The RunGood Poker Series $800 Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park, California sees its third and fourth flights begin today at 11 am and 5 pm respectively. The massive turnout of 393 has already seen the passing of the $250,000 guarantee on the prize pool, and a large turnout today could send the prizepool to over double the initial guarantee.
Leading the way of the 50 players who bagged up yesterday is Noel Rodriguez, who ended his day with 799,000. No stranger to RGPS, Rodriguez found himself mostly on the shorter side of the chip counts throughout the day, with a massive rally at the end cementing his lead as the overall tournament leader.
Day 1ab Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count |
|---|
| 1 | Noel Rodriguez | 799,000 |
| 2 | Jonathan Warta | 577,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Lowery | 576,000 |
| 4 | Cody Stanford | 507,000 |
| 5 | Tomas Padilla | 500,000 |
| 6 | Marco Johnson | 418,000 |
| 7 | Danny Jon | 417,000 |
| 8 | Ekasit Aroonrungrudsamee | 416,000 |
| 9 | Peter Pap | 412,000 |
| 10 | Rickey Evans | 357,000 |
Also bagging throughout the day were RGPS series all time winner Daniel Lowery (576,000), Cody Stanford (507,000), WSOP 2-time bracelet winner Marco Johnson (417,000), Rickey Evans (357,000), and Taylor Pollard (312,000). Players expected to fire today include Michael Loncar Ian Steinman, Kyle Kitagawa, Shirin Oskooi, Lon McEachern, and Rob “Boston Rob” Mariano.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 in tournament chips, with blinds beginning at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Each level will last 30 minutes, with a 15-minute break between every four levels. Registration will remain open until the beginning of the ninth level, and play will continue until 12.5% percent of the field remains, after which the players will bag up and return on Sunday, March 5th, each guaranteed at least a minimum cash. Players who do not find a bag on the first flight, will be able to fire the second flight of the day which begins at 5 pm.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding The RGPS Graton $800 Main Event, and don’t forget to check out all the updates at our concurrent event at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica.
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and action checked over to Loncar who bet 3,300 which only the late position player called. 
the late position player checked over to Loncar who sized up to 5,000. His opponent looked Loncar up and down, but ultimately decided to toss his hand into the muck, ceding the pot to Loncar.
