wadlow's good fortune.
With a pot of 6,000 already built up and a ![]()
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board on the felt, Wadlow checked from the small blind, and his opponent in the cutoff bet 5,200. Wadlow jammed for 14,800 and the cutoff called.
Michael Wadlow: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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Wadlow's overpair held against the top-top of his opponent when a harmless
plunked off on the river, and Wadlow doubled up before the end of the opening level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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39,000 |
Kyle Lazzaro raised to 300 on the button, and Steve Olivier three-bet to 900 from the small blind. Lazzaro called.
Olivier checked the ![]()
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flop to Lazzaro, who bet 600. Olivier called.
Both players checked the
turn, and Lazzaro flicked out a single 1k chip on the
river. Olivier called, showing ![]()
, but Lazzaro held the winner with ![]()
to earn the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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22,000 | |
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18,600 |
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20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 |