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Another Chance to Punch Your Ticket to Sunday as Day 1d Gets Underway
Three starting flights are in the books at Champions Club Texas for the 2026 RunGood Golden Expedition Houston $600 Main Event. A total of 201 entries have been recorded thus far, with 18 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. With a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool up for grabs, today is expected to attract a huge field for Day 1d which kicks off in just over an hour.
Matthew Schumacher punched his ticket to Sunday with an exclamation point after bagging up an impressive 1,480,000 chips on Day 1b. He was joined in the seven-figure club by George Beck with 1,015,000 chips and Alexandra Loveless with 1,035,000 chips from Day 1a.
Many more poker players from the Lone Star State of Texas and the surrounding area are hoping to join them in the hunt for one of the coveted RGPS rings that comes with winning one of these events. Three starting flights are still awaiting with Day 1e starting later this evening at 6 p.m. and Day 1f, a turbo flight, beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.
End of Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Schumacher | United States | 1,480,000 | 74 |
| 2 | George Beck | United States | 1,015,000 | 51 |
| 3 | Jeremy Moore | United States | 680,000 | 34 |
| 4 | William Smith | United States | 645,000 | 32 |
| 5 | Matthew Bray | United States | 675,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Connel Shelton | United States | 600,000 | 30 |
| 7 | Michael Murphy | United States | 375,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Kerrick Greeno | United States | 210,000 | 11 |
| 9 | Gabriel Andrade | Ecuador | 200,000 | 10 |
Day 1d will be getting underway at 11 a.m. local time and will llikely be the largest of any of the six starting flights. Players will be sitting down to a stack of 60,000 chips and the blinds will start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. The levels will be 30 minutes in length for this flight with a 15-minute break after every four levels.
Late registration will remain open until the start of level 13 and players will be permitted an unlimited number of entries. For anyone who bags chips in multiple flights, only their largest stack will be carried forward to Day 2 and they will be paid a min-cash for their other stacks. There will be 12.5% of the field rewarded with a min-cash but only 10% of the field will advance to Day 2.
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The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the tournament floor to bring you live updates throughout Day 1d. The results from Day 1e and Day 1f will be posted on the RunGood Rewards app.