2023 RGPS Graton Casino

$800 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 RGPS Graton Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$90,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$730,100
Entries
1,043
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
131
Players Left
1

Rodriguez Getting Higher

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A player moved all in for 64,000 in first position and in early position, Noel Rodriguez three-bet to 138,000 which saw all other players fold and both players turned up their hands.

Opponent: {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Noel Rodriguez: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{6-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and Rodriguez' ace-king held up to add to the start of day chip leader's dominating stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Noel Rodriguez
1,620,000
821,000
821,000

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Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Boat For Mariano

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Rob Mariano
Rob Mariano

Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano raised to 24,000 from late position which saw the button and the big blind call.

The flop of {4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} saw the big blind bet 22,000 which only Mariano called.

The big blind bet once more on the {k-Spades} this time to the tune of 34,000 and Mariano called once more.

Action checked through on the {a-Hearts} and Mariano said "I can't beat an ace." The big blind turned over {5-Spades}{4-Spades} which was no good against Mariano's {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} for kings full of nines and he took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Rob Mariano
431,000
69,000
69,000

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Jon Finds A Fortunate Queen

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Danny Jon
Danny Jon

A player raised to 24,000 in first position which saw a player call on the button. In the big blind, Danny Jon moved all in for 281,000 and the initial raiser called while the button folded.

Danny Jon: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Jon found himself hitting a queen to take the lead and make the best hand. Jon now sits with a health stack over 50 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Jon
577,000
160,000
160,000

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Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Mayberry Sends Out Karn

Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Ante: 8,000

Action was recapped by the table as Papa Karn was seen leaving his seat.

On the river after a few bets had went in, the board read {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and all the chips got in on the river in a pot worth 160,000, with Mayberry holding the covering stack.

Papa Karn: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Jeremy Mayberry: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

Both players had ran out a flush, but it was Mayberry holding the nut flush, while Karn was left holding the second nut flush. Karn exited the tournament and Mayberry took the pot down.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeremy Mayberry
265,000
157,000
157,000
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Papa Karn
Busted

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Who Will Win The RGPS Graton Main Event?

Noel Rodriguez
Noel Rodriguez

After a successful week of tournaments, a total of 1,043 players came out to play The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park, California. This massive turnout smashed the initial guarantee and put the prizepool at $730,100, with a whopping $122,385 awarded to first place. The starting field has been reduced to just 132 players, all of whom are guaranteed $1,175, but all of them with eyes on the prestige of winning one of the biggest RGPS Main Events ever.

Leading the way is Day 1a’s chip leader Noel Rodriguez, who ended his day with 799,000. Rodriguez bagged the only stack over 700,000 and despite three flights coming after him, held onto the chip lead through them all. Rodriguez holds the top spot as well as over $200,000 in career cashes on Hendon mob. A win here could add his biggest overall score, and with his stack he is in the prime position to make a run for it.

Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerChip CountBig Blinds
1Noel Rodriguez799,00099
2Dan Sarasin611,00076
3Jonathan Warta577,00072
4Daniel Lowery576,00072
5Craig Stampher564,00070
6Giovanni Magat558,00070
7Cody Stanford507,00063
8Henry Frazier500,00063
9Tomas Padilla500,00062
10Seaver Kyuw477,00062

Daniel Lowery also cracked the top five in chips with 576,000. Lowery holds more RGPS title than anyone else in RGPS history, and with all of his results and his chip stack, he looks to be a threatening force to the field. Cody Stanford bagged up 507,000 coming fresh off of a win in this past RGPS PLO event, where he won his third ring. Others that found their way to bags over the course of the past two days included Jeff Beachy (442,000), WSOP Bracelet Winner Marco Johnson (418,000), Viet Vo (380,000), Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano (362,000), Josh Prager (332,000), Alex Loncar (322,000), and Taylor Pollard (312,000). Each one looking to make a mark in RGPS history.

The 132 players come Level 15 and blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. The levels following the first will become 40-minute levels, with a 15-minute break occurring after every three rather than every four and play will continue until a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates and the eventual results of The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in California. Also check out updates for the concurrently running RunGood Poker Series $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica Mississippi.

