Of the 91 entries for Day 1a, 11 players will bag up and advance to Day 2 on Sunday.
Currently, 23 players remain in contention.
Of the 91 entries for Day 1a, 11 players will bag up and advance to Day 2 on Sunday.
Currently, 23 players remain in contention.
The player in middle position open-shoved for just over 30,000 to put himself at risk and was called by James Mullin in the hijack.
Middle position: A♦9♣
James Mullin: Q♥Q♣
Mullin's pair of queens remained in the lead all the way as the board ran out 6♦3♠2♦9♥3♦.
Brian Craig raised to 3,000 in the hijack, Melissa King three-bet jammed for 11,000 in the cutoff, and Carl Masters called for 10,000 on the button to put himself at risk. Nolan Garrett called in the big blind and Craig decided to stick around.
Action checked down to the river on a runout of 7♦7♠8♥9♠4♠ and Masters tabled 7♣7♥ for quads to quadruple up.
King turned over A♦6♥ for ace-high while Nolan tabled Q♥4♥ for two pair to earn the small side pot.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Chris Wiemers was all in preflop and at risk in the big blind for 12,000 against Melissa King on the button in a classic coin flip situation.
Chris Wiemers: K♦10♥
Melissa King: 7♠7♦
Wiemers pulled ahead on the J♠K♥9♠ flop, pairing his king. The 5♣ turn and 5♥ river earned him the much-needed double up.
Last weekend in Tunica, it took just over 12 hours on Day 2 of the 2025 RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix Tunica II to wrap up but it was all worth it for Carl Masters. Breathing a sigh of relief and satisfaction when it was all over, Masters put on a poker clinic at the final table en route to winning his third RGPS ring in the $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Casino Tunica.
It was one of the largest turnouts on tour as Masters overcame a field of 645 entries, which crushed the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. For his victory, Masters will pocket $60,251 after overcoming a hard-fought heads-up battle with Rafael Lopez. In the last hand of the night, Masters found himself ahead the entire way and managed to fade the two live cards from Lopez to seal the deal.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Masters | United States | $60,251 |
| 2 | Rafael Lopez | United States | $40,172 |
| 3 | Eric Salazar | United States | $29,598 |
| 4 | BJ McBrayer | United States | $22,054 |
| 5 | Jason Maeroff | United States | $16,621 |
| 6 | Josh Butler | United States | $12,672 |
| 7 | Cody Stanford | United States | $9,775 |
| 8 | Brian Durr | United States | $7,629 |
| 9 | Marlon Hammond | United States | $6,026 |
Action went five-ways to a flop of Q♠2♠5♦ with 18,000 in the middle. It checked over to the player in the hijack who bet 5,000 and only the under-the-gun Mark Coffin and Dalton Smith in middle position made the call.
The 5♣ turn checked through, as did the K♥ river. Coffin tabled the winner with 7♣7♥ for two pair, sevens and fives, besting the A♠8♠ of Smith and J♠10♠ of the hijack.
Action picked up on the flop of 6♦2♠K♥ in a hand between Carl Masters in the cutoff and Nolan Garrett in the small blind.
With 10,000 in the middle, Garrett check-called a bet of 2,500 from Masters bringing the 4♠ turn where both players checked.
On the J♠ river, Garrett bet 6,000 and Masters thought for a brief moment before giving up his hand.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players have been sent on the second 15-minute break of the day and will return to blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante.
Late registration will close before the start of the next level.