Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2019 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa
Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa
Buy-in
$675
Entries
319
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
RGPS Tulsa Hard Rock Main Event Profile: Rania Nasreddine
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Rania Nasreddine is a staple at the Tulsa Hard Rock when poker tournaments are in town. She didn't bag last night, so she popped in again, after attending a friend's wedding to try her hand at bagging for Day 2 again.
"Are you caught up on Game of Thrones?" she asked, "I'm kind of meh about this season. I thought the climax of the last episode was anti-climactic."
Jacob Seale is seated next to her.
"You talking about Game of Thrones? You must be."
Seale went on to potentially spoil the ending, which no one seemed to be bothered by.
Nasreddine recently got married and her and her husband took engagement photos dressed Khal Drogo and Daenerys from the show.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Ta Phan Wins Three-Way All In
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Tai Phan just won a three-way pot with kings against Dan Lowery and Rodney Spriggs.
After a couple limps, Lowery made it 3,000 and Spriggs called. Phan raised all in for 12,000 and Lowery moved all in over the top.
Spriggs had 6,000 behind and called off his remaining stack.
Lowery: 
Spriggs: 
Phan: 
The board ran out 
and Phan held to eliminate Spriggs and win a big pot off Lowery.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | |
|
23,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
|
Busted |
RGPS Tulsa Hard Rock Main Event Profile: Frank McKeon
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Frank McKeon was talking about the Kentucky Derby. He apparently didn't know who had won and hadn't checked it yet. After some conversation at the table, he asked who won and found out the result.
He's sitting at just above starting stack. He's a small business owner, whose business deals with software and consulting.
He is from Owasso, OK.
McKeon has $20,735 in career tournament winnings and is looking to build on that here, now that he didn't get rich off the winner of the Derby.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
RGPS Tulsa Hard Rock Main Event Profile: Halsten Kelso and a Poker Dream
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Halsten Kelso just won his seat to Day 1C in a satellite. During the satellite, he was sitting across from Sean McCormack who is the Director of Poker Operations at Aria.
During the tournament, McCormack video-called WSOP Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker and passed the phone to a fan so he could say hello to the champ. Moneymaker chatted for a few and then McCormack asked if he should call Daniel.
"Negreanu?" asked Kelso, "if you call him I will fold every hand to you from now on."
McCormack video-called Negreanu and handed the phone to Kelso.
"There are three people in my life I would want to talk to and two of them are dead," said Kelso. "The other is Daniel. That thirty seconds made my year and it's only May."
Kelso works for a natural gas and pipeline company after spending some time taking a shot at being a professional poker player.
"I got to try the dream," he said.
Now he is playing when he can. He won his seat in the satellite and is now playing for a shot at the final table and the Showbound satellite seat. Who knows, maybe he will end up at the same table with Negreanu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
RGPS Showbound Main Event Day 1C Photos by Hayley Hochstetler
Chip Counts
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
23,700
23,700
|
23,700 |
|
23,000 | |
|
22,400 | |
|
22,400
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
|
|
18,900 | |
|
|
18,200 | |
|
17,900
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
17,100
14,100
|
14,100 |
|
|
14,700
14,700
|
14,700 |