Roberts and Aamer Share Day 1b Chip Lead in RGPS Tulsa Main Event
An incredible 187 Day 1b entries continued to build the Rungood Series Tulsa $600 Main Event prizepool well over its $100,000 guarantee, with Preston Roberts and Yahya Aamer each bagging 483,000 chips.
In total, five players bagged over 400,000, but the overall chip lead heading into Sunday remains with Day 1a chip leader Marsha Adams and her stack of 596,000 chips.
End of Day 1b Chip Leaders
| Place | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preston Roberts | 483,000 |
| 2 | Yahya Aamer | 483,000 |
| 3 | Bryan Dickson | 449,000 |
| 4 | Todd Harp | 437,000 |
| 5 | Mason Malott | 409,000 |
| 6 | Marlon Gabriel | 363,000 |
| 7 | Matthew Ellis | 320,000 |
| 8 | Ryan Kinder | 260,000 |
| 9 | Deland Bell | 244,000 |
| 10 | Mark Barrientos | 202,000 |
Day 1b Action
While Day 1a wrapped up rather quickly in the middle of level 13, the second of three flights needed to go into level 15, with hand-for-hand play ending play with eight minutes remaining in the level.
It was at that point that Roberts eliminated Dustin Messner on the bubble when Messner was forced all in on the big blind after losing a significant pot to RunGood ambassador Kris Burchfield who advanced to Day 2 as a result.
It was certainly an eventful day of play with Poker Hall of Famer Scotty Nguyen making an appearance to play in the flight. Unfortunately for the “Prince of Poker”, his time in the tournament was short-lived as he never built his stack much above its starting point and he was eliminated by Clayton Soliz.
Among the other notables to bust in this flight were popular poker commentator and recent emerging tournament crusher Jeff Platt who fell near the bubble.
One Last Chance to Make it to the Dance
Players have one final chance to advance to Day 2 in Saturday’s evening flight. After that, the three groups of surviving players from each flight will converge for Sunday’s Day 2 at noon local time.
PokerNews will have all the action until a champion is crowned Sunday at the incredible Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa.
flop, action was checked to Roberts who bet 21,000. Only Bozarth called.
and both players checked.
river and the hands were revealed.
for a losing pair of eights, Roberts showed 
for two pair and Messner showed 
for a losing pair of fives which sent him to the rail on the bubble and the remaining 24 players on to Day 2.
, bringing no help to Platt and giving Messner the double-up.
and couldn't hold against Henry Stevens' 
, with Stevens pairing his ten on the flop to send the popular poker commentator off to dinner before he takes his shot in flight 1c later this evening.
for two pair, while Arnold had flopped a straight with 
. The 
, Marlon Gabriel was in early position and decided to gamble for over 33,000 in a three-way all-in.
brought Gabriel some help with the flush draw, then the 
board, Stewart raised to 11,000 in late position, and then Chip Petit moved all in from the button for a bit over 20,000. Brazel moved all in for more as did Stewart who was covered by Brazel.
