Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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
Sweaty Flop, Sweatt Runout
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a heads-up flop of 9♣6♣10♣, the under-the-gun player led out for 9,000 but then William Sweatt (pronounced "Sweet") moved all in to cover him.
His opponent quickly made the call to put himself at risk and the cards were tabled.
Opponent: A♣A♠
William Sweatt: 7♦8♥
Sweatt was in the lead with his flopped straight, but still needed to dodge a club that would give the win to his adversary.
The turn 9♦ gave his opponent even more outs as an ace or nine would now give him a full house but the river was the blank 3♥ and he was sent to the rail while Sweatt raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000 |
Registration Break & Color Up
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The players are now on the 15-minute registration break and will return to action shortly, The black 100-chips will also be raced off and colored-up at this time.
Registration Closed for Day 1b
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
As the players have returned from break, registration is officially closed for Flight Day 1b. A total of 251 players took their seats this morning with roughly 100 still in the running.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The RunGood Poker Series Player of the Year Race Heats Up
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The RunGood Player of the Year Race powered by the Global Poker Index is now three months into a 12-month stint. This leaderboard marks a first for the RunGood Poker Series and since the August 2023 announcement, there have been plenty of faces rotating around the top 10 rankings, though the top three have held a constant lead. The top three in the race: Brian Winter, Jason Simon, and Shaun Emery, have a combined 18 final table appearances with two of those being Main Event final table appearances, 28 cashes and 7 titles through 7 tour stops around the country.
Though the top three on the leaderboard have held steadfast, the race is still very much anyone’s game, and those faces are being hunted by others looming amongst the rankings. In addition to a main event final table appearance in St. Louis, David Prociak claimed two RunGood titles during the late October Graton stop, moving him to fourth place in the race, less than 100 points from fellow St. Louis Main Event final tablist Shaun Emery.
Sitting in eighth place in the POY Race is a name that many chasing points don’t want to see: RunGood Ambassador Daniel Lowery, holding 375 points. Lowery is less than 80 points away from finding himself in the top five.
Within the top 10 there are also two names that one might consider to be “sleeper” picks, but don’t count them out by any means. Horseshoe Tunica local, Walker Miskelly currently sits in 5th place in the race and can be seen regularly making deep runs and final table appearances with 7 cashes and 2 final tables through just two attended stops. A recent California transplant, Forrest Kollar, who sits in 7th place in the race, can now be seen at most RunGood stops in the Midwest where he’s collected 5 cashes and a final table appearance, with 4 out of the 5 cashes being top 20 finishes.
This week, the RunGood Poker Series is in both Cleveland, OH, and Tunica, MS, where many of the top 10 can be seen competing in events. In fact, Shaun Emery bagged a healthy 356,000 in yesterday’s Day 1A of the $1,000 Main Event at JACK Cleveland, while Brian Winter, Jason Simon, and Dylan Lemery can be seen firing at the $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Tunica. Walker Miskelly bagged Day 1A last night with 138,000 chips.
While it may seem as if the top three have a comfortable lead, the race is still in its infancy and with plenty of seasoned players in the top 10 rankings, it’s anyone’s game. The winners will be determined in summer of 2024 after the Spring 2024 RGPS season concludes. The top 5 on the leaderboard will receive an entry into the Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Event at Thunder Valley Casino along with $500 travel credit, and the person at the very top of the leaderboard will also earn a banner that will travel on the RGPS tour across the country.
The up-to-date leaderboard powered by GPI can be found here: https://www.rungood.com/pages/rungood-player-of-the-year-race-powered-by-the-global-poker-index
Newcomb Holds Identical Holdings; Newcomb Exits
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Faced with two preflop shoves in front of him, Wayne Newcomb was in the tank to close the action.
"Ugh, I really don't think I should call this," he said aloud, "but even if Dont win I can still get into the late flight..."
After a few more moments, he talked himself into a call to put both players at risk as the cards were tabled.
Opponent: A♣Q♥
James Harper: 10♦10♠
Wayne Newcomb: A♠Q♣
Harper was sure happy to see that his opponents held each other's outs and the runout of J♦6♥9♦4♥7♠ didn't have any nasty surprises to award him the pot for the triple-up.
The very next hand, after calling 9,000 preflop, Wayne Newcomb lead-jammed on a flop of 4♥3♥5♠ and was called by Justin Kelley to put him at risk.
Wayne Newcomb: 4♦5♦
Justin Kelley: A♠7♠
Newcomb was in good shape with his flopped two-pair, but the runout was not his friend as it came 7♦3♠ to give Kelley a superior hand of sevens and threes to take the pot. Newcomb then shook his head and made his way to the exit as he pledged to return for the evening flight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
69,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Big Stacks Around the Room
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
259,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
252,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
222,000 | |
|
|
195,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
185,000 | |
|
|
141,000 |
Joyner-Drummond One-Two Combo
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
After a preflop betting war, Will Joyner and his opponent got all the chips in the middle, with Joyner at risk.
Will Joyner: A♣K♦
Opponent: 10♠10♣
Joyner needed some help to stay alive in this classic flip, and the runout of 7♥Q♦3♥A♦K♥ definitely provided as he hit runner-runner two-pair to scoop the pot for a huge double-up.
Ironically, the very next hand, his opponent got it all in with A♣9♠ against Lucas Drummonds who held his old hand of 10♠10♥. Unfortunately, the tens held on the runout of Q♦9♠2♠8♠3♠ as both players made a flush, but Drummonds held the superior spade to send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
222,000 | |
|
|
152,000
152,000
|
152,000 |