Devin Wells of Day 1c Leads Pack into Day 2
Two full starting flights played to their conclusion Saturday inside the Horseshoe Casino Tunica for the 2023 RunGood Poker Series Tunica $600 Main Event. Day 1b started at 11 a.m. and drew 251 entries and Day 1c’s 6 p.m. start added another 233 to that tally, bringing the grand total to 661 entries for the tournament.
Coming into the day, Truman Weatherly was the one to catch with 723,000, and only one person, Devin Wells, was able to top that number by bagging a whopping 848,000 in Day 1c. In total, 31 players advanced from the first flight, and another 29 made it through later in the evening, meaning 82 players from the 661 total entries will return for Sunday’s Day 2 at high noon local time to play down to a winner.
Other notables on that list from today include RunGood Ambassadors Preston McEwen (202,000), Cody Stanford(124,000), and Bart Bogard (165,000) who all managed to find bags in the final flight of this event. A few other big stacks from today included Shannon Hamblen (554,000), Brian Winter (538,000), and Thomas SInes (493,000).
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devin Wells | United States | 848,000 | 141 |
| 2 | Truman Weatherly | United States | 723,000 | 121 |
| 3 | Cory Smith | United States | 644,000 | 107 |
| 4 | Carl Masters | United States | 625,000 | 104 |
| 5 | Shannon Hamblin | United States | 554,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Brian Winter | United States | 538,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Dale Jones | United States | 501,000 | 84 |
| 8 | Stanley Thorson | United States | 479,000 | 80 |
| 9 | Marcus Webb | United States | 454,000 | 76 |
| 10 | Thomas Sines | United States | 439,000 | 73 |
A few names that came close to bagging but were not fortunate to do so included RunGood Ambassadors Ashley Frank and Michael Sanders, as well as Grant Hart and BJ McBrayer.
Play will resume tomorrow where it left off on Day 1a with 12:16 left in Level 14 with blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000 and unlike Day 1, the levels will now be 40 minutes in length with breaks every three.
PokerNews will be back at it again tomorrow at noon to take you through to the finish line, so be sure not to miss it!