Main Event
Day 1b Started
2019 RunGood Poker Series Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Day 1b of the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event Starts at Noon
The Run Good Poker Series Council Bluffs Main Event Day 1b starts at noon today. Jovan Sudar set the mark bagging 348,500 after winning a huge three-way pot late in the day. The players in the remaining starting flights will be hard pressed to match this stack heading in to Day 2, but will have plenty of opportunity with two remaining flights and unlimited reentries until the start of level nine in each flight.
The $575 buy-in tournament has a $100,000 Guarantee. 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
And Awaaaaaay We Go
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 1b of the Run Good Poker Series Council Bluffs Main Event.
Fouts Sends Two to the Rail
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The board read 
and the first player to act threw out 7,000 into a pot of 12,000. Mike Fouts, an RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event Champion, went all in for 15,600.
The next player took about a minute and eventually tossed in a chip, calling the shove. The final player called as well and the players tabled their hands. Fouts showed 
for a straight with a flush redraw.
His opponents showed 
and 
.
The river was the 
and Fouts improved to a flush and eliminated two players.
Fouts live in Omaha and says he doesn't play that much poker. He works in worker's compensation insurance and had major surgery eight weeks ago.
He's also pretty excited about the chance to play on Poker After Dark. Fouts finished second in the $200 No Limit Bounty Tournament on Thursday.
"That was part of the pressure, I really wanted a chance to win that trip," he said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
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Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Crust Wants a Shot at Hellmuth, Negreanu
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Bill Crust was sitting with a small heart-shaped rock next to his chip stack.
"What's the story with that?"
"With what? Oh, nothing. I get more hearts I guess."
Crust is an insurance agent who drove from Kansas City with two friends.
"I play everywhere. I've played since college — ten years ago," Crust said with a smile.
He says he's a big fan of Poker After Dark.
"I'm a big fan of poker before dark too."
Crust says he'd like to play against Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu if he makes it onto the show.
"I'll either beat him or I'll slap him," he said of Hellmuth.
"He's a really nice guy," another player chimed in, "one of the best I've met."
Crust added that he thinks Negreanu is, "the best there is."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Rawls Wants Ivey
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Doug Rawls, whose first name is Mike, but he goes by Doug, would choose to play against Phil Ivey if he got to pick his Poker After Dark lineup.
Rawls is a former Air Force fireman who now works as a construction supervisor specializing in piping. His father was a Marine and his grandfather was in the Navy.
He has one recorded tournament cash.
"These guys sent me to the 2006 WSOP Main Event," Rawls says, "Annie Duke knocked me out."
Rawls finished 425th place for $30,512.
Rawls' daughter married a member of the Secret Service and he's quite excited to visit the White House for the first time ever. Rawls has been married for 19 years going on 20 and has three kids. He says he kind of adopted his third.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 |