Miguel Degollado moved all in preflop for around 55,000 and was called by Kyle Grigsby to put him at risk of elimination.
Miguel Degollado: 8♠8♥
Kyle Grigsby: A♦K♠
The flop of 2♥A♠J♥ immediately put Gigsby in the lead with his pair of aces, but just as he thought all hope was lost, the runout came 4♠8♣ to give him a miracle set of eights to stay alive.
A few hands later, Grigsby moved all in on a flop of 9♥9♦2♦ and was called by Michael Lech to put him at risk. Lech turned over 10♦10♥ for an overpaid but was surprised to see Grigsby flip over a better K♦K♠. The board ended up running out 3♦4♦ to give Grigsby the win with a flush to double him back up to 215,000 while Lech was now the one short.
Mark Martin opened to 12,000 and then David McFeely moved all in right behind for 47,000 total. The action folded back to Martin who then paused to think about it for a good while.
"Well, I know I'm behind, but I can get there!" Martin announced as he made the call to put McFeely at risk.
David McFeely: 8♥8♦
Mark Martin: Q♣10♠
"Ooh, I don't like that," McFeely winced, but the runout of 3♣K♦4♥2♦6♣ was good to him and he scored the pot for a double.
Mark Martin opened to 20,000 and then Kami Hudson moved all in for around 80,000. When the action folded back to him, Martin made the call to put her at risk.
Kami Hudson: K♠K♦
Mark Martin: A♣Q♦
The runout of 7♥10♣7♦9♣2♥ meant Hudson's kings held and she was pushed the pot for a double.
Since the start of hand-for-hand, the action at the remaining three tables has slowed dramatically, with only one all-in and call that resulted in a chopped pot.
After almost an hour of hand-for-hand play, the bubble finally burst when Tim Black coolered his opponent with aces over kings. The surviving 26 players have now bagged up to return tomorrow at noon where they will play down to a winner.
Stay tuned as a full redraw and recap will be released shortly!
The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma has seen all of its flights run their course. 398 players entered into the final two flights of this event, putting the total number of entrants at 558, smashing the $100,000 prize pool guarantee with a new total of $390,600. Out of these entrants, only 69 found themselves a bag for Day 2, each one of them securing a min-cash.
Kansas resident Mark Martin bagged up the largest late-night stack to finish Day 1c, and will enter Sunday's final day sitting fifth overall in the chip count. Right behind Martin were Chris Baumhoer and Luke Frazier, who will both bring top 10 stacks into Day 2.
Leading the tournament is Todd Nichols, bagging an impressive 619,000 chips in Day 1b. He is followed by Day 1a leader Zachary Smith, who collected 608,000 chips in his bag.
Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Hometown
Chip Count
1
Mark Martin
Dexter, KS
479,000
2
Chris Baumhoer
Bentonville, AR
466,000
3
Luke Frazier
Tulsa, OK
456,000
4
Tim Black
Pittsburg, KS
398,000
5
James Traber
Edmond, OK
332,000
6
Nikhil Behl
Tulsa, OK
327,000
7
John Popa
Tulsa, OK
300,000
8
Kenneth Nicoletti
Little Rock, AR
280,000
9
Kelly Cortum
Norwalk, IA
279,000
10
Chris Freeman
Oronogo, MO
275,000
Many players remain in this stacked field of names, including RGPS AmbassadorsDaniel Lowery (206,000) and Ashley Frank (203,000). Jared Ward (499,000) also bagged a big stack in the second flight, along with RGPS regular Duster Ellis (431,000). RGPS Player of the Year frontrunner Brian Winter also bagged 224,000 in the first flight, while second-placed points holder Shaun Emery bagged (205,000) in Day 1b.
Kasey Mills
Not all were fortunate enough to see tomorrow, as many including Will Berry, Daniel “Donk” Hughes, Kasey Mills, Michael Lech, and WSOP Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen all found their hopes of a RGPS Tulsa Main Event Title dashed on this trip. Defending Tulsa Champion Tyler Barnes also met an early end when his ace-four offsuit fell to Forrest Kollar's pocket kings.
Flight 1a ended earlier than the following two flights. Play ended and 11:42 was left in level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. The 69 surviving players will start play again on Sunday, January 21 at high noon in the poker room. The levels will continue to be 40-minute blinds, with a 15-minute break after every three levels, with play continuing until a new champion is crowned.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates on the RunGood Tulsa Main Event.
