James Cavanaugh found a double up roughly an hour into the final table when his ace-jack held against Mitchell Collins’ king-queen, but shortly after his pocket jacks ran into Pollard’s aces. It was behind the ace-queen of Pollard and no jack on the runout meant that Castro collected $16,640 for his efforts. Chip Leader Taylor Pollard moved all in from the button into the two shortest stacks at the table, and Castro called with ace-jack for twelve big blinds.

Both players flopped a pair, but it was Bellacose’s pair of queens that were good and Rodriguez ended his run in ninth place for $12,420.įollowing him out the door in eighth place was Jason Castro. He eventually got in his final five big blinds with jack-ten suited and David Bellacose called him with king-queen offsuit. Noel Rodriguez came into the final day as the overall tournament chip leader, but a rough beat against Pe Kyaw with two tables left when his ace-king couldn’t hold up against Kyaw’s king-jack saw him come to the final table as the shortest stack. When asked about his play throughout the day, he said “play tight, play good.”

Holding only $762 in lifetime Hendon Mob cashes and now has added a significant sum to his lifetime earnings.

The California resident found himself on the good end of the deck throughout much of the day, finding himself getting key double ups through Noel Rodriguez (9th-$12,420) and David Bellacose (4th-$41,195) to end the day with the chip lead. Each one of them falling short of the goal to make the final table.Īfter a long battle at the final table, Pe Kyaw (1st-$90,330) took home the ring after a three-handed icm deal with Daniel Lowery (2nd-$88,870) and Taylor Pollard (3rd-$84,835)that saw each of them take home sizable prizes for their accomplishments. The starting flight was brought down to 131 players for the second day, who were all guaranteed $1,175 for their efforts. 1,043 players came out to create a massive prizepool of $730,100. The RunGood Poker Series Graton $800 Main Event has come to a close after a massive turnout.

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