Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2016 RunGood Poker Series Harrah's North Kansas City
Main Event
Day: 1b
Joe Becchina Wins Last Seven Hands for Chip Lead in Day 1B
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Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The second flight of the RunGood Poker Main Event at Harrah's North Kansas City drew 86 entrants. After 12 levels of action the field was trimmed to 20 surviving players moving on to Sunday's Day 2 with Joe Becchina leading the field.
Becchina was around the average stack entering the last orbit of play but went on a run winning the last seven hands in a row. He even woke up with pocket aces on the last hand against Thomas Houston to secure the chip lead.
The surviving stacks are a lot closer to normal after Friday night's monster stacks bagged up. Friday had four players over the 200,000-chip mark but Saturday's early flight saw just three other player players bag up six-figures - Steve Kim, Andy Ziskin and Travis Burch.
It wasn't a good flight for RunGood Pros with Jonathan Gaviao, Ray Henson and Clint Tolbert hitting the rail.
The evening flight just kicked off and they'll play to about 1:30 am.
Day 1B Survivors & Chip Counts
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
246,000 | 151,000 |
|
137,000 | -23,000 |
|
122,000 | 78,000 |
|
|
115,500 | |
|
97,500 | |
|
|
91,500 | |
|
86,500 | 41,500 |
|
79,000 | |
|
72,000 | -35,000 |
|
65,500 | -500 |
|
61,500 | -13,500 |
|
57,000 | 30,000 |
|
54,500 | 6,500 |
|
|
54,000 | |
|
46,000 | -42,000 |
|
46,000 | -5,000 |
|
44,000 | 4,000 |
|
35,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
28,000 |
Three More Hands
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
The clock was paused with a few minutes remaining and the two tables will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for Sunday.
Mason Hinkle Eliminated
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
From across the room we saw Mason Hinkle stand up to leave but heard the dealer telling him not to leave. He got in a showdown with William Monie and the board was 
. Hinkle had pocket fours in front of him and Monie held 
for Broadway.
Hinkle was left with just 800, he was all in from the small blind on the next hand, found ace king and doubled up. But his comeback was cut short when he was eliminated on the button in the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000 | 17,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Steve Kim Wakes Up with Aces
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The player under the gun opened to 6,000 and Steve Kim raised to 24,000 in the big blind. The unknown player moved all in holding 
and Kim called with pocket aces. The board ran 
, Kims aces were best and here earned the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 72,000 |
Ray Henson Eliminated
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
RunGood Pro Ray Henson was eliminated in unknown action. He was the last RG pro standing of Day 1B.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Clint Tolbert Eliminated
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Clint Tolbert made the sullen walk from his seat to the door of the poker room with his phone in his face - which usually means one thing. He moved all in preflop holding pocket eights and Steve Kim called holding pocket tens. Tolbert never improved and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,000 | 31,000 |
|
Busted |