button in SafariCaleb Levesque Leads Second Flight of RGPS Summer Series Main Event
Another busy day at The Lodge Card Club saw the second flight of the 2026 RunGood Summer Series $600 Main Event wrap up, with the next 12 players earning a spot in the money. The Day 1b field drew 97 new entries, bringing the overall tournament total to 200 through the first two flights on the way to hitting the guaranteed $250,000 prize pool.
The remaining dozen survivors will now join the 13 players who bagged Day 1a, returning to battle for a spot at the final table on Sunday, June 21.
Sitting atop the counts after the second day of action is Caleb Levesque, who brought the night to an early end by bursting the bubble and bagging up 715,000 chips.
Austin's Lee Webb held the lead for much of the final few levels, settling for second place on the leaderboard with 508,000. Webb played in the RGPS Passport Season stop back in January, looking for some RunGood success this weekend.
Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Levesque | United States | 715,000 |
| 2 | Lee Webb | United States | 508,000 |
| 3 | Matthew Lawrence | United States | 502,000 |
| 4 | Francis Deesing | United States | 463,000 |
| 5 | Cameron Mixson | United States | 418,000 |
| 6 | Benjamin Calhoun | United States | 355,000 |
| 7 | Joshua Collins | United States | 270,000 |
| 8 | Aaron McEvoy | United States | 208,000 |
| 9 | Adam Levy | United States | 172,000 |
| 10 | Benjamin Gonzalez | United States | 115,000 |
| 11 | John Goff | United States | 90,000 |
| 12 | Hassan Mihankhah | United States | 65,000 |
Rounding out the top three in the counts is RGPS Ambassador Matthew Lawrence, who ran tens into queens on his first bullet before finding success later in the night.
Another pair of tens left Lawrence short after the end of late registration, but he found a big double before betting Webb off a straight on the money bubble to soar up the leaderboard.
One of the hands of the day came in Level 5, when Kilo Krahn spiked the river to knock out a pair of players. Krahn was unable to find a bag, losing a flip to Levesque just prior to hand-for-hand play.
Another big hand saw Reitta Seidel flop a set to cooler Francis Deesing early in the day. Seidel made a deep run only to come up short of the money, while Deesing took full advantage of his reentry to bag up fourth in chips with 463,000.
Adam Levy was at risk on Level 7, but found a four to double and propell him on to Day 2. Hassan Mihankhah did one better later in the day, cracking aces to triple and stay alive. Mihankhah lost some ground after that, and bagged up the shortest stack of the day with 65,000 chips.
The final hand of the night was the end for Alexander Goldberg, who called off his last big blind and fell to Levesque's set.
Remaining Main Event Schedule
| Date | Day | Time |
|---|---|---|
| June 20 | Day 1d | 11:15 a.m. |
| June 20 | Day 1e | 5:15 p.m. |
| June 21 | Day 2 | 12:15 p.m. |
Friday's late Day 1c was in progress as this flight finished, and full results will be posted on the RunGood Rewards app. The final two Main Event flights will run on Saturday, June 20, starting with Day 1d at 11:15 a.m. local time. That will be followed by the last chance to build a stack at 5:15 p.m. at The Lodge.
Starting stacks for all players are 40,000 chips, with blinds beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. The first 15 levels will run 30 minutes each, expanding to 40 minutes at Level 16 for the remainder of the tournament. Players will once again have 15-minute breaks after every four levels of action.
The event features unlimited reentries, with late registration open until the start of Level 9. Action will continue until the top 12% of each flight remains before advancing to Day 2 on Sunday, June 21.
Be sure to follow all of the action on PokerNews, as our live reporting team will continue to provide full coverage on the road to crowning the very first RGPS Summer Series Main Event champion in Austin.