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

08-17-2019 18:12 UTC

Updated Chip Counts, Joey Huey Three-Bets

Jeff Graves limped from middle position and Randell Harrod raised to 1,000 from the small blind.

Joey Huey was in the big blind and raised to 2,200. Both Harrod and Graves folded.

Below are some other updated chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Sharpe	31,000 11,000	11,000
Joey Huey	28,000 7,200	7,200
Randell Harrod	21,000
Derrick Contreras	20,000 20,000	20,000
Jacob Seale	20,000 20,000	20,000
Grant Hart	17,200 17,200	17,200
Tim Harris	17,200 17,200	17,200
Jeff Graves	16,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Jeff Graves Joey Huey Randell Herod

08-17-2019 18:05 UTC

Photos from RGPS Tunica Main Event FLT B

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08-17-2019 17:50 UTC

RGPS Tunica Horseshoe Main Event Players: Jeff Graves

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"Now I'm trying to grow up and figure out what I want to do," Jeff Graves said.

Graves is in the field today and he recently sold his service station business after 20 years.

"Something without employees," he said.

He is from Nashville, TN and has taken the last three years to sort out what he wants to do next. For now though, it's RGPS Tunica Day 1B.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Graves	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Jeff Graves

08-17-2019 17:42 UTC

Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rack	35,000 35,000	35,000
Russ Vaughn	25,000 25,000	25,000
Randell Harrod	21,000 21,000	21,000
Joey Huey	20,800 20,800	20,800
Justin Sharpe	20,000 20,000	20,000
Preston McEwen	20,000 20,000	20,000
Matthew Kassela	16,800 16,800	16,800
Dennis Thurman	11,600 11,600	11,600

08-17-2019 17:33 UTC

Earlier This Week: Daniel Lowery Wins First Ring of the RGPS "Game 7" Season

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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 $135 Pro Bounty, which kicked off the new "Game 7" season on Tuesday.

The tournament attracted 424 entries and created a prize pool of $42,400.

In the end, RGPS pro Daniel Lowery emerged victorious to capture a $9,752 top prize and the season's first championship ring!

Others to finish in the money were Jason Rogers (12th - $725), Dee Sayre (16th - $411), Jacob Tittle (23rd - $339), Donald Sammons (30th - $276), Jason Bender (32nd - $276), Byron Tipton (39th - $233), and Tyler Osborne (45th - $233).

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Daniel Lowery	$9,752
2	Shane Patterson	$6,021
3	Peter Rovniere	$4,007
4	Mark Bowen	$2,777
5	James Eckles	$2,099
6	Dennis Howe	$1,632
7	Brian Twitty	$1,357
8	Jay Friedman	$1,124
9	Eric Ferguson	$950

Tags: Brian Twitty Daniel Daniel Lowery Jason Bender Jay Friedman

08-17-2019 17:21 UTC

Denise Pratt Makes an Appearance

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Denise Pratt is in the field today. She is a player from Tennessee and has made a few appearances on Poker After Dark.

She was a familiar face to the midwest tournament crowd and gained a lot of popularity when she showed up on twitter talking about Dan Shak.

She has $197,319 in career tournament winnings with her first cash coming on 2016. She is known for being chatty and will be sure to provide plenty of entertainment here on Day 1B.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denise Pratt	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Dan Shak Denise Pratt

08-17-2019 17:16 UTC

Starting Stacks

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Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Smith	20,000
Kevin Hilliard	20,000
Nancy Ezman	20,000
Albert Morrow	20,000
Byron Loe	20,000
Flenn Branscum	20,000
Eric Wert	20,000
Alex Burney	20,000
Walker Miskelly	20,000
Dan Lowery	20,000 20,000	20,000

08-17-2019 16:33 UTC

RGPS Tunica Main Event: Two More Starting Flights (12 & 7 p.m.) Start Saturday

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The final two starting flights of the RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Tunica main event are Saturday. The first is at noon and the second is at 7 p.m.

The opening flight was Friday night and JW Carter bagged the chip lead as 30 players booked their seat into Day 2 which restarts Sunday at noon.

This is the first stop on the "Game 7" tour, where each player who wins an RGPS event wins a specially made championship ring made by Signature rings.

With record numbers so far this stop, the prize pool in the main should be quite large and give the players a shot at $50K plus payday.

The players start with 20,000 chips and have 12 30-minutes levels to make their way into Day 2. Registration will remain open until the start of level nine.

Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the updates and photos from the RGPS main event from the Tunica Horseshoe.

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