Welcome To The 2022 RunGood Poker Series Contenders Tour Council Bluffs $600 Main Event
For the second time this year, RunGood Poker Series has found its way to The Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa. After a successful week of preliminary events, that saw six rings given and one PokerGo pro-am seat, the culminating event kicks off its second day at 12 p.m.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 chips with levels beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. Levels will escalate once every 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break occurring every four levels. Players will have the option to enter in as many times as they wish in the first eight levels of the tournament.
Play will continue until the field plays down 12.5%, then the remaining players will bag up for Sunday October 23rd where they will all be in the money. Players who do not bag on this flight, will be able to play the second flight today that begins at 6 p.m. and the following two flights on Saturday, October 22nd.
This February’s RGPS in Council Bluffs saw the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool quadruple to $413,840 as 813 entrants made their way out to play the main event. After an even chop four-ways, Dakotah O’Dell took home the trophy and $48,771 for his victory. This time around, the buy-in of $600 boasts a guarantee of $200,000, which it is expected to surpass.
February 2022 RGPS Council Bluffs Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dakotah O'Dell | $48,771* |
| 2 | Guanyun Cheng | $48,771* |
| 3 | Kaleb Dunn | $48,771* |
| 4 | Eric Kyle | $48,771* |
| 5 | Vicki McKee | $20,765 |
| 6 | Donald Nimneh | $15,901 |
| 7 | Rob Palacios | $12,331 |
| 8 | Mike Henrich | $9,682 |
| 9 | Nick Barksdale | $7,696 |
| 10 | Chris Fraley | $6,190 |
*Denotes four-handed deal.
Many players have been spotted playing the other events this week, including Duster Ellis, Ryan Phan, Brian Frenzel, WSOP bracelet winners Blair Hinkle and Grant Hinkle. Many more are expected to make appearances in this event and add RGPS rings to their resumes.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the RunGood Poker Series.
saw the big blind check, and the initial raiser bet 1,100. Tebben raised to 3,000, clearing out all of the other players and the initial better called. 
saw action check to Tebben who bet 4,500 and the under the gun player called. 
and Tebben sized up to 10,000 which saw the opponent call and both players turned up their hands. 
for kings-up, but it was no good against Jeff Tebben's 
for flopped bottom set and the WSOP bracelet winner took down a sizable early pot.
saw the initial raiser bet 2,500 which Ramsdell called once more. 
river, Ramsdell was faced with a bet of 6,000 from his opponent. "Well my hand improved, I'm just not sure what to do. He pondered his decision a little bet longer and he ended up tossing in the call. His opponent turned over 
for a pair of sevens and Ramsdell turned over 
for a pair of nines to take down the pot.
saw the player move all in for 18,700 and Kastory called. 
kings-up was good for King as she doubled up.
did not improve Schrier's hand and Shoemaker eliminated the 2001 WSOP Main Event third place finisher.
saw the small blind move all in, which folded out all players except for Thomas who called. 
, the small blind bet 12,000 which sent Howard into the tank. He contemplated his decision for a bit and then put in the chips for the call.