$600 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
2023 RGPS Tunica
$600 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
2023 RGPS Tunica
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$396,600
Entries
661
Level
30
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
484
Players Left
60
Devin Wells of Day 1c Leads Pack into Day 2
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Two full starting flights played to their conclusion Saturday inside the Horseshoe Casino Tunica for the 2023 RunGood Poker Series Tunica $600 Main Event. Day 1b started at 11 a.m. and drew 251 entries and Day 1c’s 6 p.m. start added another 233 to that tally, bringing the grand total to 661 entries for the tournament.
Coming into the day, Truman Weatherly was the one to catch with 723,000, and only one person, Devin Wells, was able to top that number by bagging a whopping 848,000 in Day 1c. In total, 31 players advanced from the first flight, and another 29 made it through later in the evening, meaning 82 players from the 661 total entries will return for Sunday’s Day 2 at high noon local time to play down to a winner.
Other notables on that list from today include RunGood Ambassadors Preston McEwen (202,000), Cody Stanford(124,000), and Bart Bogard (165,000) who all managed to find bags in the final flight of this event. A few other big stacks from today included Shannon Hamblen (554,000), Brian Winter (538,000), and Thomas SInes (493,000).
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devin Wells | United States | 848,000 | 141 |
| 2 | Truman Weatherly | United States | 723,000 | 121 |
| 3 | Cory Smith | United States | 644,000 | 107 |
| 4 | Carl Masters | United States | 625,000 | 104 |
| 5 | Shannon Hamblin | United States | 554,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Brian Winter | United States | 538,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Dale Jones | United States | 501,000 | 84 |
| 8 | Stanley Thorson | United States | 479,000 | 80 |
| 9 | Marcus Webb | United States | 454,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Thomas Sines | United States | 439,000 | 73 |
A few names that came close to bagging but were not fortunate to do so included RunGood Ambassadors Ashley Frank and Michael Sanders, as well as Grant Hart and BJ McBrayer.
Play will resume tomorrow where it left off on Day 1a with 12:16 left in Level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000 and unlike Day 1, the levels will now be 40 minutes in length with breaks every three.
PokerNews will be back at it again tomorrow at noon to take you through to the finish line, so be sure not to miss it!
End of Day Chip Counts
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
848,000
848,000
|
848,000 |
|
||
|
625,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
||
|
554,000
554,000
|
554,000 |
|
538,000
538,000
|
538,000 |
|
501,000
501,000
|
501,000 |
|
479,000
479,000
|
479,000 |
|
439,000
439,000
|
439,000 |
|
415,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
|
408,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
395,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
361,000
361,000
|
361,000 |
|
350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
336,000
336,000
|
336,000 |
|
334,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
312,000
312,000
|
312,000 |
|
304,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
|
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
290,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
269,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
|
|
263,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
|
246,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
|
245,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
242,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Day 2 Seat Draw (full)
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Table | Seat | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Wells | 15 | 7 | 848,000 | 141 |
| Truman Weatherly | 23 | 5 | 723,000 | 121 |
| Cory Smith | 21 | 5 | 644,000 | 107 |
| Carl Masters | 16 | 4 | 625,000 | 104 |
| Shannon Hamblin | 16 | 1 | 554,000 | 92 |
| Brian Winter | 19 | 1 | 538,000 | 90 |
| Dale Jones | 21 | 4 | 501,000 | 84 |
| Stanley Thorson | 15 | 8 | 479,000 | 80 |
| Marcus Webb | 24 | 6 | 454,000 | 76 |
| Thomas Sines | 15 | 5 | 439,000 | 73 |
| Michael Zuro | 18 | 6 | 415,000 | 69 |
| Orion Allen | 18 | 4 | 408,000 | 68 |
| Jacob Foley | 24 | 5 | 395,000 | 66 |
| Donnie Phan | 22 | 4 | 377,000 | 63 |
| Sanh Vuong | 16 | 6 | 361,000 | 60 |
| Hyun Lee | 19 | 5 | 351,000 | 59 |
| Charles Clubb | 17 | 4 | 350,000 | 58 |
| Cody Clark | 16 | 2 | 336,000 | 56 |
| Jeremy Commons | 22 | 2 | 334,000 | 56 |
| Robert Parnell | 16 | 5 | 312,000 | 52 |
| Danny Smith | 15 | 6 | 304,000 | 51 |
| Kevin Grinder | 22 | 9 | 295,000 | 49 |
| Robert Muriel | 20 | 4 | 290,000 | 48 |
