$800 Main Event Day 1c | 2022 RGPS Cleveland

$800 Main Event

Day 1c Completed

10-01-2022 23:49 UTC-5

Bowers Claims Day 1c Lead in Final Opening Flight of RGPS Cleveland Main Event

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The $800 Main Event of the RunGood Poker Series Cleveland saw its largest field of the weekend on Day 1c, with 274 runners taking their shot at a share of the $491,280 prize pool and Sunday's champion scoring a six-figure payday of $100,875.

After a day of tightly contested play with no one truly staking their claim to the chip lead until late in the day, it’s Derek Bowers taking 565,000 chips into Sunday’s final day of play.

His stack will be the 2nd largest of the final 107 players that survived one of the three opening flights, with Day 1b chip leader Scott Katip and his 568,000 chips the largest stack taken forward into Day 2.

RGPS Cleveland Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Flight	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Scott Katip	United States	1b	568,000	142
2	Derek Bowers	United States	1c	565,000	141
3	Anthony Carbone	United States	1a	500,000	125
4	Daniel Swartz	United States	1b	498,000	124
5	Joe Gugliotta	United States	1a	457,000	114
6	Jesse Price	United States	1c	436,000	109
7	Shawn Gaffney	United States	1a	427,000	106
8	Kyle Royer	United States	1c	422,000	105
9	Dan Henderson	United States	1b	420,000	105
10	Taylor Howard	United States	1b	411,000	102

Day 1c Action

As players knew they wouldn’t have another chance to reach Day 2, play was more cautious in the late stages than in the previous flights, with the tournament reaching Level 14 for the first time and the final 15 percent of the field reached 2:17 into the level.

Plenty of notables took their shot in Day 1c, with such names as Frank Lagodich (400,000), Blake Napierala (374,000), Mark Wahba (368,000), and DJ MacKinnon (125,000) advancing, while others such as Chris Tryba, Nicholas Rigby, Katie Kopp, and Jack Corrigan weren’t as fortunate.

RGPS Cleveland Ambassador Bounty event winner “Boston” Rob Mariano did his best Phil Hellmuth impression Friday.
After max late registering at the dinner break, he arrived over a full level later in Level 11, leaving himself with just 3,500 chips after most of his stack was blinded off. He managed to quickly spin it up to nearly 20,000, but his day ended shortly after that.

A pair of Chads who busted very late in Day 1b both managed to advance as Chad Stone took down a late pot to solidify his spot with 192,000, while Chad Holloway managed to survive with a short stack of 45,000 after falling on the stone bubble Friday.

The Plan for Day 2

The final 107 players will now come back to the Jack Cleveland Casino poker room at 11:15 a.m. Sunday to play down to a winner. The top 72 players will take home at least a min-cash of $1,620.

Play will resume at the earliest finish point of the opening flights, which was Day 1a’s completion point in Level 13 with 33:27 left on the clock.

Blinds will be rolled back to 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante. Levels will again be 40 minutes in length with 15-minute breaks scheduled after every third level.

Stay close to PokerNews for live reporting of all the action until the first ever RunGood Poker Series Cleveland Main Event champion is crowned here at the incredible Jack Cleveland Casino.

Tags: Anthony Carbone Blake Napierala Chad Holloway Chad Stone Chris Tryba Dan Henderson Daniel Swartz Derek Bowers DJ MacKinnon Frank Lagodich Jack Cleveland Casino Jack Corrigan Jesse Price Joe Gugliotta Katie Kopp Kyle Royer Mark Wahba Nicholas Rigby Phil Hellmuth Rob Mariano Scott Katip Shawn Gaffney Taylor Howard

10-01-2022 23:36 UTC-5

Day 2 Seat Draw

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
15	1	Bradley Rogoff	210,000	52
15	2	Patrick Lacy	113,000	28
15	3	Sid Savitt	59,000	14
15	4	Hiroaki Harada	119,000	29
15	5	Mark Lewandowski	144,000	36
15	6	Cem Sarioglu	94,000	23
15	7	Raymond Ezzie	213,000	53
15	8	Mark Van Keirsbilck	145,000	36
15	9	Christopher Moon	227,000	56

