$575 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 RunGood Poker Series Bossier City
$575 Main Event
Day: 2
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Mykel Comroe is the newest champion on the 2019 GPI Award-Winning Mid-Major Tour after topping a field of 438 entries at the RunGood Poker Series Bossier City $575 Main Event to win a first-place prize of $48,110 and a RGPS Game Seven Championship Ring by Signature Rings.
A dozen Day-1 levels across three flights led to 91 players finding their way into Sunday’s Day 2, and it took almost 15 hours for Comroe to claim the title. His victory was punctuated by a nearly three-hour heads-up match with longtime WSOP Tournament Supervisor Dennis Jones, who gave Comroe the biggest test he could have asked for en route to triumph.
Comroe entered the day as one of the shortest stacks in the tournament, bringing just 47,000 in chips back to a big blind of 3,000. After waiting until Saturday evening’s Flight C, the final chance to advance to Day 2, he almost didn’t even make it that far: “I busted two times, and I basically got in the car and left,” Comroe said in an interview after the tournament. “That was basically right before late registration ended.”
Luckily, Comroe re-entered for a third time and survived through the last few levels of Day 1 to advance. His Day 2 was a different story, however. According to Comroe, he was able to build early by waking up with big hands anytime opponents went all in.
Final Table Results
| Place | Winner | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mykel Comroe | $48,110 |
| 2 | Dennis Jones | $29,784 |
| 3 | Martin Ruemenapp | $21,747 |
| 4 | Demond Williams | $16,162 |
| 5 | Michael Sanders | $12,176 |
| 6 | Mark Burford | $9,329 |
| 7 | Everett Register | $7,249 |
| 8 | Kevin Koch | $5,694 |
| 9 | Matthew Register | $4,555 |
Day 2 Action
Roughly half of the returning 91 players were set to get into the money on Day 2, and that was cut in half just before the first break of the day after a little over two hours of play. Players such as Simon Webster, Papa Terry Karn, and Pej Niyati were among those to find the rail before the money was made.
Eliminations continued to pile up, with players such as Judge Leo Booth (35th place - $1,095) and RunGood Ambassadors Preston McEwen (30th place - $1,380) and Ray Henson (15th place - $3,022) among those to make the money but fall short of the final table.
Comroe entered the unofficial final table of 10 with a massive chip lead, carrying momentum from big pots into the evening. Play continued for around a half-hour before Bryan Chaler and Matthew Register hit the rail in quick succession, bringing the field down to eight.
It took nearly another hour for Kevin Koch to become the next casualty. Koch had entered the final table fourth in chips but doubled up Jones in a huge hand where an ace and a king came on the flop and Koch’s ace-king proved no good against Jones’ pocket aces. Moments later, the second member of the Register family was eliminated in seventh place, when Everett Register was eliminated by Comroe.
Comroe continued to build from there, eclipsing three million and accumulating over one-third of the chips in play when he got three streets of value with top two pair against Demond Williams, leaving Williams as one of the shorter stacks in the room. Williams hung around as Flight C chip leader Mark Burford got all in preflop with ace-ten suited against Martin Ruemenapp’s pocket aces in a blind-versus-blind situation to take sixth.
Williams then found a double against Comroe when his nines held against ace-king all in preflop. Meanwhile, [b[Michael Sanders[/b] found himself getting short after entering the final table third in chips. Sanders bowed out to take the field down to four, with Williams becoming the next casualty 15 minutes later when he ran pocket jacks into Ruemenapp’s pocket queens.
Three-handed play then went on for close to an hour, with Comroe, Jones, and Ruemenapp all taking their turn as chip leader during that time. Ruemenapp eventually found himself the odd man out in third when his king-five got in on a king-high flop against Jones’ king-jack and didn’t get there, taking the tournament heads up with Comroe having a significant advantage.
It looked as if Comroe would end things quickly until a turning point in the match when Jones put in a preflop raise that effectively put him all in. Comroe thought for some time and eventually folded, with Jones then gaining the momentum and building for over an hour from that point.
The other turning point in the match came when Comroe shoved all in over a bet from Jones on a flop that contained two tens and a seven. Jones made a big laydown after over two minutes in the tank and Comroe regained the momentum, ultimately gaining the chip lead along with it. The final hand of the night was one giant exclamation mark on Comroe’s tournament, getting stacks all in preflop with pocket kings to Jones’ ace-king and watching a safe runout lead to the win.
Comroe added after all was said and done, “I wanted to thank two people. For some reason, they stick with me all the time – Omar and Mexican David – they just (are) . . . very good friends and they’re part of this win as well.”
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Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Dennis Jones completed his option to put action onto Mykel Comroe, who raised his option to 370,000. Jones then three-bet to 1.12 million and Comroe announced he was all in.
"I call," said Jones quickly after Comroe announced the shove.
Dennis Jones: 
Mykel Comroe: 
"I'm going to need an ace," Jones added.
No ace came as the runout hit the felt 
, leaving the two to shake hands as Comroe claimed victory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,045,000
3,575,000
|
3,575,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Moments after the previous showdown, Mykel Comroe was seen cutting out a bet of 500,000 into a pot of close to double that size. Action was on the river with a board reading 
and Dennis Jones made the call.
Comroe tabled 
for a full house, sevens full of deuces, and took down the pot, pulling over 5 million in chips and regaining the chip lead in doing so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,470,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
|
|
3,575,000
-1,250,000
|
-1,250,000 |
Level 29
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Mykel Comroe just won another couple of small pots, with the most recent one coming after he completed his small blind and Dennis Jones checked. The flop came 
and Jones checked. Comroe bet 125,000 and received a call before both players checked the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
"Seven," said Comroe, tabling . Jones confirmed it was good and sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,825,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
|
|
4,220,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mykel Comroe completed his small blind and Dennis Jones raised his option to 300,000. Comroe called.
The flop came and Jones made a continuation-bet of 300,000. Comroe went all in for 2.05 million and Jones went into the tank, with over two minutes passing by as the level expired before he decided to let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,395,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
3,650,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mykel Comroe completed his small blind and Dennis Jones checked his option. The flop came 
and Jones checked. Comroe bet 125,000 and Jones announced a check-raise to 300,000. Comroe called.
The turn fell 
and both players checked. The river was and Jones announced another bet of 300,000. Comroe thought for a few moments, looking at Jones to study him before deciding to let his hand go, resulting in the pot being sent Jones' way to bring him north of 6 million in chips along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,195,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
2,850,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mykel Comroe had won a couple of small pots without showdown to pull back near 4 million in chips. He then completed his small blind and Dennis Jones checked his option. The flop came 
and Jones checked. Comroe bet 125,000 and Jones called.
Action then checked through the turn and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Jones tabled 
for top pair and Comroe quickly sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,295,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
|
|
3,750,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
There have been no truly sizeable pots of note over the last handful of minutes, though Dennis Jones has increased his chip lead by over six big blinds during that time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,725,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
|
|
3,320,000
-635,000
|
-635,000 |