Tags: Alex LoncarCody StanfordCraig StampherDan SarasinDaniel LowertDaniel LoweryGiovanni MagatHenry FrazierJeff BeachyJonathan WartaJosh PragerMarco JohnsonNoel RodriguezSeaver KyuwTaylor PollardTomas PadillaViet Vo

Day 2 Seat Draw Based On Table

First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeatBig Blinds
ZhihaGuo245,00033130
TomSpruitenburg234,00033229
JoshuaPrager332,00033341
TylerTanjvakiu10,0003341
MitchellTsang440,00033555
DanSarasin611,00033676
AlanBittikofer29,0003373
HsialinLiu157,00033819
EliodBarron228,00033928
AquilSalahodeen89,00032111
LeeViloria29,0003223
LesterLenart300,00032337
FrankSzuchopa84,00032410
WilliamPrin221,00032527
IsaiasBecerril179,00032622
ChristopherThompson190,00032723
DeakeLyndall115,00032814
TaylorPollard312,00032939
JeffSpruitenburg178,00031122
EkasitAroonrungrudsamee416,00031252
RandyGil69,0003138
AugustoCasteneda314,00031439
AdamCurchack222,00031527
LawrenceCalabio196,00031624
AndrewLing164,00031720
KellyMayhugh399,00031849
RaymondManlutae267,00031933
SamuelRosa125,00027115
AnthonyBloecsch355,00027244
DanielKozakevich263,00027332
JamesCavanaugh96,00027412
WillieSmith154,00027519
JohnCodding57,0002767
YochaiKonig404,00027750
WilliamStanford507,00027863
 OPEN 279 
ChanceBeaube92,00026111
VictorCalderon313,00026239
ScottYoung110,00026313
MichaelPersky421,00026452
JulianRuvalcaba330,00026541
BatgomboAriunbat221,00026627
MosheGavrieli167,00026720
SeaverKyaw477,00026860
JasthiKumar422,00026952
JasonCastro167,00025120
RichardDaniel39,0002524
ZichengChen95,00025311
MichaelMcGee181,00025422
YuefanWang131,00025516
VietVo380,00025647
JustoAvalos78,0002579
TravisFujisaka385,00025848
AmirAtabaki198,00025924
 OPEN 211 
JamesThompson331,00021241
ScottSanders106,00021313
Yu HanHuo91,00021411
Pe MaungKyaw255,00021531
BilguunOdgerel79,0002169
KeoInsixiengmay142,00021717
MiralemMujkic268,00021833
WilsonChan176,00021922
JonathanRueda87,00020110
CraigStampher564,00020270
PeterPap412,00020351
ChristianNeidlinger83,00020410
KentWashington232,00020529
RobMariano362,00020645
CharlesHiatt468,00020758
RahulLal262,00020832
JonathanWarta577,00020972
GreggRothberg157,00019119
AbrahamHichman190,00019223
DanielHatch233,00019329
TaiTran118,00019414
KylleStipplic25,0001953
AdamReady504,00019663
DouglasParscal328,00019740
XianTang78,0001989
PeterAdams83,00019910
MarcoJohnson418,00015152
DouglasWesterlund122,00015215
RickeyEvans357,00015344
HelderMartins355,00015444
PapaKarn87,00015510
JeffBeachy442,00015655
JustinKusumowidagdo439,00015754
AlexLoncar322,00015840
JeremyMayberry108,00015913
LorenEgide195,00014124
JacobLong119,00014214
DongMeng358,00014344
RashbirSingh148,00014418
MichaelHubbard335,00014541
JohnFujii65,0001468
AbelChadinha196,00014724
GiovanniMagat558,00014870
YankiKoppel194,00014924
ZihaoWang44,0001315
BrianHalloran196,00013224
BrettMurray167,00013320
ZachSmyth238,00013429
MunkhnairamdalKhadbaa100,00013512
RahulLal92,00013611
BillyWilson120,00013715
NicholasTriarte125,00013815
TsolmonJargalsaikhan357,00013944
BeilinLi92,0009111
MikeDunigan84,0009210
RyanAwwad176,0009322
Jin CHiChen111,0009413
Ho ManChe248,0009530
RobertHemenway210,0009626
KwanKong67,000978
WilliamPinhiero447,0009855
MikeRiddle216,0009927
TomasPadilla500,0008162
DannyJon417,0008252
MichaelClifford126,0008315
JeffreyZhao170,0008421
DAveBelacose409,0008551
MitchellCollins139,0008617
HenryFrazier500,0008762
NimaTorabkhani5,000880
DanielLowery576,0008972
RobertVeres251,0007131
JoeNguyen123,0007215
 OPEN 73 
BillMurray193,0007424
NoelRodriguez799,0007599
ChainsawDempsey151,0007618
ElisaNakagawa160,0007720
AhferomLegesse259,0007832
JustinLevitt116,0007914