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42 Survivors Return at 11 a.m. to Crown a Victor in RunGood Aruba
For the first time ever, the RunGood Poker Series made its way to the Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino. The largest event of the series will crown a champion today in the $400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event.
A total of 404 players tried their luck across the past three days, generating a prize pool of $133,320, but just 42 remain in contention for the first-place prize of $29,116.
These survivors will return at 11 a.m. this morning to play down to a champion in 30-minute levels.
Holding the chip lead coming into the day is Tim Acker who finished with 709,000 in the second flight, enough to lead the overall leaderboard coming into today's finale.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Acker | United States | 709,000 |
| 2 | Derick Joyner | 702,000 | |
| 3 | Vincenti Cham | Aruba | 540,000 |
| 4 | Paul Nheiu | United States | 494,000 |
| 5 | Anonymous | 464,000 | |
| 6 | Shawn Beaupre | Canada | 440,000 |
| 7 | Christian Anders | 436,000 | |
| 8 | Todd Dunlop | United States | 436,000 |
| 9 | Ernest Bush | United States | 436,000 |
| 10 | Suru Patel | Canada | 425,000 |
Others to return today include Vincenti Cham (540,000), Ernest Bush (436,000), Ronnie Bardah (400,000), La Sengphet (315,000), Lisa Roberts (267,000), Kris Burchfield (204,000), and Tyler Boyer (106,000).
Play resumes with 16:16 remaining in Level 14 with blinds of 4,000/8,000. Play will continue today until a victor is crowned.
Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $29,116 | 8 | $2,829 |
| 2 | $19,344 | 9 | $2,258 |
| 3 | $13,166 | 10-11 | $1,856 |
| 4 | $9,186 | 12-13 | $1,572 |
| 5 | $6,575 | 14-17 | $1,373 |
| 6 | $4,831 | 18-26 | $1,239 |
| 7 | $3,646 | 27-42 | $1,180 |
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PokerNews will be on the floor at 11 a.m. providing live updates as the RunGood Poker Series awards some hardware for the $400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event.