$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Day 1C Entries: 161
Level 4 came to an end and tournament staff sent the huge Flight C field on the first break of the day. The entry count is close to pushing the prize pool over $500,000 and it will get there before the next break.
$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Day 1C Entries: 147
Michael Goldfarb
With the board out to the turn and reading , Michael Goldfarb bet 12,000 with 12,000 behind and Mike Laufer raised to 26,000 from the button. Goldfarb would have to call at risk and he took a minute to think about it before he called.
Goldfarb: Laufer:
Goldfarb flopped top pair but he was crushed but Laufer’s middle set. The board finished with the turn and river to send Goldfarb out.
Laufer made some noise in November when he won the opening event of the Rock N Roll Poker Open in Hollywood, the state’s largest poker field ever at 6,196 entries. He will be trying to win his first WPT in a few weeks when he plays the WPT Poker Showdown Championship final table in Las Vegas.
$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante Day 1C Entries: 131
Shawn Lucas
Francois Gange limped from under the gun, Shawn Lucas called from middle position, the button followed suit, and the small blind shipped in for 4,200. Gagne called and Lucas moved all in with an already big stack. The button and Gagne folded and the hands were tabled.
Lucas: Small Blind:
Lucas was ahead but the small blind player paired the flop to take the lead. The turn changed nothing but Lucas made a spade flush on the river to win the pot.
Lucas moved his stack up to 93,000 for a big early lead.
$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Day 1C Entries: 113
Eric Afriat
We’re seeing a lot of new faces in the RunGood Main Event this morning and one of the most accomplished WPT players joined the field.
Eric Afriat is one of only a half dozen players to put their name on the WPT Champions three (or more) times and he jumped in the action this morning. He won the 2014 WPT Poker Showdown Championship in Hollywood then followed that up with titles at the Borgata and Fallsview. Afriat came close to another one when he finished second to James Carroll at the 2019 WPT Poker Showdown Championship final table.
$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Day 1C Entries: 96
Manny Minaya (eft) and Katerina Lukina (right)
We had a big number at the start of the day and it continued to grow over the first level. The prize pool officially doubled the $200,000 guarantee at 81 entries and we are still building it up.
Early arrivals include Manny Minaya, Katerina Lukina, Sammie Gruber, Michael Newman, Michael Goldfarb, Richard Rice, and Steve “Cuz” Buckner.
$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 1: 100/100 Day 1C Entries: 57
Cards are in the air for Flight C of the 2022 RunGood Main Event with 57 entries and more players lined up to register. We are set for a big day in the Poker Room and look forward to seeing how big the field gets before we locked down registration.
Two flights down and one to go for the 2022 RunGood Main Event. The $1,100 buy-in tournament already blasted over the $200,000 guarantee and we expect a huge turnout for Flight C starting at 11 am.
The prize pool is already over $300,000 and we’re going to double the guarantee early. The next stop will be a $500,000 prize pool.
Players start with 30,000 deep stacks and the first eight levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 from Level 9 until the end. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 12 at 5:45 pm. Flight C will play through Level 14 and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return tomorrow at noon.
The Poker Room will be packed, come out early and get your seat!
$200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9+ last 40 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 12 (5:45pm)
$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 30 of 161
Kevin Blewitt
Flight B of the RunGood Main Event came to an end with 30 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday at noon.
Kevin Blewitt was at or near the top of the counts all day and finished the day with 451,500. That is good enough for the overall lead with one flight to go. Jeff Platt bagged up the second-biggest stack with 431,500 followed by Steven McKoy with 331,000.
Full chip counts will be posted later this evening.
Top five Flight B stacks:
Kevin Blewitt – 451,500 Jeff Platt – 431,500 Steven McKoy – 331,000 Brett Bader – 227,500 Rafael Lima – 194,000