2021 Run Good Series

Main Event Day 1A: Early Friends

$600 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  80

Howard Mash

The RunGood Main Event is on the verge of topping its $50,000 with less than 20 more entries needed to get there. A great start with a lot more expected with late registration available until 2:30 pm.

We found a few Coco Poker legends in early action. Howard Mash won back-to-back events here during Coco Poker Open in 2015 then went big to win the 2019 WSOP Seniors Event. Pedro Palacio owns a WSOP Circuit ring and two final table appearances in this series. Since our regular poker tournaments resumed, Palacio has won ten of them in 2021.

That’s pretty good.

Pedro Palacio
2021 Run Good Series

Main Event Day 1A: Big Game Ready

$600 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Our inaugural RunGood series made it through the three preliminary tournaments and a crazy cash game, now it is time to get down to the business of finding our Main Event champion. Flight A gets underway at 10 am with Flight B starting at the same time Saturday morning.

The headline tournament has a $600 buy-in with a $50,000 guarantee that will be reached pretty early.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 2:15 pm with unlimited re-entries during that time. Both starting days will play 14 levels before survivors bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am.

Exciting times in the Poker Room with our local friends mixing with our new friends visiting for the Main Event.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:15pm)
  • Players may bag and play a subsequent starting flight advancing their best stack forward to Day 2
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14
  • Main Event Structure Sheet
2021 Run Good Series

RunGood Series Day 5 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Day 1A – $600 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:15pm)
  • Players may bag and play a subsequent starting flight advancing their best stack forward to Day 2
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14
  • Main Event Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 7 – $140 Main Event Mega Satellite (1-in-5)

  • Two Main Event seats guaranteed
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:15pm)
  • Event 2 Structure Sheet

2021 Run Good Poker Series Schedule

2021 Run Good Series

Tapping Out

That will wrap up our bit of coverage of the RunGood All-Star cash game. They are still going but seem to be winding down as the game gets deeper. Everyone had (or having) a blast and we’re happy to have hosted such a fun group of players.

We will see everyone tomorrow at 10 am for Flight A of the 2021 RunGood Main Event!

2021 Run Good Series

Ray Henson Scooped in Biggest Pot of Session

RunGood All-Stars Cash Game

Jamie Kerstetter sent a tweet before the cash game for a little contest. She asked her followers to guess the size of the biggest pot before 10 pm and the guesses came in.

“Times running out,” she joked with the table. “We need a big pot.”

After a series of pot-sized betting, Kerstetter, Boston Rob Mariano, and short-stack Ray Henson had all their chips in the middle. The pot grew to $2,670 with Boston Rob Mariano having the other two covered.

6d4c2d9d4s – first board
9h4h2c8cKc – second board

Going from back to front, Henson showed 9c7s3d2h for nines and deuces on both boards. Both times he was good on the turn but bad on the river.

Mariano had AdAsKs8h and the 4s river on the first board counterfeited Henson to give Boston Rob the bigger two pair, aces and fours.

Kerstetter showed AcKdKh5s and the Kc river on the second board gave her a set of kings for the other half of the pot.

“How do these two rivers come and I get scooped,” Henson asked as he reached into his pocket for another buy-in.

2021 Run Good Series

Justin Gardenhire and Sam Panzica Chop Up Tana Karn

RunGood All-Stars Cash Game

Tana Karn

In a PLO hand, Tana Karn limped, Sam Panzica raised to $50 and Justin Gardenhire called. Karn limp/raised to $200 with Panzica and Gardenhire coming along to the Qc6s3h flop.

Then all the chips went in.

Karn was all in for $365, Gardenhire for $660 and Panzica was the biggest stack with $755.

Karn: AdAc7c3c
Panzica: AhQhTh8s
Gardenhire: Qs9h7h4c

Qc6s3h7d2s – first board
Qc6s3hKdTc – second board

Gardenhire made two pair, queens and sevens, on the first board. Panzica had queens and tens on the second board. Karn had his lonely pair of aces and watched as the dealer chopped up his stack for the other two.

2021 Run Good Series

Ray Henson Catches Justin Gardenhire

RunGood All-Stars Cash Game

Showing how volatile (and insanely fun) this table has been running, there were three straddles before the cards were dealt and Justin Gardenhire shoved for $400 second to act and Ray Henson called all in for $250 from the cutoff. The blinds and straddles all thought better of getting in middle of those two and folded.

Per the standard, they ran out two boards.

AhQh7hAc7h – first board
Kc8c4s9dQc – second board

Henson showed Jc7c and Gardenhire laughed.

“I saw a deuce and shoved.”

Gardenhire had 8s2d, Henson’s jack kicked played on the top board and he made a club flush on the bottom to scoop,

2021 Run Good Series

Justin Gardenhire Splashing

RunGood All-Stars Cash Game

Justin Gardenhire

Justin Gardenhire has been the most active early and had two big hands that went his way. Even with a chop.

He opened a NLH pot and Jamie Kerstetter moved all in for $325.

“Jamie’s got it!” Gardenhire laughed. He called and kept his cards down while Kerstetter showed KsKh. “I have an over.” They agreed to run it twice:

Qh5c2d5d4c – first board
QcQs2cAsTs – second board

Gardenhire flipped up his AcTc and he caught an ace on the second board for the fortunate chop.

Soon after, he was heads up with Anna Antimony with the flop reading 8s7c6d. Gardenhire tossed in four black chips from the small blind and Antimony called for ~$270. Gardenhire showed 8s6h for two pair and Antimony kept her cards close as they ran it twice.

8s7c6dAcQh – first board
8s7c6dThKc – second board

Antimony checked her cards a couple times, mucked, and reached for a rebuy.

Justin Gardenhire – $945

2021 Run Good Series

Cards in the Air

RunGood All-Stars Cash Game Action

Cards are in the air for the RunGood All-Stars cash game with eight players having a lot of fun already. They will be switching up between $2/$2/$5 Pot Limit Omaha and $2/$5/$10 No Limit Hold’em and everybody started with a friendly $500 out front.

Seat 1: Justin Gardenhire – $500
Seat 2: Boston Rob Mariano – $500
Seat 3: Ray Henson – $500
Seat 4: Tana Karn – $500
Seat 5: Jamie Kerstetter – $500
Seat 6: Chris Conrad – $500
Seat 7: Anna Antimony – $500
Seat 8: Hayley Hochstetler – $500