$575 Main Event Day 1bc | 2019 RunGood Poker Series Tunica

08-18-2019 02:30 UTC

Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Lowery	75,400 44,400	44,400
Dennis Howe	46,000 46,000	46,000
Jeremy Tinsley	34,300 14,300	14,300
Steven Russell	34,000 34,000	34,000
Doug Lester	31,000 40,000	40,000
Justin Sharpe	19,400 15,100	15,100
James Dolan	17,000 17,000	17,000
Danny Calway-Fagan	13,600 38,400	38,400

08-18-2019 02:11 UTC

Earlier This Week: Kevin Gray Captures RGPS Championship Ring in $165 One-Day No-Limit Hold’em

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Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

While PokerNews is only live reporting the RGPS Tunica Main Event, it's not the only tournament that's taken place at the stop.

A series of side events have taken place all week long including the $165 One-Day No-Limit Hold’em.

The tournament drew 152 entries and created a prize pool of $19,456.

The tournament ended in a heads-up deal that saw Kevin Gray deemed the champion for $4,500 while Hoa Hoang finished in second place for $3,947.

Some players to cash but fall short of the final table were Paul McCormack (11th - $467), David Forsythe (15th - $370), Nassar Jaser (17th - $311), and Stephen Hart (18th - $311).

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Kevin Gray	$4,500
2	Hoa Hoang	$3,947
3	Jesse Lott	$1,985
4	Matthew Kassela	$1,459
5	Matthew Johnson	$1,090
6	Jimmy Tidwell	$895
7	Chad Justice	$788
8	Brendan Terrana	$691
9	Christopher Chronister	$584

Tags: Brendan Terrana Chad Justice Jesse Lott Kevin Gray Matthew Johnson Matthew Kassela Stephen Hart

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-18-2019 01:59 UTC

Break Time

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Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The players are on their first 10-minute break. There are 164 players registered for the third and final flight of the RunGood Poker Series Tunica main event.

08-18-2019 01:58 UTC

Billy Holler Holds Before the Break

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Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

A player limped from middle position and another player moved all-in for 2,800.

Michael Monoghan was in the small blind and called before Billy Holler shoved from the big blind for 17,900.

Monoghan called after the middle-position player folded.

Hands
Monoghan:
Holler:
Short Stack:

The board ran out and Holler held to double and then up right before heading out to break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Holler	41,000
Michael Monoghan	11,700 22,300	22,300

Tags: Billy Holler Michael Monoghan

08-18-2019 01:55 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lech	72,000 52,000	52,000

Chad Justice	43,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Monoghan	34,000 34,000	34,000
Ali Khatib	29,000 29,000	29,000
Wyatt Boothe	24,500 1,500	1,500
Jamie Stickland	24,000 24,000	24,000
Michael Pack	18,000 18,000	18,000

08-18-2019 01:50 UTC

Three Queens

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Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Greg Walker opened under the gun to 1,200 and got three callers.

The flop came and Walker checked. Randy Miles bet 2,500 and the player behind him called.

When the action came back to Walker he check-raised all in for 12,300. Miles counted his remaining stack and then moved all-in for slightly more — 18,200.

Walker showed and was ahead of the of Miles.

The turn was the and the river was the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Walker	34,000
Randy Miles	6,800

Tags: Randy Miles Greg Walker

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

08-18-2019 01:24 UTC

More Chip Counts

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Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Lowery	53,000 43,200	43,200
Chad Justice	30,000 10,000	10,000
Wyatt Boothe	23,000 23,000	23,000
Jamie Strickland	20,000
Jacob Seale	17,200 17,200	17,200
C.J. Hammack	16,000
Teresa Lammie	13,800

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200