RGPS Joplin Taking Place April 11-16 With $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Once it wraps up the currently underway stop at bestbet Jacksonville, the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is heading to Oklahoma for RGPS Joplin, which will take place April 11-16 at Downstream Casino Resort.
The RGPS Joplin stop, the latest on the RGPS 2023 Checkpoint series, will culminate with the $600 buy-in RGPS Joplin Main Event, which has a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs.
There will also be several side events, including an Omaha event, giving players plenty of chances to get their hands on an RGPS ring.
While not the longest stop on the RGPS schedule, the four-day RGPS Joplin stop is jam-packed with plenty of exciting events.
The stop will kick off with two events on April 12, including a $250 DeepStack Ring Event with two flights a $25,000 guarantee and a Flip and Go Ring Event that will be provided throughout the series on demand.
Later in the series, there will be a $300 Pot-Limit Omaha Ring Event, giving four-card players a chance to pick up an RGPS ring.
The RGPS Joplin Main Event will kick off on April 13 with the first of four starting flights. Day 2 of the Main Event will play down to a winner on April 16, and the winner will walk away with the bulk of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The RGPS Joplin stop will close out with a $225 buy-in Closer NLH Ring Event on April 16 before the RGPS team heads to Iowa for RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs.
, Greg Robinson bet 18,000 after it was checked to him but was then check-raised to 59,000 by his opponent Thomas Carroll. 
fall on the river. Carroll then stood up to look at Robinson's stack before announcing a bet of 69,000. 
, with Holladay at risk. 
which was of no help to Holladay and he was eliminated on the stone bubble, sending the rest of the players into the money.
for a pair of aces while Lanvegin flipped over 
for just a pair of fives. 
, Greg Robinson bet 18,00 into the pot of around 50,000. The action was then on his heads-up opponent, Timothy Miles, who went into the tank. 
for just ace-high. Much to his surprise, Miles also turned over 
for the same hand. The two players laughed and the pot was chopped between them.