Main Event Day 1bc | 2019 RunGood Poker Series Tunica

03-10-2019 05:01 UTC-5

Akram Assadi Bags the Biggest Stack After Two Saturday Starting Flights

Brentharrington

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Days 1b and 1c of the Run Good Poker Series (RGPS) Tunica Horseshoe Main Event is in the bag and Sim Therrell is the overall chip leader heading into Day 2 with 238,500. Akran Assadi (231,500) and Richard Bolden (208,500) both made a good run at taking the top spot from Therrell on Day 1bc, but fell short. They were still the only three players to bag more than 200,000.

Many of the Run Good ambassadors fired a few bullets but were unable to find a bag. Dan Lowery (92,500), Mason Hinkle (44,000), and Kyle Cartwright (178,000) are through to Day 2. Meanwhile, Dan "Wretchy" Martin, Keith Ferrera, Emily Larson, and Clint Tolbert are on the outside looking in.

There were 495 total entries with 360 of those playing Saturday during the Day 1b and 1c flights. The total prize pool is $247,500 and the first-place prize will be $56,924.

Day 2 of the RGPS Tunica Horseshoe Main Event will restart at noon Sunday. It will be a little bit of a shorter wait thanks to daylight savings time, which will move the clocks forward an hour.

You can follow all the Day 2 action while the RGPS Tunica Horseshoe Main Event plays down to a winner right here on PokerNews.com.

Tags: Akram Assadi Clint Tolbert Dan Lowery Dan Martin Emily Larson Keith Ferrera Kyle Cartwright Richard Bolden Sim Therrell

03-09-2019 15:51 UTC-5

RGPS Tunica Horseshoe Main Event Profile: Natalie Schorr

Brentharrington

Natalie Schorr is in the field today and so is her husband Stephen.

Natalie said she wasn't sure whether she would play or not, but has decided to jump in and has more than two starting stacks.

"She's running it up over there," Stephen said, "which is good for me."

He held out his 14,000 chip stack.

The Schorr's have three kids (26,21,20) and Natalie says she got into poker about three years ago.

"We do everything together. If he gets a motorcycle, I get a motorcycle. He has a very good mind for math and science so we talk about it (poker) alot. It's a healthy intellectual conversation about poker."

The couple also enjoys water sports and have been married for 28 years.

"I adore him," Natalie said of her husband.

Both of them are currently still playing Day 1B, but Natalie is doing slightly better in terms of her current chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natalie Schorr	51,000
Stephen Schorr	14,000

Tags: Natalie Schorr Stephen Schorr

03-09-2019 11:28 UTC-5

Two More Starting Flights Saturday for the RGPS Tunica Main Event

Brentharrington

The RGPS Tunica Horseshoe Main moves forward with two starting flights today. The first starts at noon and Day 1C is at 7 p.m.

So far 30 players have advanced to Day 2 with Sim Therrell bagging the chip lead with 238,500.

Here is some more information about the Main Event:

Two starting flights on Saturday (1B: noon 1C: 7 p.m.)
$575 buyin
20,000 starting chips
30-minute levels
Unlimited reentry until the start of level nine
Play 12 levels in Day 1 before bagging for Day 2 Sunday and noon

All players who make the final table of the RGPS Main Event in Tunica will receive an entry to a Poker After Dark satellite in Tulsa. The top two finishers in that event will win their way on to Poker After Dark as part of the RGPS Showbound season

You can keep up with all the action here on PokerNews.com.

Tags: Sim Therrell