2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Reno

$600 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Reno

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$29,092
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$150,000
Entries
291
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
33
Players Left
1

$600 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Billy Casey Wins RGPS Reno Main Event at Atlantis Casino For $29,092!

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Billy Casey
Billy Casey

A total of 291 players came out to play the RunGood Poker Series Reno $600 Main Event at Atlantis Resort in Reno, Nevada. Though all had eyes on the $150,000 prize pool, only 33 survived long enough to see a piece of it, as they returned to play for the prize today.

As the dust settled, it was Billy Casey who ended up as the newest RGPS Main Event champion, taking home $29,092 for his efforts and his very first ring.

“I feel like a winner,” the newest member of the RGPS champions club said with a big smile on his face. “All my grandkids have gotten my jewelry as they have grown up,” he continued, emphasizing why winning this was special for him. Casey wore a flashy assortment of different rings and bracelets, each symbolic of one of his grandsons, and each one of them will be given to them as they grow up.

Starting the day as one of the middling stacks and spending much of the day as one of the shortest, his patience was rewarded as he made the final table as the second shortest stack, only to take home the lion's share. “It was a grind, a grind all day,” he said when talking about his journey to the title “I just gotta be patient.”

Casey becomes the seventh player this stop to secure an invitation to The Dream Seat Invitational at Thunder Valley in November, a trip he is very happy to make. “You’ll see me there, you can count on that.”

RGPS Reno Main Event Final Table Results

RankPlayerHometownPrize (USD)
1Bill CaseyReno, NV$29,092*
2Andrew FredericksReno, NV$29,092*
3Bret ToupsReno, NV$15,375
4James AdkinsChehalis, WA$9,355
5Chris WilcoxScottsdale, AZ$7,225
6Steve NeviusPacifica, CA$5,985
7Jeffrey DayBerkley, CA$5,025
8Brittney BarnesLas Vegas, NV$4,200
9Adam SavenDel Mar, CA$3,415

*denotes heads-up deal

Final Day Action

Defending Champion Stacey Berger (25th-$1,170) found her day coming short. She joined the rail with Matthew Betti (24th-$1,350), Sasha Guerin (18th-$2,085), start of day chip leader Susie Peterson (14th-$2,480), and Pedro Baptista (11th-$2,890).

Doug Englekirk saw his chances of making a final table shrivel up when he lost a massive pot to James Adkins with two tables left. He was all in from the small blind the next hand, and he took his leave in tenth place for $2,890.

Final Table Action

The fireworks did not take too long to start as a massive confrontation saw the second-biggest and third-biggest stacks at the beginning of the final table collide. Adam Saven ended up all in and at risk with his pocket kings against Chris Wilcox’s pocket queens. All seemed well for Saven to take over the chip lead, but a queen-high flop brought Wilcox a set for him to take a massive lead on the final table, while Saven was eliminated in ninth place for $3,415.

Short stack Brittney Barnes found herself receiving a ladder courtesy of that cooler, but her time at the final table came to an end shortly after. She ended up getting runner-runner trip jacks, but Bret Toups also caught the same running jacks and held an ace-kicker. Both players got all of their chips in on the river, and Barnes wished her opponents luck as she collected $4,200 for her eighth-place finish.

While Wilcox held the lead in the early goings of the final table, he suffered a big cooler when his ace-king ran into Bret Toups's aces. The massive pot resulted in Toups hopscotching over Wilcox and Andrew Fredericks into the chips lead.

Today was not to be for Jeffrey Day. Day came into the final table as one of the shorter stacks after he doubled up James Adkins just prior to the final table. His last chips went Fredericks’ way as his ace-ten could not improve against Fredericks’ pocket jacks, and Day ended his day in seventh place for $5,025.

In sixth place shortly after came Steve Nevius. Nevius spent much of the day on the short stack and his chips, like Day’s before him, went over to Fredericks. Fredericks had opened on the button with ace-king, and Fredericks had moved in his final six big blinds with nines. The board ran out almost all the way good for Nevius, but a river king brought the pot over to Fredericks while Nevius collected $5,985 for his efforts.

The next all-in confrontation saw Casey double up through Fredericks to leave him short while Casey rose to neck and neck with Toups. Another massive pot would prove beneficial as four players limped to see a flop where both Casey and Wilcox flopped a flush. They got their chips in, and Wilcox’s jack-high flush was drawing dead against Casey’s ace-high flush, and he took the overall chip lead while Wilcox ended his run in fifth place for $7,225.

