Back at it Again! RGPS Returns to Tunica for $600 Main Event!
For the third time this year, the RunGood Poker Series has found its way to The Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi. After a successful week of preliminary events, that saw all of the prize pool guarantees surpassed, the weekend kicks off with Flight Day 1a of The $600 RunGood Main Event beginning at 6 p.m. tonight. This event boasts a $200,000 prize pool guarantee and given the trend of the events this week, the number is almost certainly to be surpassed.
The last time RGPS was in town back in September, it was Loi Hoang who bested a record-breaking field of 718 to claim the title and career-best score of $55,394. Time will tell as Hoang will look for a title defense in the event as other regulars look to make their mark on this tournament.
September RGPS Tunica Main Event Final Table
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loi Hoang | United States | $55,394* |
| 2 | Wayne Newcomb | United States | $55,394* |
| 3 | Matthew Higgins | United States | $32,856 |
| 4 | Chris Moneymaker | United States | $24,455 |
| 5 | Stuart Breakstone | United States | $18,444 |
| 6 | Rebekah Crosby | United States | $14,076 |
| 7 | Tiffany Keathley | United States | $10,827 |
| 8 | Shannon Hamblen | United States | $8,475 |
| 9 | Dawson Darbouze | Haiti | $6,683 |
*Denotes heads-up deal
All the usual suspects have appeared around the area this week, with many of them finding success in earlier tournaments. RunGood ambassador Cody Stanford has already collected a title this week in the Ambassador Bounty event while the other ambassadors Bart Bogard, Ashley “PokerFaceAsh” Frank, Preston McEwen, and Michael Sanders take this as a challenge and will use The Main Event as a battlefield. It is also worth mentioning that the leading RGPS Player-of-the-Year Brian "Golden Blazer" Winter is also looking for his SIXTH ring this season and will surely be deep in the mix this weekend.
Players will begin the tournament with 30,000 chips with levels beginning at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante. Levels will escalate once every 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break occurring every four levels. Players will have the option to enter as many times as they wish in the first eight levels of the tournament. Play will continue until the field plays down 12.5%, then the remaining players will bag up for Sunday, September 3rd where they will all be in the money. Players who do not bag on this flight will be able to play the remaining two flights on Saturday, November 11th.
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