Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Players have reached the first 15-minute break of Day 1b.
Late registration remains open until the start of Level 9.
Andrew Zhu opened to 1,500 in middle position, and Alexandra Loveless made it 4,500 from the cutoff. Zhu called and the 4♦J♣6♣ flop hit the felt.
Both players checked to the Q♠ turn, where Zhu checked once more. Loveless slid out a bet of 4,000, and the call was made.
Zhu then led the 2♣ river for 11,000, sending Loveless into the tank. After taking some time, Loveless stuck in the call and Zhu tabled 9♠9♣.
Loveless turned over A♠A♣, claiming the pot while snapping a photo to share on social media.
Lewis Wolfgang raised to 1,300 in the small blind, and Anthony Potis made the call in the big blind.
Both players checked the Q♥Q♣9♦ flop, and the dealer revealed the 2♣ turn. Wolfgang slid out a bet of 1,300, and Potis replied with a raise to 3,800.
Wolfgang called to the 10♣ river, checking to his opponent. Potis tossed out a bet of 7,000, taking down the pot as Wolfgang folded.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Robert Marquette moved his last 4,300 into the middle from under the gun, and Travis Horning followed my shoving his stack of 16,200 in middle position.
After confirming the count, Marc Lesitsky moved all in on the button. Jesse Waters checked his cards in the big blind, and announced a call covering all three opponents.
Robert Marquette: 5♣5♦
Travis Horning: J♥J♦
Marc Lesitsky: 10♠10♦
Jesse Waters: Q♥Q♦
Everyone missed the A♠3♦K♥4♥3♥ runout, leaving Waters in front with his pocket queens. That sent three players to the rail, while Waters stacked up his new chips.
Joshua Butler is quite familiar with collecting prize money and participating in winner’s interviews - but not when it comes to poker. The Alabama native is an accomplished professional bass fisherman who, until last week, had only competed in two other live tournaments in his life. He got his first taste of glory on the felt by defeating Hamid Izadi heads-up to take down the RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix Tunica Main Event, earning $49,282 and the coveted RGPS ring.
The two-day event featured a $600 buy-in and attracted 627 entries, with only 76 players returning to Horseshoe Tunica along the banks of the Mississippi River for the final day of action. Butler captured the lion’s share of the $326,040 prize pool, which crushed the $200,000 guarantee that was advertised.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Butler | United States | $49,282* |
| 2 | Hamid Izadi | United States | $40,000* |
| 3 | Chris Kennedy | United States | $40,000* |
| 4 | Jamie Kizer | United States | $21,897 |
| 5 | Nathan Morton | United States | $16,497 |
| 6 | Cody Stanford | United States | $12,577 |
| 7 | Brian Durr | United States | $9,704 |
| 8 | Dylan Crawford | United States | $7,579 |
| 9 | Teresa Lammie | United States | $5,992 |
*Denotes three-way deal
With around 9,000 already in the middle, Xinshuai Dong checked the 4♣2♠6♦ flop in middle position.
Brian Cassel announced all in, producing a fold from Dong to take down the pot.