Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
2019 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs
Buy-in
$575
Prize Pool
$203,490
Entries
399
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Barb Stahlecker Is a Big Fan of the RGPS, Wants a Seniors Tournament
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Barb Stahlecker made the trip from Norfolk, NE to Council Bluffs, which she says is her favorite place to play. She's making her way through the Day 1a field, sitting just under starting stack.
Stahlecker has played Run Good Poker Series events for the past three years, twice a year. She's a fan, but thinks the tour should add some Seniors Events.
Barb has five grandkids and just celebrated her 18th wedding anniversary. She says her husband doesn't play poker, which is "good. We only need one of us."
Stahlecker is looking to add something to her $6,324 in career tournament winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Break Time
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
The players are on their first 10-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Settis Outs Fouts, Berthelsen Building
Level 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Mike Fouts, who won the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event in 2018 for $36,780, shoved all in on the button and Bhaskar Setti called from the small blind after taking a few moments to think about it.
Setti, who is originally from India and now lives in Omaha, showed 
and was ahead of the 
of Fouts.
Setti hit an ace on the flop and held to eliminate Fouts.
The next hand, Kevin Berthelsen opened to 1,000 and Setti called from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Berthelsen checked. Setti bet 1,500 and Berthelsen called.
The turn was the 
and Berthelsen check-called again, this time to the tune of 3,000.
The river was the 
and Berthelsen put 10,000 of his 120,000 stack into the pot. Setti quickly folded.
Berthelsen already has more than six times the starting stack as we approach the end of level five.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
121,000 | |
|
|
36,500 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Elizabeth Hunter, a Regular Returning to Poker
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Elizabeth Hunter says she's a regular but took a few years off to focus on getting her daughter through high school and out of the house. She succeeded and is now back on the grind, sitting with just over 18,000 chips on Day 1a of the RGPS Main Event.
She came to Omaha by way of St. Louis and has been working for a transportation company for a "long time."
With her daughter working and settled after graduating from high school, Hunter, who has $17,452 in career tournament winnings, has now returned her focus to being a regular poker player and is looking to add to that number. Her biggest cash to date is $11,390 for a third-place finish in 2014 here in Council Bluffs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,200
18,200
|
18,200 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Kip Smith's Kicker is Better
Level 7
: 400/800, 800 ante
Four players saq the 
flop and Kip Smith was left heads up after check-calling a 2,500 bet from the player in the cutoff.
The turn was the 
and Smith check-called another 3,000. The river was the 
and both players checked.
Smith showed 
and outkicked his opponent who held only 
.
Smith is from Grand Island, NE and has $110,776 in career tournament winnings with five cashes in Run Good Poker Series Events.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000