$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  40 of 200

Players were sent on their third break of the day, most likely the last, while tournament staff pulled the purple chips out of play and put some 25K chips into play.

One huge stack jumped out at us during the break with Carlos Rojas way ahead of the rest of the field, stacked up to 446,000 and the closest competitor is Ron Johnston with 288,000. Errol Massey, Charles Odenz, and Loni Hui round out the top five as they get closer to the money bubble.

Carlos Rojas – 446,000 (112 bb)
Ron Johnston – 288,000 (72 bb)
Errol Massey – 203,000 (51 bb)
Charles Odenz – 197,000 (49 bb)
Loni Hui – 191,000 (48 bb)

$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  43 of 200

FormerHollywood champ James Salmon is making a move late in the day. We caught the end of a hang with the board reading and he put in a stack of chips to cover the remaining amount in front of Juan Endara.

He elected to fold his hand and keep his stack while Salmon moved up to 178,000 as the money bubble nears.

$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  70 of 200

Another table was broken and the Day 1A field is down to 70 players with only 25 advancing to Day 2.

Another big stack emerged and Errol Massey is now among the leaders with 163,000. It looks like a good chunk of those chips came from Peter Horenstein at this table who dropped under 100K.

$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  78 of 200

The numbers are in and Flight A of RunGood Poker Series Event 1 drew 200 entries on the nose to put $65,000 in the prize pool on the easy path to the $100,000 guarantee. We have Flight B running tomorrow at 10 am and it should hit the mark before the first break followed by Flight C on Saturday.

Flight A will continue until 25 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at noon in the money.

$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  200

The second break came to an end with 200 entries showing on the board. Tournament staff are tallying the numbers and we will post once official.

We have a new leader in the room; in fact, we have three new big stacks. Skip McDonough is out front of the rest with 187,500 and two seats to his left we have Rachael Pampinella in third with 167,500. The second spot belongs to Peter Horenstein with 178,500.

$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  186

Loni Hui was one of the late entries as the clock ticks down to closing registration. We caught up with her in a three-way pot with the flop reading .

She checked, Pedro Palacio moved all in for 16,400 and Dimitry Agrachov called on the button. Hui called all in at risk for 13,800 and the cards were tabled.

Hui:
Palacio:
Agrachov:

Hui flopped the joint and was dominating the other two who needed to catch running cards to beat her. The turn locked up the hand to leave Palacio and Agrachov drawing dead to the river.

Hui tripled up, Palacio picked up a tiny rebate with his queens, and the hit didn’t hurt Agrachov that hard.

Loni Hui – 65,200 (54 bb)
Pedro Palacio – 5,20000 (4 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 120,000 (100 bb)

$400 Super Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  181

Time is running out if you want to get in Flight A of the opening RunGood Poker Series event. We have 181 entries so far and making a push to 200 before registration closes after the next break. It will be close but it’s in play.

$400 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  170

Players keep showing up and jumping into the first flight of the first event of the RunGood Poker Series. With 170 entries so far, the tournament is already more than halfway to the $100,000 guarantee so that milestone will be hit tomorrow and we can start aiming higher.

A few more notables in today’s field include Rich Kelleher, Richard Rice, and former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen.

$400 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  150

Players are back from break with an even 150 entries with many more expected over the next two hours of play. That $100,000 guarantee is going to be crushed with two more weekend flights to go.

David McMahon made the most of his first two hours in the Poker Room and leads the field after the break with 113,900. We found two more stacks over 100K with Dan Blackburn (106,500) and Julio Ruiz (103,900) the closest to McMahon.

$400 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  143

The first break is here and players were sent on their first 15-minute break. A perfect time to catch their breath and maybe grab a drink in the bar/lounge area.

We will track down our early big stacks while they were gone and see who is in early contention.