Andrew Fredericks
Runner-Up Finisher Andrew Fredericks

The four-handed battle went on for a while, but it was Adkins who would be the next to fall. He drifted down to the shortest stack and eventually got in his final chips with queen-jack and ran into Casey’s kings. The turn left Adkins drawing dead and Casey added to his chip lead while Adkins ended his run in fourth place for $9,355.

Fredericks doubled through Toups to flip who was sitting in second and third place. The three-handed match lasted just under an hour. Casey called in the small blind with five-four offsuit and flopped a straight against Toups, who held seven-six and flopped two pair. No help was brought to Toups, and he collected $15,375 for his third-place finish.

Billy Casey
Billy Casey

After some discussion, the two players settled on the deal. Casey held the chip lead, so he took $29,092 and the ring, while Fredericks took home the same number after being the shortest stack for much of the five-handed battle.

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Tags: Adam SavenAndrew FredereicksBilly CaseyBret ToupsBrittney BarnesChris WilcoxDoug EnglekirkJames AdkinsJeffrey DayMatthew BettiPedro BaptistaSasha GuerinStacey BergerSteve NeviusSusie Peterson

Bret Toups Eliminated in 3rd Place ($15,375)

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Bret Toups
Bret Toups

Billy Casey called in the small blind and in the big blind Bret Toups checked.

The flop roll out 763 and Casey bet 200,000. Toups moved all in for 900,000 which Casey immediately called.

Bret Toups: 76
Billy Casey: 54

The board ran out 52 and flopped straight for Casey held up while Toups ended his run in third place.

Player Chips Progress
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Billy Casey
5,730,000
1,030,000
1,030,000
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Andrew Fredericks
3,000,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
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Bret Toups
Busted

Tags: Billy CaseyBret Toups

James Adkins Eliminated in 4th Place ($9,355)

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
James Adkins
James Adkins

James Adkins moved all in for 1,100,000 on the button and in the big blind Billy Casey called.

James Adkins: QJ All in
Billy Casey: KK

The board ran out 96493 and the kings held up for Casey to add to his chip lead while Adkins was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Billy Casey
4,700,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
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James Adkins
Busted

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Last Time in Reno

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Stacey Berger
Stacey Berger

Last spring at Atlantic Casino Reno, the $39,655 grand prize and RunGood Poker Series ring went to local realtor Stacey Berger.

Berger made no secret of the fact that she was not used to main events, as this was only the second one she had ever played.

“I love the game; I love to play. But it’s just hard to find time to do so. I usually play about once or twice a month,” she said afterward. “I expected to come in today to win $900 dollars (the min-cash), and here I am with the ring!”

2023 RGPS Checkpoint Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize (USD)
1Stacey BergerSparks, NV$39,655
2[Removed:420]San Matteo,CA$27,610
3Darrel DierMexico City, Mexico$17,860
4Dwight EnglekirkZephyr Cove, NV$11,575
5Tony BarreraSan Ramon, CA$8,915
6Harley BrooksSparks, NV$7,375
7Charles HimesCA$6,190
8Pat LyonsSan Mateo, CA$5,070
9Paul SampsonReno, NV$3,965

Level: 24

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Chris Wilcox Eliminated in 5th Place ($7,225)

Level 23 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Chris Wilcox
Chris Wilcox

Billy Casey called from the hijack, Bret Toups called in the cutoff, Chris Wilcox called in the small blind and in the big blind, Andrew Fredericks.

The flop rolled out 653 and action checked to Toups who bet 150,000. Wilcox moved all in for 1,400,000 which prompted a fold from Fredericks. Casey moved all in over the top of him while Toups folded.

Chris Wilcox: J10 All in
Billy Casey: A4

Wilcox had flopped a flush and was drawing dead against Casey's nut-flush. The board ran out 93 and Wilcox was eliminated while Casey overtook the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Billy Casey
4,100,000
1,750,000
1,750,000
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Chris Wilcox
Busted

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Casey Doubles Through Fredericks

Level 23 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Billy Casey
Billy Casey

Andrew Fredericks raised to 200,000 in the small blind and in the big blind Billy Casey moved all in for 1,080,000 and Fredericks called.

Billy Casey: 88 All in
Andrew Fredericks: AJ

The board ran out 7491010 and Casey faded all of Fredericks many flopped outs to double through Fredericks.

Player Chips Progress
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Billy Casey
2,350,000
1,230,000
1,230,000
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Andrew Fredericks
560,000
-1,300,000
-1,300,000

Tags: Andrew FredericksBilly Casey