Nolan Garrett Looking For Another Deep Run at the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event

Nolan Garrett has built up a big stack here on Day 1a, and if that sounds familiar, it’s because he did the same thing last year.

Garrett finished as the chip leader of the opening flight the last time the RunGood Poker Series came here to the Horseshoe Council Bluffs last November. He ended up finishing in third place out of 390 entries in that event, earning a career-best $39,009. A few months later, Garrett is back and looking forward to doing it all over again.

“Just ready to grind it out again. Had a good time last year,” he said as he took around 80,000 into the second break of the day.

Garrett is retired from the Air Force and currently works in aviation. He describes himself as a recreational player, hitting the felt primarily here in Council Bluffs as well as other RunGood events and the WSOP. “Nothing too crazy,” he said about his poker background.

Garrett climbed up over 100,000 earlier in the day when he spiked a flush on the river to beat his opponents’ pair of queens. While he’s slid back a bit from his earlier heights, Garrett has still enjoyed his time so far today.

“The earlier tournaments were a little rough. Kept on getting rivered. But here, seems to be going good so far. so we’ll see. Ready to bag,” he said.