‘Diaper’ Helps Nick Rigby Win Third Poker Tournament in 24 Hours

Nicholas Rigby’s “Diaper” wasn’t soiled, however a deuce helped him win his third poker match in lower than a two-day span.

The Pittsburgh poker participant first took down the $400 PokerNews PowerStack occasion through the RunGood Poker Sequence (RGPS) at Hollywood On line casino St. Louis on Thursday. He returned to motion on Friday and proceeded to seize two extra rings all inside the identical day.

Rigby’s first win of the week — his fourth RGPS ring — went for $28,010. However he was simply getting began.

Loopy Heater

Rigby, who made the “Soiled Diaper” poker hand (deuce-three) well-known through the 2021 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Major Occasion, was already having a powerful month of poker earlier than his two-win Friday. He’d completed sixth for $72,925 within the $1,700 WSOP Circuit Cherokee Major Occasion two weeks in the past, after which his RGPS title on Friday for one more five-figure rating. The heater hasn’t stopped.

The RGPS crusher first entered the $500 PLO Ring Occasion on Friday, which had 93 entries. He received that for $11,719 and his fifth ring. Rigby then late registered for the $200 Turbo NLH Ring Occasion, a match with 121 entrants.

He once more ran deep and reached three-handed play the place he used the “Diaper,” the suited model of his signature hand, the “Soiled Diaper,” to bust the third-place finisher, Jim Gidden. Motion had folded to Rigby within the small blind, and he moved all in preflop with 3♠2♠, just for his short-stacked large blind opponent to get up with A♣Ok♠. The board introduced a profitable flush for the Diaper hand, nevertheless.

Rigby has received three RGPS rings and has 4 cashes through the collection in St. Louis totaling over $45,000.

The RGPS Passport collection at Hollywood On line casino will wrap on Sunday with two ultimate ring occasions and the conclusion of the $200,000 assured Major Occasion, which is being reside reported by PokerNews.

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