Jesse Jones Bags Massive in Day 1a of the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Kansas City Main Event
Day 1a of the 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Kansas City $1,100 Main Event is in the books. A total of 160 hopefuls made their way to Harrah’s Kansas City for the first of three opening flights in the last main event of the RunGood season.
However, at the end of the night around 2 a.m., just 20 players remained and put their chips in a bag for Sunday’s Day 2.
Leading the way from today’s Day 1a was Jesse Jones who bagged an impressive 1,112,000, over 37 starting stacks. Jones won a massive flip with ace-king suited against ace-queen and pocket queens followed by another huge pot with queens against ace-queen. He would become the big stack bully for the rest of the night as he began his quest for a second RunGood Main Event title.
End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Jones | 1,112,000 |
| 2 | David Likins | 357,000 |
| 3 | James Hundt | 353,000 |
| 4 | Harold Kruger | 313,000 |
| 5 | Jason Hunter | 293,000 |
| 6 | Beau Wilshire | 240,000 |
| 7 | Saied Moradi | 212,000 |
| 8 | Brent Gregory | 206,000 |
| 9 | Kyle Case | 201,000 |
| 10 | David McFeely | 200,000 |
| 10 | Paul Thompson | 200,000 |
Several notable players tried their luck today but fell short of the money. Some of these included brothers and WSOP Bracelet winners Blair Hinkle and Grant Hinkle, three-time MSPT champion Nick Barksdale, as well as RunGood ambassadors Emily Berglund and Carl Masters.
The 160 entries from today bested last year’s Day 1a total of 138, with a big turnout expected for tomorrow. The prize pool has already reached $155,200, over 60% of the way to the guarantee after just one flight.
Play concluded with one minute remaining in Level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Play will resume here on Day 2 unless one of tomorrow’s flights finishes earlier.
There are still two more starting flights to come tomorrow. Day 1b kicks off at 11 a.m. local time while Day 1c starts at 5 p.m. Both flights follow the same structure as today with 30,000 starting chips and 30 minute levels through Level 8 and 40 minutes Level 9 onward, with 12.5% of the field advancing to Sunday’s Day 2.
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