| Hamid Izadi | 18 | 8 | 282,000 | 47 |
| Lance Brendel | 23 | 1 | 280,000 | 47 |
| Jon Swift | 24 | 4 | 280,000 | 47 |
| Jack Keller | 16 | 9 | 269,000 | 45 |
| Lanie Jones | 22 | 6 | 263,000 | 44 |
| Sam Brackstone | 22 | 8 | 262,000 | 44 |
| Saeed Nia | 19 | 9 | 246,000 | 41 |
| Landreth Johnny | 17 | 9 | 245,000 | 41 |
| Rose Cooney | 24 | 1 | 242,000 | 40 |
| Dax Alexander | 20 | 5 | 240,000 | 40 |
| Lalit Bhadani | 17 | 1 | 232,000 | 39 |
| David Strickland | 22 | 5 | 230,000 | 38 |
| Robert Warner | 15 | 9 | 222,000 | 37 |
| Robert Logan | 16 | 8 | 220,000 | 37 |
| Chris Hight | 18 | 7 | 210,000 | 35 |
| Preston McEwen | 15 | 3 | 202,000 | 34 |
| Justin Kelley | 24 | 9 | 201,000 | 34 |
| Darrin Yoder | 18 | 9 | 196,000 | 33 |
| Chance Lawson | 23 | 6 | 195,000 | 33 |
| Scott Rickets | 23 | 2 | 194,000 | 32 |
| Thomas Minnichweber | 21 | 2 | 193,000 | 32 |
| Patrick Douglas | 15 | 1 | 186,000 | 31 |
| Jaymie Virtusio | 20 | 7 | 181,000 | 30 |
| Chad Hall | 19 | 6 | 180,000 | 30 |
| Rincon Williams | 20 | 3 | 179,000 | 30 |
| Chase Smith | 18 | 5 | 173,000 | 29 |
| Jason Gwinn | 18 | 3 | 172,000 | 29 |
| Christopher Dandrea | 23 | 3 | 171,000 | 29 |
| Shane Bridgewater | 17 | 8 | 168,000 | 28 |
| Ken Norman | 19 | 8 | 167,000 | 28 |
| Bogard Bart | 23 | 8 | 165,000 | 28 |
| Kevin Broadway | 21 | 7 | 165,000 | 28 |
| William Sweatt | 21 | 3 | 161,000 | 27 |
| Michael Scarbrough | 18 | 2 | 157,000 | 26 |
| Raymond Riley | 21 | 9 | 147,000 | 25 |
| David Wilkens | 23 | 4 | 139,000 | 23 |
| Walker Miskelly | 20 | 8 | 138,000 | 23 |
| Tim O'Hay | 24 | 7 | 130,000 | 22 |
| Michael Monaghan | 17 | 3 | 129,000 | 22 |
| Jeff Burns | 19 | 3 | 128,000 | 21 |
| BJ McBrayor | 16 | 3 | 124,000 | 21 |
| Cody Stanford | 24 | 2 | 124,000 | 21 |
| Britt Hodge | 24 | 8 | 120,000 | 20 |
| David Walker | 21 | 6 | 118,000 | 20 |
| Jeter Broll | 22 | 3 | 106,000 | 18 |
| John Gallaher | 17 | 6 | 96,000 | 16 |
| Michel Bzmbroo | 19 | 2 | 95,000 | 16 |
| Jason Walker | 24 | 3 | 82,000 | 14 |
| James Martin | 22 | 7 | 81,000 | 14 |
| Loi Hoang | 18 | 1 | 78,000 | 13 |
| David Flowers | 17 | 2 | 77,000 | 13 |
| Joey Ringold | 22 | 1 | 68,000 | 11 |
| Robert Lemke | 19 | 7 | 66,000 | 11 |
| Christian Davis | 20 | 1 | 63,000 | 11 |
| Naga Chintaguntla | 20 | 2 | 58,000 | 10 |
| Charlie Ealy | 20 | 9 | 58,000 | 10 |
| Kerrick Reyes | 19 | 4 | 56,000 | 9 |
| James Harper | 17 | 5 | 48,000 | 8 |
| Colton Shiele | 16 | 7 | 44,000 | 7 |
Angotti Bursts Bubble, Players Bag
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Down to his last chips, Jimmy Angotti moved all in for 17,000 and then Robert Logan gave him protection by shoving over the top for around 180,000. The rest of the table quickly got out of the way and the cards were tabled.
Jimmy Angotti: A♣Q♦
Robert Logan: K♦K♥
Angotti would need some help to stay alive, but the runout of 5♣4♦9♦7♦4♠ did not do it for him and he was sent to the exit on the stone bubble.
With his elimination, play has stopped as the remaining 29 players have begun the bagging process to return tomorrow at noon for Day 2.
Stay tuned as a recap of the day's events as well as the seat draw and chip counts will be released shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
222,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
Busted |
On the Bubble!
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With the field trimmed down to 30 players, they are now on the stone money/bag bubble and hand-for-hand play is now in effect.
McEwen Saved with Ace from Space
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Michael Zuro opened to 30,000 from the cutoff but then Preston McEwen moved all in for 151,000 to his left. Action folded back around to ZUro who quickly made the call to put McEwen at risk and the cards were tabled.
Preston McEwen: A♦9♦
Michael Zuro: 9♣9♠
McEwen would need some help to stay alive, and it wasn't looking good on the turn 5♣5♠3♥7♣, but the river was his saving grace as the A♥ peeled on the river to award him the big double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
298,000
|
298,000 |
|
|
220,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Sines Sends out Sanders
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Sanders moved all in preflop and was called by Luke Sines to put him at risk, but then Sanders accidentally tabled his hand of K♠9♣ without knowing there was still action behind. After the matter was settled, the player who still had action decided to fold and the hands were tabled.
Michael Sanders: K♠9♣
Luke Sines: 8♠8♦
The runout of 3♣6♥J♥Q♥4♣ failed to help Sanders and he was sent to the rail while Sines was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
Busted |
Break Time
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The 38 players left in Day 1c are now on a quick 10-minute break and will return to action shortly.