RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek $600 Main Event Day 1b | RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Seminole Coconut Creek

08-28-2021 16:46 UTC-4

Day 1b Eliminations

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Solange Lucas	Busted
Andrew Kaplan	Busted
Loni Hui	Busted

Fred Goldberg	Busted

Katerina Lukina	Busted
Jeffrey Silverstein	Busted
Tommy Bates	Busted
Lucas Tae	Busted
Frank Russo	Busted
Francis Margaglione	Busted

08-28-2021 16:52 UTC-4

McKoy Trying to Spin It Back Up

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player raised to 6,000 from early position, and Steven McKoy, who held the chip lead in the middle portions of the day, three-bet shoved for 19,500 in the small blind. The early-position player called.

Steven McKoy:
Opponent:

McKoy's aces held on a runout to give him a needed double,

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven McKoy	43,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Steven Mckoy

08-28-2021 16:59 UTC-4

Shawe Lays Down the Law on Duffield

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Larry Shawe limped in from under the gun, and a player in middle position raised to 7,500. George Duffield three-bet shoved for 22,000 in the small blind, and Shawe called. The middle-position player four-bet shoved with a covering stack, and Shawe snap-called for his 73,000 stack.

George Duffield:
Larry Shawe:
Opponent:

Shawe's trap worked to perfection after a runout left his kings in command, and he eliminated Duffield while doubling through the middle-position opponent at the same time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Shawe	185,000
George Duffield	Busted

Tags: George Duffield Larry Shawe

08-28-2021 17:07 UTC-4

It's the DiStefano Show!

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The small blind bet 17,000 into a pot of 35,000 on a board, and the big blind called. Vito DiStefano raised to 55,000 from the hijack, and the small blind quickly folded. The big blind stood up from his seat, agonizing over his decision.

"Lemme have this one," DiStefano told the big blind. A few moments ticked by, then the big blind folded, saying, "I had a good draw."

"You're supposed to call that!" DiStefano told his opponent while flipping over for a set of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vito DiStefano	285,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Vito Distefano

08-28-2021 17:12 UTC-4

More Day 1b Eliminations

BrandonTemple

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Conrad	Busted
Matt Sundberg	Busted
Justin Gardenhire	Busted
Paul Strohm	Busted
Jamie Kerstetter	Busted
Gerard Donaghy	Busted
Phillip Hui	Busted

Jon Stanfield	Busted
Anna Antimony	Busted
Ray Henson	Busted

Roy Cohen	Busted
Chad Graber	Busted
Matt Waxman	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

08-28-2021 17:27 UTC-4

Ounjian Gets There; Rivera Dusted

BrandonTemple

Level 14 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jon Ounjian was all in and at risk for 25,500 from the big blind with a flop on the felt, against a lone opponent in the cutoff.

Jon Ounjian:
Opponent:

Ounjian got unlucky when the turn gave his opponent a straight, but the river brought Ounjian back from the dead with a full house for the double.

Just before that, Eric Rivera was spotted standing from his seat, and quickly shared his bustout.

"Aces against ace-king. I raised, he three-bet, standard stuff. Flop king-king-three, goodbye!" Rivera was still in good spirits despite his elimination and was all smiles while watching the rest of the Day 1b action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Ounjian	75,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Jon Ounjian Eric Rivera

08-28-2021 17:35 UTC-4

Schwartz Fades a Bad Flop

BrandonTemple

Level 14 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player raised to 6,000 from middle position, and Brandon Schwartz three-bet to 20,000 in the hijack. The middle-position player called.

Action checked through an board, and Schwartz flipped over . Despite the two overcards, Schwartz was good, as the middle-position player could only muster up .

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Schwartz	110,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Brandon Schwartz

08-28-2021 17:36 UTC-4

Four More Hands

BrandonTemple

Level 14 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining field will play four more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening. Stay tuned for full chip counts as well as a full recap of the day's action.

08-28-2021 18:05 UTC-4

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

BrandonTemple

Level 14 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vito DiStefano	311,000 26,000	26,000

Theo Lawson	299,000 51,000	51,000
Mahmoud Masri	287,000 102,000	102,000
Raminder Singh	257,000 257,000	257,000
Luis Mantilla	248,000 131,000	131,000
Daniel Couzens	243,000 243,000	243,000
Bradley Grossman	242,000 242,000	242,000

Guillermo Reyes Cardoso	234,000 234,000	234,000
Francois Zayas	220,000 220,000	220,000
Mark Lafata	215,000 77,500	77,500
Alain Candales Falcon	215,000 131,000	131,000
Scott Baumstein	194,000 131,500	131,500

Scott Zakheim	187,000 187,000	187,000
Larry Shawe	177,000 -8,000	-8,000
Stuart McGeough	170,000 170,000	170,000
Anwar Shawn Mohamed	166,000 166,000	166,000
Dennis Howe	146,000 146,000	146,000
Michael Lind	146,000 31,000	31,000
Arthur Peevy	144,000 52,800	52,800
Robert Kessler	142,000 142,000	142,000
Paul Balzano	141,000 141,000	141,000
Timothy Miles	138,000 138,000	138,000
Did Not Report	138,000 138,000	138,000
Brandon Schwartz	133,000 23,000	23,000
Adam Mammon	128,000 128,000	128,000

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