$575 Main Event
Day 1bc Started
2019 RunGood Poker Series Tunica
$575 Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 RunGood Poker Series Tunica
Buy-in
$575
Entries
632
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
The final two starting flights of the RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Tunica main event are Saturday. The first is at noon and the second is at 7 p.m.
The opening flight was Friday night and JW Carter bagged the chip lead as 30 players booked their seat into Day 2 which restarts Sunday at noon.
This is the first stop on the "Game 7" tour, where each player who wins an RGPS event wins a specially made championship ring made by Signature rings.
With record numbers so far this stop, the prize pool in the main should be quite large and give the players a shot at $50K plus payday.
The players start with 20,000 chips and have 12 30-minutes levels to make their way into Day 2. Registration will remain open until the start of level nine.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the updates and photos from the RGPS main event from the Tunica Horseshoe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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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 | |
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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 |
Denise Pratt is in the field today. She is a player from Tennessee and has made a few appearances on Poker After Dark.
She was a familiar face to the midwest tournament crowd and gained a lot of popularity when she showed up on twitter talking about Dan Shak.
She has $197,319 in career tournament winnings with her first cash coming on 2016. She is known for being chatty and will be sure to provide plenty of entertainment here on Day 1B.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,000
20,000
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20,000 |
While PokerNews is only live reporting the RGPS Tunica Main Event, it's not the only tournament that's taken place at the stop. A series of side events have taken place all week long including the $135 Pro Bounty, which kicked off the new "Game 7" season on Tuesday.
The tournament attracted 424 entries and created a prize pool of $42,400.
In the end, RGPS pro Daniel Lowery emerged victorious to capture a $9,752 top prize and the season's first championship ring!
Others to finish in the money were Jason Rogers (12th - $725), Dee Sayre (16th - $411), Jacob Tittle (23rd - $339), Donald Sammons (30th - $276), Jason Bender (32nd - $276), Byron Tipton (39th - $233), and Tyler Osborne (45th - $233).
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Lowery | $9,752 |
| 2 | Shane Patterson | $6,021 |
| 3 | Peter Rovniere | $4,007 |
| 4 | Mark Bowen | $2,777 |
| 5 | James Eckles | $2,099 |
| 6 | Dennis Howe | $1,632 |
| 7 | Brian Twitty | $1,357 |
| 8 | Jay Friedman | $1,124 |
| 9 | Eric Ferguson | $950 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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21,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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20,800
20,800
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20,800 |
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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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16,800
16,800
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16,800 |
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11,600
11,600
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11,600 |
"Now I'm trying to grow up and figure out what I want to do," Jeff Graves said.
Graves is in the field today and he recently sold his service station business after 20 years.
"Something without employees," he said.
He is from Nashville, TN and has taken the last three years to sort out what he wants to do next. For now though, it's RGPS Tunica Day 1B.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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24,000
24,000
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24,000 |
Jeff Graves limped from middle position and Randell Harrod raised to 1,000 from the small blind.
Joey Huey was in the big blind and raised to 2,200. Both Harrod and Graves folded.
Below are some other updated chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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28,000
7,200
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7,200 |
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21,000 | |
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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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17,200
17,200
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17,200 |
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17,200
17,200
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17,200 |
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16,000
-8,000
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-8,000 |
While PokerNews is only live reporting the RGPS Tunica Main Event, it's not the only tournament that's taken place at the stop.
A series of side events have taken place all week long including the $165 One-Day No-Limit Hold’em.
The tournament drew 152 entries and created a prize pool of $19,456.
The tournament ended in a heads-up deal that saw Kevin Gray deemed the champion for $4,500 while Hoa Hoang finished in second place for $3,947.
Some players to cash but fall short of the final table were Paul McCormack (11th - $467), David Forsythe (15th - $370), Nassar Jaser (17th - $311), and Stephen Hart (18th - $311).
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Gray | $4,500 |
| 2 | Hoa Hoang | $3,947 |
| 3 | Jesse Lott | $1,985 |
| 4 | Matthew Kassela | $1,459 |
| 5 | Matthew Johnson | $1,090 |
| 6 | Jimmy Tidwell | $895 |
| 7 | Chad Justice | $788 |
| 8 | Brendan Terrana | $691 |
| 9 | Christopher Chronister | $584 |