Jason Grimes Beats 671-Entry Field To Win RGPS Tunica Main Event 

A total of 671 players gathered inside the Horseshoe Casino Tunica and fought for over 2 days. When the dust settled, Kentucky’s Jason Grimes emerged victorious in the $600 RGPS Main Event, claiming his first career title win and a 1st place prize of $52,102 to his career earnings.

Jason Grimes, who has $25k until now, crossed $75k with the current victory, solidifying his position in Kentucky’s poker circuit. The 671 players’ entrants build up a total prize pool of $342,210. Only 83 players took a piece from the six-figure prize pool, with the top 2 finishers splitting the $100k. Here is a short recap of the final table.

2024 RunGood Poker Series Tunica Main Event Final Table Recap and Standings 

83 players made it to the final day, but it didn’t take long for the players to create a final table. Several players made deep runs but were eliminated quickly, including Former Tunica Main Event Champion Loi Hoang (45th—$1,471) and WSOP bracelet winner Kyle Cartwright, who was eliminated in 13th place ($4,038) just before the final table formed. 

In the Final Table, Jason Grimes held the fifth place in the chip stack while Charles Westbrook held the chip lead. Soon after the final table began, James West, who was short and short-stacked with pocket six, went into an all-in confrontation against Houston White’s pocket jacks. Community cards couldn’t help West’s middling card, sending him out in 9th place for $6,262. 

White then went to knock out Rhonda Hart’s 10s-8s with his lower pocket threes, eliminating Hart in 8th place ($7,939). White didn’t stop there. He scored his third elimination at the table by knocking out Jeffrey Brown in 7th place. Brown walked away with $10,164, giving his stack to Houston White. 

Jason Grimes soon got his much-needed double up as he went all-in with pocket queens against Charles Westbrook’s Kc-6c. Grimes’s hand holds up, sending Westbrook to the danger zone. Later, Westbrook moved all in with a middling hand, only to get busted in 6th place, collecting $13,175. 

Houston White took a massive lead after snatching half of Daniel Lowery’s chip stack, leaving him with crumbs. 

On the next hand, Lowery moved all-in with the premium pocket aces, and Kristopher Duren called the all-in with his Qh-10h. Duren hit Q and 10 on the board, sending Lowery to the Railbirds in 5th place ($17,282).

Hamid Izadi soon followed Lowery to the rail in 4th place, adding $22,928 to his $1.8 million career earnings. The three-handed play lasted over two hours until Kristopher Duren bowed out in 3rd place. Duren held king-ten against pocket jaks of Grimes. The pocket jacks held up, giving Grimes the chip lead into heads-up. 

Before the heads-up began, both Houston White and Jason Grimes discussed a deal. In which the chip leader Grimes took the RGSP Ring and a prize of $52,102, while Houston White collected $52,102.

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