$675 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa
$675 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2019 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa
Winner
Buy-in
$675
Prize Pool
$223,200
Entries
372
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
111
Players Left
18
Gardy & Montana Bills Bag Big as 18 Survivor Day 1a of RGPS Hard Rock Tulsa
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Day 1a of the RunGood Poker Series "Game 7" $675 buy-in, $100K GTD Main Event from Hard Rock Tulsa attracted 111 runners, but after 12 levels of play just 18 remained. Leading the pack with 289,000 is Justin Gardenhire.
Others to bag big stacks were Montana Bills (273,000), Keith Ferrera (191,500), Jared Ward (157,000), and Blair Hinkle (156,500), who round out the top five.
They were joined by the likes of Perry Chupp (151,000), Michael Sanders (146,500), Reggie Tynes (91,000), Shawn McCracken (55,5000, and Shelly Wise (33,000).
For Bills, he steadily amassed chips throughout the night before hitting a big hand in the penultimate level. It happened when Jerry Jones got his last 40,000 all in holding ace-jack and was looking to survive the nine-eight suited of Bills. That didn’t happen though as the latter flopped a queen-high diamond straight flush to score the elimination.
Of course, not everyone was as lucky as Bills. Among those to fire and fall on Day 1a were Daniel Lowery, Cash Carpenter, Cody Coffman, Rodney Spriggs, Sandra Main, Papa Karn, Tom Hudson, and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Bryan Campanello.
On Saturday, Day 1b and 1c will take place at Noon and 7 p.m. local time respectively. The surviving players from each flight will then return at noon on Sunday to play down to a winner.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
289,000 | 64,000 |
|
273,000 | 23,000 |
|
191,500 | 1,500 |
|
157,000 | 37,000 |
|
156,500 | 66,500 |
|
151,000 | -9,000 |
|
150,000 | 45,000 |
|
146,500 | 36,500 |
|
122,000 | 47,000 |
|
100,000 | 70,000 |
|
91,000 | 1,000 |
|
75,500 | 25,500 |
|
72,500 | 17,500 |
|
|
69,000 | 20,000 |
|
55,500 | -44,500 |
|
42,500 | -12,500 |
|
33,000 | -7,000 |
|
29,000 | -86,000 |
Four More Hands
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The tournament staff just announced the remaining player will play four more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1a. Stay tuned for a list of survivors with chip counts, as well as a short recap of today's action.
A Late Double for Tynes
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
With around 10,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Reggie Tynes got hit last 41,700 all in from the big blind and was at risk against Keith Ferrera, who was on the button.
Keith Ferrera: 
Reggie Tynes: 
Tynes had flopped top pair but Ferrera was on the spade flush draw. Fortunately for Tynes, neither the 
turn nor 
river hurt him and he shipped a late double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 48,000 |
"Gardy's Crushing"
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
In the last hand of Level 11, Justin Gardenhire raised under the gun only to have John Moore three-bet to 15,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Gardenhire pushed back to the tune of 33,000, which Moore called.
Gardenhire then bet 10,000 on the 
flop and Moore called to see the 
turn, which both players checked.
When the 
paired the board on the river, Gardenhire bet 39,000 and Moore thought long and hard before tossing away his hand.
"Gardy's crushing," Blair Hinkle quipped from across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
55,000 | -30,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Montana Bills Flops Straight Flush to Bust Jones
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Michael Sanders limped from early position and Montana Bills raised to 7,000 to his immediate left. Jerry Jones then three-bet all in for around 33,000 next to act and action folded back to Sanders, who folded. Bills made a quick call and the hands were turned up.
Montana Bills: 
Jerry Jones: 
It was a race, but one that didn't last long as the flop came down 
to give Bills a straight flush and leave Jones drawing dead.
The meaningless 
turn and 
river was run out to make Jones' elimination official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 50,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts from Table 27
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | |
|
|
100,000 | -5,000 |
|
50,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
Updated Chip Counts from Table 29
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
105,000 | |
|
|
85,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
70,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
25,000 | -50,000 |