Welcome back to PokerNews coverage of the 2022 RunGood Poker Series "Contenders" Tour $575 Main Event. Saturday brings a pair of starting flights at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time that will close out the preliminary flights for this weekend's event.
Days 1b and 1c will all but guarantee the poker room inside Horseshoe Council Bluffs is either full or close to it until the wee hours of the morning, as hundreds of hopefuls will look to add their name to Sunday's Day 2 roster alongside the 38 that did so on Friday night's Day 1a, which drew a total of 252 entries to kick off the event.
Starting stacks remain at 20,000 for all Day 1 flights with Levels 1-12 each being 30 minutes in length before seeing an increase to 45 minutes apiece. There will be 15-minute breaks at the completion of Levels 4 and 8, with late registration remaining open through the second break until the beginning of Level 9 in each flight.
Last night's flight saw play extended into Level 13, scheduled to stop at approximately 40 remaining players. The final number wound up being 38, with Isidro Sandoval (331,000) bagging the chip lead. Everybody in today's flights will be gunning for that number with the hopes of calling themselves the overall Day 1 chip leader.
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and Klein checked, with his opponent checking back. 
and Klein flicked out a T-5,000 chip. His opponent called quickly, taking the hand to showdown.
for kings up. His opponent looked back at his cards and then sent them to the muck, earning Klein the pot.
