$575 Main Event
Day 1c Started
$575 Main Event
Day 1c Started
The third flight of the RunGood Poker Series main event at Harrah's Kansas City starts at noon. This is the final starting flight of the $100,000 main event. The players are playing for the estimated $50,000 first prize and the Signature Championship rings which were made especially for the RGPS Game Seven season.
The Kansas City stop is the final stop of the Game Seven season, and there will only be two more championship rings awarded. One of those will go to the winner of this main event which will be determined late Sunday evening or early Monday.
Today players will start with 20,000 chips and have 12 30-minute levels to bag for Day 2. Day 2 will restart at noon Sunday. So far 275 players have entered and 59 players have advanced.
Registration for the event will be open until the start of level nine.
You can catch all the updates and photos throughout the event right here on PokerNews.com.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
|
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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20,000 | |
Ethan Gilbert and Jon Bennett got all in on the first hand of the day. Bennett was behind with ![]()
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of Gilbert.
The board ran out ![]()
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and Gilbert won the hand to eliminate Bennett.
Gilbert says today is his birthday and he turned 30 years old today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | |
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Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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33,000
33,000
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33,000 |
|
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25,300
25,300
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25,300 |
|
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22,400
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
|
22,000 | |
|
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21,400
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
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21,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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19,000
19,000
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19,000 |
|
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16,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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13,200
6,800
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6,800 |
Nick Burris, a past RGPS main event champion, limped from early position and Jordan Dennett made it 400 to go on the button. The blinds both called before Burris raised to 2,000.
The players folded and Burris collected the pot.
Burris has $296,125 in career tournament winnings and his RGPS Council Bluffs main event win earlier this year was for $44,767 — the second-largest score of his career.
He also finished third the last time RGPS Kansas City main event for $22,302.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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15,200
4,800
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4,800 |
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and Shaun McBride bet 10,700 into a pot of 11,200.
Dave Queen was on the button and took a few moments to decide what to do. He had only 15,100 behind and eventually decided to call.
McBride showed ![]()
for a full house and Queen lost, tabling ![]()
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,100 | |
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4,200
4,200
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4,200 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200