$1,110 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
$1,110 Main Event
Day 1bc Completed
Day 1bc of the $1,100 Main Event is in the books here at RGPS Mission RunGood Kansas City. A total of 287 hopefuls made their way to Harrah’s Kansas City with the goal of finding a bag: 161 in Day 1b and 126 in Day 1c.
However, at the end of the night just 35 players advanced to Day 2 and will be in the money, bringing the total number of Day 2 bags to 55.
In total, 447 entries were tallied in this edition of the $800 Main Event, generating a prize pool of $433,590, crushing the guarantee of $250,000 and besting last year’s total of 415.
Leading the way from today’s flights was Cody Bartlett who finished with 643,000 as he searches for his second RunGood Main Event title. Close behind in second place was RunGood ambassador Carl Masters with 616,000. Rounding out the podium in third was Javier Terrazas who ended the day with 602,000.
| Place | Player | Chip Count | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Bartlett | 643,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Carl Masters | 616,000 | 103 |
| 3 | Javier Terrazas | 602,000 | 100 |
| 4 | Grant Hinkle | 571,000 | 95 |
| 5 | Blair Hinkle | 482,000 | 80 |
| 6 | Craig Dick | 466,000 | 78 |
| 7 | David Caron | 375,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Brandon Elmore | 357,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Nick Barksdale | 356,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Tyler Barnes | 329,000 | 55 |
Day 2 starts tomorrow Sunday, May 18 at 12 p.m. local time. Play will begin with 23 minutes remaining in Level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000with a 6,000 big blind ante for the final 55 players. Levels will be 40 minutes in length on Day 2 through to the end of the tournament.
The seat draw for Day 2 and prize pool information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates and action here at RGPS Mission RunGood Kansas City.
After a double knockout, the field has been reduced to 15 as no hand-for-hand was needed. The players are bagging their chips for tomorrow's Day 2.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day.
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The final 17 are going on a 10-minute break with 15 advancing.
Play resumes in Level 15 with blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000 with an average stack of 222,000, or 28 big blinds.
Action was picked up on the turn with around 70,000 in the middle in a pot between Nick Barksdale from the small blind and Timothy Finley from the big blind.
With the board reading Q♠9♣2♦4♣, Barksdale led for 32,000 before Finley jammed for 79,000 and Barksdale snapped it off.
Timothy Finley: 9♥4♠
Nick Barksdale: A♠Q♣
Finley was ahead with two pair and faded Barksdale's outs of the 4♦ river as he filled up to secure the double.
Level 13: Blinds 3,000/5,000
Action was picked up with the cards on their backs as the hijack was all-in for his final 61,000 against Keith Murrell from early position.
Hijack: Q♥Q♣
Keith Murrell: J♦J♣
Murrell was in rough shape with his dominated pair on the 6♠5♠2♥ flop. However, the dealer peeled the J♠ on the turn to give him the lead and he held through the 10♣ river to bring the field to its final 20 players.
Level 13: Blinds 3,000/5,000
Aaron Drummond jammed his final 20,000 from under the gun and the big blind sigh-called.
Aaron Drummond: 10♥9♥
Big Blind: J♣9♣
Drummond was unfortunate to run into a dominating hand. He could not find enough help on the 8♦5♣3♥9♦6♠ runout as his opponent's kicker played.
Level 12: Blinds 2,000/4,000
Nick Barksdale opened the cutoff to 8,000 and Eric Vogler called on the button.
On the A♦A♣J♦ flop, Barksdale continued for 8,000 and Vogler called.
Barksdale fired again for 23,000 on the 4♣ turn and Vogler immediately called.
On the K♥ river, Barksdale would contemplate his decision for nearly two minutes before he jammed for 65,000 effective as the covering stack. Vogler had his doubts but eventually decided to let it go as he lives to see another day.