16	1	Weihua Zhu	256,000	64
16	2	William Dopico	115,000	28
16	3	David Menosky	340,000	85
16	4	Rory Walsh	350,000	87
16	5	Christian Koleszar	42,000	10
16	6	Donald Baer	224,000	56
16	7	Joshua Rivera	128,000	32
16	8	Michael Shanks	110,000	27
16	9	Joseph Gugliotta	457,000	114

17	1	Scott Katip	568,000	142
17	2	Brent Wheeler	242,000	60
17	3	Benjamin Skelley	72,000	18
17	4	Steven Lekic	48,000	12
17	5	Kuo Peng	384,000	96
17	6	Shane Pierce	156,000	39
17	7	Shawn Wilmot	257,000	64
17	8	Alex Nechiporuk	97,000	24
17	9	Cassidy Clark	100,000	25

18	1	Keith Schwartz	230,000	57
18	2	Ryan Mayer	100,000	25
18	3	Linda Eisenstein	67,000	16
18	4	Stephen Stock Jr	293,000	73
18	5	[Removed:395]	150,000	37
18	6	Chris Meyers	345,000	86
18	7	Stephen Slocum	84,000	21
18	8	Kyle Grupp	82,000	20
18	9	Chad Stone	192,000	48

19	1	Denis Komso	266,000	66
19	2	Ed Tancredi	100,000	25
19	3	Art Demmerley	218,000	54
19	4	Jeffrey Shively	94,000	23
19	5	Gino Giammarco	88,000	22
19	6	Chad Holloway	45,000	11
19	7	Jamie Teal	143,000	35
19	8	Joseph Rowe	181,000	45
19	9	Jason Yates (OH)	75,000	18

20	1	Christopher Clayton	149,000	37
20	2	Joseph Daddario	162,000	40
20	3	Paul Campbell (OH)	311,000	77
20	4	Mark Wahba	368,000	92
20	5	Joseph Curcio	81,000	20
20	6	Jason Bosze	288,000	72
20	7	Kyle Royer	422,000	105
20	8	Nathan Walter	165,000	41
20	9	Todd Saffron	170,000	42

21	1	Blake Napierala	374,000	93
21	2	Budwey Salhab	155,000	38
21	3	Robert Noel	157,000	39
21	4	Daniel Swartz	498,000	124
21	5	Anthony Gencarelli	291,000	72
21	6	Ronald Bell	120,000	30
21	7	Chad Welka	138,000	34
21	8	George (Nick) Price	436,000	109
21	9	Donald Mullen	242,000	60

22	1	Hardik Vyas	36,000	9
22	2	Ian Richardson	221,000	55
22	3	Thomas Carlin	103,000	25
22	4	Germando Andoni	190,000	47
22	5	Scott Carolus	188,000	47
22	6	Nick Luban	79,000	19
22	7	Alexander Jagodik	143,000	35
22	8	Michele Iacovone	266,000	66
22	9	Michael Valore	143,000	35

23	1	James Pisano	242,000	60
23	2	Anthony Carbone	500,000	125
23	3	Sean Cleary	127,000	31
23	4	Teerakua Karn	42,000	10
23	5	Ron Ely	87,000	21
23	6	Joseph Hanna	66,000	16
23	7	Kyle Goodwin	139,000	34
23	8	David Powell	102,000	25
23	9	Michael Pempkin	187,000	46

24	1	Ron Davis	189,000	47
24	2	Michael Volk	239,000	59
24	3	George Mohan	280,000	70
24	4	Alex Visbisky	96,000	24
24	5	Christopher Jacobson	110,000	27
24	6	Chris Hewitt	348,000	87
24	7	Brodie Kitchlin	353,000	88
24	8	DJ Mackinnon	125,000	31
24	9	Scott Fitzhugh	107,000	26

