Joseph Gargiulo Wins Event #2: Guest Bounty for $8,240
The second event of the RunGood Poker Series in Tulsa Oklahoma took place just hours after the first. Event #2: $165 Guest Bounty saw a total of 272 entrants give their hand at the first open event of the series, creating a prize pool of $35,360 and securing 34 players a min-cash of $290. Players were also gifted a chance to collect prizes by knocking out special guests at the event like Hayley Hochstetler, Mallory Johnson, Kris Burchfield, Caitlin Comeskey, and Ashley "PokerFaceAsh" Frank. Frank (19th-$375)lasted the longest out of the special guests and when she was eliminated, it was revealed her bounty prize was $1,000.
After the dust settled, it was Joseph Gargiulo who ended up winning the event for $8,240. Gargiulo is no stranger to running deep in big events, as his hendon mob has just over $100,000 in lifetime earnings, as well as a WSOP circuit ring. He now has a new piece of jewelry to add to his growing collection as well as one of the guest bounties.
Final Table Results
Place | Name | Hometown | Prize |
1 | Joseph Gargiulo | Port Charlotte, FL | $8,240 |
2 | Pete Petree | Broken Arrow, OK | $5,088 |
3 | Jon Taylor | Nixa, MO | $3,617 |
4 | Marc Sallee | Claremore, OK | $2,624 |
5 | Derek Reyna | Tulsa, OK | $1,941 |
6 | Michael Zimmer | Fayetteville, AR | $1,464 |
7 | Andrew Todhunter | Catoosa, OK | $1,128 |
8 | Ricky Gebhart | Siloam Springs, AR | $888 |
9 | Katie Mouse | Afton, OK | $714 |