RGPS Jamul Casino $575 Main Event | RunGood Poker Series All Stars Comeback Tour Jamul Casino

09-12-2021 10:07 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of the RunGood Poker Series Jamul Casino Main Event!

GeoffFisk

The opening-day flights are done, and it's now time to determine a winner in the RunGood Poker Series All-Stars Comeback Tour Jamul Casino Main Event.

The $575 buy-in tournament drew 425 entries, with the prize pool going well past the $100,000 guarantee. A total of $212,500 is on the line today at Jamul Casino in San Diego, CA, with 96 players vying for 54 spots on the payout ladder.

The eventual winner takes home $43,070, and the prestigious RG All-Stars ring. The tournament champion also gets a seat in the 64-player RGPS All-Stars ProAm at PokerGO Studio this December.

Day 2 sees big stacks like Shaun Davis (305,000), Lance Winsaft (238,500), Eric Brannon (236,000), Ronald Oeding (195,000), and Yary Hing (195,000) return with plenty of chips to play with.

Also among the final 94 players are names like Vito Distefano (169,500), Brian "Golden Blazer" Frenzel (167,000), Anthony Hunstman (143,000), Alex "AlexOptional" Green (116,500), Tyson Apostol (71,000), and Jamie Kerstetter (49,000) in contention for a tournament championship.

Today's action resumes at Level 13, with the blinds at 2,000/3,000/3,000. The levels increase to 45 minutes on Day 2, and the tournament will proceed until a champion is crowned.

Follow along with the PokerNews live blog for full coverage of the $575 Main Event, as the latest RunGood Poker Series champion is crowned!

Tags: Anthony Hunstman Eric Brannon Lance Winsaft Ronald Oeding RunGood Poker Series Shaun Davis Tyson Apostol Vito Distefano

09-12-2021 12:35 UTC-7

DiStefano Finds A Ten On The River

GeoffFisk

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

With piles in the middle and board reading , Vito DiStefano and Travis Speck got all the chips in.

DiStefano:
Speck:

Speck was ahead with his superior overpair but the hit the river and sent Speck to the rail.

Distefano rockets up the leaderboard and is now sitting on about 280,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vito Distefano	280,000 110,500	110,500

Travis Speck	Busted

09-12-2021 13:06 UTC-7

Valentine Eliminates Two Players With Big Slick

NicholasBaltz

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

3 players got their stacks in the middle preflop on table 6 with Marshall Valentine covering both.

Valentine:
Seat 4:
Seat 7:

The board ran out 10-high and Valentine sent two players to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marshall Valentine	175,000 147,000	147,000

Tags: Marshall Valentine

09-12-2021 13:17 UTC-7

Both Kerstetter and Tuchman Exit The Field

NicholasBaltz

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Poker Broadcasters Jamie Kerstetter and David Tuchman have both been eliminated from Day 2.

Kerstetter began the day with 49,000 and Tuchman 28,500 with each having work to do.

With only 10 bigs left Tuchman got a walk in the big blind with pocket aces, then open-shoved the next hand in the small blind and ran into a better kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Tuchman	Busted

Jamie Kerstetter	Busted

09-12-2021 13:23 UTC-7

Frenzel Goes Over 300k

GeoffFisk

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Brian Frenzel now has one of the bigger stacks in the room, resulting from massive pot in a pocket aces versus pocket tens matchup.

PokerNews caught the very end of the hand, with Frenzel tabling and his opponent showing . The board read , and Frenzel had the opponent slightly covered.