Winner to be Crowned in the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Japan Special Event
After four starting flights throughout the last two days, the first ever RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) sponsored live event outside of the United States will be playing down to a winner today. A staggering field of 1,585 entries emerged in the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Japan, representing an incredibly successful and popular turnout for the groundbreaking cooperation between two thriving live poker tours.
With a buy-in of ¥25,000, which equals approximately $175, the tournament fits to the more recreational nature of the thriving Japan Open Poker Tour (JOPT), one of the longest-running and largest live poker spectacles in Japan. Their ongoing Grand Final in La Belle Salle in Tokyo boasts an extensive schedule of 170 different events and the tournament area features some 163 tables to handle thousands of poker enthusiasts from all over the country.
Several mainstream brands have become sponsors of events on the tournament schedule with RunGood among them, and the JOPT team have provided a very fun and unique environment unlike any other major live poker stops. That fits in line with what RunGood is about and the results of this first partnership between the two brands speaks for itself.
As far as the poker action is concerned, only 185 players out of 1,585 entries made the cut through 15 levels in their respective starting flights and the prize bubble will be looming immediately when the action resumes at 11 a.m. local time with 175 spots set to take home prizes, which are granted via Web Coin and JOPT player contracts according to the local Japanese gaming regulations.
There was a change atop the leaderboard last night when hide4115 soared to 867,000 in chips in the turbo heat 1d, surpassing long-time Day 1a chip leader taisyo and his 793,000. Yoshihiro dropped to third place with 672,000 and many other big stacks in the top ten earned their premium spot for a deep run through the penultimate flight as well such as yukine (604,000), Kei Okuda (601,000) and Hinako (572,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts for Day 2
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide4115 | Japan | 867,000 |
| 2 | taisyo | Japan | 793,000 |
| 3 | Yoshihiro | Japan | 672,000 |
| 4 | Tomokatsu Kumano | Japan | 613,000 |
| 5 | yukine | Japan | 604,000 |
| 6 | Kei Okuda | Japan | 601,000 |
| 7 | Hyungjin | Japan | 591,000 |
| 8 | Pon | Japan | 589,000 |
| 9 | Hinako | Japan | 572,000 |
| 10 | Aki0330 | Japan | 570,000 |
With an average of just over 32 big blinds and a fast-paced 30-minute level structure, don't expect it to be long for the prize bubble to burst as the first milestone of the day is fewer than one dozen eliminations away. The action resumes in level 16 with blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000. Several hopefuls to make the cut have fewer than ten big blinds at their disposal and it is expected that the prize bubble will burst very early into the final day.
All participants are vying for their share of the $165,394.37 in prizes, which had been displayed on the tournament info screens since the very first cards were dealt in this event on Day 1a. The lowest prize is worth $279.74 while the eventual champion is set to receive a JOPT player contract worth $26,052.79 and the coveted Mission RunGood Japan ring. All prizes displayed on PokerNews have been converted to the equivalent USD and do not represent any cash value.
Stay tuned right here on PokerNews for another exciting day of live poker action from Japan as Event #22 NLH Colossus Sponsored by Mission RunGood is going all the way to a winner.