Following two successful Checkpoint stops earlier this month in Tunica and the Bay Area, the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is headed to Florida for RGPS bestbet Jacksonville, which will take place March 23-April 2 and will culminate with the $1,200 buy-in Main Event with a $300,000 guarantee.
It’s been a busy month for the RGPS family, to say the least. The team walked away with the Best Mid-Major Tour/Circuit award at the Global Poker Awards for the third time and Hayley Hochstetler also received the award for Media Content: Best Photo for her work for PokerNews at the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
In addition to the two-day Main Event, which PokerNews will be on-site providing live updates for, RGPS bestbet Jacksonville will feature several No-Limit Hold’em and mixed game events that will leave the winners walking away from an RGPS Ring.
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Bounty and Mixed Game Action
The RGPS bestbet Jacksonville stop will kick off with the $400 RunGood Series Opener, which offers a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and offers six starting flights. Day 2 of the Series Opener will be live-streamed on bestbet LIVE on Twitch and YouTube.
After that, the $400 Black Chip Bounty will get underway, followed by a $300 One Day NLH Ring Event and a $200 Ambassador Bounty Ring Event, which will also be streamed on bestbet LIVE. Special guests will be holding bounty envelopes with prizes that range between $1,000 in cash and RunGood Apparel store credit.
There are also a few mixed game events on the schedule, including a $300 Big O Hi/Lo Ring Event and a $300 H.E.R.O.S Ring Event, which will feature Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz and regular Omaha.
The $300,000 guaranteed Main Event will get underway on March 30 with the first of three starting flights. Day 2 of the Main Event will take place on April 2 and the action will be streamed on bestbet Live.
There are several satellites into the Main Event allowing players to win a seat for as little as $300.
Who Will Be the Next RGPS Main Event Winner?
There have already been two RGPS Main Event winners this month and there will now be a third one headed into April.
At RGPS Graton, Pe Kyaw got through a field 1,043 runners in the $800 Main Event and took home the ring and $90,330 after a three-way chop with RunGood ambassador Daniel Lowery (2nd – $88,870) and Taylor Pollard (3rd – $84,835).
At RGPS Tunica, meanwhile, the $600 Main Event drew 601 players and saw Arkansas native Kevin Broadway winning his first ring and $50,804 after a heads-up deal with Ricky Loyd. Others who made deep runs in the event include Kelly Black (3rd – $28,846), James “Coach” Milligan (6th – $12,376) and Patrick Rogers (8th – $7,438).
After the bestbet Jacksonville stop, the RunGood team will head to Downstream Casino Joplin from April 11-16, followed by a Horseshoe Council Bluffs stop April 20-30.
The full schedule for RGPS bestbet Jacksonville is available in the table below.
RGPS bestbet Jacksonville Schedule
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 23 | 12:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener 100K GTD Ring Event FLT A (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 23 | 2:00 PM | Satellite into RunGood Series Opener (Buy-In $100) | |
| March 23 | 6:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener 100K GTD Ring Event FLT B (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 24 | 12:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener 100K GTD Ring Event FLT C (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 24 | 3:00 PM | Series Package Satellite (Buy-In $420, 5 Packages GTD) | |
| March 24 | 6:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener 100K GTD Ring Event FLT D (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 25 | 12:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener 100K GTD Ring Event FLT E (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 25 | 6:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener 100K GTD Ring Event FLT F (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 26 | 12:00 PM | RunGood Series Opener Restart (Streamed on bestbetLIVE Livestream) | |
| March 26 | 1:00 PM | Black Chip Bounty Ring Event (Buy-In $400) | |
| March 26 | 7:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 27 | 12:00 PM | One Day NLH Ring Event (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 27 | 3:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 27 | 7:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 28 | 12:00 PM | Big O Hi/Lo Ring Event (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 28 | 3:00 PM | Ambassador Bounty Ring Event (Buy-In $200, Streamed on bestbetLIVE Livestream) | |
| March 28 | 7:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 29 | 12:00 PM | Crazy Sixes 6-Max NLH Ring Event (Buy-In $660) | |
| March 29 | 7:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300, 10 $1,200 Main Event Seats GTD) | |
| March 30 | 12:00 PM | RunGood 300K GTD Main Event FLT A (Buy-In $1,200) | |
| March 30 | 3:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 30 | TBD | RunGood Ambassador Meet-Up Cash Games | |
| March 30 | 7:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300, 10 $1,200 Main Event Seats GTD) | |
| March 31 | 12:00 PM | RunGood 300K Main Event GTD FLT B (Buy-In $1,200) | |
| March 31 | 3:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300) | |
| March 31 | 7:00 PM | Main Event Satellite (Buy-In $300, 10 $1,200 Main Event Seats GTD) | |
| April 1 | 12:00 PM | RunGood 300K GTD Main Event FLT C (Buy-In $1,200) | |
| April 1 | 3:00 PM | H.E.R.O.S Ring Event (Holdem, O8, Razz, Omaha, Stud, Buy-In $300) | |
| April 2 | 12:00 PM | Main Event Restart (Streamed on bestbetLIVE Livestream) | |
| April 2 | 1:00 PM | The bestbet 500 One Day NLH Ring Event (Buy-In $500) |