The Road to the RunGood Cup stops in Tulsa this week at the Hard Rock for another RunGood Poker Series with a schedule loaded with guaranteed prizes, including twelve $2,000 Blaycation prize packages to VIP events at Harrah’s New Orleans for the RunGood Cup Championship Event. Day 1 kicked off with two starting flights in the $180 NLHE Deepstack event, sporting a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool. A total of 344 players entered the event, smashing the guarantee with a prize pool of $48,160, plus a $2,000 New Orleans Blaycation prize package added on to first place. When play ended at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, just 48 players remained.
Fred Roll is the overnight chip leader, having bagged up an unbelievable 286,500 chips at the close of play. The action was heavy throughout both flights and Roll is not alone in the 200K club. Three other players share that distinction including Flight A chip leader Jarral D’Andrea (257,000), Terry Presley (254,000), and John HeckenCamp (268,000).
Complete Day 2 seat assignments and chip counts are as follows:
|
TABLE |
SEAT |
PLAYER |
CHIP COUNT |
|
23 |
1 |
Joe Ferguson |
139,000 |
|
23 |
2 |
Dennis Robinson II |
149,500 |
|
23 |
3 |
Kelly Bright |
61,500 |
|
23 |
4 |
Heather Alcorn |
110,500 |
|
23 |
5 |
Curtis Edens |
15,000 |
|
23 |
6 |
Kristin Weirich |
49,000 |
|
23 |
7 |
Todd Hoffman |
57,500 |
|
23 |
8 |
Kari Sumpter |
77,500 |
|
23 |
9 |
Jared Ward |
102,500 |
|
23 |
10 |
Bryant Lipscomb |
85,500 |
|
24 |
1 |
Chris Lor |
181,000 |
|
24 |
2 |
Dax Bilyeu |
69,500 |
|
24 |
3 |
Krista Lowery |
131,000 |
|
24 |
4 |
Christopher Gunner Peterson |
109,000 |
|
24 |
5 |
Della Jones |
105,000 |
|
24 |
6 |
Matthew Whitson |
35,500 |
|
24 |
8 |
L.Dean Brown |
87,500 |
|
24 |
9 |
Jeremiah Quillman |
135,000 |
|
24 |
10 |
Terry Presley |
254,000 |
|
25 |
1 |
Alan Demeter |
175,500 |
|
25 |
2 |
Will Berry |
81,000 |
|
25 |
3 |
Jonathan Gaviao |
120,000 |
|
25 |
4 |
Benjamin Nix |
48,000 |
|
25 |
6 |
Josef Tittjung |
35,500 |
|
25 |
7 |
Tai Du |
112,000 |
|
25 |
8 |
Michael Phillips |
142,500 |
|
25 |
9 |
Mike Tang |
142,500 |
|
25 |
10 |
Edson Oliva |
44,000 |
|
26 |
2 |
John Heckenkamp |
268,000 |
|
26 |
3 |
Colt Chaney |
118,000 |
|
26 |
4 |
Christopher Hembree |
51,500 |
|
26 |
5 |
Terry Walker |
66,000 |
|
26 |
7 |
Carmen Miller |
22,000 |
|
26 |
8 |
Samantha Abernathy |
73,000 |
|
26 |
9 |
Francis McKeon |
35,500 |
|
26 |
10 |
Ace Stine |
143,500 |
|
27 |
1 |
Mark Slatcher |
30,000 |
|
27 |
2 |
Ray Henson |
56,000 |
|
27 |
3 |
Scott Hillsberry |
62,500 |
|
27 |
4 |
Robert Benzel |
17,500 |
|
27 |
5 |
Randy Murfin |
94,500 |
|
27 |
6 |
John Benanzer |
87,000 |
|
27 |
7 |
Joseph Stallings |
60,000 |
|
27 |
8 |
Fred Roll |
286,500 |
|
27 |
9 |
William Fisher |
101,500 |
|
27 |
10 |
Jarral D'Andrea |
257,000 |
|
28 |
1 |
Debbie Inman |
22,000 |
|
28 |
2 |
John Millsap |
62,500 |
|
28 |
3 |
Andrew Watson |
98,000 |
|
28 |
5 |
Joseph Mouser |
48,500 |
|
28 |
6 |
Daniel Lowery |
108,000 |
|
28 |
7 |
Deanna Robertson |
45,000 |
|
28 |
8 |
Melinda Hettick |
52,500 |
|
28 |
9 |
Vartan Tonian |
102,000 |
When play resumes at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, it’s still anyone’s tournament to win. A total of 36 places will be paid, with a $2,000 Blaycation RunGood Cup VIP package added to first. A complete payout schedule will be announced at the start of Day 2. Other events kicking off on Thursday are the $160 RG Main Event Satellite at 12 p.m., which has a 10-seat guarantee. At 4 p.m. the $230 RG PLO w/$100 Re-Buys event begins, which includes a $2,000 New Orleans Blaycation Prize Package added to first place. At 7 p.m., another $160 Main Event satellite will be held, the biggest yet with a 20-seat guarantee.
Join us at the Hard Rock and get on the Road to the RunGood Cup!