2016 RunGood Poker Series Harrah's North Kansas City

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 RunGood Poker Series Harrah's North Kansas City

Event Info
Buy-in
$675
Prize Pool
$151,213
Entries
252
Players Left
252
Average Chip Stack
20,000
Total Chips
5,040,000
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Main Event

Day 2 Started

Day 2 Players and Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Nye
Jonathan Nye
261,500
Joe Becchina
Joe Becchina
246,000
Jay McVeigh us
Jay McVeigh
235,500
Justin Young us
Justin Young
WPT 1X Winner
229,500
Tim Woodson us
Tim Woodson
214,000
Rick McGown
Rick McGown
201,000
William McCracken us
William McCracken
194,500
Maruti Cherakupally
Maruti Cherakupally
175,000
Andre Allen us
Andre Allen
165,500
Ali Zakeri
Ali Zakeri
160,500
Steve Kim
Steve Kim
137,000
Mike White us
Mike White
131,500
Andy Ziskin us
Andy Ziskin
122,000
Mark Fink us
Mark Fink
116,500
Travis Burch
Travis Burch
115,500
Zeki Tarim
Zeki Tarim
106,000
Mike Adams
Mike Adams
103,000
Brian Andrews us
Brian Andrews
97,500
Carter Clond us
Carter Clond
97,000
Craig Dick us
Craig Dick
94,500
Kelly Johnson
Kelly Johnson
92,500
Shane Raikes us
Shane Raikes
92,000
Nick Burriss
Nick Burriss
91,500
Alex Marler us
Alex Marler
87,500
Shane Fuller us
Shane Fuller
86,500

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Jonathan Nye Leads 52 Day 2 Players

Jonathan Nye leads Day 2.
Jonathan Nye leads Day 2.

The final day of the final installment of RunGood's End of Summer series wraps up in Harrah's North Kansas City. The Main Event featured a $100,000 guarantee and blew it out of the water with over $150,000 in the prize pool. Jonathan Nye leads a Day 2 of 52 players with 27 making the money.

The field will play down to a winner tonight where the winner walks with $36,288 for their efforts. A trip to the final table locks up $3,932 and min-cash comes in at $1,664.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Shuffle Up & Deal

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Tournament officials reviewed the day's schedule - they'll play 45 minute levels and take a 15 minute break every three levels. Once the final table is reached, levels extend to an hour.

The field will redraw at 27, 18 and ten players when they hit the money.

Mason Hinkle Eliminated, Six Remain of Toughest $40 Home Game

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Mason Hinkle
Mason Hinkle

Mason Hinkle had the shortest stack returning for Day 2 - just a small blind more than the starting stack at this point. He pushed in late position holding {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Mike McAdams woke up with pocket kings in the small blind. The board ran {J-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Spades}, Hinkle never improved and was eliminated.

Hinkle plays in the toughest $40 home game in the country here in Kansas City, which boasts four bracelets. Many of the players turned out and seven of them returned for Day 2. The other six still in action are:

Cash Carpenter
Chris Juul
Craig Dick
Kelly Johnson
Alex Marler
Nick Burris

Player Chips Progress
Mason Hinkle us
Mason Hinkle
Busted

Chris Battaglia KOs Papa Karn

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Papa Karn
Papa Karn

Chris Battaglia and Papa Karn went to a raised flop of {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Karn bet 12,000 from the big blind and Battaglia raised all in. Karn sat for a moment, called and turned up {J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Battaglia rolled over {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and the board finished his way with {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, giving Battaglia trips and sending Karn to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Battaglia us
Chris Battaglia
170,000 87,500
Papa Karn us
Papa Karn
Busted

Charles Lehman Doubles Through Maruti Cherakupally

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Maruti Cherakupally opened for a raise, Charles Lehman shoved his short stack behind him and Cherakupally called.

Lehman: {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Cherakupally: {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The board ran {J-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, Lehman's kings were best and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Maruti Cherakupally
Maruti Cherakupally
140,000 -35,000
Charles Lehman
Charles Lehman
100,000 46,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Woodson Spikes the River

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

There was a preflop all in between Mike Adams and Tim Woodson.

Woodson: {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Adams: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

The board ran {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{K-Clubs}, the king on the river ended Adams' day and Woodson built his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Woodson us
Tim Woodson
240,000 26,000
Mike Adams
Mike Adams
Busted