Big Day on Tap in Tunica for RGPS Passport Main Event

The 2026 RunGood Passport Season continues with two more flights of the $600 Main Event, as players look to join the 13 contenders who bagged up Day 1a on Friday night.

The first flight attracted 111 entries at Horseshoe Casino Tunica, and the iconic poker room will be even busier when action kicks off with Day 1b at 11:00 a.m. local time.

That will be followed by Day 1c at 6:00 p.m. with the guaranteed $200,000 prize pool in play. Players can take advantage of unlimited reentries in both flights, as action continues late into the night before the Day 2 field will be confirmed.

The Day 1a chip leader was Chad Taylor, who steadily gained ground before bagging up 510,000 chips.

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Chad Taylor	United States	510,000	51
2	Michael Monaghan	United States	409,000	41
3	Brandon Owens	United States	374,000	37
4	Michael Cordell	United States	370,000	37
5	Dante Prado	United States	339,000	34
6	Sokchheka Pho	United States	278,000	28
7	Gerald Irvin	United States	230,000	23
8	Justin Goree	United States	219,000	22
9	Rafael Lopez-Reyes	United States	168,000	17
10	Tyler Burke	United States	163,000	16

Just like Friday’s opening flight, all levels on Day 1 will be 30 minutes long before expanding to 40 minutes on the final day. Blinds will begin at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante, and players will take their seats with 30,000 chips in their stack.

Registration remains open for the first eight levels of action, and play will continue until just 12.5 percent of the field remains. Those players will join the 13 survivors from Day 1a in the money, with a shot at the RGPS ring on Sunday night.

Among the RGPS Ambassadors expected to take part are PokerNews PowerStack champion Cody Stanford, Jeff Copeland, Craig Welko, Preston McEwen, and Drew Gonzalez.