Phillips Leads as 49 Return for Day 2 of RGPS Grand Prix Main Event

The final day of the RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix $800 Main Event is here, as a total of 49 players will continue their quest to chase a slice of the $283,500 prize pool. The eventual champion will receive a first-place prize of $58,770 along with the RGPS title and ring at the Atlantis Casino Resort in Reno, Nevada. Each player who made it to Day 2 has secured a guaranteed minimum cash of $1,345.

Joining Day 1a as a max registrant did not stop Thomas Phillips (977,000) from amassing a pile of chips as he will enter Day 2 as the chip leader after a hot Day 1a. The Northern California native is the only player to have over 100 big blinds as they enter the final day of play after nearly hitting a million in chips during the opening flight. This turned out to be the high mark as no other player in the ensuing three flights was able to surpass the high mark that Phillips established after the opening flight.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Thomas Phillips	United States	977,000	122
2	Nikki Woodside	United States	790,000	98
3	Andrew Joros	United States	596,000	74
4	Daniil Fedunov	United States	593,000	74
5	Robert Hancock	United States	579,000	72
6	Charles Himes	United States	445,000	55
7	Denis Lee	United States	418,000	52
8	Kim Le	United States	410,000	51
9	David Bridgett	United States	390,000	48
10	Andrew Greenawalt	United States	364,000	45

Nikki Woodside (790,000) enjoyed a fruitful Day 1c to head into Day 2 as second in chips. Woodside could be seen wearing her rubber duck bucket hat throughout Day 1c. She shared that she initially intended to wear the hat with the rubber duck pattern flipped around on the inside so that the exterior only showed a black hat, but after losing some pots earlier during her session, her friend flipped it back so that the ducks showed. Woodside then went on to put together a strong run towards the second half of the flight to finish as the chip leader of her flight and second overall in chips as she enters the final day.

Andrew Joros (596,000) will enter Day 2 third in chips. Joros had a healthy stack heading into the final few hours of play, but saw his stack soar up the leaderboards when he tripled up, going from an average stack to the top stack in the room on Day 1d. Joros polished off his flight, scoring a couple of eliminations to finish with his final count as he looks to finish off his weekend with an RGPS title.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	58,770	10-12	4,935
2	41,155	13-15	4,155
3	26,460	16-18	3,400
4	17,490	19-21	2,835
5	12,465	22-24	2,355
6	11,555	25-27	1,985
7	9,340	28-36	1,615
8	7,605	37-45	1,475
9	5,875	46-49	1,345