RGPS Returning to Thunder Valley July 8-31 Featuring Millions in Guarantees

Brandon Bloom
Live Reporter
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RGPS Thunder Valley

The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) will be making its way back to Northern California for RGPS Checkpoint: The Last Kilometer at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.

The three-time Global Poker Award winner for “Best Mid-Major Tour” will be returning to the Lincoln, CA stop July 8-31 for a three-week-long series packed with 17 ring events and several six-figure guaranteed prize pools leading up to the RunGood Checkpoint Million Dollar Main.

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Huge Guaranteed Prize Pools

Each weekend features a marquee multi-flight tournament, with Thunder Valley’s $250,000 GTD $400 buy-in Monolith kicking off the opening weekend.

The $500,000 GTD $600 buy-in Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship will be making its US debut during the stop and is set to be one of the most anticipated poker events of the year.

Plenty of other tournaments and satellites are scheduled for the action-packed series before it culminates with the $1,000,000 GTD $2,500 buy-in RunGood Checkpoint Main Event running July 28-31.

"We're thrilled to bring the RunGood Poker Series back to Thunder Valley Casino and Resort," said RGPS President Tana Karn. "With an incredible lineup of tournaments and newly minted partnership with GPI and THM, this year's series is set to be one of the most exciting yet."

RGPS Returning to Thunder Valley July 8-31 Featuring Millions in Guarantees 101

Action-Packed Series

The beginning of the series will see multiple satellites give players opportunities to win their way into bigger events, with a RunGood Checkpoint Package Satellite on July 12 offering players a chance to win a $3,500 package into all three marquee events of the series.

There will also be three other multi-day tournaments during the festival with the $300 Action 8, the $600 RunGood Summit Stack, and the $1,000 RunGood Rendezvous all featuring $100,000 guarantees.

Other events on the schedule include a $150 RunGood Ambassador Bomb Pot Bounty event, a $600 heads-up tournament with a 64-player bracket, and a $400 Heros Mix event with a rotation of Hold’Em, Stud8, Razz, Omaha8, and Stud.

Any player who wins a ring will also be invited to return to Thunder Valley Casino in November for the “Dream Seat Invitational” sponsored by PokerGO. Those invitees will have the opportunity to buy in to the private NLH event where the top prize awards an added-on seat to the PGT Championship $1,000,000 freeroll.

Previous Winner

Brett Murray
Defending champ Brett Murray.

The RunGood team was previously at Thunder Valley at the end of 2022 to close out its "Contenders" series. The $2,500 Season Finale Main Event of the series attracted 417 runners and Brett Murray took home the ring and $172,835 after a heads-up deal with Tyler Patterson (2nd - $156,835).

Other players who made a deep run in that event include Toan Nguyen (3rd - $88,250), Michael Loncar (5th - $46,930), Cornel Cimpan (10th - $19,580), and 2022 GPI Player of the Year Stephen Song (11th - $16,220).

Murray is the all-time leading tournament money winner at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort, and the RGPS victory edged out his previous best at the NorCal poker room, a first-place finish in a 2018 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event for $151,145.

2022 RGPS Thunder Valley Final Table Results

PlaceNamePrize
1Brett Murray$172,835
2Tyler Patterson$156,835
3Toan Nguyen$88,250
4David Ong$61,140
5Michael Loncar$46,930
6Trevor O'Donoghue$39,120
7Lam Le$32,570
8Joe Nguyen$26,070
9Arthur Tanimoto$19,580

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2023 RGPS Thunder Valley Schedule

