$100,000 Guaranteed Main Event Day 1b | 2014 RunGoodGear.com Hard Rock Tulsa

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bunch	340,500 45,500	45,500
Steven DuCharme	199,000 199,000	199,000
Noah Nodine	188,300 13,300	13,300
Mesgana Tesfaridet	163,200 163,200	163,200
Matt Bond	155,400 4,600	4,600
Brett Wells	139,400 139,400	139,400
Robert Shuptrine	129,000 129,000	129,000
Clint Tolbert	123,200
Steve Eoff	116,500 116,500	116,500
Matt Newcombe	108,800 32,800	32,800
Tam Nguyen	101,700
Mark Martin	94,300 57,000	57,000
Jon Bennett	86,200 86,200	86,200
Vince Pironti	82,700 82,700	82,700
Kevin Suneson	75,400 75,400	75,400
Gregg Childers	69,800 69,800	69,800
Steve Sanders	56,800 26,800	26,800
Paul Ganzel	52,800 52,800	52,800
WIll Berry	51,100 7,700	7,700
Loyd Qualls	49,000 49,000	49,000
John Song	43,700 43,700	43,700
John Heckenkamp	42,800 17,800	17,800
James Jennings	41,600 41,600	41,600
Roy Pruitt	40,200 40,200	40,200
John Reynolds	37,500

Player

Chips

Progress

Eric Bunch

340,500

45,500

Steven DuCharme

199,000

Noah Nodine

188,300

13,300

Mesgana Tesfaridet

163,200

Matt Bond

155,400

4,600

139,400

129,000

123,200

116,500

108,800

32,800

Tam Nguyen

101,700

Mark Martin

94,300

57,000

Jon Bennett

86,200

Vince Pironti

82,700

Kevin Suneson

75,400

Gregg Childers

69,800

Steve Sanders

56,800

26,800

Paul Ganzel

52,800

WIll Berry

51,100

7,700

Loyd Qualls

49,000

John Song

43,700

John Heckenkamp

42,800

17,800

James Jennings

41,600

Roy Pruitt

40,200

John Reynolds

37,500

Eric Bunch defended home turf on Day 1b of RunGoodGear.com Hard Rock Tulsa Main Event, bagging 340,500 to best Day 1a leader Terry Presley's 319,800 and take the overall lead into Sunday's Day 2. Bunch hails from nearby Collinsville, Okla., and he's looking for his first five-figure cash after topping the 190-player flight.

Steven DuCharme (199,000), Noah Nodine (188,300), Mesgana Tesfaridet (166,200), Matt Bond (155,400), tour pro Clint Tolbert (123,200), Matt Newcombe (108,800), and Tam Nguyen (101,700) also tote six-figure stacks into Sunday. A total of 34 made it through.

Bunch's climb began by getting it all in on the turn with the board reading . Tolbert had for a pair and an open-ender, but Bunch had top-top with the . Tolbert had lots of outs, but it was Bunch improving on the river. Tolbert would go on to reenter and survive the day.

Bunch's run continued a bit later when he flopped a set of kings against a set of fives to bust another foe.

Bunch had heaps when he dragged the biggest pot of the night during Level 11. He checked the turn on an board, and his opponent bet 14,000. Bunch, who was in the big blind, put a stack of orange T5,000 chips in: 70,000. His opponent leaned back in his seat, crossed his arms, and tanked for a few minutes before pushing all in for about 14,000 more. Bunch called, and the hands were revealed.

Bunch:
Opponent:

Bunch's set was best, but he had to fade diamonds, eights, and kings. A red card hit, but it was the , and Bunch added to his tournament-leading stack.

Notable players bowing out during the course of the 12 levels of play were World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jordan Morgan, tour pro Bernard Lee, Jeff Bryan, Jonathan Gaviao, Issac "Rungood" Tucker, Keith Ferrera, and former chip leader Ben Armstrong.

Morgan's end came on the last hand of the night, when he three-bet all in with the and was called by Newcombe, who held the . A run out spelled the end for the bracelet winner.