Welcome to the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Kansas City $1,100 Main Event
Welcome to Day 1a of the $1,100 Main Event here at the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Kansas City, which kicks off at 5 p.m. local time. A total of 10 rings are to be awarded in this week's action at Harrah's Kansas City, but everyone has their sights set on this prestigious main event with a guaranteed prize pool of $250,000.
Last time around in October of 2024, it was Wentzville, Missouri's Bill Byrnes who was victorious amongst a field of 415 as he took home the title along with $81,109 in first place prize money.
October 2024 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Byrnes | United States | $81,109 |
| 2 | Rohan Aggarwal | United States | $54,073 |
| 3 | James Mackey | United States | $39,779 |
| 4 | Daniel Lowery | United States | $29,610 |
| 5 | Cory Aurentz | United States | $22,304 |
| 6 | Danny Clarkson | United States | $17,004 |
| 7 | Demian Shumaker | United States | $13,123 |
| 8 | Michael Johns | United States | $10,253 |
| 9 | Byron Leiva | United States | $8,111 |
The turnout for the preliminary events have exceeded expectation all week, so a big crowd is expected to come out today. Along with today's Day 1a, players will have two additional opportunities to bag tomorrow, with flights at both 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 in starting chips with blinds at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Levels will last 30 minutes each today for the first eight levels and 40 minutes thereafter with a 15-minute break at the conclusion of every two hours of play.
Registration remains open through the first eight levels, until approximately 9:30 p.m. Play will continue until there is 12.5% of the field left at which point the players will bag up for Day 2 on Sunday, May 18.
Day 1 Structure
| Level | Blinds | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100-200 | 30 minutes |
| 2 | 200-300 | 30 minutes |
| 3 | 200-400 | 30 minutes |
| 4 | 300-500 | 30 minutes |
| 15-minute break | ||
| 5 | 300-600 | 30 minutes |
| 6 | 400-800 | 30 minutes |
| 7 | 500-1,000 | 30 minutes |
| 8 | 600-1,200 | 30 minutes |
| 15-minute break | Color Up 100's | End of Registration |
| 9 | 1,000-1,500 | 40 minutes |
| 10 | 1,000-2,000 | 40 minutes |
| 11 | 1,500-3,000 | 40 minutes |
| 15-minute break | Color Up 500's | |
| 12 | 2,000-4,000 | 40 minutes |
| 13 | 3,000-5,000 | 40 minutes |
| 14 | 3,000-6,000 | 40 minutes |
| 15-minute break | ||
| 15 | 4,000-8,000 | 40 minutes |
| 16 | 5,000-10,000 | 40 minutes |
Stay tuned for all of the updates here on PokerNews through to the conclusion of the event.