Bartlett Leads The Final 22 Players Of Day 1a In the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event
The RunGood Poker Series Road Trip $700 Council Bluffs Main Event has seen its first flight of play conclude at The Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This first flight saw 180 entrants come out for their shot at a bag and a piece of the $200,000 guaranteed prizepool. After the dust settled, just 22 players remained with their hopes intact while all others will have to fire one of the following flights.
Leading the way is Cody Bartlett who ended their day with 705,000. Bartlett has been a regular around the Council Bluffs area in poker, with cashes dating all the way back to 2012. In 2021, Bartlett finished runner up in the Council Bluffs main event and with his massive bag here today, he looks to better that finish.
The two time RGPS Council Bluffs champion Derrick Plumage also found himself near the top of the chip counts with 697,000 at days end. With $115,185 in lifetime earnings and over 70% of that coming from RunGood poker stops, Plumage wears not only the crown of two time champion, but also the only player to win back to back rungood stops at the same location. He will be looking to collect a third main event title and his bag has put him in contention to do so.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Bartlett | 705,000 |
| 2 | Derrick Plumage | 697,000 |
| 3 | David Gallimore | 553,000 |
| 4 | Jason Crews | 415,000 |
| 5 | Cornelius Brown | 350,000 |
| 6 | Varun Uppal | 238,000 |
| 7 | Keerat Bawa | 236,000 |
| 8 | James Mullin | 234,000 |
| 9 | Mark Homan | 203,000 |
| 10 | Alex Wheeler | 199,000 |
Others who found bags included Jason Crews (415,000), Cornelius Brown (350,000), Keerat Bawa (236,000), and Michael Miller (188,000). Each one of them is looking for their first RGPS main event title. Another former council bluffs main event champion David Hengen (54,000) also found a bag at the end of the day. He looks to add a second main event title to an already stellar year as he recently collected the WSOPC council bluffs main event title.
Not all saw fortune favor them. Players like Kasey Mills, Michael Marder, Mallory Johnson, Mo Nuwwarah, Brian Winter former RGPS Council Bluffs main event champion Nate Steuer and WSOP bracelet winner Blair Hinkle. They will have ample opportunity to play the following two flights tomorrow in their quest to take the title.
Play ended with 25:57 left in Level 16 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. This will be the level that the players return to unless one of the following flights ends earlier than this.
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