Main Event
Day 1a Started
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
The RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event Kicks Off Tonight at 7 p.m.
The Run Good Poker Series' first stop of the season is getting ready for its $575 buy-in $100,000 Guarantee Main Event. The first of three Day 1 flights starts at 7 p.m.
Players start with 20,000 chips and will play 12 30-minute levels before bagging for Day 2, which will restart February 12 at noon. This is a multiple reentry tournament and registration is open for the first nine levels.
In addition to the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, each player who makes the final table will win their way into a special "Showbound" satellite. At the end of the Run Good Poker Series season the satellite entrants will play for two spots on Poker After Dark, which will air on PokerGo. Each winner will receive a buyin for a $5,000 sit and go and a chance to play with some of the biggest names in poker.
The "Showbound" satellite seats are also awarded to any player who wins a side event throughout the season.
For now, the players are focused on the season's first Main Event at the Council Bluffs Horseshoe and the estimated $30,000 first-place prize. Follow all the action right here on PokerNews.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Cards Are In The Air
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The Run Good Poker Series Main Event is underway. Cards are in the air for Flight A.
Mark Barrientos is Looking for More
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Mark Barrientos was up quite late last night, after final tabling the $200 No Limit Holdem Bounty tournament last night. Barrientos is from Wichita, KS and including him nine family members have made the trip to Council Bluffs Iowa.
The father of five has $32,058 in career tournament winnings and is the owner of ABC Liquidators. He wasn't sure he was going to make it down for the series, considering the weather, but everyone made it safely and Barrientos started off by winning $426 for his ninth place finish in the Bounty tournament.
The plan today was for everyone to go shopping, but Barrientos says, "they went to shop and I went to sleep."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Retired Army Linguist Al Johnson
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Al Johnson plays poker about once a week and always tries to play the Thursday Run Good Poker Series tournament when its in town. He also likes to play the main event when he has time and he's in the field early in level two.
He retired from the Army in 2017 after 20 years as a linguist and his favorite place to be stationed was Korea. He's married with three daughters, the oldest of which is 25.
"It was all fun and games until they were twelve," he says.
Al lives with his family in Papillion, NE.
A friendly face at a Run Good event is not unusual, but Al stands out among the rest with a large frame and a smile to match.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Papa Karn Loses Huge Pot to Former RGPS Main Event Champ Drew Woodke
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Four players saw the 
flop.
The action checked to Papa Karn, father of Run Good Founder and CEO Tana Karn. He bet 1,800 and two players called.
The turn was the 
and paired the board. Karn bet again, this time making it 3,100 and his two opponents continued.
The river was the 
and Karn checked behind the player in the small blind. Drew Woodke asked for a look at Karn's remaining stack and then tossed out a bet of 5,000. The small blind folded and Karn called.
Woodke showed 
and was just better than Karn's 
. Woodke won the huge pot and Karn was eliminated on the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
RGPS Showbound powered by PokerGo
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
WIN YOUR WAY ONTO POKER AFTER DARK
Throughout the 2019 RGPS Showbound season, tournament participants will have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to play on an upcoming episode of the legendary series “Poker After Dark.” Preliminary event winners and players who reach the final table of main events will receive a reserved seat in a freeroll satellite at the Hard Rock Tulsa for two $5,000 Sit & Go seats and the high roller experience of a lifetime at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.
2019 RUNGOOD POKER SERIES SHOWBOUND STOPS
February 5-10 – Council Bluffs, IA
February 19-24 – Joplin, MO
March 5-10 Tunica, MS
March 26-31 – Bossier City, LA
April 23-28 – Kansas City, MO
April 30-May 5 – Tulsa, OK
“The RunGood Poker Series is famous for fun, and this ‘Showbound’ tour will be no exception with even more prizes at stake,” said Sam Simmons, president of Poker Central. “We’re pleased to welcome winners to the PokerGO Studio to compete on ‘Poker After Dark’ and test their skills where the lights shine brightest.”
RunGoodGear.com President and RunGood Poker Series owner Tana Karn added his excitement to this new partnership.
“As a kid, I would always daydream about being able to compete in front of thousands of people. With the partnership of PokerGO and the RunGood Poker Series we get to make that dream come true for two individuals on one of poker’s most beloved shows. We can’t wait to roll out the red carpet and have the world tune in for a spectacular season.”
Detailed schedules for each stop on the tour will be announced at a later time. The satellite winners will receive red carpet treatment with travel expenses to Las Vegas, a behind-the-scenes look at the PokerGO Studios, meet and greets with some of poker’s biggest celebrities, and a chance to compete with the most popular poker players in the game. Further details are available at http://www.rungoodpokerseries.com.
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