$575 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2020 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Tunica
$575 Main Event
Day: 1a
Derrick Contreras Bags Chip Lead Ahead of 38 Players Heading to Day 2 of RGPS Tunica Main Event
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Derrick Contreras is the chip leader at the end of Day 1a of the RunGood Poker Series main event at Horseshoe Tunica.
Contreras said earlier in the day that he got pocket kings in a favorable spot. He managed to ride that stack up to over 200,000 and eventually bagged 222,000.
He is joined in the top five by Mel Lyon, a familiar face to the RGPS, who finished second in chips with 164,500 — more than 50,000 behind the chipleading Contreras.
Ray Henson (159,000) bagged third, followed by Connie Rice (139,000) and Chad Marsh (138,500).
There were 137 players that queued up Friday night and the field is expected to explode with two more flights Saturday. Chris Moneymaker got some footing early, but fell during the middle levels of Day 1a.
David Hendrix found himself in a similar place, busting in the middle of the day. One of the previous winners of this event, Tiffany Keathley, was eliminated but remained on the rail in support of friends who were still in. Most of these players are expected to return in later flights for a shot at the $100,000 guarantee prizepool.
The main event continues Saturday and PokerNews.com will be bringing you all the updates and photos from the event all weekend long.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
222,000 | 103,500 |
|
164,500 | 21,500 |
|
159,000 | 19,000 |
|
139,000 | 73,400 |
|
138,500 | -22,500 |
|
137,500 | |
|
118,500 | 13,500 |
|
99,000 | -4,000 |
|
95,500 | |
|
|
93,500 | -62,500 |
|
|
87,500 | |
|
83,000 | |
|
80,500 | |
|
|
69,000 | -6,500 |
|
66,000 | |
|
|
65,000 | |
|
65,000 | -29,000 |
|
|
62,000 | |
|
59,000 | |
|
58,000 | |
|
57,000 | |
|
|
50,500 | |
|
49,500 | |
|
|
48,000 | |
|
46,500 |
Players in the field
Four More Hands
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The players will play four more hands before bagging.
Ray Henson Shoves the River
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Ray Henson was one of four players to call 6,500 preflop. Henson was in the small blind.
He checked the 
flop and the preflop raiser made it 12,000. Henson was the lone caller.
The turn was the 
and Henson check-called another 15,000.
The river as the 
and Henson shoved all in. He has his opponent covered. His opponent, who only had 53,000 behind, quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 56,000 |
Updated Chip Counts, Eliminations
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
161,000 | 86,000 |
|
|
143,000 | 47,000 |
|
|
118,500 | 9,500 |
|
|
105,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
103,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
84,000 | 61,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -9,000 |
|
68,400 | 3,400 |
|
34,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
24,500 | -15,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Chris Read Shoves The Button
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Six players saw the 
flop after an early position open to 4,000 and five calls.
The players all checked the flop.
The turn was the and it checked again to Chris Read on the button. This time she moved all in for 45,000 and all five opponents folded.
Read showed 
and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,500 | 26,500 |
True Grimes
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Kris Burchfield moved all in for about 26,000 and Dan Lowery moved all in over the top from the button for roughly 160,000.
Jason Grimes was in the small blind with 
and he called for less — about 54,000.
Lowery had 
and Burchfield had 
.
The board ran out 
and Grimes won a huge pot to eliminate Burchfield and double through Lowery.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
156,000 | |
|
|
94,000 | -71,000 |
|
Busted |