2023 RGPS Tulsa
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Robert Champion got it all in for his last 24,500 and a player called from the next seat over before the rest of the table got out of the way.
Robert Champion: 5♦5♠
Opponent: A♣9♥
The board ran out 3♣10♠6♦K♥5♣ and Champion held on with pocket fives to stay alive.
Scotter Clark announced a raise and tossed out 3,500 from middle position. Sandra Main was the only caller from the big blind and the flop was J♦5♥Q♥.
Main shoved quickly after the flop and Clark gave it a moment of thought before he slid his cards into the muck.
Clark is coming off of a run to third place in the most recent RGPS Main Event for $43,514, held last week in St. Louis.
Elsewhere in the room, Brian Winter was seen leaving the tournament area after a few attempts to spin up his short stack.
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
The remaining players have stepped out for another 15-minute break. There are 163 entries so far in Day 1b.

Brian Winter is on a tear in Tulsa after he won two rings on Friday, the sixth and seventh of his career — and the fifth in the last three months.
Winter won the Flip 'n' Go ring event in heads-up play against PokerNews' own Liam Gannon before he jumped into the Pot Limit Omaha ring event with just moments left in registration. He went on to win that tournament and claim his second ring of the afternoon while extending the lead at the top of the RGPS Player of the Year leaderboard.
| Rank | Player | POY Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Winter | 552.24 pts |
| 2 | Walker Miskelly | 441.03 pts |
| 3 | Dylan Lemery | 365.43 pts |
| 4 | Loi Hoang | 337.80 pts |
| 5 | Kevin Grinder | 281.02 pts |
| 6 | William Stanford | 275.47 pts |
| 7 | Keith Heine | 268.54 pts |
| 8 | Forrest Kollar | 268.12 pts |
| 9 | Carl Masters | 267.79 pts |
| 10 | Scotter Clark | 254.64 pts |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Tony Birney limped from under the gun as did players in both middle and late position. The player in the cutoff opted to put an end to the limping with a raise to 4,000.
Birney called as did both the middle position and late position players, leading to a 3♥7♦3♦ flop.
Action checked to the cutoff who continued with a bet of 7,000. Birney jammed for about 17,000 total, getting folds from the middle and late position players and a call from the cutoff, setting up a runout with Birney at risk.
Tony Birney: 6♦6♣
Cutoff: J♥10♠
The turn and river came the 2♣ and 7♥, securing a good bit more than a double for Birney as the dealer turned his opponet';s cards facedown and slid them into the muck.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000