14 Advance in Final Starting Flight of the $400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event

Over the past three days, a total of 404 hopefuls have made their way to the Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino as the RunGood Poker Series marks its territory in the Caribbean for the first time.

The biggest tournament on the schedule was the $400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event, and the Day 2 field has officially been set after a prize pool of $133,320 was generated, comfortably surpassing the $100,000 guarantee on the event.

The final starting flight drew an 132 additional entries, but just 14 players bagged up chips once the dust settled, bringing the total number of Day 2 players to 42 survivors.

Leading the pack from today's flight was Vincenti Cham who finished the day with 540,000. An Aruba local, Cham has claimed many cashes already in the country as he adds to his list.

End of Day 1d Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Vincenti Cham	Aruba	540,000
2	Anonymous		464,000
3	Suru Patel	Canada	425,000
4	Maher Al Mouselly	Canada	353,000
5	Joseph Connor	United States	322,000
6	La Sengphet	United States	315,000
7	Steven Dechello	United States	312,000
8	Omar Rodriguez	Colombia	234,000
9	Kim Schinco	United States	197,000
10	Jesse Mull	United States	186,000
11	Kelli Mix	United States	172,000
12	Michael Killory	United States	161,000
13	Nick Amato	United States	135,000
14	Howard Beamish	United States	123,000

Also building a big stack today included Suru Patel (425,000), Maher Al Mouselly (353,000), La Sengphet (315,000), and Omar Rodriguez (234,000).

It was another slow bubble period as players held onto their stacks in the final opportunity to find a bag. However, there were simultaneous eliminations on the final hand, and the final 14 players were able to breath a sigh of relief after securing their spot in the Day 2 field.

Level 16 was reached in this flight, but the earliest finish so far was with 16:16 remaining in Level 14 with blinds of 4,000/8,000. This is where the tournament will restart tomorrow.