Wesley Jones Bags a Massive Stack on Day 1c to Take the Overall Lead Into Day 2
Who's having a better series than Wesley Jones right now? Probably nobody, if you were to ask around. The Arkansas native has already won one ring at the 2025 RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix Tunica II in the PLO Event that wrapped up a couple of days ago. Fast forward to the $600 Main Event and Jones is on his way to another deep run after bagging the overall chip lead heading into Day 2.
Jones was a staple at all three starting flights this weekend, but finally found his groove in the two-card variant of poker on Day 1c. An above-average stack after late registration closed quickly turned into a monster stack on the money bubble. Then, during hand-for-hand play, Jones was able to claim the last elimination of the night to boost his stack into the top spot. Jones will return on Day 2 with a stack of 921,000 chips, good enough for around 150 big blinds when the cards go back in the air.
Other notable big stacks moving on to Day 2 include Josh Butler who bagged up an impressive 651,000 in the earlier flight Day 1b. Jason Maeroff joined him at the top of the leaderboard from that flight with 575,000 chips and Nicholas Rigby always brings some excitement to the game with a stack of 533,000 chips from the last of the starting flights.
Top 10 Day 1bc Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wesley Jones | United States | 921,000 | 115 |
| 2 | Tony Torpoco | United States | 694,000 | 87 |
| 3 | Josh Butler | United States | 651,000 | 81 |
| 4 | Jason Maeroff | United States | 575,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Nicholas Rigby | United States | 533,000 | 67 |
| 6 | Broc Peden | United States | 456,000 | 57 |
| 7 | Joseph Brewer | United States | 446,000 | 56 |
| 8 | Daniel Howard | United States | 392,000 | 49 |
| 9 | Nick Confessore | United States | 374,000 | 47 |
| 10 | Hayden Zills | United States | 367,000 | 46 |
The $200,000 guaranteed prize pool was reached with ease early on in the day. There were 242 entries recorded for Day 1b and 219 entries on Day 1c in the evening. That brought the total number of entries for this Main Event to 645, creating a prize pool of over $300,000 to play for on Sunday. There will be 80 players returning to the felt for Day 2, all guaranteed a piece of the pie. The confirmed numbers and payouts will be available at the start of the day tomorrow.
The cards are scheduled to go in the air at 12 p.m. local time on Sunday, with one minute remaining in level 14 at 3,000/6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante. The levels will be increased to 40 minutes in length on Day 2, with a 15-minute break after every two levels. A dinner will be discussed among the staff and players when the time comes.
They will be playing down to a winner on Day 2, and the champion will be graced with a nice five-figure payday and a special RGPS Grand Prix ring. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to bring you all of the updates throughout the entire day so keep it locked here.