$575 Main Event Day 1a | 2022 RGPS Tunica

03-05-2022 01:27 UTC-5

McEwen Showers One With Queens

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

All of the chips went into the middle preflop with an under-the-gun player at risk for his last 21,500 against RunGood Ambassador Preston McEwen.

All-In Player:
McEwen:

McEwen got a dream flop of , hitting top set against top two pair and leaving his opponent in need of perfect running cards to quads to stay alive. The turn made the improbable impossible, with the river falling behind to complete the runout and bring McEwen above 80K with the pot and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	82,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Preston McEwen

03-05-2022 01:32 UTC-5

Frank Wyville Wins Event #4: $145 RunGood One Day NLH

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The first event on Thursday was a one-day $145 RunGoood NLH tournament, kicking off at noon. When late registration closed, 125 entries were tallied and the top 15 finishers were to make it into the money.

RunGood Ambassador Julie Cornelius notched her second cash of the day after getting knocked out of Day 2 of Event #3 earlier in the afternoon, this time making a final table appearance and finishing in fourth place. Of the three that remained after her departure from Event #4, Frank Wyville was the one that wound up on top, taking home the top prize of $3,900.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Frank Wyville	$3,900
2	James Wray	$3,348
3	Harald Anderson	$1,999
4	Julie Cornelius	$1,469
5	Barry Usery	$1,098
6	Brandon Perkins	$835
7	Terry Treece	$645
8	Daniel Gerald	$507
9	Todd Blum	$405

Tags: Frank Wyville

03-05-2022 01:41 UTC-5

Stanford Over 300K

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After being the largest stack in the room throughout the majority of the evening, Cody Stanford was just seen having built that stack to over 300K and confirmed the details of his recent addition.

According to Stanford, he opened with and saw RunGood Ambassador Julie Cornelius re-jam with . Cornelius was drawing dead by the turn of a runout , and Stanford has increased his chip lead with well under an hour of play remaining in the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Stanford	310,000 90,000	90,000
Julie Cornelius	Busted

Tags: Cody Stanford Julie Cornelius

03-05-2022 01:46 UTC-5

Karn Adds To His Stack

HillKerby

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was heads up between Papa Karn in the big blind and an opponent in the cutoff, with Karn firing 8,600 on a flop of and receiving a call. Karn fired again on the turn for 10,000 and his opponent called once more.

The river fell and Karn postured for a bit, eventually stacking up 43,000 and sending toppling over onto the felt. His opponent thought for a while and let his hand go.

"I guess your ace-king is good," said the player. Karn shook his head no, implying he did not have ace-king, and stacked his newly earned chips to bring him up to

Player	Chips	Progress
Papa Karn	176,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Papa Karn

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-05-2022 01:57 UTC-5

Carter Hooks an Opponent

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player under the gun raised to 5,000 with 21,600 to start the hand and received calls from middle position and the cutoff before JW Carter three-bet to 25,000 in the small blind. The original raiser called all in and both other players folded.

All-In Player:
Carter:

The all-in player found some help on the flop , but his open-ended straight draw was left hanging as the turn and river completed the runout to earn Carter the pot and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
JW Carter	137,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: JW Carter

03-05-2022 02:01 UTC-5

Chad Marsh Wins Event #5: $200 RunGood Double Green Chip Bounty

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

It was a late night on Thursday as Event #5: $200 RunGood Double Green Chip Bounty drew 207 entries for its 7 p.m. start time. Play continued into the wee hours of the morning as the top 21 places made it into the money and those who cashed continued to battle en route to the final table.

Eventually, five remained, all of whom agreed to an even chop of $3,295: Chad Marsh, Brian Rogers, Darrin Askew, Robert Logan, and Shannon Hamblen. Of the five, Marsh was the one to claim the title.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chad Marsh	$3,295*
2	Brian Rogers	$3,295*
3	Darrin Askew	$3,295*
4	Robert Logan	$3,295*
5	Shannon Hamblen	$3,295*
6	Jared Henderson	$1,162
7	Sean Arrington	$898
8	Robert Leth	$705
9	Rodney Adell	$562

_{*Denotes five-handed deal.}

Tags: Chad Marsh

03-05-2022 02:07 UTC-5

Cartwright Notches a Knockout Before Bagging

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With less than 20 minutes of play left in the night, RunGood Ambassador Daniel Lowery opened to 6,000 in early position and saw the cutoff re-jam for around 42,000. Kyle Cartwright was next to act on the button and also announced he was all in, forcing all remaining players out of the hand.

All-In Player:
Cartwright:

Cartwright flopped top pair, top kicker on , but the turn gave him four outs to sweat to a backdoor gutter. Such a draw did not complete on the river and he reached over and took his opponent's stack, adding it to his own and bringing him up to above 150K.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Cartwright	153,000 89,000	89,000

Daniel Lowery	86,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Kyle Cartwright

03-05-2022 02:11 UTC-5

Three More Hands

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ten minutes remain in Level 12, and the tournament clock has now been stopped with the tournament clock displaying 53 players still in contention. Three hands will be played on all remaining tables before players bag and tag their chips.

03-05-2022 02:17 UTC-5

Phan Culls the Field By One

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player was just seen making his way from Table 19 as Donnie Phan was stacking chips from earning the pot that sent the player packing. Tablemate Michael Sanders filled in the action, saying that Phan opened under the gun and saw the player re-jam for around 35,000. Phan made the call when action was back on him.

All-In Player: (offsuit)
Phan: