$600 Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 RGPS Tulsa

10-14-2023 16:16 UTC-5

Emerging Big Stacks in the Room

Chris Land

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Dreiling	276,000 276,000	276,000
Rania Nasreddine	201,000 176,700	176,700
Heidi Erickson	198,000 198,000	198,000
Tim Black	185,500 185,500	185,500
Cory Smith	182,000 182,000	182,000
Ben Burnett	172,000 172,000	172,000
Matthew Hicks	157,500 157,500	157,500
Matt Riffle	142,500 142,500	142,500
Bobby Sanqoubane	131,000 131,000	131,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

10-14-2023 15:49 UTC-5

Can't Keep a Champion Down

Matt Hansen

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

Robert Champion got it all in for his last 24,500 and a player called from the next seat over before the rest of the table got out of the way.

Robert Champion: 5♦5♠
Opponent: A♣9♥

The board ran out 3♣10♠6♦K♥5♣ and Champion held on with pocket fives to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Champion	50,500

Tags: Robert Champion

10-14-2023 15:43 UTC-5

Clark Gives One Up, Still Above 100K

Matt Hansen

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

Scotter Clark announced a raise and tossed out 3,500 from middle position. Sandra Main was the only caller from the big blind and the flop was J♦5♥Q♥.

Main shoved quickly after the flop and Clark gave it a moment of thought before he slid his cards into the muck.

Clark is coming off of a run to third place in the most recent RGPS Main Event for $43,514, held last week in St. Louis.

Elsewhere in the room, Brian Winter was seen leaving the tournament area after a few attempts to spin up his short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scotter Clark	115,000 115,000	115,000
Sandra Main	36,500 36,500	36,500
Brian Winter	Busted

Tags: Sandra Main Scotter Clark

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

10-14-2023 15:17 UTC-5

Time for a Break

Matt Hansen

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The remaining players have stepped out for another 15-minute break. There are 163 entries so far in Day 1b.

10-14-2023 14:59 UTC-5

Winter Storms Through Tulsa

Matt Hansen

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Brian Winter is on a tear in Tulsa after he won two rings on Friday, the sixth and seventh of his career — and the fifth in the last three months.

Winter won the Flip 'n' Go ring event in heads-up play against PokerNews' own Liam Gannon before he jumped into the Pot Limit Omaha ring event with just moments left in registration. He went on to win that tournament and claim his second ring of the afternoon while extending the lead at the top of the RGPS Player of the Year leaderboard.

Rank	Player	POY Points
1	Brian Winter	552.24 pts
2	Walker Miskelly	441.03 pts
3	Dylan Lemery	365.43 pts
4	Loi Hoang	337.80 pts
5	Kevin Grinder	281.02 pts
6	William Stanford	275.47 pts
7	Keith Heine	268.54 pts
8	Forrest Kollar	268.12 pts
9	Carl Masters	267.79 pts
10	Scotter Clark	254.64 pts

Birney Holds With Sixes for Over A Double

Chris Land

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Tony Birney limped from under the gun as did players in both middle and late position. The player in the cutoff opted to put an end to the limping with a raise to 4,000.

Birney called as did both the middle position and late position players, leading to a 3♥7♦3♦ flop.

Action checked to the cutoff who continued with a bet of 7,000. Birney jammed for about 17,000 total, getting folds from the middle and late position players and a call from the cutoff, setting up a runout with Birney at risk.

Tony Birney: 6♦6♣
Cutoff: J♥10♠

The turn and river came the 2♣ and 7♥, securing a good bit more than a double for Birney as the dealer turned his opponet';s cards facedown and slid them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Birney	49,500 49,500	49,500

Tags: Tony Birney

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000