2022 RGPS Tulsa

$600 Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2022 RGPS Tulsa

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$40,555
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$245,440
Entries
472
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
155
Players Left
20

O’Dell Yeah! Massive Chip Leader Emerges From Day 1c of RGPS Tulsa Main Event

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Dakotah O'Dell
Dakotah O'Dell

The final opening flight of the RunGood Series Tulsa $600 Main Event saw one player absolutely annihilate the competition to take over one million chips into Sunday’s final day of action.

Dakotah O’Dell of Springfield, MO laid waste to Saturday night’s 155 entry field to the tune of 1,019,000 chips, far surpassing previous overall chip leader Marsha Adams’ Day 1a mark of 596,000.

O’Dell has been having an incredible 2022, with a WSOP Circuit ring win and a Circuit Main Event final table in July for a combined $150,000+ in earnings, along with a RunGood Main Event championship at Council Bluffs in February for another $48,771.

The third largest stack that will return Sunday also came from Day 1c as a late pot for Shantanu Garg gave him an end-of-day total of 578,000 chips.

In total, 472 entries created a prizepool of $245,440, shattering the $100,000 guarantee, with the winner Sunday earning $46,721.

Overall Top Ten Opening Day Chip Counts

PlaceNameFlightChip CountDay 2 Big Blinds
1Dakotah O'Dell1c1,019,000203
2Marsha Adams1a596,000119
3Shantanu Garg1c578,000115
4Christopher Livesay1c570,000114
5Adam Higbee1a542,000108
6Preston Roberts1b483,00096
7Yahya Aamer1b483,00096
8Ryan Bevenue1c463,00092
9Bryan Dickson1b449,00089
10Todd Harp1b437,00087

The Dakotah O’Dell Show

While several notables made it through Day 1c including 2021 WPT DeepStacks Choctaw Main Event champion Jared Ward (157,000), RunGood Tulsa Pot-Limit Omaha champion Sam Lee (130,000), and RunGood Ambassador Julie Cornelius (94,000), it was O’Dell’s performance that overshadowed all else.

He first began threatening for the overall chip lead shortly after registration closed when he eliminated Jamie Rawlings with a flopped set of sixes against Rawlings’ pocket queens.

Then after taking the overall chip lead he went on an absolute tear coolering two players with pocket kings including RunGood ambassador Ray Henson.

Others that may not have been in O’Dell’s wake but also didn’t advance to Day 2 included Poker Hall of Famer Scotty Nguyen, RunGood Tulsa Studio Ticket champion John Reynolds, and RunGood ambassador and beloved poker announcer Jeff Platt.

Marsha Adams
Marsha Adams

Sunday’s Chase for the Title

Play will resume Sunday in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa poker room at noon local time with 11:47 left in level 13, the earliest endpoint for the three opening flights.

Play will continue with 30-minute levels with a 10-minute break following level 14 and then every four levels after that.

There will actually be 60 players returning Sunday, as Marlon Gabriel managed to bag twice. He’ll take his 363,000 chip stack forward, and will also take home a second min-cash of $933 for the extra bag.

He and all the others will of course be eyeing that $46,721 first prize along with the prestigious RunGood Contenders Series ring and a trip to Las Vegas with a seat in the RunGood Pro-Am in December.

PokerNews will be with you until a champion is crowned Sunday night at the beautiful Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa.

Tags: Adam HigbeeBryan DicksonChristopher LivesayDakotah O'DellJamie RawlingsJared WardJeff PlattJohn ReynoldsMarlon GabrielMarsha AdamsPreston RobertsRay HensonRyan BevenueSam LeeScotty NguyenShantanu GargTodd HarpYahya Aamer