$600 Main Event Day 1b | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Joplin

04-13-2024 00:25 UTC-5

"Girl Power!" Frank Doubles With Cowboys

Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Poker content creator Ashley Frank was all in against a bigger-stacked opponent.

Ashley Frank: K♣K♠ All in
Opponent: 10x10x

"PokerFace Ash" stayed ahead as the board ran out 8♦A♦Q♥J♥3♥ to earn her a double with the money bubble approaching.

"That's the biggest pair I've seen for hours," groaned the opponent about his tens.

"Girl power!" exclaimed table mate Daniel Hughes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Frank	65,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Daniel Hughes Ashley Frank

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

04-13-2024 00:07 UTC-5

Last Year's Runner-Up Gets Greedy

Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

As recounted by the table, Rodney Spriggs opened to 9,000 and last year's runner-up Blair Hinkle three-bet to 28,000 with just a few chips behind. Spriggs responded with a four-bet jam and Hinkle called it off.

Blair Hinkle: JxJx All in
Rodney Spriggs: AxJx

A flop of KxQxXx gave Spriggs plenty of hope of cracking jacks, but a brick runout secured a double for Hinkle.

"He was greedy," remarked Spriggs in a line that has been repeated throughout the flight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	60,000 20,000	20,000

Rodney Spriggs	35,000 -125,000	-125,000

Tags: Blair Hinkle Rodney Spriggs

04-12-2024 23:33 UTC-5

Updated Counts

Connor Richards

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Forrest Kollar	190,000 65,000	65,000
Rodney Spriggs	160,000 107,000	107,000
Michael Phillips	125,000 65,000	65,000
Brian Garner	120,000 -20,000	-20,000
Michael Miller	65,000
Blair Hinkle	40,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

04-12-2024 23:30 UTC-5

Three-Bet from "PokerFace Ash"

Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A middle position player opened to 5,000 and Ashley Frank three-bet to 22,000 in the small blind. Her opponent called.

Frank sized down to 11,000 on the 3♣5♠K♦ flop and the opponent folded to win the content creator the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashley Frank	60,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Ashley Frank

04-12-2024 23:17 UTC-5

Defending Champion is Out

Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Defending champion Dakotah O'Dell jammed a stack of 48,500 from the cutoff and was called by Jonathan Aspenlieder in the small blind with a bigger stack.

Dakotah O'Dell: K♦Q♣ All in
Jonathan Aspenlieder: J♠J♦

O'Dell couldn't pull ahead in the flip as the board ran out 9♥4♣6♣10♣6♦ to mark the 2023 RGPS Joplin champion's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Aspenlieder	85,000
Dakotah O'Dell	Busted

Tags: Dakotah O'Dell Jonathan Aspenlieder

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-12-2024 23:00 UTC-5

Last Year in Joplin

Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The RunGood Poker Series is back in Joplin, where last year’s $600 Main Event saw Dakotah O’Dell defeat Blair Hinkle to claim his second RGPS title and the top prize of $63,647.

The event attracted a total of 683 entrants, creating a prize pool of $348,330 to smash the $100,000 guarantee.

2023 RGPS Joplin Main Event Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Prize (USD)
1	Dakotah O'Dell	$63,647
2	Blair Hinkle	$42,427
3	Jason Darland	$31,210
4	Richard Hawkins	$23,338
5	Jared Ward	$17,591
6	Kevin Unkel	$13,411
7	Danny Barnes	$10,345
8	Jael Lewis	$8,081
9	John Reynolds	$6,374

04-12-2024 22:56 UTC-5

Day 1b Information

Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With registration now closed, the floor has announced that there were 146 runners in Day 1b. That means that up to 18 players will bag and tag for Day 2 and will be in the money.