Burford Leads Saturday Flights; Stroud Takes Chip Lead Into Day 2 of RGPS Bossier City Main Event
The RunGood Poker Series Bossier City $575 Main Event has seen the conclusion of its three initial flights, with 438 entries generate a total prize pool of $219,000, more than doubling the $100K guarantee. Saturday’s Flights B and C drew 303 of those entries, with noon's Flight B getting 145 runners and Flight C’s 7 p.m. version seeing the remaining 158.
When flight B finished, James Fricker found himself as chip leader, finishing the day with 237,500. He narrowly edged out Speed Frank (236,500) and Cedric Jones (234,500) to claim that title among the 29 to advance from the afternoon flight.
However, it was the “Milk Man,” Mark Burford who decided during Flight C that he would be the one to not be outdone among the Saturday competitors. Burford had a comfortable stack north of six figures during the penultimate level of the night, and built from there when he won a multiway pot with pocket queens. The pot put him close to 200,000 and he only built from there, amassing even more chips before eclipsing with his end-of-day total of 257,000.
Burford will enter Day 2 second in chips among behind Flight A chip leader Matt Stroud (288,000). In total, 91 players found their way into Sunday’s competition, though all advancing still have work to do, as just 45 players will make it into the money and earn a first-level payout of $986.
Day 2 will begin at noon local time on Sunday with levels being increased to 45 minutes in length. Play will start at the beginning of Level 13 (2,000/3,000/3,000) and will continue until a winner has been declared, with the eventual champion set to earn a first-place prize of $48,110 and a RGPS Game Seven championship ring.
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