$600 Main Event ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Day 1bc Completed
2023 RGPS San Diego
$600 Main Event ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
2023 RGPS San Diego
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$277,160
Entries
533
Level
27
Blinds
75,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Entries
377
Players Left
47
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With just over 14 minutes left on the clock in Day 1c of The RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint $600 Main Event at Jamul Casino in San Diego, California, the hand for hand play ended after just one hand, leaving a total of 18 players to bag up from the 140 that started the day. The total number of entrants in the tournament tallied up to 533, which created a prize pool of $277,160 and made a first place prize of $52,820.
The final flight finished up with Rip Fritzer taking the chip lead with 477,000. Fritzer won many of his chips in a big preflop clash where he held ace-queen against pocket queens and pocket kings. An ace-high flop put him in the position to triple through his opponents and he kept soaring after that clash. With $232,655 in lifetime earnings, a chip lead through his flight puts him in prime position for a deep run into the Main Event, for potentially his first RGPS ring.
Day 1c Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rip Fritzer | El Alpine, CA | 443,000 |
| 2 | Afzal Atta | San Marcos, CA | 439,000 |
| 3 | Noah Howard | San Diego, CA | 394,000 |
| 4 | Anastasia Knapp | San Diego, CA | 366,000 |
| 5 | Dan Duong | San Diego, CA | 321,000 |
| 6 | Sandor Molnar | San Diego, CA | 304,000 |
| 7 | Charlie Tang | San Diego, CA | 286,000 |
| 8 | Sinan Shathaya | San Diego, CA | 277,000 |
| 9 | Lillian Allen | San Diego, CA | 277,000 |
| 10 | Oscar King | San Diego, CA | 272,000 |
Others who found their way into this last flight included Anastasia Knapp (366,000), Sandor Molnar (304,000) and Vidhi Seem (187,000), all of whom are looking for their first RGPS title. Fortunes were not as favorable to players like Garry Gates, Ken Douglas, Alexei Racilla, John Stanley, Daniel Hughes, and Daniel Davies. Their hopes for a RGPS main event title will have to come at another stop.
Play ended with 14 minutes left in Level 15 with blinds at 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante. The blinds will shift from thirty minute levels to forty minute levels with 15-minute breaks after every three levels. Play will continue down until a winner is crowned at the end of the day.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding The RGPS Checkpoint Jamul Casino $600 Main Event.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
727,000 | |
|
657,000 | |
|
522,000 | |
|
512,000 | |
|
498,000 | |
|
455,000 | |
|
445,000 | |
|
443,000 | |
|
439,000 | |
|
426,000 | |
|
399,000 | |
|
394,000 | |
|
378,000 | |
|
366,000 | |
|
363,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
336,000 | |
|
322,000 | |
|
321,000 | |
|
317,000 | |
|
313,000 | |
|
304,000 | |
|
291,000 | |
|
|
286,000 | |
|
283,000 | |
|
277,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
443,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
439,000
439,000
|
439,000 |
|
|
394,000
394,000
|
394,000 |
|
|
366,000
-106,000
|
-106,000 |
|
|
321,000
321,000
|
321,000 |
|
|
304,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
|
|
286,000 | |
|
|
277,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
|
277,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
|
|
272,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
187,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
144,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Charlie Tang moved all in from early position which saw action fold over to Aaron Magers on the button who called for his last 132,000.
Aaron Magers: 
Charlie Tang: 
The flop of 
gave Tang a flush draw, while the 
turn gave Magers a flush draw as well. Both players had near identical stacks so half of the deck would ensure that the other one was eliminated or very nearly.
The river 
gave Tang the flush and Magers slammed his hat on the ground as he exited the tournament area, while the other 18 players all bagged up for the night.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
286,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The remaining 19 players have begun hand for hand play.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was picked up preflop where Howard Azar had raised to 20,000, while Anastasia Knapp moved all in from the small blind for 228,000 which Azar called.
Anastasia Knapp:
Howard Azar: 
The board ran out 
and Knapp hit the flush on the river to double up through Azar to take the overall chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
472,000
316,000
|
316,000 |
|
83,000
-229,000
|
-229,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
365,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
341,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
312,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
|
156,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
|
|
112,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 14: 3,000/6,000, Ante 6,000
A player in early position raised to 12,000 which saw another player in late position move all in for 84,000. Vidhi Seem moved all in from the hijack for 94,000 with all other players folding and the cards were turned on their backs.
Opponent: 
Vidhi Seem:
The board ran out 
and Seem raked in a massive pot to put her over 200,000 in chips as the night neared its close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
204,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 13: 3,000/5,000, Ante 5,000
Jamie Ferguson moved all in for 73,000 in early position and action folded around to the cutoff who called while all other players folded.
Jamie Ferguson:
Cutoff: 
The board ran out 
and Ferguson received a healthy boost to his chip stack as the night swirled closer to its end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
159,000
159,000
|
159,000 |