The RGPS $700 Main Event Awards Cody Bartlett $63,305

Horseshoe Council Bluffs hosted the two-day RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) $700 Main Event. It featured 546 entrants who eyed the RGPS ring and the $63,303 top prize. However, only 67 entrants proceeded to Day 2 and Cody Bartlett beat all his opponents at the final table to win the tournament.

The champion lost the 2021 RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event’s title to Nate Steuer and won a $24,167 consolation prize. But he defeated Ted Forshey in the recent event to win his first RGPS ring and earn his highest payout.

The Final Table’s Prizes

1. Cody Bartlett from Grand Island – $63,303
2. Ted Forshey from Desoto – $44,377
3. Joel Brown from Omaha – $28,537
4. James Girouard from Sioux Falls – $20,013
5. Scott Buller from Lincoln – $15,368
6. David Gallimore from Albuquerque – $12,701
7. Robbie Kent from Omaha – $10,565
8. Jason Crews from Pleasant Hill – $8,436
9. Gabe Neighbors from Grinner – $6,329

Cody Bartlett’s Journey to Victory

Some of the players who cashed despite missing a seat at the final table were Ben Ludlow, David Hengen, Terence Reid, Angela Jordison, Keerat Bawa, Derrick Plumage, Blair Hinkle, Joshua Kopp, and Andre Allen. Ashley Frank used ace-eight suited to stake her remaining chips against Bartlett’s ace-jack. Unfortunately, she lost and finished 10th setting up a nine-handed final table.

Gabe Neighbors, the day’s stack leader, used ace-ten to move all-in facing David Gallimore’s pocket fours. The former’s run ended in ninth place with $6,329 after their card lost. Jason Crews finished eighth after his king-ten suited lost to Bartlett’s ace-three offsuit.

The latter made a bottom pair flop and the former turned another pair. Robbie Kent exited the tournament in the seventh position after his ace-queen lost a pot to Ted Forshey’s ace-jack.

A jack-high flop occurred and earned Forshey a pot. Gallimore became the table’s short stack when Forshey beat him for a flop. The former used ten-nine off to move his stack before Bartlett used king-jack to call him in the big blind.

Bartlett made a straight flop that sent Gallimore packing in sixth place with $12,701. Scott Buller followed Gallimore in the fifth position despite winning a recent Omaha 8 event.

He used queen-ten to face Forshey’s pocket threes in a three-bet pot. But, the ten-high flop had a three, and the money went in as Buller drew dead. Forshey won the pot and eliminated Buller.

Joel Brown and James Girouard were the short stacks in four-handed action. The latter used nine-seven suited to move his stack against Forshey’s pocket queens, which dominated and busted him in fourth place.

Bartlett clashed with Brown after several minutes using ace-two suited against king-six off. But, the ace-high helped Bartlett double up and reduced Brown’s chips. Bartlett and Forshey used ace-seven to dominate Brown’s queen-nine and collect his chips before eliminating him in third place with $28,537.

Bartlett overtook Forshey to get the chip lead in their battle of the blinds. The latter used jack-four suited to face the former’s jacks in a three-bet. But Bartlett eliminated Forshey in second place with $44,377.

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