The Third and Final Flight is Set to Begin
The RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino $675 buy-in, $100,000 guaranteed Main Event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is down to its last starting Flight. Right now, the field stands at 315 entries (149 from Day 1a and 166 from 1b), which means the guarantee has already been smashed.
There is a little overlap with Day 1b, which began at 12:00 p.m. local time, and we'll switch our coverage to Day 1c just as soon as its predecessor concludes. The plan for the night is to play 13 levels (12 of which will be 30 minutes, and the last one 45 minutes), and we expect to see a slew of players take their final shot at Day 2.
Among those to player either Day 1a, 1b, or both — who may or may not fire again — are Wisconsinites Josh Reichard and Ben Wiora; World Series of Poker bracelet winner Eric Rodawig; RunGood Downstream champ Saied Moradi; and of course representatives from RunGood Gear including team members Bernard Lee, Jordan Morgan, Bryan Campanello, Clint Tolbert, and Justin Gardenhire.
One RunGood Ambassador we won't see today is Ryan Tepen. That's because the Missourian finished Day 1a with a stack of 330,000, which was enough to make him the Day 1a chip leader. He will return at 12:00 p.m. local time alongside all the Day 1 survivors to play down to a winner, who will receive a nice payday as well as a $10,000 seat into the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event. Before that happens though, there's still one more flight to play out.
Cards will be in the air shortly, so stay tuned!