Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
2019 RunGood Poker Series Downstream
Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 RunGood Poker Series Downstream
Buy-in
$575
Entries
372
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Cards Are In The Air For Flight C
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The final flight of the RunGood Showbound Main Event at Downstream is under way in the Pavilion Event Center. Eric Kelly bagged up the chip lead in Flight B with 194,000 chips, but Craig Dick still holds the overall chip lead after bagging 309,000 in Flight A.
Players entering Flight C of the $575 buy-in Main Event will start with 20,000 chips and must survive twelve 30-minute levels to reach Sunday's Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 (approximately 11:30 p.m.). A full structure sheet can be found here.
Stay with us here from the first shuffle to the last to bring you updates throughout the event!
Downstream RGPS ME Champion Simon Webster Arrives to Defend His Title
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Simon Webster capped off a stellar year of poker by taking down the RGPS Main Event at Downstream last December. Combined, Webster's 2018 included $220,126 in live tournament winnings.
The RGPS Main Event Champion is in the field in Flight C and is looking to ride the wave into 2019.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,200
-6,800
|
-6,800 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Papa Karn Squeezes into Flight C
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Papa Karn is, for reasons no one quite understands or can explain, the unofficial RunGood mascot. Despite all the RG Ambassadors under the brand's flag, it's Papa Karn people want to hear about. The soft-spoken poker player belies his fierce attacking style at the poker tables, and his results speak volumes. With 13 cashes at RGPS events, and over $40,000 in combined tournament winnings, Karn is a force at the table.
Fear not, adoring public, Papa Karn is in the Flight C field. He has cashed in the RGPS Main Event but has yet to reach the final table. If Karn makes it this season, he'll have a shot at a seat on Poker After Dark and a whole new level of stardom.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Reginald "Shawn" Roberts Enters the Fray
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.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The RGPS Record No One Wants
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.
First Break
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.