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Cody Bartlett defeated Ted Forshey in heads-up play to win the RunGood Poker Series Main Event at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa for $63,303
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...