Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
The Main Event of the Run Good Poker Series Bossier City Horseshoe stop begins Friday night at 7 p.m. This is a $575 Main Event with a $100,000 guarantee. There are three starting flights. The first is tonight and the two remaining flights are at noon and 7 p.m. on Saturday.
The players start with 20,000 starting chips and will play 12 30-minute levels before bagging for Day 2 Sunday at noon.
Every player who makes the Main Event final table will win there way into a satellite for a shot to play on Poker After Dark in the PokerGO studio. They will also have a shot at an estimated $30,000 first prize and the RGPS Showbound trophy.
It's been an exciting season so far with the RGPS. Stay up to date on the Main Event right here on PokerNews.com. If you want some more information about the Run Good Poker Series, Tana Karn recently appeared on the PokerNews Podcast and did an interview all about the RGPS and their team up with PokerGO. You can listen to that right here.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Early in level one, Michelle Wolkomir was in the small blind.
The under the gun player limped and the next player made it 700 to go. Three players called before Wolkomir made it 2,000 from the small blind.
She got two callers.
The flop came and Wolkomir led for 3,500. Both her opponents folded.
Wolkomir has a Duke University sweatshirt on and is seated right on front of one of the television sets ready to cheer for Duke later in the NCAA tournament.
Michelle Wolkomir - 27,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michelle Wolkomir | 27,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ross Bybee | 20,000 | |
Mina Greco | 20,000 | |
Josh Wilder | 20,000 | |
Jon Bennett | 20,000 | |
Ashley Hine | 20,000 | |
Mason Hinkle | 20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Josh Wilder came down to Bossier City, LA after winning his first WSOP circuit ring in Tulsa, OK just a few weeks ago. He opened under the gun to 600 and got four callers, including Todd Smith.
The flop was and Wilder was the first one to bet, making it 3,200. Smith raised to 6,200 and Wilder raised all in.
"Call I guess," Smith said, calling his remaining 5,900.
Wilder tabled two kings, and Smith showed for two pair.
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Smith the double up.
Smith is an office worker from East Texas who comes to Bossier City Horseshoe once in a while.
Todd Smith - 17,000
Josh Wilder - 16,500
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Todd Smith | 17,000 | |
Josh Wilder | 16,500 | -3,500 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Jeff Wyatt just raised to 700 preflop and got five callers. He surrendered on the turn when a player check-raised him on the board.
Wyatt is a familiar face around Bossier City and was born and raised here. His grandmother was one if 16 children and his mother was one of ten, "and they all live here."
He's currently working in real estate and is a retired fireman. Wyatt's been married for 28 years and has two children. His son's getting ready to graduate from Louisiana Tech and his daughter is the 2015 Youth Sorting and Roping champion.
"I have no talent whatsoever, I just provide for them," Wyatt said.
His father, who recently passed away, was the City Marshall.
Wyatt is a true Bossier city regular and gained some attention from the blog last time the RGPS came through Bossier when he shoved on the third hand of the Main Event with and won.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeff Wyatt | 22,000 | 22,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300