Robert Holly Ends the Final Day 1 Flight with the Chip Lead
Day 1c at the Hard Rock Casino and Hotel Tulsa for the RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event has concluded. The final of three Day 1 flights saw 147 entrants, with 18 making the money and advancing to Day 2. The chip leader at the end of the night was Robert Holly, who bagged 596,000.
Holly was a middling stack coming into hand-for-hand play but ended it with Day 1c. Sitting second in chips was Lionel Jiung (496,000), and third Andy Chen (416,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts From Day 1bc
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Hicks | United States | 785,000 |
| 2 | Rob Holly | United States | 596,000 |
| 3 | Lionel Jiang | United States | 496,000 |
| 4 | Ernie Grant | United States | 481,000 |
| 5 | David Eiland | United States | 416,000 |
| 6 | Andy Chen | United States | 416,000 |
| 7 | Savanah Mora | United States | 407,000 |
| 8 | Iman Alsaden | United States | 358,000 |
| 9 | James Pupille | United States | 343,000 |
| 10 | Brian Garner | United States | 319,000 |
Bubble Hand
The 18 players all made the money after the chip leader Holly took the last of Michael Skimbo's was chip leading at the start of hand for hand play. Holly raised with pocket queens to put both the small blind and the big blind Skimbo all in. Skimbo made the call with ace-six suited but was unable to improve against the pocket queens, and went from chip leader to the bubble boy.
Day 2 is set to resume at 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday October 13, where a winner will be crowned.
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