RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Seminole Coconut Creek

RGPS Seminole Coconut Creek $600 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Cai Hits a Flush on Kegel

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

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: David ShifrelJason CastenKhaled AliLucas TaePedro PalacioTrung Tran

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Conrad Rivered By Nolin

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Chris Conrad in previous action
Chris Conrad in previous action

Chris Conrad was all in for 13,200 from the button, and Michael Lind had called in middle position. Joseph Nolin jammed over the top for 38,000 in the hijack, and Lind eventually folded.

Chris Conrad: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Joseph Nolin: {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

Conrad pulled ahead on the {6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop, and while he improved further on the {3-Spades} turn, Nolin actually picked up outs to a straight. Sure enough, the {4-Spades} river fell to give Nolin a straight, and Conrad headed to the cage to fire another bullet with registration nearing an end.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Nolin us
Joseph Nolin
65,200
65,200
65,200
Michael Lind us
Michael Lind
63,000
-6,700
-6,700
Chris Conrad us
Chris Conrad
20,000

Tags: Chris ConradJoseph NolinMichael Lind

Stanfield Uses His Image

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Alain Candales Falcon raised to 2,000 from early position, and was called by Mark Lafata next to act, as well as Eric Rivera in middle position. Jon Stanfield three-bet shoved for 14,900 from the cutoff, and Falcon and Lafata folded.

"You folded to me nine times!" Rivera told Stanfield. "Your patience...has been rewarded. Big fold!" Rivera then released his hand.

"Show one time?" Rivera asked Stanfield, who simply mucked.

"I had tens," Lafata told Stanfield, who laughed and teasingly said "You guys are playing terrible poker!" with a grin.

Player Chips Progress
Alain Candales Falcon us
Alain Candales Falcon
73,400
11,400
11,400
Eric Rivera us
Eric Rivera
72,000
26,000
26,000
Mark Lafata us
Mark Lafata
48,000
35,800
35,800
Jon Stanfield us
Jon Stanfield
22,900

Tags: Alain Candales FalconEric RiveraJon StanfieldMark Lafata

Silverstein Can't Catch Berkenfeld

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Jefferey Silverstein in Day 1a action
Jefferey Silverstein in Day 1a action

Jeffrey Silverstein bet 2,000 from middle position on a {3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} flop, and Brandon Berkenfeld jammed for 14,100 on the button. Silverstein confirmed the amount, then called.

Brandon Berkenfeld: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Jeffrey Silverstein: {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Silverstein shook his head when the {a-Hearts} fell on the turn, robbing him of a few outs, and the {7-Hearts} river forced him to pay off the double to Berkenfeld.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Berkenfeld us
Brandon Berkenfeld
36,000
Jeffrey Silverstein us
Jeffrey Silverstein
21,700

Tags: Jeffrey Silverstein

RGPS Heads West in September for Return Visit to San Diego's Jamul Casino

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Jamul Casino
Jamul Casino

The newly revamped RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) “All-Stars Comeback Tour Powered by PokerGO” season will be heading back out West in September for a return trip to Jamul Casino in San Diego, California. PokerNews will be on-site to offer live updates from the $575 buy-in Main Event.

The Jamul Casino stop in early June saw record-breaking numbers including a 558-entry Main Event field. 65-year-old retired Navy veteran Armando Mesina, who a month earlier won the MSPT Sycuan $360 Regional Event for $33,329, won the tournament for $25,175 after a rare nine-way final table deal.

The latest series will feature more tournament tables that will run from September 7-12. The San Diego Card Sharks logo will be filling the room up once again as the tour plans on bringing more giveaway items to promote the All-Stars ProAm event at the PokerGO Studio in December.

Fan-favorite events like the $135 Guest Bounty and $185 DeepStack ring events will return alongside the Seniors Ring Event moved from Sunday to Tuesday. The property will be catering a casual “Welcome Back Party” at Loft 94 which will begin at 5:30 p.m. PT on September 7th.

RGPS Jamul
RGPS Jamul

Tags: Armando Mesina

Break Time; Registration Closing

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Players are off on a fifteen-minute break. When they return, registration for the RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Seminole Coconut Creek $600 Main Event will come to a close.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Assorted Chip Counts From Half the Room

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chad Graber us
Chad Graber
127,500
Eric Rivera us
Eric Rivera
79,000
7,000
7,000
Michael Lind us
Michael Lind
74,800
11,800
11,800
George Duffield us
George Duffield
73,500
1,500
1,500
Joseph Nolin us
Joseph Nolin
70,600
5,400
5,400
Steven McKoy us
Steven McKoy
65,000
-52,000
-52,000
Mark Lafata us
Mark Lafata
64,000
16,000
16,000
Alain Candales Falcon us
Alain Candales Falcon
64,000
-9,400
-9,400
Nancy Birnbaum us
Nancy Birnbaum
63,500
Jessica Cai us
Jessica Cai
55,000
8,100
8,100
Lisa Teebagy us
Lisa Teebagy
52,500
20,000
20,000
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
33,100
13,100
13,100
Jon Stanfield us
Jon Stanfield
29,000
6,100
6,100
Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
21,500
21,500
21,500
Tommy Bates us
Tommy Bates
16,000
-8,000
-8,000
Chris Conrad us
Chris Conrad
15,400
-4,600
-4,600
Jeffrey Silverstein us
Jeffrey Silverstein
14,500
-7,200
-7,200
Lucas Tae us
Lucas Tae
14,000
-6,000
-6,000
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