Daniel Lowery Leads the Way as Day 2 Kicks Off at 1:00 p.m.
Day 2 of the $1,200 Main Event at the RunGood Poker Series Passport Season Dallas is set to resume at 1:00 p.m. local time here at Palace Poker. The seven Day 1 starting flights saw a total of 468 entries, 56 of which will be returning for the final day of action. The remaining players will be battling it out for a piece of the $500,000 prize pool with the first-place prize of $100,007 going to the winner, along with the RGPS ring.
Day 1a attracted 40 runners, with five advancing to Day 2. Eric Chang ascended atop the leaderboard with 589,000.
Sharon Aloor (745,000) rose to the top on Day 1b, a flight which saw three players bag out of 25 total.
Day 1c saw plenty of action, with 69 challengers showing up, but only 8 making it through. Daniel Lowery emerged as the overwhelming chip leader with a whopping 1,293,000, and will enter the final day as the overall chip leader.
Day 1d had a solid turnout, with a respectable 45 entries recorded. Charles Keisling bagged the chip lead with 661,000 out of the five players who advanced.
Day 1e was the biggest flight of them all, with a total of 154 entries tallied. Of the 19 who bagged, it was Tyler Burke who ended the flight as the player on top with 1,009,000, good for second in the overall counts.
Jim Traber (768,000) recorded the biggest stack on Day 1f out of the 11 players that qualified. The flight was the second-largest with 95 total entries.
Day 1g was a last-chance turbo flight, which drew 40 players, 5 of which found a bag for Sunday. Jose Garcia topped the counts with 849,000.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Lowery | United States | 1,293,000 | 129 |
| 2 | Tyler Burke | United States | 1,009,000 | 101 |
| 3 | Justin Dreiling | United States | 862,000 | 86 |
| 4 | Jose Fernando Garcia Gutierrez | Mexico | 849,000 | 85 |
| 5 | James Traber | United States | 768,000 | 77 |
| 6 | Ryan Albert | United States | 766,000 | 77 |
| 7 | Sharon Aloor | United States | 745,000 | 75 |
| 8 | Suzanne Magnus | United States | 710,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Charles Keisling | United States | 661,000 | 66 |
| 10 | Samuel Jones | United States | 624,000 | 62 |
Notables to look out for as Day 2 progresses include Justin Dreiling (862,000), Kasey Mills (586,000), Preston Duron (406,000), William Pengelly (398,000), Scot Fahrenbruch (380,000), Brian Green (353,000), Jesse McVicker (284,000), Zak Baron (282,000), Dori Coyle (261,000), Daniel Hughes (260,000), Mason Vieth (235,000), Debbie Lee (143,000), and Alex Loveless (76,000).
RGPS Passport Season Dallas $1,200 Main Event Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100,007 | 11-12 | 7,962 |
| 2 | 66,618 | 13-14 | 6,417 |
| 3 | 49,149 | 15-16 | 5,232 |
| 4 | 36,715 | 17-20 | 4,315 |
| 5 | 27,693 | 21-24 | 3,601 |
| 6 | 21,114 | 25-32 | 3,041 |
| 7 | 16,273 | 33-40 | 2,600 |
| 8 | 12,681 | 41-48 | 2,249 |
| 9-10 | 9,992 | 49-56 | 1,970 |
Action will resume in Level 16 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante and the tournament will play down to a winner. Levels will be 40-minutes in length and a 15-minute break will occur at the end of every three levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the final day of action wraps up in the $1,200 Main Event here at the 2026 RGPS Passport Season Dallas.