$600 Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 RGPS Tulsa

10-15-2023 00:28 UTC-5

Undercover Two-Pair Cracks Aces for Roberts

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 11: 1,500/3,000/3,000

On a flop of 7♣8♠4♣, the player in the big blind checked over to Brazos Roberts who put out a bet of 10,000. The player in the big blind didn't take long to check-raise all-in only to see Roberts snap-call to set up a runout with the big blind at risk.

Big Blind: A♠A♣
Brazos Roberts: 7♦4♦

The board completed with the J♥ turn and 3♠ river, securing a big pot for Roberts as his opponent hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brazos Roberts	300,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Brazos Roberts

10-15-2023 00:19 UTC-5

Emerging Big Stacks

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lech	497,000

Luke Frazier	285,000 -83,000	-83,000
Rania Nasreddine	250,000 250,000	250,000
Will Berry	223,000
David Pireson	220,000

10-15-2023 00:00 UTC-5

Frazier Building A Stack

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 10: 1,000/2,000/2,000

Luke Frazier raised to 6,000 from under the gun and got a caller in middle position. Action folded to the small blind who jammed for 22,500. Frazier then raised again by sliding 100,000 into the middle, quickly getting a fold from the middle position player and setting up a runout with the small blind player at risk.

Small Blind: A♥Q♣
Luke Frazier: A♠K♥

The board ran out 2♠2♣4♠3♣10♠, keeping Frazier in the lead from start to finish and sending his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Frazier	368,000 368,000	368,000

Tags: Luke Frazier

10-14-2023 23:50 UTC-5

De Barros Takes One Off Murphy

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 10: 1,000/2,000/2,000

Action folded to Mike Murphy who raised to 5,500 and found a call from Arthur de Barros on the button before seeing the flop come down K♥5♠5♦.

Both players checked to see the Q♥ hit the turn.

Murphy opted to lead with a bet of 6,000 which was called by De Barros before the dealer placed the K♠ out on the river.

Both players checked to showdown and De Barros quickly turned over the Q♦J♣, prompting a quick fold from Murphy as the dealer pushed the pot toward De Barros.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Murphy	173,000 173,000	173,000
Arthur de Barros	65,500

Tags: Mike Murphy Arthur de Barros

10-14-2023 23:33 UTC-5

Behl Rings Opponent's Bell, Sends Him to the Exit

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 9: 1,000/1,500/1,500

Action folded to Nik Behl in middle position who came in for a raise to 4,000, getting callers from a late position player, the button and the big blind before seeing the flop come 8♦K♣10♣.

Action checked to Behl who continued with a bet of 9,000. The late position player folded to the button who jammed for 36,500. The big blind got out of the way and Behl doubled-checked his cards before tossing in a call to put the button at risk and send both players to a runout.

Button: K♥9♥
Nik Behl: A♦K♠

Behl was way ahead headed to the turn and river which came the 6♠ and J♦, making the button's exit official as Behl collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nik Behl	95,000

Tags: Nik Behl

10-14-2023 23:20 UTC-5

Ace on the River Pulls Merrifield from Deep Waters

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Level 9: 1,000/1,500/1,500

The player under the gun raised to 4,500 before facing a three-bet to 25,000 from Brad Merrifield on the button. The under-the-gun player paused briefly before moving all-in and Merrifield quickly called off as the smaller stack to put himself at risk and send both players to a runout.

Brad Merrifield: A♣Q♣
Under The Gun: Q♠Q♥

The flop of 2♦7♠2♣ was safe for the under-the-gun player, as was the 4♥ turn. But when the river came the A♠, Merrifield came from behind to win the pot and secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Merrifield	165,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Brad Merrifield

10-14-2023 23:06 UTC-5

RGPS Tulsa Main Event Coverage Resumes

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

PokerNews is now picking back up on coverage of the RunGood Poker Series Main Event Day 1c flight.

Level 9 has just gotten underway in the final flight and late registration has just closed with a total entry count of 182 with 68 players remaining playing blinds of 1000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante.

