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RGPS Council Bluffs $420 Main Event
RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs $420 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
RGPS Council Bluffs $420 Main Event
Buy-in
$420
Prize Pool
$181,800
Entries
505
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
77
Players Left
1
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Seth Gutz jammed for 300,000 from middle position, and Shawn Stevenson called in the cutoff. Jose Bermudes three-bet shoved for 365,000 in the small blind, and Stevenson called to put both players at risk.
Seth Gutz: 
Jose Bermudes: 
Shawn Stevenson: 
"I've got my favorite hand! Let's go!" Bermudes said enthusiastically.
The 
flop prompted Bermudes to leap from the table with excitement, and he held on the 
turn and 
river to nearly triple up, while Gutz was eliminated in ninth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
||
|
1,000,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cody Bartlett raised to 70,000 from middle position, then snap-called when Zach Davidson three-bet shoved for 360,000 from the big blind.
Zach Davidson: 
Cody Bartlett:
Davidson picked up a gutshot on the 
flop, but found no further help on the 
turn and 
river to fall first at the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,525,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Nick Barksdale raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, and Seth Gutz called in the big blind.
Gutz check-called a bet of 85,000 from Barksdale on a 
flop, and Gutz checked again on the 
turn. Barksdale jammed, and Gutz, who had 315,000 behind, tank-folded 
face-up. Barksdale flashed a queen as he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
975,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
315,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Kent Battles checked a flop from middle position with 250,000 already in the middle, and Shawn Stevenson bet 125,000 next to act. Battles called.
Battles checked again on the 
turn, and Stevenson bet 275,000. Battles folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
690,000
-435,000
|
-435,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Nick Barksdale raised to 75,000 from early position, and was called by Cody Bartlett in middle position and Kerry Hildebrand in the big blind.
Hildebrand checked a 
flop, and Barksdale bet 90,000. Both Bartlett and Hildebrand folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,230,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
770,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
370,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Much of the action so far has been of the raise and take it variety, but in a recent hand, Nick Barksdale raised to 80,000 from the button, and Cody Bartlett elected to call in the big blind and see a flop.
Bartlett checked the 
flop to Barksdale, who bet 80,000. Bartlett flashed the from his hand, then mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,175,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
575,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final | 1 | Kent Battles | 1,125,000 |
| Final | 2 | Shawn Stevenson | 1,510,000 |
| Final | 3 | Zach Davidson | 525,000 |
| Final | 4 | Kerry Hildebrand | 565,000 |
| Final | 5 | Jose Bermudes | 425,000 |
| Final | 6 | Nick Barksdale | 625,000 |
| Final | 7 | Robbie Kent | 760,000 |
| Final | 8 | Cody Bartlett | 3,265,000 |
| Final | 9 | Seth Gutz | 515,000 |
| Final | 10 | Nathan Steuer | 935,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,265,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
1,510,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,125,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
935,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
760,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
625,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
565,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
525,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
515,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
425,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cody Bartlett raised to 70,000 from the cutoff, and Paul Matzinger called in the small blind.
Matzinger checked the 
flop, and Bartlett bet 80,000. Matzinger check-raised to 175,000 and Bartlett called.
Matzinger fired 150,000 on the 
turn, and Bartlett called.
The 
fell on the river, and Matzinger waved his hands at the table and announced, "All in," for 1.09 million. Bartlett tanked for a few minutes before making the call, showing 
for trip fives as he did. Matzinger threw his 
down on the felt, and after the stacks were counted, Matzinger found he was covered, and the Day 1b chip leader fell just shy of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Cody Bartlett limped in from the small blind, then called when Shawn Stevenson raised to 75,000 in the big blind.
Bartlett check-called a bet of 95,000 from Stevenson on the 
flop, and both players checked the turn. Bartlett fired 350,000 on the river, and Stevenson tanked for a minute before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
1,550,000
-525,000
|
-525,000 |
|
|
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