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Once the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) wraps up its Bay Area stop at Graton Casino, it will to Jack Cleveland Casino in Ohio for the very first RGPS Cleveland, which will feature the $800 buy-in RGPS Cleveland Main Event with a $250,000 guarantee.
The Main Event will consist of three starting flights, the first of which will get underway on Sept. 29. After Day 1b on Sept. 30 and Day 1c on Oct. 1, Day 2 will take place on Oct. 2. and play down to a winner, who will get the bulk of the guaranteed prize pool and take home the RGPS trophy.
The RGPS Cleveland stop, set to run Sept. 22-Oct. 2, will also feature over $500,000 in guarantees and a handful of side events that will see the winner's taking home Championship Rings, which were recently reintroduced by RGPS.
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The remaining 66 players have stepped out for a 15-minute break.
Action was heads-up with 
on the board and over 200,000 in the pot when Paul Serrate checked. Norberto Callixto bet 100,000 and Serrate called to see 
on the turn.
Serrate checked again and went deep into the tank when Callixto shoved with 720,000.
"I have a flush and an open-ended flush draw. It's just a matter of whether or not I want to gamble," Serrate said as he considered his options. "He's probably got pocket kings."
The clock was called by another player at the table and the tournament director came over to begin the countdown. Serrate called in the waning seconds and the cards were turned up.
Serrate had 
and Callixto showed 
. The river was 
and the diamond flush came through to give Serrate the giant pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,900,000
510,000
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126,000
-220,000
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Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
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Megan Thomson limped in from under the gun and Samer Mogannam raised to 32,000 from late position. Kris Burchfield came along from the big blind and Thomson called to make it three-handed.
The flop was 
and both Burchfield and Thomson checked. Mogannam spent about a minute considering his options.
"Five-hundred thousand," Mogannam said.
Burchfield and Thomson tossed their cards in the muck without much hesitation. Mogannam showed 
.
"Do you call if I say four-hundred thousand there?" Mogannam asked.
"Maybe if you don't take a minute to bet," Burchfield said with a smile.
"You don't even have four-hundred thousand!" one of Mogannam's tablemates noticed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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496,000
251,000
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251,000 |
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421,000
-229,000
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60,000
-147,000
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-147,000 |
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Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
