Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Joplin
$600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Joplin
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$316,200
Entries
620
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
81
Players Left
10
Another Break Before Registration Closes
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Players have been sent on another 15-minute break with the clocks showing 30 of 80 runners remaining. Registration for Day 1a will close at the end of the break.
Brian Winter Extends RGPS Player of the Year Lead
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
As the Destination RunGood heads into April, Brian Winter is coming off another title in Jacksonville to pad his lead atop the RGPS Player of the Year Race powered by the Global Poker Index.
Winter is the only player above 2,000 points, dominating the leaderboard heading into this week’s action at Downstream Joplin.
How it works:
- Leaderboard Points: Players will score points based on their performance in RunGood Poker Series events by the Global Poker Index ranking system.
- Five Winners: The tally started on August 29th, 2023, and end June 1st, 2024. The top five players on the leaderboard will win a seat in the 2024 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship and a $500 travel stipend.
- Immortality: The top player will be featured forever on tour with a RunGood Player of the Year banner.
2023/2024 RGPS POY Rankings (Through Mar. 25)
| Rank | Player | POY Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Winter | 2265.39 |
| 2 | Shaun Emery | 1317.06 |
| 3 | Walker Miskelly | 862.77 |
| 4 | Loi Hoang | 773.88 |
| 5 | Forrest Kollar | 733.64 |
| 6 | Jason Simon | 678.1 |
| 7 | William Stanford | 658.33 |
| 8 | Daniel Hughes | 608.97 |
| 9 | Kenneth Nicoletti | 597.67 |
| 10 | Carl Masters | 592.97 |
Trip Tens for Still
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jason Still was in a heads-up pot on a flop of 10♥10♠8♥ and got his stack of 42,900 in against a bigger-stacked opponent.
Jason Still: Q♣10♦ 
Opponent: J♠J♥
Still had flopped trips and his opponent couldn't hit a jack or running straight cards as the board ran out 4♠5♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Duskin Keeps Climbing
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Shawn Duskin built a big stack early through a double knockout, and that stack has only grown since then.
In the latest pot, Duskin was in a heads-up pot on a board of 6♠6♥3♦10♥. Duskin bet 25,000 and his opponent quickly folded to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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150,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Sawyer Out
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Up-and-coming poker player Rachel Sawyer was seen in the Main Event action earlier in the evening, but her seat is empty as she has been eliminated from Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Phillips Fires Two Streets
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
In a heads-up pot on a flop of 8♣K♦3♠, Deborah Phillips checked and her opponent checked back.
Phillips then bet 6,000 on the Q♠ turn and her opponent called. The 7♠ completed the board and Phillips sized up to 15,500. Her opponent quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |