$800 Main Event
Day 1bc Started
$800 Main Event
Day 1bc Started
A $100,000 prize pool guarantee sits with the crown jewel of the RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event, which yesterday's 140 entrants saw a near making of that guarantee. With two flights beginning today at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. respectively, time will tell to see just how big the tournament prize pool will grow.
Leading the way is Nathan Kimbrow who ended his day with 521,000. Kimbrow secured himself his first ever RGPS cash on top of the massive stack he bagged. Rosmel Munoz was the one who ended to sit in second place by night’s end with 433,000. Munoz has seen a couple of deep RGPS main event runs over the past few years, but with his stack today he looks to cut a little deeper here than he did at the other stops. Others that bagged were Ashley “PokerFaceAsh” Frank (365,000), Brant Jolly (347,000), Andrew Todhunter (191,000), and poker tournament director Michael “Murph” Murphy (163,000).
| Place | Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Kimbrow | Willow Springs, OK | 521,000 |
| 2 | Rosmel Munoz | Venezuela | 433,000 |
| 3 | Kevin Elwood | Salina, OK | 430,000 |
| 4 | Ashley Frank | Scottsdale, AZ | 365,000 |
| 5 | Brant Jolly | Fayetteville, AK | 347,000 |
| 6 | James Stone | Mabelvale, AR | 268,000 |
| 7 | Cory Aurentz | Springfield, MO | 267,000 |
| 8 | Andrew Todhunter | Tulsa, OK | 191,000 |
| 9 | Jeremy Radebaugh | Wyandotte, OK | 186,000 |
| 10 | Seth Wright | Hinton, OK | 186,000 |
Three RGPS Main Event champions played yesterday as defending champion Eric Bunch fired along with Iman Al-Saden and William McCracken. They will be joining lots of local legends today like Daniel “Donk” Hughes, John “Cracker” Reynolds, and Michael Perrone who won the Deepstack event earlier this week.
Players will sit down with 30,000 in starting chips with blinds beginning at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Levels will last 30 minutes each with a 15-minute break at the conclusion of every four levels. At the start of Level 9, registration will be closed and players will continue to play until 12.5% of the field remains to bag up for Sunday January 26th. Those who do not bag in the first flight will have ample opportunity to play in the second flight, which will have an identical structure.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the updates for the RunGood Poker Series.
The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The RGPS in Tulsa kicked off with Event #1: $250 Seniors drawing out a 223 entrants over the eight levels of late registration. This generated a prize pool of $44,600 that only 28 of the 50+ players could get a piece of.
At the end of the day it was Oklahoma tournament regular Mashir Khan taking his first ring, for $8,000 after a four-way deal was struck. This brings Khan's lifetime total for tournament cashes up to $240,821 and he looks to parlay some of his winnings into the Main Event.
RGPS Tulsa Seniors Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mashir Khan | $8,000 |
| 2 | Jody Shelenhamer | $6,997 |
| 3 | Michael Blanton | $6,997 |
| 4 | Philip Roth | $3,697 |
| 5 | Eugene Alloway | $2,783 |
| 6 | Richard Stanton | $2,119 |
| 7 | Gary Kuykendall | $1,637 |
| 8 | Michael Williams | $1,284 |
| 9 | Patrick Olsen | $1,021 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews to see all of the updates from throughout the week.
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Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Rodney Spriggs in the hijack and Larry Trimble in the big blind.
The board reads 6♥3♠5♦Q♣ and Trimble checked over to Spriggs bet 1,500 and Trimble called.
On the river 7♦, Trimble checked over to Spriggs who bet 3,500 and Trimble called.
"If you call you should be able to win," Spriggs tabled 8♦6♦ for a pair of sixes. Trimble tabled K♦Q♦ for a pair of queens which was good for the pot.
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400