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The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Council Bluffs stop will take place in Iowa April 23-28 and will feature a $200,000 guaranteed Main Event. Find out more.
Joshua Kopp defeated David Caron in heads up play to win the RGPS Council Bluffs Main Event for $68,799
The upcoming MSPT Winter Poker Classic at Running Aces Casino in December will feature $770,000 in guarantees, including a $300,000 guaranteed Main Event.
Kyna England topped a 1,042-entry field to capture win the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) $1,100 Main Event for $186,713 and her first major poker title.
The final 11 players in the RunGood Poker Series main event at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs all had a shot at the posted $84,633 first-place prize, but rather than deal with the stress of a final table, they each agreed to chop the remaining prize pool and lock up a $26,058 payday. Deals in live poker tournaments are commonplace, but rarely outside of the final table, and especially in a series main event. It’s simply too difficult to get that many players to opt in… or is it? The idea was spearheaded by Kyle Hinnerichs, who was sitting on more than four times the chips of the four short...