The overall prize pool is approaching $480,000, as Day 1g has added 132 entries in the first five levels.
Late registration remains open for next two hours, while the turbo Day 1h is still to come tonight at 10:00 p.m. local time.
Five-way action to the 4♠K♥6♣ flop saw Eli Katzman check from the small blind, with Jason Miller checking behind in the big blind. Ronnie Arrington also tapped the table, as did Aakash Karki in the cutoff.
Saul Sarabia Cruz bet 16,000 on the button before Katzman check-raised all in for 106,000. Miller took some time before making the call, and Arrington and Karki got out of the way. Cruz called all in for 49,000, at risk against two opponents.
Saul Sarabia Cruz: A♦K♦ 
Eli Katzman: 8♠6♠
Jason Miller: Q♥6♥
Cruz's pair of kings held on the 10♣ turn and 5♣ river, earning the triple-up. Miller took down the side pot with his queen kicker, sending Katzman to the rail.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Aakash Karki raised to 20,000 from under the gun, with Ronnie Arrington sliding in a call from the small blind. Arrington checked the 5♣5♥3♣ flop, and Karki continued with a bet of 25,000.
Arrington quickly reached for chips, check-raising to 50,000. Karki folded almost as quickly, and Arrington raked in the pot.
Justin Adkins opened to 16,000 from under the gun, and John Blansett made the call in the cutoff. Will Givens looked down at his cards in the big blind and three-bet to 83,000.
Adkins took some time before sending his cards into the muck, and Blansett followed with a fold to see Givens pick up the pot without a flop.
As the RGPS Golden Expedition Dallas series moves along here at Palace Poker, lots of the talk has been focused on the $300 Tag Team Ring Event that concluded earlier in the week. Among the participants was Craig Savage, who keeps busy outside of poker but was happy to spend some time at another RunGood stop.
"I teach school, and then we started back up, so I've been getting reports and being envious of people over here playing, but I got to get out last weekend and then Monday night and Tuesday night. The tag team was a blast, and I busted right on the money, but the RunGood events are just so much more fun than everything else."
Savage is part of a close-knit group of poker players in the Dallas area, always cheering each other and helping their friends achieve success on the felt.
"We did a docuseries called Chase the Dream, where there are seven of us who come from different walks of life, who have different poker backgrounds and are kind of chasing our passion, our hobby. Some of us have at times played for a living, some of us have jobs, but we take the game very seriously and we captured a lot of that.”
"I was fortunate enough in 2025 to win a bracelet. So I got to capture that and so it's like a little time capsule for me."
That win came at the 2025 World Series of Poker in Event #61: $500 No-Limit Holdem Freezeout, where Savage took home $229,628. The growth of poker in Texas has made playing at home more accessible, but Savage likes to get out on the road when possible.
"Right now there's so much poker in Dallas that we don't need to travel too much, but I enjoy traveling. I've been to the RunGood in Tulsa and New Orleans, and I go out to Vegas in the summer."
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
William Leffingwell raised from under the gun to 15,000, and John Hill called as next to act. James Girouard moved his last 34,000 into the middle from the hijack, and was at risk when Jie Jie Zheng four-bet to 63,000 in the small blind. Leffingwell folded, as did Hill.
James Girouard: A♠A♣
Jie Jie Zheng: A♥K♣
Girouard was in a dominant spot, holding through the [2hJdKdQd4] runout to earn a near triple-up.
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