$2,500 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley
$2,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
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.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Play has ended for the day and the following 20 players have bagged up to return tomorrow at 11 a.m. for Day 3.
A full recap of the day's events will be uploaded soon so stay tuned!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,980,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
1,855,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
1,375,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
||
|
1,155,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
|
955,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
840,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
||
|
828,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
|
805,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
805,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
765,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
740,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
715,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
585,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
575,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
570,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
555,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
510,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
|
||
|
470,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
|
430,000 | |
|
175,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
On a heads-up turn of K♠Q♠10♠J♦, Terrance Reid moved all in to cover his opponent, Richard Troendly, who went deep into the tank.
Troendly then used all of his time banks before he made the call, putting his tournament life on the line.
Richard Troendly: Q♥J♠
Terrance Reid: 2♠4♠
Reid was in the lead with his made flush, but Troendly could still hit a jack, queen, or spade to stay alive.
Alas, the river was the brick 9♥ to award Reid the pot and Troendly was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,870,000
1,420,000
|
1,420,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
On a flop of 10♥2♣9♣, all of the money found its way into the middle between Richard Green Jr and Wilson Tolon, who covered.
Richard Green Jr: Q♦J♣
Wilson Tolon: A♣7♣
Yolon was in the lead with his ace-high and nut flush draw, but the runout of 10♠Q♠ gave Green a queen to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
110,000
-440,000
|
-440,000 |
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | Andrew Voor | United States | 950,000 | 48 |
| 23 | 2 | Richard Green Jr | Moldova | 600,000 | 30 |
| 23 | 3 | Dan Stavila | United States | 400,000 | 20 |
| 23 | 4 | Casey McCarrel | China | 1,875,000 | 94 |
| 23 | 5 | Tyler Montoya | United States | 890,000 | 45 |
| 23 | 6 | Yang Lu | United States | 850,000 | 43 |
| 23 | 7 | Wilson Tolon | United States | 550,000 | 28 |
| 23 | 8 | Thomas Tran | United States | 375,000 | 19 |
| 23 | 9 | Steven Ritchie | United States | 245,000 | 12 |
| 24 | 1 | Shijia Liu | United States | 575,000 | 29 |
| 24 | 2 | Daniel Hatch | United States | 570,000 | 29 |
| 24 | 3 | Anthony An | United States | 860,000 | 43 |
| 24 | 4 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | 680,000 | 34 |
| 24 | 5 | Terrance Reid | United States | 450,000 | 23 |
| 24 | 6 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 915,000 | 46 |
| 24 | 7 | Richard Troendly | United States | 665,000 | 33 |
| 24 | 8 | Andrew Greenawalt | United States | 670,000 | 34 |
| 24 | 9 | Kyung Yoo | United States | 535,000 | 27 |
| 28 | 1 | Joshua Prager | United States | 1,475,000 | 74 |
| 28 | 2 | Jared Jaffee | United States | 1,450,000 | 73 |
| 28 | 3 | Lee Markholt | United States | 570,000 | 29 |
| 28 | 4 | Huihan Wu | United States | 700,000 | 35 |
| 28 | 5 | Joseph Bergh | United States | 80,000 | 4 |
| 28 | 6 | Tennyson Schaina | United States | 110,000 | 6 |
| 28 | 7 | Jackson Spencer | United States | 875,000 | 44 |
| 28 | 8 | Taylor Black | United States | 190,000 | 10 |
| 28 | 9 | Evan Sandberg | United States | 215,000 | 11 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,875,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
1,475,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
909,000
|
909,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
950,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
915,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
890,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
875,000
-125,005
|
-125,005 |
|
|
860,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
|
850,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
680,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
670,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
665,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
600,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
575,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
570,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
570,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
550,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
535,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
|
|
450,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
400,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
375,000
-475,000
|
-475,000 |
|
|
245,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
215,000
-410,000
|
-410,000 |
|
||
|
|
190,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
||
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 20 is now underway with blinds at 10,000/20,000/20,000 and it will be the last level that is played tonight before the players bag up for Day 3.
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
"Ughh, I just always run into aces," Allen Kessler sighed dramatically as he just got all his chips into the middle against Andrew Greenawalt who covered.
Allen Kessler: 10♠10♦
Andrew Greenawalt: A♠A♦
The board of 2♥9♣9♥5♣6♥ failed to save Kessler and he was sent to the payout desk while Greenawalt collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
After bloating the pot preflop, Tyler Patterson and Tyler Montoya then proceeded to check all the way through the J♦5♣2♦2♠Q♣ runout.
"Gonna make me show, eh?" Patterson said as he turned over 8♠10♠ for ten high while Montoya showed A♦10♥ to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
850,000
460,000
|
460,000 |