Abbas Pasha may not have had a long career in poker tournaments, but something about Horseshoe Council Bluffs seems to bring out the best in him.
403 hopefuls stared into the ring as they headed to the 2024 RGPS Langgood Resort Council Bluffs $800 Main Event. After three long days of play, Pasha took home the first prize of $58,735.
Pasha lives in Ames, Iowa, just over two hours from Council Bluffs. He has had success here before, claiming a WSOP line ring in 2023 for almost $29,000.
RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event Final Table Results
Place Player Prizes 1 Abbas Pasha $58,735 2 Julie Cornelius $41,127 3 Jeremy Hendricks $26,441 4 James Girouard $17,420 5 Cash Carpenter $13,414 6 Logan Cate $11,109 7 Ben McCoy $9,309 8 Siphon Tran $7,586 9 Jared Ward $5,873
winner’s reaction
Abbas Pasha
Pasha was relieved to finally win the title after repeatedly pushing heads-up opponent Julie Cornelius to the ropes.
“I took a deep breath as soon as the tournament was over. I just want to lie down and go to sleep.”
Pasha will need some sleep after his performances over the past two days. He dominated from start to finish en route to winning the title.
“It feels really good and I’m really excited. That giant rungood ring is so cool, so I really wanted to win.”
Pasha is no stranger to the world of poker, but the idea of live tournaments is relatively new to him.
“I started playing casually in my early 20s, and over the years I started playing more and more, mostly in cash games.”
“Due to COVID-19, I started playing tournaments online and I hit the tournament bug. I feel like I’ve gotten a lot better.”
“Good” is an understatement after watching Pasha play over the past few days, highlighted by a great hero call that won him all his chips during heads-up play. The pressure of the situation didn’t seem to affect him.
Pasha said he also works in IT but is also busy playing poker frequently. He also has a wife and baby, so they will definitely be celebrating together.
“I want to give a shout out to my wife, who is at home with our son and it’s great to be able to stay home and let me go out to earn money. ”
Pasha and his wife are expecting their second child in January, so his $58,735 score should be more than enough to cover new baby clothes.
action of the day
The second day of action saw 48 players take part, all guaranteed at least $1,368 in the money.
The eliminations started right from the start of the day as many of the short stacks returned on the second day. However, the pace of play eventually slowed as money became increasingly serious.
Many notable players won prize money at this event but were unable to make it to the final table. These include WSOP bracelet winners Blair Hinkle, Mo Nwara and Bob Slezak. Others include Rungood regulars Daniel Lowry and Brent Gregory, and three-time MSPT champion Nick Barksdale.
Series Leaderboard Winner Brent Gregory
final table action
In the final table bubble, a double elimination between David Caron and Andre Allen combined the final nine players.
Play lasted almost an hour with no eliminations until the final nine went on a dinner break.
Immediately after dinner, Jared Ward would be the first to drop back to ninth place. He became short stacked after doubling other players and eventually won the stack with King Queen vs. Ace Jack against Ace Jack, but could not improve as he hit the rail in 9th place.
Next up in 8th place was Siphon Tran. He spent most of the day short, stuck with King Jack, but then ran into Ace Jack on his way to an impressive finish.
7th place went to Ben McCoy. The chip leader on day one jammed 16 big blinds from the small blind with pocket eights, was called from Cornelius’ ace-five suit in the big blind, and Cornelius paired with her ace on the river to eliminate McCoy in brutal fashion. did. .
ben mccoy
The next person to fall to sixth place was Logan Kate. The youngest player to make it through the second day fought his way to the final table, calling off his stack with an ace-queen against a small blind jam of pocket eights. Cade hit the rail in sixth place, a career-best score, but missed a pair.
5th place goes to Cash Carpenter. After a string of bad cards, Carpenter took the remaining king-eight of the middle short stack, only to run into Hendrix’s king-queen, but Hendrix flopped the queen and Carpenter finished the day in fifth place. I did.
The consecutive hits continued for a while until James Girouard broke it in fourth place. He called off with an ace-three only against a small blind jam, but was dominated against Cornelius’ ace-ten when Girouard made another final table at Council Bluffs.
The next victim in third place was Jeremy Hendricks. He ended up jamming the final 20 big blinds off the button, but ran into Pasha’s pocket aces, which he held in an attempt to set up a heads-up battle with Julie Cornelius.
julie cornelius
Pasha started heads-up play with a big lead, but Cornelius continued to fight back. Eventually, when the important pot came up, the two sides were even. Pasha called a 3-bet at 8-7. He flopped a gut shot and called a continuation bet. On the turn, Pasha had a pair in hand on the draw, but faced difficulties in his tournament life. He finally made the call and faced two overcards and a flush draw. Pasha held and then won two more hands to take the title.
On the series leaderboard, Brent Gregory was first, Mo Nwara was second and Duane Gelman was third.
That’s the case with PokerNews’ coverage of the 2024 RGPS Rungood Resort Council Bluffs $800 Main Event. Stay tuned as we continue to cover poker tournaments from around the world.