The Destination RunGood Season Finale began with an over-the-top kickoff of its third-annual $1,000,000 guaranteed RGPS Main Event, a $2,500 buy-in tournament that attracted 455 entrants and offered up a $1,015,105. It concluded with another celebration atmosphere as Terrance Reid stood atop the heap after a three-way ICM chop, with him taking the lion’s share of $192,755!
On his road to victory, Reid navigated through a field filled with some of the toughest players and then capped it off with a dominating final table performance that included World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker champions.
Destination RunGood: Final Boarding Million Dollar Main Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrance Reid | United States | $192,755* |
| 2 | Lee Markholt | United States | $124,540* |
| 3 | Steven Ritchie | United States | $110,000* |
| 4 | Jared Jaffee | United States | $68,830 |
| 5 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | $51,580 |
| 6 | Tyler Patterson | United States | $39,190 |
| 7 | Taylor Black | United States | $30,200 |
| 8 | Casey Mccarrel | United States | $23,600 |
| 9 | Joshua Prager | United States | $18,700 |
*indicates chop deal
Winner’s Reaction
“I feel great. That was a really fun final table. Did you see how many chips I had?” the newly crowned champion joked in his post-win interview.
When asked why he chopped with such a massive chip disparity (he held 15,625,000 of the total 18,200,000 in play), he replied:
“I mean, I gave up $10,000…I feel like it’s irresponsible of me to play for a $60,000 heads-up. Most of the time, I close that out in half an hour as each of them had sub-ten big blinds. But they are both very good players, and you know, blinds are very high for such a well-structured tournament (s/o TV Poker Room). And you double up the same guy twice; before you know it, you’re playing a real poker match.”
Originally from the St. Louis area, Reid is now a North California resident who lives around four hours north of Thunder Valley. He spends his free time off the felt, taking long walks through the Redwoods, kayaking, and studying poker theory. He says he will use the winnings for more poker buy-ins and that his backyard hot tub will be installed “a lot sooner.”
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Day 3 Action
The day began with 20 remaining contenders, and for a while, it looked as though Casey McCarrel was going to continue his hot streak as he came into the day with the chip lead and kept it throughout the first break. But as can be expected with a field of this calibre, several players took turns at the helm as chips were being traded across the felt. Jared Jaffee built a big stack at one point but was cut down when Reid hit a full house with nine-deuce against his trip nines. Reid then used this momentum to completely dominate the tournament and scored several knockouts leading up to the final table.
The Final Table
After Huhan Wu fell to Reid in tenth place, the players were reseated at the final table. Reid’s stack of 3,930,000 held a commanding lead, over a million more than Casey McCarrel’s 2,800,000, which was in second place.
Reid then quickly lengthened the gap when he scored a big pot with a full house against Joshua Prager, but there were still no bust outs for a while, and the players went on a 75-minute dinner break.
However, some food must have been all these players needed as the chips began flying as soon as they returned. First to go was Prager, who fell to Reid when he shoved with queen-eight but ran into Reid’s ace-king to fall in ninth place.
Soon after, Reid shoved the flop of four-five-nine and was tank-called by McCarrel with pocket queens. Unfortunately for him, Reid held four-five for two pair and held to eliminate McCarrel in eighth place for a huge pot.
Reid still hadn’t finished the job but inched closer to the title when Taylor Black moved all from his right with ace-jack suited. Reid woke up with pocket queens, which held to bust Black in seventh.
Since Reid had all the chips, all the other players were playing super tight until Tyler Patterson finally moved in with ace-five but ran into the ace-queen of Lee Markholt to send the defending champ to the rail for a sixth-place finish.
The players then paused the clock as they floated around chop numbers, but Jaffee declined to accept, and they decided to continue playing.
Darren Rabinowitz got his short stack into the middle with an ace-six but failed to improve against Reid’s pocket fours to hit the payout desk in fifth place. The players then decided to run the ICM numbers again, but once more, Jaffee declined, and the cards kept coming.
Finally, after Reid defeated Jaffee in fourth place with queen-five offsuit against ace-eight, the final three players agreed to a three-way ICM chop. Reid was then awarded the RGPS ring, the first-place prize of $192,755, as well as a free ticket into the Dream Seat Invitational this November.
