Kyle Kinder put his last 35,000 chips at risk on a 
board. Clyde Lorance called with 
against the 
of Kinder.
Kinder couldn't catch up and was eliminated in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Wadih Kaawar called a 7,000 bet from Kyle Kinder in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Kaawar checked. Kinder bet 7,000 and Kaawar called.
The turn was the and Kaawar check-called 16,000 from Kinder.
The river was the 
and Kaawar checked a third time. Kinder bet 25,000 and Kaawar called. He showed 
for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
408,000 | 14,000 |
|
218,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
85,000 | -125,000 |
Mike Spyers and Mike Childers have been eliminated and Clyde Lorance has heaps.
Wadih Kaawar is the short stack behind Kyle Kinder who has roughly half of what Lorance has.
"How am I gonna do this," Kaawar said as Childers was eliminated and he was left against the two large stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
447,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
179,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
69,000 | -25,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Michael Crawford check-raised all in for 36,400 against Kyle Kinder.
The board read 
and Kinder bet 13,000. He called and tabled 
. Crawford needed help with 
.
The turn was the and the river was the 
and Crawford was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Clyde Lorance has been on a heater and now has the chip lead with seven players remaining.
He knocked out Julie Cornelius and Shane Fuller.
Cornelius had pocket tens, Fuller pocket sixes, and Lorance 
.
The flop was king-high with two diamonds and the turn was an ace. The river was a diamond and Lorance's hand kept improving to finally eliminate two players with a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000 | 83,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Dan Martin moved all in and was part of a four-way all in pot. Tai Phan, Nick Petree, and Matthew Blackwell were the other three players.
Phan won his seat by final tabling RGPS Council Bluffs and followed it up with a fifth-place finish in the RGPS Tulsa Hard Rock main yesterday. He was in the lead with 
.
Petree finished third in the RGPS Downstream Main Event and had 
.
Blackwell earned his seat by final tabling the RGPS Tulsa Hard Rock main and finishing runner-up to Blair Hinkle earlier this morning. He had 
.
Martin, who earned his seat by winning the RGPS Deepstack tournament in Tunica, had 
.
The board ran out 
and Petree won the main pot, while Phan won the side pot and eliminated both Blackwell and Martin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Corey Hodgeman won his seat in the Showbound satellite thanks to his seventh-place finish in the RGPS Tunica Main Event. He says he was down to 1,600 chips and is now going to win one of the two seats.
He's spent the last year working at a mattress store and says most of the poker he plays is online poker.
If you win a seat on Poker After Dark is there anyone you'd want to play with?
Shaun Deeb. We'll have two chunky boys at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,000 | 14,000 |
James Herderhorst is originally from Kentucky but now lives in Independence, MO. He owns a locksmith company and has been married for 15 years to Britton, an engineer who also plays poker. They've been married for 15 years.
He qualified thanks to a ninth-place finish at RGPS Kansas City last weekend.
Herderhorst was the first player to show up this morning for breakfast. He has $7,596 in career winnings on four cashes. With, one cash from 2005 and then three from 2017, it seems Herderhorst is as recreational a player as there is. He seems very excited to have a shot at the Poker After Dark seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000 | 18,000 |
Hugh Bryan is from Nixa, MO. He was the $165 Double Stack Turbo at the Downstream stop in Joplin, MO.
He worked at Rocket Flats in Colorado for, 'his whole life.' Rocket Flats is a nuclear testing facility.
Now he plays a bunch of poker and has cashed the Seniors Event at the WSOP in 2007 and 2017. He has $15,128 in career tournament winnings.
Is there anybody you'd like to play against on Poker After Dark?
Nobody in particular.
Is there anyone you'd like to meet if you end up on the show?
I've already met everybody I want to meet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
The Showbound satellite kicks off at noon. The players are currently enjoying a breakfast catered by the Tulsa Hard Rock and Run Good Gear before they take their seats for a shot at playing on Poker After Dark.
This has been a season-long promotion by the Run Good Poker Series in collaboration with Poker Central and PokerGO. Every player who made a final table of an RGPS Main Event or won an RGPS side event has a seat in the satellite.
The top two players will win a seat to a $5,000 sit-n-go to be played in the PokerGO studio at the Aria Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The SNG will be filmed as an episode of Poker After Dark.
Best of luck to all the qualifiers, it's time for the show!