RunGood Poker Series Returns To Graton Casino For The RGPS Bay Area

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The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) continues its season of Destination RunGood events with a visit to Graton Resort And Casino in the California Bay Area. The RGPS Bay Area events will run from May 2 to May 12, 2024, with a schedule of 17 ring events.

The flagship event of the RGPS Bay Area will be an $800 buy-in Main Event with a prize pool guarantee of $200,000. However, this series has a few extra features that make it stand out. In addition to the usual RGPS rings, there will also be a mixed-game championship cup up for grabs. Plus the final event of the series will be a satellite to the WSOP Main Event.

There is also a Black Chip/Ambassador Bounty NLH Ring Event on the books, in which special guests will hold mystery bounty envelopes. Whoever knocks the special guests out will win a randomized prize that could be anything from store credit at the RunGood merch shop to $1,000 in cash.

California Dream Rings

It is a great couple of weeks coming up for anyone who fancies an RGPS Ring. The RGPS Bay Area will be the fourth series to kick off in an eleven-day period. The Californian event follows on from upcoming events in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Reno, Nevada; and St. Louis, Missouri.

The Bay Area series has no fewer than 17 rings up for grabs, including five for non-hold'em events. These non-hold'em games (PLO, Limit Omaha 8, Pot Limit Omaha 8, T.O.E., and H.O.R.S.E) have been chosen to highlight some great, but less popular, poker variants... except for the T.O.E. Ring Event which was clearly chosen for wordplay reasons.

Most players will be eying up the Main Event ring as the most desirable. However, the high-rolling Purple Chip Bounty event with its $1,100 buy-in should also attract some serious action and any over fifties will want to take a crack at the Seniors Ring Event.

RunGood Poker Series RGPS Game Seven Rings
RunGood Poker Series rings.

Previous Winner

In 2023, the RGPS Bay Area $800 Main Event saw a massive turnout. A field of 1,043 entrants bought in, resulting in a prizepool of $730,100.

Pe Kyaw was the final victor of the event after cutting a three-way ICM deal with Daniel Lowery ($88,870 for second) and Taylor Pollard ($84,835 for third).

Kyaw won $90,330 for his win after applying a mantra of "play tight, play good" throughout the event. A mantra he will no doubt apply again if he chooses to return and defend his title this year.

Pe Kyaw
Pe Kyaw won last year's RGPS Bay Area main event.

2023 RGPS Bay Area $800 Main Event Final Table Results

PlaceNamePayout
1Pe Kyaw$90,330
2Daniel Lowery$88,870
3Taylor Pollard$84,835
4David Bellacose$41,195
5Don Vo$31,255
6Mitchell Collins$25,365
7James Cavanaugh$20,970
8Jason Castro$16,640
9Noel Rodriguez$12,420

Read more about the upcoming RGPS stop in St. Louis, MO!

The full schedule for the 2024 RGPS Bay Area stop is available in the table below.

2024 RGPS Bay Area Full Schedule

DATEDAYTIMEEVENTBUY-IN
May 2Thursday12:00 p.m.Series Opener Ring Event$200
May 2Thursday3:00 p.m.Package Satellite$185
May 2Thursday6:00 p.mMega Stack Ring Event - Day 1A$400
May 3Friday12:00 p.m.Mega Stack Ring Event - Day 1B$400
May 3Friday3:00 p.m.Package Satellite$185
May 3Friday6:00 p.mMega Stack Ring Event - Day 1C$400
May 3Friday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 4Saturday12:00 p.m.Mega Stack Ring Event - Day 1D$400
May 4Saturday3:00 p.m.Package Satellite$185
May 4Saturday6:00 p.mMega Stack Ring Event - Day 1E$400
May 4Saturday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 5Sunday12:00 p.m.Mega Stack (Restart)-
May 5Sunday1:00 p.m.Black Chip Bounty Ring Event$400
May 5Sunday2:00 p.m.PLO Ring Event$500
May 5Sunday5:00 p.m.Satellite to the $1,000 Deepstack$245
May 5Sunday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 6Monday10:00 a.m.Satellite to the $1,000 Deepstack$135
May 6Monday12:00 p.m.6-Max NLH Ring Event$300
May 6Monday2:00 p.m.H.O.R.S.E. Ring Event$500
May 6Monday4:00 p.m.Deepstack Ring Event$1,000
May 6Monday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 7Tuesday10:00 a.m.Seniors NLH Ring Event$400
May 7Tuesday2:00 p.m.Omaha 8 Ring Event$500
May 7Tuesday6:00 p.m.NLH Bomb Pot Ring Event$200
May 7Tuesday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 8Wednesday10:00 a.m.Mega Package Satellite$170
May 8Wednesday12:00 p.m.Super Stack NLH Ring Event$500
May 8Wednesday2:00 p.m.T.O.E. Ring Event$500
May 8Wednesday6:00 p.m.Black Chip/Ambassador NLH Ring Event$300
May 8Wednesday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 9Thursday12:00 p.m.One Day NLH Ring Event$400
May 9Thursday2:00 p.m.2-7 Triple Draw Ring Event$500
May 9Thursday6:00 p.m.Main Event Mega Satellite$185
May 9Thursday8:00 p.m.Nightly NLH$135
May 10Friday9:00 a.m.Main Event Mega Satellite$185
May 10Friday11:00 a.m.RunGood Main Event - Day 1A$800
May 10Friday12:00 p.m.Invite Only Nightly Winners Event$0 (invite only)
May 10Friday2:00 p.m.Big O Hi/Lo Ring Event$500
May 10Friday5:00 p.m.RunGood Main Event - Day 1B$800
May 10Friday6:00 p.m.Main Event Mega Satellite$185
May 11Saturday9:00 a.m.Main Event Mega Satellite$105
May 11Saturday11:00 a.m.RunGood Main Event - Day 1C$800
May 11Saturday2:00 p.m.Main Event Mega Satellite$185
May 11Saturday5:00 p.m.RunGood Main Event - Day 1D$800
May 12Sunday11:00 a.m.Satellite to the Purple Chip Bouty$135
May 12Sunday12:00 p.m.Main Event (Restart)-
May 12Sunday1:00 p.m.Purple Chip Bounty Ring Event$1,100
May 12Sunday4:00 p.m.Satellite to the WSOP Main Event$550

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