McCarrel Leads Final 20 into Day 3 of RGPS Million Dollar Main!
Another full day is in the books here in the Destination RunGood: Final Boarding Million Dollar Main Event here at the wonderful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln,Califonia. On Day 2, 143 remaining players came back out of the 455 total entries, but now only 20 finalists remain in contention for the title.
Leading the pack is Casey McCarrel who caught fire late in the day and managed to bag up 1,980,000 for Day 3.
Close behind him is Terrance Reid with 1,855,000 after he won a huge pot to eliminate Richard Troendly in the last minutes of the day. In third is Jared Jaffee who bagged 1,375,000 and in fourth isJoshua Prager who managed to end the day with 1,750,000. Rounding out the top five is none other than our defending champion Tyler Patterson who is looking to go back-to-back and has plenty of ammo to do so as he has 1,155,000 in chips at his disposal.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Mccarrel | United States | 1,980,000 | 79 |
| 2 | Terrance Reid | United States | 1,855,000 | 74 |
| 3 | Joshua Prager | United States | 1750000 | 70 |
| 4 | Jared Jaffee | United States | 1,375,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 1,155,000 | 46 |
| 6 | Andrew Voor | United States | 955,000 | 38 |
| 7 | Taylor Black | United States | 840,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Tyler Montoya | United States | 828,000 | 33 |
| 9 | Jackson Spencer | United States | 805,000 | 32 |
| 10 | Richard Green Jr | United States | 805,000 | 32 |
Plenty of big names made the money but were unable to advance including Matthew Wantman, Allen Kessler, Ian Steinman, and Ashley ‘Pokerface Ash’ Frank.
The Champion Will be Crowned Tuesday
The majority of the largest prize pool of the RGPS season ($1,015,105) will be handed out on Monday with the winner collecting a massive $203,565.
Each of the remaining 20 players will take home at least $8,560, but they’ll all have their eyes on that six-figure first prize, the Destination RunGood Series ring, and a free entry into the DreamSeat invitational at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.
Play will resume at 11 a.m. local time with Level 21, which will see blinds of 15,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante and will continue until one player is left standing.
Keep it right here with PokerNews for complete live reporting coverage until the champion is crowned here at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort.