$800 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood St. Louis
$800 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood St. Louis
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$410,200
Entries
586
Level
32
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
84
Players Left
10
Kenny Allen Leads Day 1a Of The RunGood Poker Series St. Louis Main Event
Day 1a of the $800 RunGood Poker Series Main Event at Hollywood Casino in St. Louis, Missouri has come to its conclusion. With 84 entrants in this flight, a total of 10 players found bags at the end of the day in their journeys to secure a piece of the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Leading the way is local rounder Kenny Allen, who ended the day with a whopping 654,000 in chips. This is Allen's first cash in the RunGood Poker Series. Allen would be up and down throughout the day, but saw his chip stack cross the 600K mark in a key hand with the player to his right, Jason Aken, when Aken's top two pair fell to the top set of Allen. The next closest stack being that of Aken with 378,000, followed by last year's RGPS St. Louis Main Event champ, Keith Heine, bagging up 343,000 to round out the top three stacks.
| Place | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Allen | St. Charles, MO | 654,000 |
| 2 | Jason Aken | St. Charles, MO | 378,000 |
| 3 | Keith Heine | St. Louis, MO | 343,000 |
| 4 | Brandon Butler | St. Louis, MO | 315,000 |
| 5 | Brian Ellebracht | St. Louis, MO | 270,000 |
| 6 | Mark Lafata | Lake St. Louis, MO | 178,000 |
| 7 | Cory Bogert | St. Louis, MO | 128,000 |
| 8 | Bradley Beetz | Hollister, CA | 101,000 |
| 9 | John Huening | New York, NY | 94,000 |
| 10 | Glen Gruner | St. Louis, MO | 94,000 |
Among the final ten were Brandon Butler, last year's Day 1a chip leader, Mark Lafata, and rounding out the field are two players who both bagged 94,000 in chips, Glen "The Cannon" Gruner, and John Huening. Anyone who didn't find a bag, and even those who did, are welcome to play the remaining flights in their quest to make Day 2. Players that bag multiple Day 2 stacks will receive a min-cash for each stack, and will play the bigger of the two stacks on Sunday.
Play ended with 20:05 minutes left in Day 1a in Level 16, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. These 10 players will return on Sunday, May 5 at noon local time to join the players from the other flights and play down to a winner. Anyone who didn't find a bag, and even those who did, are welcome to play the remaining flights in their quest to make Day 2.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the RunGood Poker Series.
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
654,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
||
|
378,000 | |
|
343,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
315,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
270,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
178,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
128,000
-127,000
|
-127,000 |
|
101,000
-239,000
|
-239,000 |
|
94,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
|
94,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
Aken Sends Mendoza Home on the Bubble
Jason Mendoza moved all-in from the button for around 100,000 and was called by Jason Aken in the big blind.
Mendoza: Q♦J♠
Aken: K♥J♥
The final board ran out 6♠6♣5♦3♦7♦, eliminating Mendoza on the Day 1a bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
378,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
|
Busted |
Allen Crosses 600k Chip Mark
Jason Aken raised to 16,000 from early position and Kenny Allen three-bet to 50,000 on his left, with Aken making the call.
The flop came K♦10♥4♣ and checked through.
The turn was the Q♠ and Aken check-called a bet of 30,000 from Allen.
The river brought the 6♦ and a repeat of the action, with Aken this time check-calling a bet of 95,000 from Allen.
Aken turned over K♣Q♣ for top two pair, but Allen tabled K♠K♥ for top set of kings to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
605,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
175,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Butler Picks-Off Ellebracht
Brandon Butler raised to 12,000 from the button and Brian Ellebracht defended his big blind.
The two players saw a K♣J♣10♣ flop and Ellebracht led for 17,000. Butler raised to 40,000 and Ellebracht made the call.
The turn was the 7♥ and checked through.
Ellebracht bet 60,000 on the K♠ river and sent Butler into the tank. After a long deliberation, Butler put in the calling chips and Ellebracht turned over A♠2♣ for just ace-high, and Butler tabled 10♥6♥ to take it down with a pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
250,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Hand-for-Hand Has Begun
The Day 1a bubble has arrived and dealers will be going hand-for-hand until there's an elimination.
10 players will bag up to return for Day 2.
Beetz Gets the Elimination
With around 50,000 in the middle and a flop reading Q♠J♦9♣, Bradley Beetz bet 15,000 from the button, and a player from the big blind moved all-in for 21,000, with Beetz making the quick call.
Opponent: 10♣9♦
Beetz: A♣Q♣
Beetz was in the lead but would need to fade the straight outs of his opponent, which he was able to do through the 7♠ turn and 4♣ river to secure the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Beetz Doubles Through Bogert
The cards were on their backs and the full board read Q♥8♠7♣4♦K♦ in an all-in hand between Bradley Beetz in the small blind, and Cory Bogert in late position. Beetz was the player at risk.
Beetz: A♠A♣
Bogert: Q♠J♠
Beetz gets the aces to hold for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
255,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
170,000 |
Assorted Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
435,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
340,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
|
190,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
|
160,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
150,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |