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$400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event
Day 1bc Completed
2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Aruba
$400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event
Day: 1bc
Players Left 42 / 404
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702,000
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436,000
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Action continues in this RGPS Golden Expedition event from Aruba, with full chip counts and information from the evening flight to be posted in the morning.
As of writing, Day 1c has 106 players registered at the start of Level 7, bringing the running total to 258 players.
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Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The RunGood Poker Series has come to Caribbean for the first time here at the Hilton Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino. The largest tournament of the series saw its second of four starting flights kick off this morning for the $400 RunGood in Aruba Ring Event, which features a $100,000 guarantee.
Day 1b attracted a total of 74 entries after 78 came out last night, bringing the running total to 152 runners, adding $50,160 to the prize pool with two flights still to come.
After an extended bubble, the final eight survivors bagged up their chips with Tim Acker holding a commanding lead atop the overall leaderboard with 709,000.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Acker | United States | 709,000 |
| 2 | Ronnie Bardah | United States | 400,000 |
| 3 | Michael Baumann | Germany | 384,000 |
| 4 | Veronique Croes | Aruba | 204,000 |
| 5 | Christopher Funari | United States | 181,000 |
| 6 | Rachel Usack | United States | 159,000 |
| 7 | Thomas Rienessl | 125,000 | |
| 8 | Li Zi Zhou | United States | 58,000 |
Finishing this flight in second was Ronnie Bardah (400,000), who spun up a late reg stack after winning several all ins. The most important of these was a massive flip with queens against the ace-king of Acker on the stone bubble.
Michael Baumann's (384,000) stack rode a rollercoaster throughout the final levels as he rounds out the podium in third.
Veronique Croes (204,000), Christopher Funari (181,000), and Rachel Usack (159,000) are bunched together in the middle of the pack, while Thomas Rienessl (125,000) and Li Zi Zhou (58,000) are bringing up the rear.
The bubble period took quite some time, with the short stacks winning hand after hand. The flight played all the way until 16:52 remaining at 6,000/12,000 before Santiago Sonensein was eliminated, bringing play to a close.
Yesterday's flight finished with 16:16 remaining at 4,000/8,000 blinds, which is the latest that the blinds will restart on Sunday.
Day 1c is currently ongoing with 106 registered players in Level 6, with a final starting flight taking place at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates from the floor as we assemble a Day 2 field in RunGood's Aruba debut, with live coverage in Day 1d beginning at 11 a.m.
Chip counts and registration numbers from the evening flight will be posted in the morning.
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The afternoon flight (Day 1c) currently has 101 entrants at the start of Level 6.
Level 16
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Tim Acker opened to 24,000 under the gun, Santiago Sonensein called all in for 23,000 from the hijack, and both Ronnie Bardah and Christopher Funari came along from the blinds.
The 9♥6♠2♦3♦5♠ board was checked down.
Santiago Sonensein: K♣J♠ 
Tim Acker: A♠J♦
Ronnie Bardah: K♦Q♣
Christopher Funari: Q♥7♠
The ace-high of Acker was enough to scoop, and Sonensein took his leave on the stone bubble.
The eight survivors are now bagging their chips for Sunday's restart.
Level: 16
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Ronnie Bardah opened from the cutoff before Tim Acker jammed from the small blind covering the table, and Bardah snapped off his 199,000 stack.
Ronnie Bardah: Q♦Q♣
Tim Acker: A♣K♠
It was the most classic of flips as the flop came 4♥4♦4♣. Acker pleaded for a four to come, but Bardah avoided disaster on the 6♥3♠ runout, securing the double.
The following hand, Veronique Croes doubled her 77,000 stack from the small blind with A♦K♦, beating the J♦6♦ of Christopher Funari.
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Veronique Croes jammed her final 41,000 from the cutoff and Santiago Sonensein called in the big blind.
Veronique Croes: K♠6♣
Santiago Sonensein: K♣5♦
The board ran out J♣8♦7♠4♠5♥, giving Croes a straight on the river to secure the double.
The next hand, Rachel Usack jammed for 67,000 from the cutoff and Sonensein rejammed in the small blind.
Rachel Usack: A♦Q♠
Santiago Sonensein: A♥K♦
Usack was in rough shape with the dominated ace, but the Q♣3♥3♣ flop paired her kicker. The board ran out 3♠9♠, and she doubled as well, leaving Sonensein on the short stack.
Level 15
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
In a blind-on-blind battle, the flop read 7♠7♣4♥ as Christopher Funari led for 10,000 from small blind and Tim Acker called in the big blind.
On the 9♥ turn, Funari bet again for 25,000, and Acker stuck around with a call.
Funari fired a final shell for 50,000 on the 10♦ river. Acker went deep into the tank before he flicked in the call.
Christopher Funari: 8♣5♠
Tim Acker: A♣8♥
Funari was bluffing with a missed gutshot, and Acker made an incredible call with just ace-high to extend his chip lead.
