Team RunGoodGear pro Amanda Baker has taken her seat. She's joined by a few others including Terry Karn who took seventh at the Downstream Main Event last year.
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Bryan Campanello has taken his seat here and is joined (not at the same table) by his father, Johnny. They are joined by Terry Presley who was the day 1a chip leader at the 2014 Downstream and Hard Rock Tulsa events. He'll be looking to replicate that success here tonight.
The dealers are tossing cards to the players and the poker action has commenced here at the 2015 RunGood Poker Series Downstream Casino Resort Main Event.
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After a successful 2014 tournament series, RunGoodGear.com is back for more in 2015 and today sees the first Main Event of their three tournament tour get underway at Downstream Casino just outside of Joplin, Missouri.
RunGoodGear.com CEO Tana Karn expects approximately ten of his stable of professional poker players to take part in this event. Among those already spotted in the tournament room were the likes of Bernard Lee, Jamie Kerstetter, Amanda Baker, and Ross Bybee who won one of the 2014 tour stops at Hard Rock Tulsa.
There are three starting flights and players may re-enter for the first nine levels of each flight. Cards will be in the air within the next 30 minutes and we'll be here to bring you the action until a winner is determined on Sunday.