Main Event Day 1a | 2019 RunGood Poker Series Downstream

02-22-2019 21:44 UTC-5

HPT Champion William McCracken Takes Early Lead

MarkSlatcher

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Bolivar, Missouri resident William McCracken (pictured) has taken the chip lead early in the first flight.

Known by "Shawn" as well as "William," depending on the venue, the RGPS veteran has bagged the Day 1 chip lead in the RunGood Main Event more than once. His biggest score was in October 2017 when he took down the title and $91,123 in the HPT's $1,650 Main Event at the Ameristar in Kansas City.

McCracken has three RGPS Main Event final tables on his resumè, including a second-place finish in September 2016 for $28,833.

Player	Chips	Progress
William McCracken	34,200

Tags: William McCracken

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

02-22-2019 21:59 UTC-5

Aces Hold for Sanders

MarkSlatcher

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

We arrived at the table with the preflop action already under way.

Seat 5 had min-raised from early position to 600. Seat 7 called. Bill Sanders three-bet from the blinds to 2,600. The original raiser quickly announced all-in. Seat 7 folded and Sanders snap-called, turning over . Seat 5 saw the bad news and said, "Again?" before tabling .

The dealer spead a flop of , leaving only backdoor draws for Sanders' opponent. The turn was the , effectively ending the hand. The board completed with a meaningless and Sanders became one of the chip leaders.

James Beeler, on Sanders' left, has also chipped up as we near the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Beeler	36,600 16,600	16,600
Bill Sanders	35,500

Tags: Bill Sanders James Beeler

02-22-2019 22:14 UTC-5

Faces in the field

MarkSlatcher

02-22-2019 22:16 UTC-5

First break

MarkSlatcher

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The players are now on their first scheduled 15-minute break. When they return, Level 5 will get under way with blinds of 200/400 with a 400 ante.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

02-22-2019 22:53 UTC-5

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MarkSlatcher

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

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02-22-2019 22:58 UTC-5

Chips are flying

MarkSlatcher

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

The action has been hot and heavy and the chip stacks have fluctuated as a result. Craig Dick has taken over the chip lead halfway through Level 5. Here's a look at some of the have's and have-not's in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Dick	109,700 77,500	77,500
Jason Friedline	50,800 8,300	8,300
Bill Sanders	47,000 11,500	11,500
Larry Fleming	45,600 45,600	45,600
William McCracken	37,400 3,200	3,200
Mike Tang	33,600 22,600	22,600
Jack Arnold	26,800 6,600	6,600
Mike Kennedy	24,400 24,400	24,400
David Queen	22,800 -6,700	-6,700
Matt Bond	19,500 -500	-500
Jim Indiveri	19,000 19,000	19,000
Quinton Crossley	17,500 3,900	3,900
James Beeler	14,000 -22,600	-22,600
Joey McCaig	13,700 5,400	5,400
Travis Taylor	11,200 11,200	11,200
Mark Martin	Busted

Tags: Craig Dick

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

02-22-2019 23:11 UTC-5

Scott Takes It Without a Showdown

MarkSlatcher

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

In the closing minutes of Level 5, a huge pot was played between Shannon Scott and Nick Burris.

Burris opened for 1,000 in the hijack and Scott three-bet to 3,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Burris, who four-bet to 9,000. Scott considered what to do and then called. Both players started the hand with roughly even stacks of around 45,000 each.

The dealer spreads a flop of and Burris continued for 8,000. Scott called fairly quickly and the dealer turned the . Burris reached for chips and bet 13,000, having around 20,000 behind.

Scott went into the tank, checked his hole cards, and after half a minute of thought, moved all in for 31,100. It was then Burris's turn to go into the tank. He counted down his remaining chips as he considered whether to put his tournament at risk.

In the end, he pushed his cards toward the muck and Scott took down a huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shannon Scott	79,400 59,400	59,400
Nick Burris	19,800 -200	-200

Tags: Nick Burris Shannon Scott