$600 Main Event
Day 1b Started
$600 Main Event
Day 1b Started
Today begins the second day of starting flights of the RunGood Poker Series Contenders Tunica $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Hotel and Casino. A total of 176 entrants fired in yesterday’s flight, seeing 21 players make it to Day 2, which will resume tomorrow. Players unhappy with their ending total of the day, can choose to play another flight and have it be best bag forward, meaning a double bag will result in the bigger of the two stacks playing on Day 2, and the smaller one accepting a minimum cash.
Jessie Bryant leads the tournament at the moment after bagging 915,000 in yesterday’s flight. Others that were able to bag stacks included, JW Carter (403,000) BJ McBrayer (313,000), Mike Cordell (113,000), and Kaleb Dunn (70,000). A total of two former RGPS Tunica champions made it through to Day 2 as well. Tiffany Keathley ended the day with 240,000, and defending champion Max Le ended with 70,000, both looking to get their hands on another main event title, as well as a piece of the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Flight | Name | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jessie Bryant | 915,000 | 17 | 7 |
2 | Joshua Adcock | 854,000 | 25 | 3 |
3 | J.W. Carter | 402,000 | 17 | 9 |
4 | BJ McBrayer | 313,000 | 23 | 8 |
5 | David McKim | 308,000 | 25 | 9 |
6 | Wesley Jones | 305,000 | 21 | 8 |
7 | Gary Wright | 268,000 | 20 | 4 |
8 | Jeromy Hendon | 265,000 | 17 | 8 |
9 | Tiffany Keathley | 240,000 | 15 | 9 |
10 | David Garner | 214,000 | 24 | 5 |
Players expected to fire today include Christopher Conrad, Michael Sanders, Ashley “PokerfaceAsh” Frank, and WSOP bracelet winner Kyle Cartwright, each of whom looking for greater success in this second flight. Those who do not bag will have one more chance to bag, in the form of the third flight, beginning at 7 p.m. today.
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 15-minute break occurring every four levels, then every three levels after level 8. 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 9th where they will all be in the money. Players who do not bag on this flight, will be able to play the remaining two flights on Saturday, October 8th.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The players have taken their seats and begun to play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Miller | 30,000 | |
Michael Sanders |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Tim Wright
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Timothy Swinford |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Shannon Hamblen |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kevin Gray | 30,000 | |
Rodney Boswell | 30,000 |
Action was recapped by the table after Zachary Carmer scooped a massive pot that knocked out two players.
On a flop of , through various raises, three players found themselves all in with near identical stacks.
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Zachary Carmer:
The board ran out as no help to the other players and Carmer found himself sitting with a massive tournament chip lead in the very first level.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zachary Carmer |
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Action was picked up on the river in a pot between Michael Miller in the cutoff and an opponent in the small blind, with 3,200 in the center.
On a board reading , the small blind led out for 3,000 which Miller responded to by raising to 7,500. The small blind pondered his decision for some time before tossing his hand into the muck while flashing an .
Miller turned over for a full house as he dragged in an early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Miller |
34,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Jon Swift raised to 600 in the hijack and was called by one player on the button.
The flop of was checked through, with the button commenting "you have a very loud shirt," to Swift.
"It makes up for me being quiet at the table," Swift responded as the landed on the turn. He bet 600, to which his opponent called.
The river checked through once more and Swift turned over for sevens full and his opponent mucked. The recent RGPS ring winner and his loud shirt stacked up chips in the first level.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jon Swift |
32,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
The RunGood Poker Series Tunica $200 One Day No-Limit Hold’em, began at 12 pm on Thursday October 6th. A total of 163 entrants sat down with 20,000 starting chips, playing levels that lasted 20 minutes each.
A total of 21 players secured a minimum cash of $339. Ryan Williams found himself on the outskirts of the final table in Event #3: Studio Ring event, finishing in 13th place for $815 just minutes before registering this event. Within less than a day’s time, he found himself beating Joshua Burton heads up for his first RGPS ring and a first place prize of $6,303.
Final Table Results
Place | Name | Amount |
1 | Ryan Williams | $6,303 |
2 | Joshua Burton | $4,207 |
3 | Nancy Clemens | $3,025 |
4 | Cody Pritchard | $2,217 |
5 | Esker Copeland | $1,656 |
6 | Kevin Martin | $1,262 |
7 | James White | $981 |
8 | Matthew Johnson | $780 |
9 | Preston McEwen | $631 |