Competition will be fierce on Sunday as 43 players return for Day 2 of the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event. 21 places will be paid with $31,443 up top plus a $2,000 WSOP Vegas Package. Issac Tucker begins the day as chip leader with 237,000 chips, but with only 500 chips more than the next player on the leader board, Mike Fick (236,500), no one is a lock to cash. Rounding out the top ten are Chris Wicks (221,500), Justin Gardenhire (215,000), Jon Lawson (198,000), Quang Pham (166,500), Tommy Nguyen (158,000), Dylan Meier (155,500) Yinglong Yang (152,500), and James Devaney (141,000).
Other notable players to punch tickets to day two include Julie Anna Cornelius, Mike Rieck, Daniel Lowery, Mark Fink, Paul Silversteen, Jack Armstrong, Kevin O'Donnell and Mark Turner.
Day 2 play starts at noon Sunday. The redraw for seat assignments by table and seat are as follows:
Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
3 | 1 | Yash Mudireddy | 61,000 |
3 | 2 | Jerry Moore | 76,500 |
3 | 3 | Corey Williams | 94,500 |
3 | 4 | Courtney Stott | 114,500 |
3 | 6 | Jose Montes | 98,000 |
3 | 7 | Justin Gardenhire | 215,000 |
3 | 8 | David Hengen | 107,500 |
3 | 9 | Andre Pnewski | 64,000 |
4 | 1 | Chris Wicks | 221,500 |
4 | 2 | Kyle McKinney | 39,000 |
4 | 3 | Andre Allen | 99,500 |
4 | 4 | Mike Rieck | 43,000 |
4 | 5 | Jon Hartman | 41,000 |
4 | 6 | James Devaney | 141,000 |
4 | 7 | David Hershberger | 31,000 |
4 | 8 | Tommy Nguyen | 158,000 |
4 | 9 | Duma Lowery | 130,000 |
7 | 1 | Yinglong Yang | 152,500 |
7 | 2 | Mark Fink | 59,500 |
7 | 3 | Duster Ellis | 131,000 |
7 | 4 | Greg Jennings | 55,500 |
7 | 6 | Ryan Pham | 33,000 |
7 | 7 | Dylan Meier | 155,500 |
7 | 8 | Jon Lawson | 198,000 |
7 | 9 | Paul Silverstein | 40,000 |
8 | 1 | Eric Paulson | 50,000 |
8 | 2 | Linn Shoesmith | 82,500 |
8 | 3 | Issac Rungood Tucker | 237,000 |
8 | 4 | Greg Poor | 32,500 |
8 | 5 | Quang Pham | 166,500 |
8 | 6 | Jack Armstrong | 20,000 |
8 | 7 | Thadd Wolff | 69,000 |
8 | 8 | Mike Fick | 236,500 |
8 | 9 | Alex Gunhus | 115,500 |
9 | 1 | Dong Nguyen | 127,000 |
9 | 2 | Colin Perry | 66,500 |
9 | 3 | Mark Turner | 80,000 |
9 | 4 | Kevin O'Donnell | 72,000 |
9 | 5 | James Mullin | 28,000 |
9 | 6 | Troy Sheets | 64,500 |
9 | 7 | Henry Gingerich | 38,500 |
9 | 8 | Drew Woodke | 70,000 |
9 | 9 | Julie Cornelius | 63,000 |
The Main Event saw 209 players enter the field, surpassing the $100,000 guarantee for a combined prize pool of $123,310, plus the $2,000 WSOP Vegas prize package.
Official payouts are as follows:
Place | Prize (USD) |
1 | $31,443 |
2 | $19,730 |
3 | $12,516 |
4 | $9,125 |
5 | $6,844 |
6 | $5,611 |
7 | $4,871 |
8 | $4,193 |
9 | $3,453 |
10 | $2,836 |
11 | $2,836 |
12 | $2,836 |
13 | $2,281 |
14 | $2,281 |
15 | $2,281 |
16 | $1,850 |
17 | $1,850 |
18 | $1,850 |
19 | $1,541 |
20 | $1,541 |
21 | $1,541 |
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