After three players limped preflop including Megan Moore in early position and Brandon Hoerl in middle position, Julie Cornelius raised to 26,000 in the small blind.
Cornelius' opponents all folded sending five critical big blinds her way without resistance as the field draws closer to the Day 2 bubble.
Marsha Adams set the mark to catch for Day 2 with a stack of 596,000 chips to end Day 1a on Friday night.
No one came close to that mark in Day 1b, but in Day 1c, we have a contender in Dakotah O'Dell.
In a recent hand, with approximately 40,000 in the pot on a flop, O'Dell checked under the gun to Jamie Rawlings to his immediate left.
Rawlings bet 25,000 but was then check-raised all in for a bit under 75,000 more. Rawlings called and was in rough shape.
Jamie Rawlings:
Dakotah O'Dell:
Rawlings would need to make a set of her own to survive the hand, but after the turn and river, O'Dell had claimed another victim as his stack approaches the 600,000 mark.
Meanwhile, Jeff Platt and John Reynolds were among recent eliminations that have brought the field to its final three tables.
In a five-way limped pot to the turn board of , action was checked to Megan Moore in middle position who bet 12,000. Brandon Hoerl called in the cutoff, Julie Cornelius folded, Barbara Johnson called in early position and Joey McCaig folded.
Now three-handed to the river, Action was checked to Hoerl who bet 45,000.
Both his opponents folded, with Moore saying "I can't beat you."
"Can't beat the nuts," said Hoerl as he flipped over before dragging a healthy pot before break.
Once the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) wraps up its stop at Hard Rock Casino Tulsa, it will be off to Iowa for RGPS Council Bluffs, which will feature a $200,000 guaranteed $600 buy-in Main Event taking place Oct. 21-23.
The RGPS Council Bluffs stop at Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino will also feature a handful of Ring Events, including a $50,000 guaranteed Studio Ticket Ring Event.
The $200,000 guaranteed Main Event will feature three starting flights, the first two of which will get underway on Oct. 21. The third starting flight will take place on Oct. 22 and the three flights will combine for Day 2 on Oct. 23, which will play down to a winner.
Those looking for a cheap way to play the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event will have the opportunity through a number of $100 satellites awarding seats into the $600 buy-in event.
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on-site to report on the action in the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event, so be sure to check back in for that coverage.
In addition to the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event, RGPS Council Bluffs will feature side events such as a $250 buy-in Seniors Ring Event that will kick off the series on Oct. 18, as well as a $200 buy-in Guest Bounty Ring Event the same day, which should feature plenty of RunGood ambassadors with bounties on their heads.
On Oct. 19, two flights of the $250 buy-in DeepStack Ring Event will play out, the winner of which will receive a seat to the 2022 All-Stars ProAM Event at the PokerGO Studio in December. Day 2 of the DeepStack Ring Event will take place on Oct. 20.
Other events on the schedule include a $250 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Ring Event, a $200 buy-in Green Chip Bounty Ring Event and a $200 buy-in Turbo Closer Ring Event that will close on the stop on Oct. 23.
2022 RGPS Council Bluffs Schedule
DATE
TIME
EVENT
Oct. 18, 2022
10:00 AM
RGPS Seniors Ring Event (Buy-In: $250)
Oct. 18, 2022
2:00 PM
Main Event Satellite (Buy-In: $100)
Oct. 18, 2022
7:00 PM
RGPS Guest Bounty Ring Event (Buy-In: $200)
Oct. 19, 2022
10:00 AM
RGPS DeepStack Ring Event w/ added PokerGO Studio Ticket FLT A (Buy-in: $250)
Oct. 19, 2022
2:00 PM
Main Event Satellite (Buy-In: $100)
Oct. 19, 2022
6:00 PM
RGPS DeepStack Ring Event w/ added PokerGO Studio Ticket FLT B (Buy-in: $250)
Oct. 20, 2022
10:00 AM
RGPS NLH One Day Ring Event (Buy-in: $200)
Oct. 20, 2022
12:00 PM
RGPS PokerGO Studio Ticket Day 2 Restart
Oct. 20, 2022
2:00 PM
RGPS Omaha 8/O Ring Event (Buy-in: $250)
Oct. 20, 2022
6:00 PM
RGPS Black Chip Bounty Ring Event (Buy-in: $250)
Oct. 21, 2022
10:00 AM
RGPS $200,000 GTD Main Event FLT A (Buy-in: $600)
Oct. 21, 2022
2:00 PM
Main Event Satellite (Buy-in: $100)
Oct. 21, 2022
6:00 PM
RGPS $200,000 GTD Main Event FLT B (Buy-in: $600)
Oct. 22, 2022
10:00 AM
RGPS $200,000 GTD Main Event FLT C (Buy-in: $600)
Oct. 22, 2022
2:00 PM
Main Event Satellite (Buy-in: $100)
Oct. 22, 2022
6:00 PM
RGPS $200,000 GTD Main Event FLT D (Buy-in: $600)
Oct. 23, 2022
10:00 AM
RGPS Double Green Chip Bounty Ring Event (Buy-in: $200)
, and another pot was pushed to the Day 1c chip leader who has now become the overall tournament chip leader as well.
, action was checked to Megan Moore in middle position who bet 12,000. Brandon Hoerl called in the cutoff, Julie Cornelius folded, Barbara Johnson called in early position and Joey McCaig folded.
before dragging a healthy pot before break.
