Main Event Day 1bc | 2019 RunGood Poker Series Downstream

02-23-2019 23:26 UTC-5

Jesse Jones Leads - Updated Chip Counts

MarkSlatcher

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Jones	134,500	114,500
Mason Hinkle	101,300	81,300
Tony Courtney	94,600
Gary Kuykendall	69,600	49,600
Quinton Crossley	69,000	49,000
Tim Black	58,600	38,600
Nic Petree	47,000	47,000
Joseph Gatlin	45,000	25,000
Marty Kinder	41,200
Cameron Douglas	37,200	17,200
Rodney Spriggs	33,600	33,600
Paul Strohm	32,700	12,700
Drew Kinder	32,200	12,200
Reginald Roberts	30,800	10,800
William Scarsdale	29,400	9,400
Joey McCaig	26,000	26,000
Papa Karn	25,100	5,100
Shem Yusuf	25,000	5,000
Grant Hart	22,700	2,700
Kenny Baggett	20,400	20,400
Simon Webster	14,800	1,600
Mark Martin	14,300	-5,700
Jason White	13,400
Grant Hinkle	9,900	-10,100
James Jennings	Busted

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Tags: Jesse Jones

02-23-2019 23:02 UTC-5

Faces In The Field

MarkSlatcher

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

02-23-2019 22:52 UTC-5

Meet the Kinders of Imperial, Missouri. Father Marty, and sons Kyle, Ryan, and Drew. They've been playing poker tournaments together for a little more than a year. Kyle briefly held the chip lead in Flight B before bagging 133,000 at the end of the flight. The remainder of the Kinders are all in contention in Flight C.

Marty says they came to the RGPS at Downstream in December so that Drew, the youngest, could play. "Drew is 18, so he can't play most places. But he can here," Marty tells us. So far, the Kinders have cashes in HPT events, including a couple final tables and four-digit prizes.

Knowing sibling rivalry, Kyle's 133,000 chips is the real target for Ryan and Drew. Though making to Day 2 would be nice, too.

Tags: Marty Kinder Kyle Kinder Ryan Kinder Drew Kinder

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

02-23-2019 22:07 UTC-5

First Break

MarkSlatcher

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The first of two 15-minute breaks has arrived. Following the break, Level 5 will bring blinds of 200/400 with a 400 big-blind ante.

02-23-2019 22:05 UTC-5

The RGPS Record No One Wants

MarkSlatcher

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The record holder for most RGPS Main Event final tables without a championship is currently a tie between Jesse Jones and RG Ambassador Daniel Lowery.

Both have five RGPS ME final table appearances, and both have finished second. With the opportunity to win a seat onto Poker After Dark at the PokerGO studios in Las Vegas, there's no time like now to make a final table. But Jesse Jones is never one to play for second place.

Lowery punched his ticket into Day 2 during Flight A, where he bagged up 48,500 chips. Jones is among the field in Flight C, and eyeing another deep run.

Tags: Daniel Lowery Jesse Jones

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

02-23-2019 21:50 UTC-5

Reginald "Shawn" Roberts Enters the Fray

MarkSlatcher

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

HPT Legend Reginald "Shawn" Roberts has entered Flight C of the RGPS Main Event, and on his second bullet in Level 3. Reginald took down second place and $120,146 at the HPT Black Hawk Main Event earlier this month. But that's just the beginning of his $1.1M resumè.

Roberts is no stranger to the RGPS. The Ozark, Missouri native has a modest RGPS Main Event cash among his other accomplishments, from a 13th-place finish for $2,490 at Downstream last December. His first taste of a RunGood Poker Series was in April 2017 at the Harrah's North Kansas City, where he made it to Day 2 with 37,500 but fell short of the money.

Roberts is better known as a three-time HPT Main Event Champion, WPT Deepstacks champion, WSOPC ring holder, with dozens of final table appearances at major events. No doubt, a deep run is in the cards for this veteran of the felt.

Tags: Downstream RunGood Poker Series RGPS HPT Reginald Roberts Shawn Roberts

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200