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$800 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2026 RGPS Passport Tulsa
$800 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 RGPS Passport Tulsa
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$146,300
Total Entries
209
Level
24
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
74
Players Left
9
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Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The first of three starting flights is in the books in the $800 Main Event here at the RunGood Poker Series Passport Season hosted by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. Of the 74 entries tallied in Day 1a, only 9 players will return for Day 2 on Sunday, all of whom have locked up a min-cash.
Randy Cramer finished the opening flight as the player on top, bagging an impressive 630,000. He quietly ascended atop the leaderboard towards the end of the night extended his lead on the money bubble.
Behind Cramer in second sits Jason Gambill, who bagged a respectable 420,000 and rounding out the podium is 2023/24 RunGood Player of the Year Brian Winter with 267,000. Winter woke up with pocket aces to eliminate RGPS Ambassador Grant Hinkle on the soft bubble and held steady from there on.
Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Cramer | United States | 630,000 |
| 2 | Jason Gambill | United States | 420,000 |
| 3 | Brian Winter | United States | 267,000 |
| 4 | Josh Wyatt | United States | 264,000 |
| 5 | Tracey Rudd | United States | 225,000 |
| 6 | Cory Aurentz | United States | 156,000 |
| 7 | Alonte Smith | United States | 153,000 |
| 8 | Lauren Bunch | United States | 62,000 |
| 9 | Jesse Jones | United States | 47,000 |
Papa Karn Earns Unfortunate Title of Bubble Boy
Teerakun Karnchanakphan, better known as Papa Karn, is the father of RunGood Poker Series Founder and President Tana Karn. He managed to find a double up as the money bubble neared but ultimately exited on the stone bubble when his Big Slick fell to Josh Wyatt's pocket eights in a classic coin flip situation.
Day 1b will begin Saturday, January 24 at 11:00 a.m. and Day 1c will get underway later in the day at 6:00 p.m. Play for Day 1 flights will conclude once 12.5% of the field (rounded down) remains and those who bag will be in the money. Day 2 will then start at the earliest blind level of the three flights on Sunday, January 25, where the event will play down to a winner.
Be sure to follow PokerNews throughout the entirety of the $800 Main Event here at the 2026 RGPS Passport Season Tulsa.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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630,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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420,000
133,000
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133,000 |
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267,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
264,000 | |
|
225,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
156,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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153,000
4,000
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4,000 |
|
62,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
47,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
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Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The final 9 players of Day 1a are bagging up for the night and will return for Day 2 on Sunday, January 25 at 12:00 p.m. local time where the event will play down to a winner.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for end of day chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Josh Wyatt raised to 25,000 in the cutoff and Papa Karn three-bet shoved in the big blind for 45,000 to put himself at risk. Wyatt made the call.
Papa Karn: A♥K♠ 
Josh Wyatt: 8♣8♦
It was a fair fight but there were no aces or kings to be found on the 4♣Q♦5♠5♣6♠ runout, sending Karn to the rail on the stone bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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264,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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Busted |
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Randy Cramer raised to 16,000 in the cutoff and was called by Jesse Jones in the small blind and Josh Wyatt in the big blind.
The flop came J♦2♠7♦, Jones checked, Wyatt bet 35,000, and only Cramer called.
The 3♦ turn and Q♦ river both went check-check and Cramer tabled the winner with K♠K♣, besting the J♣8♣ of Wyatt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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550,000
445,000
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445,000 |
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225,000
85,000
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85,000 |
|
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55,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Papa Karn limed in the cutoff, Jesse Jones shoved on the button for about 200,000, and Josh Wyatt called in the small blind for 143,000 to put himself at risk. Karn elected to get out of the way.
Josh Wyatt: 9♣9♦
Jesse Jones: 8♣8♦
The 5♠3♣6♠ flop was safe for Wyatt, but Jones drilled the 8♠ on the turn to improve to trips.
Wyatt was all but out until he was saved on the 7♦ river, making a straight to live another day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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310,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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60,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The remaining 10 players have been sent on a 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 10 players remaining and only 9 making it through to Day 2, the floor has announced hand-for-hand play.
