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.
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Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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.
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.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
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.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Grant and Mason Hinkle have a Kansas City home game nicknamed "Monday Night Poker," which includes game regulars Paul Strohm, Craig Dick, and Jim Indiveri, among others.
The Hinkles have been seated side-by-side at Table 29, but they won't have the spotlight to themselves. Also at their table are RG Ambassador Daniel Lowery (6 WSOPC rings), Bart Bogard (2 WSOPC rings), and last night's $165 6-max winner Nic Petree ($4,337). Mike Tang finished second to Mark Martin in the Main Event in 2014, and William Scarsdale made the final table of the inaugural RGPS at Downstream in March 2014.
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