John Lopez Bags Day 1A Chip Lead in the $800 Hard Rock Tulsa RGPS Main Event

Hard Rock Grand Prix $800 Main Event
Start Date: 10/24/2025
Buy in: $800
Number of Entrants: 140
Prizepool: $98,000 (Flight A)
Places Paid: N/A
Photos By 8131/Regina Cortina
All photos from this event can be found 
here.

John Lopez (pictured) set a high watermark in Flight A of the Main Event with over a million chips accumulated during Day 1. In all, 17 players punched their ticket to Day 2 on Sunday.

They are:

Place

Player

Chip Count

1

John Lopez

1,006,000

2

Dax Alexander

520,000

3

Merritt Kuhn

311,000

4

James Fleming

301,000

5

Allen Roberts

285,000

6

John Bredengerd

273,000

7

Forrest Kollar

203,000

8

Justin Coliny

194,000

9

Rob Gardner

168,000

10

Melinda Hettick

153,000

11

Nathan Young

135,000

12

William McCracken

127,000

13

Rick Waggle

121,000

14

Yongil Park

117,000

15

Ira Lampley

113,000

16

Jim Indiveri

79,000

17

Marvin Donaldson

63,000

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