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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Over four starting flights, 586 players participated in the event and only 71 came back for the final day. Alsaden began their final day with a small stack but was able to beat the chip leader Michael Chilton to take the prize money of $77,192 and the RGPS ring. 

May month and the RunGood Poker series have been lucky for Alsaden, as their first best cash was a 6th place finish in the RGPS Kansas City Main Event a year ago, earning $19,000. 

The Kansas player is now looking to play at the WSOP 2024. Alsaden told PokerNews that they were a big cash game player, but in 2022, they went to Las Vegas and saw the World Series of Poker tournament, and wanted to feel the competitiveness of Poker Tournaments.

$800 RunGood Poker Series Main Event Recap and Standings 

Throughout the day, notable players like the previous year’s Main Event Champion Keith Heine (50th place – $1,619), Jason Aken (44th place – $1,829), rising stars Alvin Lewis (32nd place – $2,428) and Jackson Turrentine (10th place- $7,719). 

Jesse Watson was the first player to be eliminated from the final table. He lost a crucial hand against Phil Youngclaus, sending him out in 9th place for $7,719.

Brian Jones was the first to accumulate over 1 million chips early on but eventually entered the final table with an average stack. He was knocked out in 8th place when his ace-king lost to Jeff Riebeling’s ace-queen. He took $9,773 home.

Mike Hurley was another player who lost a significant chip before the final table. He entered the final table in the middle of the pack, hoping to win some hand. He eventually finished in 7th place for $12,000, which is his largest ever live cash in. 

Chris Audrain entered Day 2 as the chip lead but met aggressive opponents on his left, leading to several raise-fold situations against three-bets and reshoves. He eventually lost to Alsaden’s ace nine. He was eliminated at 6th place for $16,233.

The final table poker pro Paul Fehlig was the next player to be eliminated on the final table. The WSOP circuit winner was able to build a substantial stack, even doubling through at some point. However, a failed bluff against Chilton cost him a significant portion of his chips. Fehlig’s pocket sevens couldn’t hold against Riebeling’s hand, sending him out in 5th place for $21,292.

Riebeling’s luck ran out and was then eliminated by Chilton, followed by Youngclaus, who had survived since Watson’s earlier exit. Alsaden secured another elimination, gaining a 2:1 chip lead over Chilton. 

The cheap lead didn’t matter, as the heads-up battle was intense and lasted over three hours with both players exchanging the lead. They even paused the game for an ICM deal, but no deal was made. 

The intense battle ended after Alsaden’s three-bet jam with queen ten against ace five. Alsaden’s hand withstands and is able to claim the victory and title.

Among other notable winners crowned at the RunGood Poker Series included:

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