Ryan Fetherkile Takes Overall Chip Lead Into Day 2 of Record Breaking RGPS Horseshoe Council Bluffs Main Event
A record-setting day awaited the RunGood Poker Series Hollywood Council Bluffs $575 Main Event, as Day 1b (277 entrants) and Day 1c (304 entrants) brought the total field to a RGPS record 852 entrants. Of the 581 entrants in today's two flights, just 108 (47 from 1a, 61 from 1b) made it through to Day 2, joining the 55 that earned their ticket in Friday's Day 1a.
Of the two flights, the overall chip leader of the day was Day 1b's Ryan Fetherkile, who bagged up 297,500 chips to take the lead. Fetherkile's rise to the top was punctuated by a kings over queens battle that netted him a large pot in the latter stages of the day, which helped him narrowly edge Horseshoe Council Bluffs poker dealer Michael Briggs (254,000) for the day's chip lead.
Day 1b's chip leader was Kip Smith, who bagged 283,000 to fall a few thousand chips shy of the aforementioned Fetherkile Day 2. Smith was at an action table for the latter portion of the day, with Twitch Streamer Alex "AlexOptional" Green (100,000) and Timothy Sciscoe (224,000) both at the table, and the trio traded blows for much of the day. Smith ended up as the victor in terms of chips, and takes over 90 big blinds to Day 2.
Not everyone was able to make it through to Day 2, however, including RunGood Ambassadors Daniel Lowery and Emily Larson, Luke Blindert, Bryan Skreens, and Pete Dirksen.
Day 2 will kick off at Noon on Sunday, June 27th, with the remaining 163 players playing down to a champion. Play will resume with 15-minutes remaining in Level 13 (2,000/3,000 ante 3,000), and levels will be 45-minutes in length for the remainder of the tournament.
PokerNews will be here providing all the action from start to finish, so be sure to stay tuned as we crown the latest RunGood Poker Series champ and award another coveted All Stars Ring and a Pro-Am seat into the All-Stars Event at the end of the year!
board over to Hood, who bet 14,000. Skreens check-raised to 40,000, and Hood called.
river, and Hood quickly pushed his remaining 57,200 in the middle.
, but his premonition turned out to be spot on, as Hood rolled over 
for a full house, and after the original all in player mucked his 
, Hood earned a knockout and leapt to one of the biggest stacks in the room.
flop together. Action checked to Kristen Booth, who bet 15,000. The player next to act jammed for 25,600, and action folded back to Booth, who quickly called.
, 
runout, rivering a full house for the knockout.
flop, but running spades on the 
turn and 
flop, but caught up immediately on the 
river earned him a knockout.
flop before it could fall. His opponent checked back.
turn, still looking towards his opponent and not at the board. His opponent checked again.
up first, then the 
to give Howard the pot and the knockout.
changed nothing. The 
river brought a round of gasps from the table, and prompted one of Lagana's tablemates to remark, "I need a beer after that one!" Lagana took out his phone and snapped a quick photo of his good fortune, then raked in the pot.