$800 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Tulsa
$800 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Tulsa
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$390,600
Entries
558
Level
28
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
160
Players Left
20
Zachary Smith Bags Day 1a Chip Lead in RGPS Tulsa Main Event
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The first of three Day 1 flights in theRunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event here at Hard Rock Tulsa, Oklahoma has come to a close with a $112,000 prize pool, already surpassing its $100,000 guarantee with two flights still left to play. The day saw non-stop action from onset to end with 160 total entries sitting down in an attempt to find a bag for Day 2. Of those 160 entries, 20 players will return to join the players that end up bagging the two remaining Day 1 flights, both of which will take place tomorrow.
Ending the day with the chip lead for this flight was Zachary Smith who caught fire midway through the day, knocking out several opponents and will unbag 608,000 chips when the three Day 1 fields converge on Sunday to play down to a champion. Joining him at the top of the end-of-day chip counts is Yahya Aamer with 541,000 and Bobby Sanoubane with 374,000.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Hometown | Chips | Big Blinds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Smith | Hot Springs, AR | 608,000 | 101 | |||||
| 2 | Yahya Aamer | Tulsa, OK | 562,000 | 94 | |||||
| 3 | Bobby Sanoubane | Aurora, CO | 374,000 | 62 | |||||
| 4 | David Soskin | Highland, AR | 335,000 | 56 | |||||
| 5 | William McCracken | Bolivar, MO | 293,000 | 49 | |||||
| 6 | Joshua Brower | Tulsa, OK | 255,000 | 43 | |||||
| 7 | Brian "Winter" Frenzel | Deneva, IL | 224,000 | 37 | |||||
| 8 | Darren Rogers | Claremore, OK | 220,000 | 37 | |||||
| 9 | Daniel "Duma" Lowery | Peter Pender, AR | 206,000 | 34 |
Other notable names also advancing to Day 2 include David Soskin (335,000), Brian Winter (224,000) Daniel Lowery (206,000), Ashley Frank (203,000), and Terakun Karnchanakphan (158,000). Also taking a seat in the first Day 1 flight but failing to find a bag were RGPS Ambassadors Michael Lech and Kasey Mills, along with former champion Pete Petree.
Play ended with 14:09 left on the clock in level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. The 20 players to bag will join the surviving players of the two remaining Day 1 flights on Sunday, January 21 at noon at this level unless one of the remaining two flights ends before that time.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this event as we will provide live updates all the way down to the eventual champion!
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
608,000 | |
|
562,000 | 335,000 |
|
374,000 | 9,000 |
|
335,000 | -10,000 |
|
293,000 | 33,000 |
|
255,000 | |
|
224,000 | 1,000 |
|
206,000 | -69,000 |
|
203,000 | 25,000 |
|
198,000 | |
|
183,000 | |
|
178,000 | |
|
178,000 | |
|
169,000 | -6,000 |
|
158,000 | -2,000 |
|
138,000 | |
|
|
132,000 | |
|
101,000 | 43,000 |
|
87,000 | -108,000 |
End of Day 1a; Players Bag
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With the field trimmed down to 20, play has stopped as the surviving players have bagged up to return at noon on Sunday for Day 2.
A recap of the day's events and players' chip counts will be released shortly!
Zachary Smith Sucks Out to Burst Bubble
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In the first round of hand-for-hand play, a player moved all in and Zachary Smith made the call to put her at risk.
Opponent: 10x10x
Zachary Smith: 2x2x
Smith was a huge dog in this fight, but he somehow found a bone as the board ran out 4x5x6xJx with the 3x on the river to give him the straight to send his opponent home on the stone bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
608,000 | 88,000 |
Bubble Time!
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 21 players remaining, hand-for-hand play is now in effect as they are now on the stone money/bag bubble.
"Sometimes a Nit Finds a Way"
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
After a raise preflop from David Soskin on the button, Steven Glasscock, Yahya Aamer, and Pam Belote all made the call.
"Pick me, pick me!" Soskin shouts as he does his signature mating call.
The flop comes out Q♦4♥6♠ and the action is checked to Soskin who then quickly announced that he was all in for 153,000.
After some thought, Glasscock made the call to put him at risk while Aamer quickly got out of the way. The action was then on Belote who went deep into the tank to consider her options. In the end, she decided to fold five-seven for an open-ended straight draw while the other two tabled their hands.
Glasscock tabled K♦Q♦ for top pair of queens but it was no good as Soskin dramatically flipped over A♠A♣ for a superior pair of aces.
The turn A♥ further improved him to top set and locked up the hand for him as the board completed with the 9♣. He was then pushed the massive pot for more than a double to rocket him to 345,000.
"Sometimes a nit finds a way," Glasscock repeated his statement from earlier as Soskin stacked up his chips.
"Hey! I'm a loose-aggressive player, how can I be a nit!" Soskin laughed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
170,000 | -31,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Daniel Aizenman Claims PLO Title After Three-Way Chop
Level 13
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Tulsa’s Daniel Aizenman joined the list of RunGood Poker Series champions this week at Hark Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa when he and two other finalists agreed to a three-way chop deal after the elimination of Lauren Bunch.
RGPS Tulsa PLO Ring Event Final Table
| Place | Name | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Aizenman | Tulsa, OK | $5,785 |
| 2 | Bradley Clauser | Overland Park, KS | $5,785 |
| 3 | Shane Ocana | Wagoner, OK | $5,784 |
| 4 | Lauren Bunch | Jenks, OK | $2,697 |
| 5 | Todd Harp | Wichita, KS | $1,988 |
| 6 | Clayton Soliz | Mountain View, MO | $1,513 |
| 7 | Trent Wilson | Strafford, MO | $1,188 |
| 8 | Justin Milam | Springfield, MO | $966 |
| 9 | Lee Walker | Lebanon, MO | $813 |
Back-to-Back Bustouts for Smith
Level 13
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Zachary Smith opened to 11,000 and then was quickly three-bet to 80,000 by a player to his left who moved all in. The action folded back around to Smith who snap-called to put him at risk of elimination.
Smith tabled 7♠7♣ while his opponent flipped over A♠K♣.
The board ran out 9♣2♠6♣3♠Q♠ for Smith's sevens to hold and he was pushed the pot while his opponent made his exit.
"Hey! You got a lot of chips, you better start busting people over there!" David Soskin yells from another table.
"Hey man, I just busted someone and I'm about to do it again!" Smith replied as he called another all-in to put a player at risk.
This time he was the one to flip over A♥K♥ while the other player held K♦K♣ for a big pair.
The runout was extremely friendly to Smith as it came Q♠10♦8♥Q♥J♥ to give him an ace-high flush to send his opponent to the rail and he raked in another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000 | 235,000 |