After north of twelve hours of play at the $600 Headliner at the Run Good Poker Series in Tunica, Mississippi, the field of 76 was trimmed down to two champs after Ricky Loyd and Kevin Broadway consented to a slash bargain, with Loyd getting $50,804 for his endeavors while Broadway got $46,804 alongside the Run Good Poker Series ring and the outing to RGPS Thunder Valley.
“I’m very invigorated, it was a decent one to be the first,” Broadway answered when inquired as to whether it was his most memorable Run Good ring. He was likewise exceptionally eager to be able to play in the Million Dollar Free roll in the not so distant future and that the award cash will likewise “assist with having a decent summer in Vegas too… I’m going to investigate playing the [WSOP] Headliner this year… I don’t figure there will be a superior chance to play it.”
This is the Arkansas local beat down a field of 601 passages for his biggest competition cash in his 20-year vocation as a sporting player, and he made sense of that the inclination truly hadn’t exactly soaked in yet.
When inquired as to whether he played expertly, he answered, “Good gracious no, most certainly not, I do producing professionally, I really work for Frito-Lay, and so I make potato chips professionally. Simply every time the WSOP circuit or the Run Good Series comes around, I make it a highlight play those occasions.”
Activity of the day
Individuals plunked down and started playing quick and irately, with many stacks busting before the main hour was even up. Reigning champ JW Carter didn’t find come to Day 2 which implied that another hero would be delegated this evening.
Others whose runs felt more limited than they would have wished included Michael Cardell who was quick to bust in 76th spot for a min-money of $844. Competition regulars Chris Johnson and William Anderson likewise didn’t make it far into the day in spite of progress from the beginning.
Day 1a chip pioneer Jon Quick was likewise lost in the weeds on Day 2 and broke out soon after the three-table redraw. The general Day 1 chip pioneer Brodie Harris likewise couldn’t get a lot moving and he was wiped out 6 levels in when his pro sovereign fit was broken by John George and his expert nine in a monstrous pot.
On the other side of things, Michael Chilton extended his force from Day 1b and went on a tear all through the early levels, laying down a good foundation for himself as the prevailing chip pioneer. Run Good Envoy Chris Conrad additionally burst into flames when his pocket nines floundered top set in against pocket jacks and pocket sovereigns which were held by Walker Miskelly. Conrad bounced up to north of 2,000,000 in chips and furthermore turned out to be situated at similar table as his parter-in-wrongdoing, Katerina Lukina, who likewise made a profound run. Sadly for Conrad, his karma ran out when his slumped top pair against Loyd’s top set for a significant measure of chips, and things just went easy from now on and he wound up busting in fifteenth Spot.
Another player that was exceptionally dynamic over the course of the day was Bryan Loch, who was nearly wiped out in the absolute first level yet figured out how to remain alive and involved that as an impetus to make a profound run. Sadly, his competition reached a conclusion when his pocket sixes tumbled to Kelly Dark and his ruler sovereign and he was out in twelfth for ($4,657).
Last Table Activity
After Chilton busted in tenth spot, Michael Monaghan came into the last table as an exceptionally short stack and was disposed of in one of the principal hands to Loyd who held pocket tens against Monaghans nine-three offsuit.
Following him out the entryway was one shorter stack as Patrick Rogers who lost with jack-three against Bluff Hart’s pro four and left in eighth for $7,438.
From that point forward, a great deal of the chips streamed around the table until Jason Arnold was trapped in a terrible spot when his pocket tens were totally squashed by Loyd’s ace-lord that made him a full house.
Loyd was likewise answerable for the bust out of James “Mentor” Milligan, who had at one direct persuaded the table toward do a hack yet was ruined when Dark retreated without a second to spare, which came about in a $10,000 distinction for Milligan.