The total entry count spanning all three starting flights was 500 entries, creating a $260,000 prize pool to be divided amongst the players who return for the final day tomorrow, Sunday, October 15th.

10-14-2023 21:08 UTC-5

Ben Burnett Bags the Day 1b Chip Lead

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a little over ten hours of play, Day 1b of the RunGood Poker Series $600 main event has paused play for the day with Ben Burnett putting the biggest stack of 531,000 chips in the bag for the night. Just behind him in the counts for this flight are Sandra Main (418,000), Tyler Barnes (358,000) and John Stanfield (354,000). Rounding out the top ten is Jim Wilson, who will return to Day 2 action with 224,000 in stack.

Flight 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Hometown	Chip Count
1	Ben Burnett	Springfield, MO	531,000
2	Sandra Main	Pittsburg, KS	418,000
3	Tyler Barnes	Miami, OK	358,000
4	John Stanfield	Overland Park, KS	354,000
5	Vic Guardino	Tulsa, OK	311,000
6	Bobby Sanoubane	Aurora, CO	303,000
7	Earl Gordon	Normanm, OK	295,000
8	Mika Evans	Bartlesville, OK	258,000
9	Marco Shoals	Owasso, OK	248,000
10	Jim Wilson	Broken Arrow, OK	224,000

Flight 1c is well under way having already reached level 5 with coverage picking back up in level 9, so keep it locked to PokerNews for continued coverage of the main event all the way to the completion of the final starting flight and final chance for players to find a bag to take into the final day of the event!

Tags: Ben Burnett Bobby Sanoubane Earl Gordon Jim Wilson John Stanfield Marco Shoals Mika Evans Sandra Main Tyler Barnes Vic Guardino

10-14-2023 20:56 UTC-5

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Burnett	531,000 359,000	359,000
Sandra Main	418,000 18,000	18,000
Tyler Barnes	358,000 37,000	37,000
John Syanfield	354,000 354,000	354,000
Vic Guardino	311,000 -9,000	-9,000
Bobby Sanoubane	303,000 303,000	303,000
Earl Gordon	295,000 -5,000	-5,000
Mika Evans	258,000 258,000	258,000
Marco Shoals	248,000 -162,000	-162,000
Jim Wilson	224,000 68,000	68,000
Heidi Erickson	200,000 2,000	2,000
Sax Alexander	180,000 180,000	180,000
Jared Ward	168,000 168,000	168,000
Tim Black	163,000 -118,000	-118,000
Matt Riffle	135,000 -7,500	-7,500
Mark Martin	128,000 -157,000	-157,000
John Steier	110,000 -110,000	-110,000
Matthew Hicks	100,000 -57,500	-57,500
Benjamin Perez	78,000 78,000	78,000

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10-14-2023 20:36 UTC-5

Final 21 Players Remaining in Flight 1b Have Bagged for the Night

Chris Land

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a grueling hand-for-hand that saw eight all-ins where the short stack survived each time, there was suddenly an all-in and a call on two of the final three tables of the flight.

On one, action folded to the button who jammed for a little over 100,000 and was snap-called by Vic Guardino in the big blind.

Once action was given the go-ahead by tournament staff, Guardino turned up the A♦A♥ which was way ahead of the 8♥8♠ of gis opponent on the button. The Q♠10♠10♣2♥5♦ board changed nothing and the bubble had officially burst.

Once that hand was completed, hands were exposed on the other table after an all-in on the turn that was called by Sandra Main.

On a board reading 7♠5♣4♦K♣, Main showed the K♦Q♥ which was well ahead of the 5♦6♦ of her opponent and when the 10♥ came on the river, play was halted for the night as two players were sent to the cage to chop the min-cash after having busted on the same hand.

A short write-up on flight 1b will follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandra Main	400,000 -99,000	-99,000
Vic Guardino	320,000

Tags: Sandra Main Vic Guardino