DATESTARTEVENT
July 82:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to 7/12 Package Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 95:30 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to 7/12 Package Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 109:30 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to 7/12 Package Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 119:30 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to 7/12 Package Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 129:30 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to 7/12 Package Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 122:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to 7/12 Package Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 125:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Package Satellite (Buy-in: $550, 10 Packages GTD)
July 139:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 1311:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith (Event 1 - Day 1A) (Buy-in: $400, $250,000 GTD)
July 131:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 134:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith (Event 1 - Day 1B) (Buy-in: $400, $250,000 GTD)
July 149:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 1411:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith (Event 1 - Day 1C) (Buy-in: $400, $250,000 GTD)
July 141:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 144:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith (Event 1 - Day 1D) (Buy-in: $400, $250,000 GTD)
July 1511:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith (Event 1 - Day 1E) (Buy-in: $400, $250,000 GTD)
July 169:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite into Checkpoint Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 1611:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Monolith (Event 1 - Day 2)
July 161:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Checkpoint Main Event Satellite (Buy-in: $400, 10 Seats GTD)
July 165:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Action8 - (Event 2 - Day 1A) (Buy-in: $300, $100,000 GTD)
July 179:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 1711:00 AMOmaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better (Event 3) (Buy-in: $200)
July 172:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Action8 Satellite (Buy-in: $75)
July 175:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Action8 - (Event 2 - Day 1B) (Buy-in: $300, $100,000 GTD)
July 189:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 1811:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Knockout $50 Bounties (Event 4) (Buy-in: $200)
July 182:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Action8 Satellite (Buy-in: $75)
July 185:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Action8 - (Event 2 - Day 1C) (Buy-in: $300, $100,000 GTD)
July 199:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 1911:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Bankroll Builider (Event 5)
July 195:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Action8 - (Event 2 - Day 2)
July 196:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 209:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 2012:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship (Event 6 - Flight 1A) (Buy-in: $600, $500,000 GTD)
July 206:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 219:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 2110:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship (Event 6 - Flight 1B) (Buy-in: $600, $500,000 GTD)
July 211:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Hendon Mob Mid Major Satellite (Buy-in: $120)
July 214:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship (Event 6 - Flight 1C) (Buy-in: $600, $500,000 GTD)
July 2210:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship (Event 6 - Flight 1D) (Buy-in: $600, $500,000 GTD)
July 224:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship (Event 6 - Flight 1E) (Buy-in: $600, $500,000 GTD)
July 239:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite into Checkpoint Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 2312:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship (Event 6 - Day 2)
July 231:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Checkpoint Main Event Satellite (Buy-in: $400, 25 Seats GTD)
July 234:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Knockout $100 Bounties (Event 7) (Buy-in: $300)
July 249:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Satellite Into $600 Entry or $400 Entry + $200 Cash (Buy-in: $120)
July 259:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Satellite Into $600 Entry or $400 Entry + $200 Cash (Buy-in: $120)
July 2511:00 AMOmaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better (Event 10) (Buy-in: $400)
July 251:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Summit Stack (Event 11 - Day 1A) (Buy-in: $600)
July 254:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - WPT Single Table Step Satellites (Buy-in: $300)
July 255:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - WPT 8-Handed Single Table Satellites (Buy-in: $1,350)
July 256:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Satellite Into $600 Entry or $400 Entry + $200 Cash (Buy-in: $120, 10 Seats GTD)
July 269:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Satellite Into $600 Entry or $400 Entry + $200 Cash (Buy-in: $120)
July 2611:00 AMMixed Games: H.E.R.O.S. Mix (Event 12) (Buy-in: $400)
July 261:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Summit Stack (Event 11 - Day 1B) (Buy-in: $600)
July 266:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Satellite Into $600 Entry or $400 Entry + $200 Cash (Buy-in: $120)
July 2710:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Over the Top 1v1 Heads-Up (Event 13) (Buy-in: $600)
July 2712:00 PMPot Limit Omaha - Knockout $100 Bounties (Event 14) (Buy-in: $400)
July 271:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Summit Stack (Event 11 - Day 2)
July 272:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite to Checkpoint Main Event Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 276:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Checkpoint Main Event Satellite (Buy-in: $400, 25 Seats GTD)
July 289:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Checkpoint Main Event Turbo Satellite (Buy-in: $400, 5 Seats GTD)
July 2811:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event (Event 15 - Flight 1A) (Buy-in: $2,500, $1,000,000 GTD)
July 282:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Step Satellite into Checkpoint Satellite (Buy-in: $100, 10 Seats GTD)
July 287:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - Checkpoint Main Event Satellite - Shootout Format (Buy-in: $400, 25 Seats GTD)
July 299:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - Checkpoint Main Event Turbo Satellite (Buy-in: $400, 5 Seats GTD)
July 2911:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event (Event 15 - Flight 1B) (Buy-in: $2,500, $1,000,000 GTD)
July 309:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Rendezvous Satellite (Buy-in: $200, 10 Seats GTD)
July 3011:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event (Event 15 - Day 2)
July 301:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Rendezvous (Event 16 - Day 1) (Buy-in: $1,000, $100,000 GTD)
July 3111:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event (Event 15 - Day 3)
July 3111:00 AMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Home Stretch (Buy-in: $400)
July 311:00 PMNo Limit Hold'em - RunGood Rendezvous (Event 16 - Day 2)
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