Players Return at Noon Today to Crown A Champion At RGPS Graton
The hefty prizepool guarantee for the $800 RunGood Poker Series Main Event has been passed at Graton Casino and Resort in Rohnert Park, California. $541,100 will be divvied up between the final 97 players. Each one of them will be guaranteed $1,400, with all eyes searching for the elusive Main Event title and the $85,780 for first place.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Bell | 772,000 |
| 2 | Levi Wagner | 614,000 |
| 3 | Bryan Saltzman | 526,000 |
| 4 | Justin Chan | 519,000 |
| 5 | Brian O'Malley | 496,000 |
| 6 | Min Jung Han | 495,000 |
| 7 | Srujan Gongala | 485,000 |
| 8 | Rick Troendly | 460,000 |
| 9 | Matthew Betti | 437,000 |
| 10 | Sawmen Talukder | 417,000 |
The top dogs from all the flights over the past couple of days were Michael Bell (772,000), Levi Wagner (614,000), Justin Chan (519,000), and Rick Troendly (460,000). All of them would be taking home their first RGPS title if they could spin their stack to the final table. Troendly has the added experience of finishing in 7th place last year and will be looking to better that finish today at noon.
Many other notables of the game found their ways to bags as Matthew Betti (437,000), Mario Lopez (366,000), Josh Prager (350,000), Mitchell Collins (241,000), Julie Cornelius (166,000), Tyler Patterson (103,000), and Lexy Gavin-Mather (101,000) all look to add to their decorated resumes. Forrest Kollar (141,000) sits in third place in the RGPS Player of the year race and looks to hold that position with a strong finish in this tournament.
Play ended with 27:13, left on the clock in Level 16 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. This flight was the earliest ending flight and will be the time the other players return to tomorrow. The blinds will be upped to 40-minute levels.
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