25	1	Nicholas Lanzi	196,000	49
25	2	Frank Lagodich	400,000	100
25	3	Dante Powell	95,000	23
25	4	Nicol Bartko	32,000	8
25	5
25	6	Daniel Henderson	420,000	105
25	7	Timothy Ebner	88,000	22
25	8	Joseph Salvaggi	36,000	9
25	9	Shawn Gaffney	427,000	106

26	1	Blake Leduc	220,000	55
26	2	Sean Troha	357,000	89
26	3	Alec Wiggins	138,000	34
26	4	Daniel Murray	190,000	47
26	5	Dean Schultz	187,000	46
26	6	Taylor Howard	411,000	102
26	7	Derek Bowers	565,000	141
26	8	Julie Thomas	66,000	16
26	9	John Michalak	295,000	73

10-01-2022 22:38 UTC-5

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Bowers	565,000 65,000	65,000

Jesse Price	436,000 61,000	61,000
Kyle Royer	422,000
Frank Lagodich	400,000 24,000	24,000
Blake Napierala	374,000 -7,000	-7,000
Mark Wahba	368,000 15,000	15,000
Brodie Kitchlin	353,000 221,000	221,000
Paul Campbell (OH)	311,000 -44,000	-44,000
Stephen Stock Jr	293,000
Anthony Gencarelli	291,000 152,000	152,000
Denis Komso	266,000
Donald Mallen	242,000
Donald Baer	224,000 101,000	101,000
Ian Richardson	221,000
Arthur Demmerley	218,000
Nicholas Lanzi	196,000 40,000	40,000
Chad Stone	192,000 5,000	5,000
Daniel Murray	190,000 114,000	114,000
Ron Davis	189,000 59,500	59,500
Joseph Rowe	181,000 3,000	3,000
Todd Saffron	170,000 -15,000	-15,000
Joseph Daddario	162,000
Shane Pierce	156,000 156,000	156,000
Budwey Salhab	155,000
[Removed:395]	150,000

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10-01-2022 21:57 UTC-5

Day 2 Bubble Bursts

Mike Patrick

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

As Level 14 began for the first time on an RGPS Cleveland main event opening flight, the final elimination needed to bring the field to 42 just happened.

The players are now bagging up for the day.

Stay tuned for end of day 1c chip counts and a full recap of the day's action.

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-01-2022 21:48 UTC-5

Stone Has Chirping Chips Again

Mike Patrick

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The exuberant Chad Stone, who was eliminated late in Day 1b is on the verge of advancing to Day 2 as just 6 more eliminations remain to get to the final 15 percent of the field.

In a recent pot on a flop of , Stone checked in the cutoff to Joseph Rowe who bet 21,000 into approximately 25,000.

Stone then check-raised all in for 131,000, which sent Rowe deep into the tank.

After flagging down a waitress to order another beer, Stone began talking, first asking the dealer if there was a penalty for showing his hand, then telling Rowe that he put him on two red kings and that he couldn't call.

After a couple of minutes, Rowe folded and Stone showed for a flopped set of sevens to drag the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Stone	187,000 126,000	126,000
Joseph Rowe	178,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Chad Stone Joseph Rowe

10-01-2022 21:37 UTC-5

Tight Race For the Day 1c Chip Lead

Mike Patrick

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Bowers	500,000 70,000	70,000

Kyle Royers	436,000 436,000	436,000
Blake Napierala	381,000 234,000	234,000
Frank Lagodich	376,000 337,500	337,500
Jesse Price	375,000 55,000	55,000
Paul Campbell (OH)	355,000 185,000	185,000
Mark Wahba	353,000 116,000	116,000
Dennis Komso	290,000 -16,000	-16,000
Dante Powell	245,000 65,000	65,000
Todd Saffron	185,000 56,000	56,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-01-2022 21:00 UTC-5

Final Break of the Day

Mike Patrick

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Just 56 players remain at the final break of the day. When they return, just 14 more eliminations are needed to wrap the night up with 15 percent of the field remaining.