Welcome to Day 2 of RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs
Two days of play at RunGood Council Bluffs have seen a field of 144 players pared to just 26. Today, one of those 26 will claim a first-place prize of $40,320 and a memorial plaque on the traveling RunGood Champions Cup.
Each of the two Day 1 flights reached a hard stop with 13 players left. Day 1b got there much earlier, and play will resume late in Level 13 (1,000/2,000/300) with about two minutes left on the clock. As with Day 1, all of the levels today will be 40 minutes long as part of the new, longer tournament structure.
Tom Leto is the man to catch early on as he bagged 328,800 in his fiery Day 1b run, good for a wide lead over second-place Russell Licking (240,500). RunGood Pros Justin Gardenhire (213,500), Michael Sanders (165,500), and Ryan Tepen (133,700) also remain in contention. The latter has taken down two RunGood events within the past year, including the RunGood Cup Championship.
Cards are scheduled to fly at 11 a.m. local time here in Council Bluffs, so stay tuned here on PokerNews to see who takes the first ever $1,100 Main Event on RunGood Poker Series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
328,800 | |
|
240,500 | |
|
229,900 | |
|
225,400 | |
|
213,500 | |
|
165,500 | |
|
139,500 | |
|
133,700 | |
|
124,000 | |
|
114,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
95,700 | |
|
91,000 | |
|
85,500 | |
|
83,200 | |
|
71,400 | |
|
59,500 | |
|
57,500 | |
|
39,500 | |
|
39,000 | |
|
34,500 | |
|
|
32,800 | |
|
32,400 | |
|
30,000 |
, leaving Requena dead on the turn. 
turn and 
river preserved his aces, and Mullin's remaining chips went to Sanders after Feregrino tripled up.
on a flop of 
with one diamond and was called by Russell Licking, who had 
to give Sanders more outs with an open-ended straight draw but a 
and was at risk against the 
, Justin Gardenhire bet 30,000 out of the big blind and Russell Licking, who had opened preflop, called in middle position. The river brought a 
and Gardenhire fired again for 70,000.
and the RunGood Pro mucked.
, leaving Licking with a flush.
river.