Flight 1c Of The 2022 RunGood Poker Series Contenders Tour Council $600 Main Event Begins at 10 a.m.
The third of four flights for the RGPS $600 Main Event begins at 10 a.m. at Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs Iowa. This is the third opportunity that the players have to secure a seat to Day 2 of this $200,000 guaranteed tournament. Only 12.5% of the field will be able to get a seat to battle it out for the coveted title on October 23rd.
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.
RGPS Council Bluffs Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Chip Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Barksdale | 551,000 |
| 2 | Mo Nuwwarah | 477,000 |
| 3 | Brian Pham | 475,000 |
| 4 | Richard Kling | 398,000 |
| 5 | Brian Ostendorf | 384,000 |
| 6 | Eric Colvin | 359,000 |
| 7 | Grant Hinkle | 356,000 |
| 8 | Ronald Bay | 176,000 |
| 9 | Matthew Palmer | 164,000 |
| 10 | Tony Birney | 152,000 |
It was Nick Barksdale who bagged up last night's flight with the chip lead after bursting the bubble with 551,000. He was followed by Mo Nuwwarah (477,000) and Brian Pham (475,000) while 14 other players joined them from last night's flight to make the second day. Players expected to fire once more in this flight include Ryan Phan, Kevin Berthelsen, Ha Nguyen, and Blair Hinkle.
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and Donaldson checked to Ramsdell who bet 7,000 which Donaldson called. 
and Donaldson checked once more to Ramsdell who sized up to 20,000 and Donaldson folded after some time.
flop, both players got in their entire stacks through various raises and a pot worth about 100,000 was formed. 
gave Karn the king-high flush and the river did not fill up his opponent leaving Karn to skyrocket up the chip counts of the flight.
and Long checked to his opponent who continued for 1,500. Long raised to 5,000 and his opponent called. 
for sevens full of nines and he asked "why can't you just call me light one time."
and Howard check-jammed for 19,400 over a bet of 4,000 from Nguyen and Nguyen called him. 
and Nguyen took down the pot to push his stack towards 100,000 while Howard exited the tournament area.
which saw action check to Hinkle who bet 5,000 and the big blind called. The cutoff moved all in for 12,800 and Hinkle moved all in for 19,000 effective which the big blind called to put himself at risk. 
as Gatlin took down the pot.
and nines up was good enough for O'Dell to maintain the winning hand and Hinkle exited the tournament area.
and the big blind checked to Steuer who bet 6,000 which the big blind called. 
was inconsequential as Steuer added another player's chips to his growing stack.