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The RunGood Poker Series makes its first-ever visit to Harrah’s Pompano Beach in sunny South Florida when Day 1a of the inaugural RGPS Passport Season $1,110 Pompano Beach Main Event begins at 4 p.m. local time.
Today’s opening flight is the first of three starting flights over the next two days. Players begin with a 40,000 starting stack and blinds of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Levels will be 30 minutes long on each Day 1 flight, then be extended to 40 minutes for Day 2 and 60 minutes once the field reaches the final table. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 9, with unlimited reentries available.
Day 1b is tomorrow at 11 a.m., while Day 1c kicks off at 4 p.m. Each flight plays down to 12.5 percent of the field. All surviving players will have secured a piece of the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool when they combine for Day 2 on Sunday, May 17, at noon to play down to a champion.
Event schedule
| Date | Flight | Time | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15 | Day 1a | 4 p.m. | 30 minutes |
| May 16 | Day 1b | 11 a.m. | 30 minutes |
| May 16 | Day 1c | 4 p.m. | 30 minutes |
| May 17 | Day 2 | 12 p.m. | 40 minutes, 60 minutes at the final table |
More than a championship ring is at stake in this final event of the RGPS season. Ambassadors Craig Welko and Nicholas Rigby arrived in South Florida ranked first and second in the race for Player of the Year. Rigby then won the $400 PokerNews PowerStack event, and followed it up by winning the $300 One Day event on the same day. It was Rigby’s 10th career RunGood ring, and incredibly his seventh just since March. Welko, meanwhile, was not to be outdone and replied by winning the $250 Big Bounty event yesterday.
Welko enters the Main Event just 23 points ahead of Rigby in the Player of the Year standings, and the season-long race between them will be settled within the next few days. A host of opponents, meanwhile, will try to stop them and enjoy their own place in the spotlight with RGPS glory.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action throughout the day and provides live updates.