Welcome to Day 1bc of the $600 Main Event at Destination RunGood Tunica
Welcome to Day 1bc of the $600 Main Event at Destination RunGood Tunica. Cards go in the air at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the final two flights of this RunGood Poker Series Main Event.
Stephen Smith is the leader after Day 1a played just under 16 levels, and today's players will be chasing his 458,000 total. The other top stacks from Day 1a include Terrance Reid, Andrew Todhunter, and Adam Fields. A total of 23 players moved on from the opening flight.
Destination RunGood Tunica Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Smith | 458,000 |
| 2 | Terrance Reid | 381,000 |
| 3 | Andrew Todhunter | 376,000 |
| 4 | Adam Fields | 376,000 |
| 5 | Michael Cordell | 373,000 |
| 6 | Sanh Vuong | 371,000 |
| 7 | Jess Roberts | 351,000 |
| 8 | Justin Kelley | 338,000 |
| 9 | BJ McBrayer | 319,000 |
| 10 | Erik Miller | 314,000 |
The last time RGPS visited Tunica, Jack Keller III beat 661 entries to win $62,826 in the $600 Main Event. Keller, the son of the late three-time WSOP champion of the same name, beat Brian Winter in heads-up play for his career-best score. Winter, who is currently pacing the field at the top of the RGPS Player of the Year Leaderboard, jumped into Day 1a but he has yet to find a spot on Day 2.
Day 1bc entries will sit down with 30,000 in chips and they will play 30-minute levels on the first day until rates increase every 40 minutes on Day 2. Today's flights will play down to the last 12.5%, which was the closing minutes of Level 16 on Day 1a. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 in both remaining flights.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all weekend long for live coverage from the floor of the $600 Main Event at Destination RunGood Tunica.