$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

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

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

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

01-20-2024 14:32 UTC-5

Notable Stacks After Break

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Skimbo	130,000
Jim Taylor	113,000
Kasey Mills	42,000 12,000	12,000
Jeff Tebben	37,000 7,000	7,000
Duster Ellis	34,000 4,000	4,000
Heidi Erickson	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Michael Lech	16,500 -13,500	-13,500

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

01-20-2024 14:10 UTC-5

Lovely shoutout to the dealers from RunGood CEO Tana Karn

Matthew Lythgoe-Thomas

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

https://twitter.com/tkarn421/status/1748779760031838657

01-20-2024 14:09 UTC-5

Break Time!

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.

01-20-2024 14:08 UTC-5

Baker Binks River to Scoop

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After some preflop craziness, Kellie Alexander and Corey Aurentz were all in, while Houston Baker and Lee Walker still had action on the side.

The flop came out Q♣J♣2♠ and Baker bet 10,000, which produced a fold from Walker and the players tabled their hands.

Kellie Alexander: A♠A♣
Corey Aurentz: Q♦Q♥
Houston Baker: K♠10♦

Aurentz had a huge lead with his top set of queens, but the runout of 6♥A♥ gave Alexander a superior set of aces and Baker hit his nut straight to scoop everything, eliminating both players. Wallker also patted himself on the back, claiming he folded pocket sixes .