button in SafariInaugural RGPS Summer Series Main Event Begins
The first ever RunGood Summer Series has been in action for the past week at The Lodge Card Club, and the time has arrived to kick off the $600 Main Event.
This weekend's tournament features a guaranteed $250,000 prize pool, with a total of five opening flights on the schedule over the next three days. The first chance to bag up a spot in the money gets underway today at 3:15 p.m. local time.
The series has already handed out nine trophies, and represents RunGood's second visit to the Texas state capital. Back in February, the RGPS Passport Austin $600 Main Event crowned Jose Garcia as champion out of a field of 1,018 entries, taking home the first-place prize of $88,007.
RGPS Passport Austin $600 Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Garcia | United States | $88,007 |
| 2 | Andrew Robinson | United States | $61,547 |
| 3 | James Black | United States | $40,069 |
| 4 | Kyle Stein | United States | $29,069 |
| 5 | Kevin Easterling | United States | $22,149 |
| 6 | Matthew Costentino | United States | $17,804 |
| 7 | James Cazin | United States | $14,742 |
| 8 | Thomas McCutcheon | United States | $11,706 |
| 9 | Zachary Evers | United States | $8,691 |
Players will take their seats with 40,000 chips, facing opening blinds of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. The first 15 levels of each flight will be 30 minutes in duration, extending to 40 minutes from Level 16 onwards. The schedule includes 15-minute breaks after every three levels of action.
Late registration and reentries are permitted until the start of Level 9, and play will continue in each flight until the top 12% of the field remain. Players advancing to Day 2 will be in the money, and return on Sunday, June 21 to play down to a winner.
All participants can play multiple Day 1 flights, with only their largest stack carrying forward to the final day. Any players who navigate their way into the money more than once will receive a bonus of $1,500 per bag.
2026 RGPS Summer Series $600 Main Event Schedule
| Date | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|
| June 18 | Day 1a | 3:15 p.m. |
| June 19 | Day 1b | 11:15 a.m. |
| June 19 | Day 1c | 5:15 p.m. |
| June 20 | Day 1d | 11:15 a.m. |
| June 20 | Day 1e | 5:15 p.m. |
| June 21 | Day 2 | 12:15 p.m. |
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