RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Seminole Coconut Creek

RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek $600 Main Event
Day: 1b
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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 1b
Entries
314
Players Left
45
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Lucas Tae Wins RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek Event #2: $130 Opening Night

BrandonTemple
BrandonTemple
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: David ShifrelJason CastenKhaled AliLucas TaePedro PalacioTrung Tran

Cai Hits a Flush on Kegel

BrandonTemple
BrandonTemple
Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

As reported on by the excellent Seminole Coconut Creek Poker blog ran by @AlCantHang, Jessica Cai raised to 1,200 from the cutoff, and was called by Scott Zakheim on the button and Tim Kegel in the small blind.

Kegel bet 1,400 on the {k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop, and both Cai and Zakheim called.

Kegel bet 2,300 on the {j-Diamonds} turn, and only Cai called.

The {6-Spades} fell on the river, and Kegel fired 4,000. Cai called after a short stint in the tank, and Kegel showed {k-Spades}{9-Spades} for a flopped two pair. Cai was waiting with {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a flush, however, and she took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jessica Cai us
Jessica Cai 		46,900
Tim Kegel us
Tim Kegel
25,000

Tags: Jessica CaiScott Zakheim

Assorted Chip Counts From the Other Half

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BrandonTemple
Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vito DiStefano us
Vito DiStefano
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
109,500 32,000
Arthur Peevy us
Arthur Peevy 		93,500 31,000
Devin Batista us
Devin Batista 		83,500 -4,700
Nagui Yassa us
Nagui Yassa 		46,500 21,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins 		46,500 -5,000
Roberto Bendeck us
Roberto Bendeck 		36,200 200
Howard Mash us
Howard Mash
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 19,500
Michael Larkin us
Michael Larkin 		34,800 5,300
Francis Margaglione us
Francis Margaglione
31,700 11,700
Jeffrey Silverstein us
Jeffrey Silverstein 		21,700 2,700
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein 		21,700 5,700
Chris Conrad us
Chris Conrad 		20,000 12,000
Matt Sundberg us
Matt Sundberg 		20,000 -13,700
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson 		20,000
Katerina Lukina cz
Katerina Lukina 		17,800 -1,800
Rob Mariano us
Rob Mariano 		16,700 -3,300
Loni Hui us
Loni Hui
WSOP 2X Winner
10,000 -5,700
Solange Lucas us
Solange Lucas 		6,500 -10,600

Cohen Doesn't Back Down

BrandonTemple
BrandonTemple
Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The big blind led out for 2,100 on a {j-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop, and a player in middle position folded. Roy Cohen raised to 7,000 in the cutoff, and the big blind called.

The big blind jammed for 15,300 on the {2-Spades} turn, and Cohen wasted little time making the call.

Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Roy Cohen: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

The big blind threw his hands up in exasperation at the sight of Cohen's hand, and headed out the door when the {9-Hearts} peeled off on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Roy Cohen us
Roy Cohen 		70,000

Tags: Roy Cohen

Assorted Chip Counts From Half the Room

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BrandonTemple
Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Steven McKoy us
Steven McKoy 		117,000 14,400
George Duffield us
George Duffield
72,000 10,000
Michael Lind us
Michael Lind 		69,700 11,500
Eric Rivera us
Eric Rivera 		46,000 6,300
Lisa Teebagy us
Lisa Teebagy 		32,500 12,000
Gerard Donaghy us
Gerard Donaghy
24,500 -9,500
Tommy Bates us
Tommy Bates
24,000 1,500
Lucas Tae us
Lucas Tae 		20,000 -1,000
Anna Antimony us
Anna Antimony 		20,000
Paul Strohm us
Paul Strohm 		16,500 -11,000
Frank Russo us
Frank Russo 		11,500 -32,700
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
10,100 -1,300
Andrew Kaplan us
Andrew Kaplan 		9,900 -5,600

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Donaghy Takes From Hui

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BrandonTemple
Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Gerard Donaghy in Day 1a action
Gerard Donaghy in Day 1a action

Gerard Donaghy checked a {4-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{8-Spades} flop from middle position, and Phillip Hui bet 1,200 next to act. Donaghy check-raised to 5,000, and Hui called.

Donaghy bet 10,000 on the {3-Hearts} turn, and Hui, who had 11,400 left in his stack, tanked for a few moments before flashing a card to Donaghy and folding.

Player Chips Progress
Gerard Donaghy us
Gerard Donaghy
34,000 10,700
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
11,400 -8,600

Tags: Gerard DonaghyPhillip Hui

Yassa Pips Sundberg For a Dub

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BrandonTemple
Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Nagui Yassa
Nagui Yassa

After a raise to 2,500 and two calls, Nagui Yassa three-bet shoved for 8,800 in the cutoff. Matt Sundberg four-bet jammed for 42,100 in the small blind, chasing out the remaining players.

Nagui Yassa: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Matt Sundberg: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Sundberg's kicker problem would fail to be resolved on a {5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{9-Spades} runout, and Yassa nearly tripled up.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Sundberg us
Matt Sundberg 		33,700 -17,500
Nagui Yassa us
Nagui Yassa 		25,500

Tags: Nagui YassaMatt Sundberg

A Pair of Late Arrivals

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BrandonTemple
Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Phillip Hui
Phillip Hui

Two big names have recently registered for the tournament, and both are champions in different fields. Phillip Hui was first to jump in, and Hui's poker accomplishments include two WSOP Gold Bracelets, the most recent of which was the 2019 WSOP Event #58: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship, where he earned a seven-figure payday of $1,099,311 for his victory.

Also in the field is "Boston" Rob Mariano, who according to his personal website, is the first and only six time participant on the hit CBS show, Survivor, and he won the title of “Sole Survivor” on the show’s 22nd season “Survivor: Redemption Island”. He’s also appeared twice on The Amazing Race, along with his wife Amber, winner of “Survivor: All-Stars” (2004).

The two players add to an already packed field of over 250 players, with 90 minutes left to go in the registration period.

Player Chips Progress
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
20,000 20,000
Rob Mariano us
Rob Mariano 		20,000 20,000

Tags: Phillip HuiRob Mariano

Bendeck Wrecks One

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BrandonTemple
Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Roberto Bendeck raised to 1,300 from the cutoff, then called when the button three-bet shoved for 8,800.

Opponent: {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Roberto Bendeck: {a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

"Gimme a ten!" Bendeck's opponent said, but one would fail to materialize on the {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop. The button did pick up a gutshot, but improved no further on the {2-Diamonds} turn and {7-Spades} river to bust.

Player Chips Progress
Roberto Bendeck us
Roberto Bendeck 		36,000 36,000

Tags: Robert Bendeck

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