$575 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2022 RGPS Tunica
$575 Main Event
Day: 1a
Welcome To the 2022 RunGood Poker Series Contenders Tour Tunica $575 Main Event
It has been almost two years to the day since the last time the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) came to Tunica, Miss., and now it's finally time for Horseshoe Tunica to resume a familiar hosting as for the RGPS Contenders Tour $575 Main Event looks to be getting underway shortly.
Day 1a begins Friday evening at 7 p.m. local time inside the Horseshoe Tunica Poker Room. Players will receive 25,000 in chips to start, and levels will be 30 minutes apiece, starting at 100/100. A dozen levels are scheduled for the day, with breaks after every four levels, or two hours of play. All who are still in contention upon the completion of Level 12 (1,500/2,500/2,5000 will then bag and tag their chips, advancing to Sunday's Day 2 at noon.
Unlimited re-entries are available through the second break of the evening, with late registration closing at the beginning of Level 9 (600/1,200/1,200; approx. 11:20 p.m. local time). Whoever does not make it through a full 12 levels of play will have two more shots again tomorrow should they so need, with Days 1b and 1c beginning Saturday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., respectively. From there, the field will combine on Sunday, where blinds will increase to 40 minutes in length and the field will play down to a winner.
RunGood Ambassadors "Boston" Rob Mariano, Dan Lowery, Preston McEwen, Julie Cornelius, and Michael Sanders are expected to be in attendance, and a couple other notables in Kyle Cartwright and Papa Karn have also been spotted in prelim events earlier this week, with Karn already having found his way to the payout desk three times this series.
PokerNews will be on the floor all evening along and for the duration of the tournament, bringing you updates as all the action unfolds. Accompanying photos will also be provided courtesy of Hayley Hochstetler, so be sure to follow all evening long.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air on Day 1a with 89 players to start the event. Registration will remain open for four hours plus breaks.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Familiar Faces Looking for Success
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Papa Karn has already cashed in three tournaments this series, and is one of the players already in his seat to start play on Day 1a. Karn took sixth place in Event #1: Seniors Event for $1,044 on Tuesday and then followed it up with a 21st-place finish in Event #3: $185 RunGood Deep Stack for $591. Then, on Thursday, he finished in 12th place in Event #5: $200 Double Green Chip Bounty for $456 plus bounties.
Also spotted in the field are Kaleb Dunn and Chris Fraley, both of whom made the final table of the RGPS Council Bluffs $575 Main Event just two weeks ago. Fraley took tenth place, good for $6,190, while Dunn was part of a four-way chop that earned him $48,771.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Sanders Eliminated Early
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
A player on Table 9 found himself down to 1,500 in the opening level of play and open-jammed from the hijack, with RunGood Ambassador calling on the button. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races.
All-In Player: 
Sanders: 
The board ran out 
, with Sanders fading two overcards and a double gutter to win the pot and the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Faces in the Crowd
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Level 2 is now underway, and the field has risen to 109 entries. Here's a look at some of the players to have been spotted around the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
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25,000 | |
Lott Wins at Showdown
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
There was a pile of T-100 chips in the middle on a flop reading 
and the big blind led out with a bet of 700. Jesse Lott raised to 2,000 in early position and saw two players fold behind, with the big blind calling the raise afterward.
The turn came and the big blind led again for 4,000. Lott called, and both players checked the river to take the hand to showdown.
The big blind tabled 
for a rivered two pair, nines and deuces, and it was bested by Lott's 
, which took down the pot with tens up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,600
25,600
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25,600 |