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Following a successful opening week at Palace Poker, the first of the new RunGood Poker Series season has reached the main attraction. Today marks the first two of eight starting flights in the RGPS Golden Expedition Dallas $600 Main Event, with action set to begin at 11:00 a.m. local time.
Players will have plenty of chances to take home a piece of the $200,000 guaranteed prize pool, as multiple flights highlight the schedule through Saturday, August 22. Players will then combine the following day to battle for the title, along with the first Main Event ring of the new season.
The series sees RunGood's return to Palace Poker, after a stop in the Passport Season came to a close in March. RGPS regular Daniel Lowery claimed victory in the $1,200 Main Event to capture his 12th ring along with the top-prize of just over $100,000.
Lowery defeated a field of 468 entries, outlasting Thao Tran in a back-and-forth heads-up match to earn the largest share of the $500,000 prize pool.
RGPS Passport Season Dallas $1,200 Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Lowery | United States | $100,007 |
| 2 | Thao Tran | United States | $66,618 |
| 3 | Ryan Albert | United States | $49,149 |
| 4 | William Berry | United States | $36,715 |
| 5 | Sophie Le | United States | $27,693 |
| 6 | Mason Vieth | United States | $21,114 |
| 7 | Karanvir Singh | United States | $16,273 |
| 8 | Sharon Aloor | United States | $12,681 |
| 9 | Charles Keisling | United States | $9,992 |
The first starting flight begins at 11:00 a.m. and will be followed by Day 1b at 5:00 p.m. here in Grand Prairie, Texas. Players will sit down with a starting stack of 60,000 chips, with blinds beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante.
All levels will be 30 minutes in duration, with 15-minute breaks following every two hours of play. The tournament features unlimited reentry across all eight opening flights, and late registration will remain open until the start of Level 9.
Action continues until just the top 12.5% of each field remains, where players will bag up in the money for Day 2. Any survivors who earn multiple bags will carry their higher stack forward, and receive the lowest Day 2 payout for any shorter stacks.
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Be sure to stay tuned all weekend long, as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all of the action from Palace Poker, along with the $800 Main Event at RGPS Golden Expedition Southern Indiana.