Foley Bags Chip Overall Chip Lead in Day 1c, McKuin Bags Chip Lead in Day 1d of RGPS Main Event in St. Louis

The final two Day 1 flights of the $800 Main Event for the RunGood Poker Series have wrapped up at Hollywood Casino St. Louis. Day 1c saw the largest turnout of the series, drawing 223 entrants, with 28 players making the money and advancing to Day 2. Jacob Foley emerged as the flight’s chip leader — and the overall chip leader across all flights — after bagging an impressive 924,000.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Jacob Foley	United States	924,000
2	Cory Plante	United States	589,000
3	Gilbert Shawdowens	United States	535,000
4	Hunter Cichy	United States	508,000
5	Mario Webster	United States	500,000
6	Jesse Jones	United States	298,000
7	Michael Johns	United States	288,000
8	David Dukate	United States	262,000
9	Jerry Knoche	United States	244,000
10	Bryaden Smiley	United States	240,000

Other notable players advancing to Day 2 include Hunter Cichy (508,000), who boasts over $1 million in career poker tournament earnings, current RGPS Player of the Year leader Michael Johns (288,000).

Some notable players who failed to bag for Day 2 include2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg Raymer, WSOP bracelet winners David Simon and Jason Simon, as well as RGPS regulars like Forrest Kollar, Blair Hinkle, Brian Schulz, and Mark LaFata.

Hand-for-hand play on the money bubble lasted just one hand, as Cory Plante’s pocket kings clashed with Todd Reno’s pocket jacks. Despite holding a healthy stack with several shorter stacks still in play, Reno found himself at risk. The board offered no help, and Reno was eliminated as the bubble boy, sending the remaining 28 players into the money and on to Day 2.

Day 1d drew a total of 171 entrants, and during the flight, the tournament director announced that the field had officially broken the RGPS St. Louis Main Event record, with a total of 638 entries across the four Day 1 flights. The chip leader at the end of the night was Keith McKuin, who bagged 625,000.

McKuin emerged as the Day 1d chip leader, thanks in part to a key hand that also burst the money bubble. Action folded to a player in the cutoff who moved all in with pocket jacks, and McKuin called with ace-king suited. The jacks held through the flop and turn, but a king on the river gave McKuin the winning hand, eliminating his opponent, securing his chip lead, and officially sending the remaining players into the money and on to Day 2.

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Keith McKuin	United States	649,000
2	Mark Collins	United States	475,000
3	Joe Daniels	United States	400,000
4	Garrett Riley	United States	352,000
5	Evan Jenkins	United States	348,000
6	Roger Bennett	United States	345,000
7	Shane Miller	United States	274,000
8	Tyler Breeding	United States	261,000
9	Lionel Jiang	United States	260,000
10	Bobby Morrison	United States	257,000