$575 Main Event Day 1ab | RunGood Poker Series Downstream

10-25-2019 19:12 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Ramierez	20,000
Jeff Bryan	20,000 -14,000	-14,000
Daniel Lowery	20,000
Terry Gardner	20,000
Dave Queen	20,000 -42,000	-42,000
Rodney Spriggs	20,000
Grant Hinkle	20,000

Ryan Anderson	20,000
Alex Phahurat	20,000 200	200
Tim Black	20,000
Shawn Roberts	20,000
Duster Ellis	20,000
William Scarsdale	20,000
Shawn McCracken	20,000

Day 1a End of Day, Matt Donaldson Bags the Lead

Brentharrington

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Matt Donaldson bagged the chip lead for the opening flight of the RGPS Downstream main event. He leads 16 players who will return for Day 2 Sunday at noon.

Last Name	First Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
Donaldson	Matt	201,500	12	8
Mabe	Landon	191,500	12	2
Burgress	Mark	152,000	13	1
Donaldson	Marvin	147,000	9	8
Milam	Justin	130,500	10	7
Kinder	Martin	121,500	9	2
Cooper	Charles	112,500	8	4
Ramirez	Vincent	104,500	11	7
Gatlin	Joseph	93,000	14	1
Scharnhorst	Larry	73,500	11	8
Rieck	Mike	71,000	13	2
Frederick	Michael	70,000	10	3
Dattel	Scott	62,500	9	3
Struges	Mary	57,000	14	5
Michael	Robert	38,000	9	1
Aron	Charles	33,500	8	9

10-25-2019 19:37 UTC-5

Dave Queen Makes a Flush

Brentharrington

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Dave Queen failed to bag Day 1a and is right back at it in Day 1b.

He was one of four players to see the flop and he bet 600. He got two callers.

The turn was the and Queen led again, this time for 2,000. He got one caller.

The river was the and Queen bet 5,000. His opponent called and Queen showed for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Queen	27,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Dave Queen

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

10-25-2019 19:49 UTC-5

Mike White Looking for Another Deep Run

Brentharrington

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Mike White is in the field from Kansas City. He says he makes his way out to RunGood Poker Series events when he can.

The 56-year old real estate agent has over $500,000 in career tournament winnings but says he doesn't play that much anymore.

He's been working in real estate for the past 20 years and is married with one kid.

He joined the Day 1b field from the start of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike White	21,000

Tags: Mike White

10-25-2019 19:57 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Lowery	20,000

Shawn Powers Bets the Flop

Brentharrington

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Shawn Powers made it 2,100 preflop after a 300 open from early position. Sergio Ramirez was the lone caller.

The flop came [ahd4h] and Powers bet 5,100 and Ramirez folded.

Powers is back in the field after playing earlier today in Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Ramirez	62,000 62,000	62,000
Shawn Powers	34,000 7,200	7,200

Tags: Sergio Ramirez Shawn Powers

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

10-25-2019 20:13 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
David Caron	34,500 -22,500	-22,500
Rodney Spriggs	33,000 13,000	13,000
Justin Gardenhire	29,000
Sandra Main	21,900
Terry Gardner	17,200 -2,800	-2,800
Grant Hinkle	15,800 -4,200	-4,200

Jeff Bryan	11,500 -8,500	-8,500

James Jennings, Monkey Island Rancher

Brentharrington

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

James Jennings just won a satellite seat and will be joining the main event Saturday for Day 1c. Jennings has played poker with some of the legends of the game and Mark Slatcher caught up with him at one of his previous visits to a RunGood Poker Series stop:

If you had your pick of legendary poker players to gamble with, who would it be? Doyle Brunson? Amarillo Slim? Puggy Pearson? And if you could choose to go back to 1950's Texas for just such a game?

Jennings doesn't have to answer those questions as a hypothetical--he was there. As a 19-year-old poker player, Jennings played with the legends themselves in Ft. Worth, Texas.

"I've been playing poker all my life," Jennings says. "You know, back in the 1950's in rural America, there was no radio or television. Poker was a family pastime."

Asked about getting to sit down with Doyle Brunson and the old-guard Texas gamblers, he says, "When I was old enough, and had a good job, I saved up my money and I bought into those games. You'd need anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000 just to get a seat."

The game of choice at the time was mostly five-card stud. Sometimes 5-card draw, often with hi-lo split.

Over the years, Jennings has worked in and owned businesses dealing in real estate, construction, and ranching. The Monkey Island resident still maintains 120 cows and calves on 200 acres on Grand Lake.

Between fishing (why else would you live on an island?) and poker, Jennings enjoys time with family, including nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

But (forgive us) we were more interested in the Ft. Worth games. "Oh, they had bigger games going, too. $40,000-$50,000 buy-ins. But I never got to sit in those games." He gives us a sly smile and adds, "I sure watched a lot of them, though."

Tags: Amarillo Slim Doyle Brunson James Jennings