$575 Main Event Day 1bc | RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs

10-12-2019 19:44 UTC-5

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Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

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10-12-2019 19:50 UTC-5

Derrick Contreras Wins RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs $300 PLO

MarkSlatcher

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

While PokerNews is only offering live updates from the RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs $575 Main Event, there have been several side events that played out earlier in the week.

One of them was the $300 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) tournament, which drew 43 runners and saw the top five players get paid.

Coming out on top to the tune of $4,192 was Derrick Contreras, who also snagged himself a championship Signature Ring.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Derrick Contreras	$4,192
2	William Reynolds	$2,592
3	Mark Treinen	$1,804
4	Mark Lafata	$1,399
5	Kristopher Burchfield	$1,193

Tags: Derrick Contreras William Reynolds

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

10-12-2019 20:11 UTC-5

Sibling Rivalry

MarkSlatcher

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The players at Horseshoe Council Bluffs are no stranger to Ryan and Tai Phan. The Omaha area is their home base and Ryan, the elder brother, has been racking up tournament results here and beyond since 2012. The third entry on his Hendon Mob page, in fact, is a fifth-place finish in the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event for $12,441.

In the past year or so, however, younger brother Tai has been showing equal aptitude, and skill, on the felt. Oh, and let us not forget results. In a year of tournament competition, Tai Phan has racked up $34,397 in prize money, including three cashes at RGPS events and two final tables for a combined haul of $21,616 from RunGood events alone.

By comparison, Ryan has $1,495,369 in lifetime tournament winnings; but how about just RunGood events? There, the numbers are fairly even. Ryan has cashed in five RGPS events for a combined $23,622.

Both brothers are in competition in Flight C and no doubt are playing for something better than cash--bragging rights.

Tags: Ryan Phan Tai Phan

10-12-2019 20:28 UTC-5

Ziskin Doubles and Then Some

MarkSlatcher

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With around 8,000 in the pot after the preflop action, three players saw a flop of . Papa Karn was first to act and he led for 2,500. Andy Ziskin, next to act, raised to 7,500. The player on Ziskin's left then moved all-in for 24,600.

Karn asked for a count and went into the tank. After about a minute, he decided to let his hand go. Ziskin casually made the call for less to put himself at risk.

Andy Ziskin:
Opponent:

Ziskin had a hammerlock on the hand with his opponent needing running straight cards to come from behind. The on the turn ended what little hope remained, with the river as just a formality.