2016 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Casino Tulsa

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2016 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Casino Tulsa

Event Info
Buy-in
$675
Entries
286
Players Left
286
Average Chip Stack
20,000
Total Chips
5,720,000
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Calaeb Roland Goes from Worst to First

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Ray Henson's kings were no good.
Ray Henson's kings were no good.

We missed the preflop betting action but the short version is that Andre Allen, Ray Henson and Calaeb Roland got all in preflop.

Allen: {A-}{A-}
Henson: {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}
Roland: {A-Spades}{4-Spades}

The dealer rolled out {J-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, Roland made an ace-high flush, Allen was eliminated and Henson lost some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Calaeb Roland
Calaeb Roland
31,000
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
27,000 -13,000
Andre Allen us
Andre Allen
Busted

The Briscoe Cage Match

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

John Reynolds and Jody Briscoe went a raised flop {J-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, Reynolds bet 7,000 and Briscoe called. The turn came {3-Diamonds}, Reynolds bet 15,000 and Briscoe called. The river came {Q-Hearts} and both players checked.

Briscoe tabled {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Reynolds couldn't beat it and mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jody Briscoe
Jody Briscoe
75,000 41,000
John Reynolds us
John Reynolds
35,000 -39,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Some Up, Some Down

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
115,000 81,000
Pete Petree us
Pete Petree
100,000 45,000
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
100,000 43,000
Thomas Houston us
Thomas Houston
100,000 100,000
John Nukem
John Nukem
75,000 75,000
John Reynolds us
John Reynolds
74,000 54,000
Stephan Guy us
Stephan Guy
60,000 -4,000
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
40,000 32,000
Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
36,000 -4,000
Rees Skruggs
Rees Skruggs
34,000 16,000
Eric Espinoza
Eric Espinoza
33,000 11,000
Steven Thomas
Steven Thomas
32,000 -5,000
Andre Allen us
Andre Allen
22,000 2,000
Bill Donnelly
Bill Donnelly
20,000 -32,000
Greg Jennings us
Greg Jennings
15,000 -5,000
Mike Tang us
Mike Tang
15,000 -12,000
Jonathan Goviano
Jonathan Goviano
13,000 13,000

Brett Sheets Rivers Flush, Starts to Leave

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Brett Sheets was under 10,000 and moved all in preflop and Greg Himmelbrand called from out of the blinds. Sheets held {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Himmelbrand held {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

The board ran {Q-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{J-Spades}{3-Spades}, Sheets started to leave before the dealer called him back and pointed out he made a four-flush and stayed alive.

Player Chips Progress
Brett Sheets
Brett Sheets
20,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Kirk Smith Doubles Through Greg Himmelbrand

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

There was a preflop raising war between Lynn Samples, Greg Himmelbrand and Kirk Smith. Samples let her hand go after Smith went all in and Himmelbrand called.

Himmelbrand: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Smith: {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}

The board ran {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}, Smith hit a pair and Himmelbrand sent 17,000 chips across the table.

Player Chips Progress
Kirk Smith us
Kirk Smith
33,000 13,000
Greg HImmelbrand us
Greg HImmelbrand
19,000 -9,000