$800 Main Event Day 1bc | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Tulsa

01-20-2024 15:38 UTC-5

Dereck Gee Claims RGPS Ring Event #5: $250 One Day No-Limit Hold'em Ring Event

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Oklahoma’s Dereck Gee joined the list of RunGood Poker Series champions this week at Hark Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Gee conquered a field of 190 entries in Event #5: $250 One Day No-Limit Hold'em Ring Event, finishing off heads-up play with Q♣7♦ to take home $8,997 and the RGPS ring.

$250 One Day No-Limit Hold'em Ring Event Final Table

Place	Name	Hometown	Prize
1	Dereck Gee	Sand Springs, OK	$8,997
2	Joshua Landreth	Springdale, AR	$6,000
3	Kevin Schlimme	Emporia, KS	$4,412
4	James Haver	Tulsa, OK	$3,283
5	Vihn Do	Stark City, MO	$2,470
6	Victor Haynes	Broken Arrow, OK	$1,885
7	Cameron Dugan	Springfield, MO	$1,455
8	Michael Lech	Alma, AR	$1,136
9	Randall Friend	Wyandotte, OK	$901
10	Ethan Gill	Bentonville, AR	$901

Tags: Cameron Dugan Dereck Gee Ethan Gill James Haver Joshua Landreth Kevin Schlimme Michael Leeh Randall Friend Victor Haynes

01-20-2024 14:57 UTC-5

Mills Check-Raises River

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a three-way turn of 3♦8♠9♣3♣, Michael Skimbo and Kasey Mills checked to their opponent on the button, who bet 4,200.

Skimbo quickly got out of the way while Mills made the call to see the 2♥ appear on the river, which she checked.

The button player then continued for 6,500 but then Mills check-raised to 18,000 and he quickly tossed in his cards to award her the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kasey Mills	61,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Kasey Mills Michael Skimbo

01-20-2024 13:41 UTC-5

Amadi Shoves on Emery

Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a heads-ups turn of 8♣5♦4♦A♦, Shaun Emery bet 3,000 after a check from Kelechi Amadi, but then Amadi check-raised to 13,000.

After some thought, Emery made the call and the two see the river fall the 4♥.

Amadi then quickly announced he was all in, covering Emery, who went into the tank. After around 20 seconds, he decided to toss in his cards and the substantial pot was pushed Amadi's way .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelechi Amadi	77,000 77,000	77,000
Shaun Emery	37,200 7,200	7,200

Tags: Kelechi Amadi Shaun Emery

01-20-2024 11:00 UTC-5

RGPS Tulsa Main Event Day 1b Kicks off at 11 AM; Day 1c at 6 PM

Kirk Brown

After an exciting (and rather interesting) Day 1a of the RGPS $800 Main Event at Hard Rock Tulsa, 20 players of the total 160 have bagged up to return on Sunday at high noon for Day 2. These entries generated a prizepool of $112,000, which means the guarantee has already been hit and is projected to reach close to $300,000.

The final two starting flights will take place today, with Day 1b kicking off bright and early at 11:00 a.m. while Day 1c will have an evening start at 6:00 p.m.

The stack to beat for today belongs to one Zachary Smith, who bagged the chip lead last night as he went on a heater to secure 608,000 chips in his bag.

Players to fire the 1a session and bust before bagging included former champion Pete Petree, RunGood Ambassadors Michael Lech and Kasey Mills, as well as RGPS regular Steven Glasscock, who unfortunately busted just a few spots from the money.

As with Day 1a, players will begin with 30,000 in chips, with the blinds beginning at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Every level will last 30 minutes, with 15-minute breaks after every four levels. After level 8, players will go on their final break before registration closes and play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains, which will see the remaining players bag up to return Day 2, in the money. Those who do not find a bag in this flight can exercise their right to re-enter the third and final flight beginning tonight at 6:00 p.m

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Tags: Kacey Mills Michael Lech Pete Petree Steven Glasscock Zachary Smith