2019 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa

$675 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info

2019 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa

Final Results Event Info
Buy-in
$675
Prize Pool
$223,200
Entries
372
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1bc
Entries
261
Players Left
52

Spriggs Sends One to the Rail

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Rodney Spriggs
Rodney Spriggs

Rodney Spriggs limped under the gun and "Boston" Rob Mariano raised to 1,200 next to act. Four more players would call in between before Spriggs called to make it six-way action to the {4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop.

Five checks saw the player in the cutoff move all in for 6,100 and both blinds folded. Spriggs made the call and the other two players, including Mariano, got out of the way.

Rodney Spriggs: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Cutoff: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

Spriggs was ahead with top pair and stayed there after the {8-Hearts} appeared on the turn followed by the {5-Clubs} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Rodney Spriggs us
Rodney Spriggs
45,000 34,000

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"I'll Call You All In"

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Sergio Ramirez
Sergio Ramirez

The under-the-gun player opened big for 2,200 and Sergio Ramirez three-bet to 8,300 from late position. Tiffany Keathley was in the big blind and said, "I'll call you all in."

Keathley had intended to raise, but because of the way she said it the floor ruled that it was just a call. The original raiser then got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the {7-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Keathley then moved all in and Ramirez called off for his last 8,000.

Tiffany Keathley: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Sergio Ramirez: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

Both players had flopped top pair but Ramirez's kicker was best. The {q-Hearts} turn gave Keathley some added outs but she missed when the {5-Spades} bricked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Tiffany Keathley us
Tiffany Keathley
105,000 -20,000
Sergio Ramirez us
Sergio Ramirez
35,000 18,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Coffman Looking for a RGPS Ring to Compliment Latest WSOPC Victory

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Cody Coffman
Cody Coffman

The World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant recently wrapped up its stop elsewhere in Oklahoma, and it's no surprise to see many of those players make the trip to the Hard Rock Tulsa for the RGPS. One such player is Cody Coffman, who actually had some big success at the WSOPC stop.

In Event #1: $400 Monster Stack, 765 entrants competed over two starting flights, which resulted in a $252,450 prize pool. In the end, 24-year-old Coffman of Tulsa bested Robert Miller in heads-up play to win the title for $47,458 and his first gold ring. He did so by coming into Day 2 as the overall chip leader.

“Yeah, I mean, I didn’t like being top just because it puts pressure on you… but obviously I prefer it. Because of my cash game background, I like playing deeper. It’s better for me anyway,” said Coffman, a full-time student at Northeastern State studying Cyber Security.

He added: “It feels great. I mean, I usually play cash. Cash games are more steady. You don’t come in and buy in for four hundred and win 47k, so it’s just insane. It’s a great feeling … I mean, I’ve played instead of having a job through college and I love it, it’s fun, but it’s just not something I’d want to do as a job. It’s just a hobby… I just want to work full time and play. I’ll still play a ton.”

Coffman is in action today looking to add a Signature Championship Ring to one of his fingers.

WSOPC Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Cody CoffmanTulsa, Oklahoma$47,458
2Robert MillerAubrey, Texas$29,347
3Herb MontalbanoAddison, Texas$20,744
4Noy RatsaphangDallas, Texas$14,934
5Curt RoggowHillsdale, Oklahoma$10,954
6Luis VargasSan Antonio, Texas$8,188
7Jeffrey WhittleFrisco, Texas$6,241
8Zachary HammonsGrand Prairie, Texas$5,711
9Salvador CervantesWylie, Texas$3,848

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Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Bryce Nguyen Doesn't Need To See the River

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Chris Conrad opened from under the gun and found three callers from Bryce Nguyen in middle position, the player on the button, and the player in the small blind, before AJ Surritte three-bet from the big blind to 1,400.

Conrad, along with Nguyen, the button, and small blind called.

The five players saw a flop of {j-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}

The player in the small blind checked and Surritte bet 2,000.

Conrad folded, and Nguyen put in a raise to 5,000.

The button and the small blind got out of the way, leaving Nguyen and Surritte heads up to the turn after Surritte put in the 3,000 chip difference.

{5-Spades} on the turn and Surritte checked.

Nguyen bet 8,000 and after a pause, got a fold and a sigh from Surritte.

Player Chips Progress
Bryce Nguyen us
Bryce Nguyen
31,000
AJ Surritte us
AJ Surritte
22,000
Chris Conrad us
Chris Conrad
15,700 15,700

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Papa Karn Wins RGPS CardPlayer Cruise Event #2: $180 DeepStack for $7,190

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Papa Karn
Papa Karn

Last weekend, the RunGood Poker Series was on the high seas! They partnered with CardPlayer Cruises to host a series of events on a seven-day cruise in the Caribbean. There was a ton of poker action, and we thought it’d be fun to highlight some of the events right here in the blog.

In Event #2: $180 DeepStack, 206 entries competed in two separate starting flights. That created a $29,973 prize pool that was paid out to the top 27 players.

Among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Chad Holloway (11th - $614), Paul Strohm (13th - $480), Julie Cornelius (20th - $330), and Ann Spinetti (23rd - $330).

At one point, Papa Karn, the father of RGPS founder Tana Karn, was down to just two big blinds. He was able to spin it up and the tides slowly turned to give Papa some footing and eventually the chip lead. Papa pushed the tempo knocking out the remaining opponents which included a short heads-up match against Joel Rettew after finding pocket kings to send him into the winner's circle.

It marked the first tour victory for Papa Karn, a favorite among the RGPS crowd.

Event #1 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Papa Karn$7,190
2Joel Rettew$4,436
3Ryan Stupek$2,997
4Ed Betz$2,128
5Danny Hassan$1,649
6Marty Robbins$1,349
7George Scarborough$1,124
8Johnny Walker$944
9Greg Beckmann$779

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