Edward Northcraft Leads Day 1bc Pushing 1,000,000 in Chips
Day 1 of the RGPS Kansas City $1,100 Main Event has officially come to a with the completion of Day 1 bc as 274 total entrants battled it out on the felt with 43 remaining after the dust settled.
Ending the day with a commanding lead is Edward Northcraft with a whopping 996,000 and following in second is Jesse Jones with 714,000. Coming in third is Matthew Snook (589,000) and in fourth is Shaun "the ghost" Emery (544,000), with Lance Brendel (402,000) rounding out the top five.
Day 1bc Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Northcraft | United States | 996,000 | 125 |
| 2 | Jesse Jones | United States | 714,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Matthew Snook | United States | 589,000 | 74 |
| 4 | Shaun "the ghost" Emery | United States | 447,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Lance Brendel | United States | 402,000 | 50 |
| 6 | Ronald Walker | United States | 388,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Yang Xu | United States | 300,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Anthony Potis | United States | 298,000 | 37 |
| 9 | David Hengen | United States | 297,000 | 37 |
| 10 | Nick McAtee | United States | 289,000 | 36 |
RunGood Ambassadors Preston McEwen, Caitlin Comeskey, and Kris Burchfield all played today's flights and both McEwen and Burchfield bagged with 101,000 and 140,000, respectively. They will be joined tomorrow by both Grant and Blair Hinkle for Day 2 who bagged the starting flight.
Some players who fired in today’s flights but unfortunately did not find a bag include Ben Ludlow, Dakotah O’Dell, Heather Alcorn, and defending champion Andre Allen. In the final flight, the bubble should have burst when Travis Bunce was all-in and at-risk preflop with pocket deuces against the pocket aces of Thomas Houston, but he summoned a deuce on the turn with a signature finger gun and his rail went wild as he scored the double-up. A few hands later, it was Brent Gregory who was the unlucky player to burst the bubble when his pocket sevens could not hold up against Brendle's king-jack.
All 51 players who bagged from the three starting flights will return tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. and will play down to a winner who will be presented with the grand prize as well as a RGPS ring.
Play will begin on Level 15 with blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000 and levels will be 40 minutes long with breaks every three.
The PokerNews team will be on-site providing all of the updates in the RGPS Main Event until a winner is crowned tomorrow so make sure not to miss any of the action!