The Main Event of the 2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa was completed a few hours ago. It attracted a total of 426 players and a prize pool of $251,340 was created. Henry Gingerich emerged victorious to win the amount of $39,083 and a seat into the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Initially, the winner was supposed to be awarded $57,806, but the last three players at the final table made a deal to be paid $39,083 each and the $10,000 seat would be for the big champion.
Day 2 of the event saw ten players sitting at the final table. The play started with Cary Long as the chip leader with 1,900,000, followed by Gingerich with 1,100,000.
Ryan Tepen, who is known to be a RunGood Ambassador, was the first to leave the final table after he fell victim to Calvin Musil. Jim Devaney was the next to go. He was eliminated in ninth place by Jeff Fielder. Tepen was paid $4,298 and Devaney took home $5,630.
Then, Gingerich defeated James Hall towards the end of Level 23. The player took $6,661 for his eighth place.
In Level 24, Fielder won a massive hand and managed to eliminate not one but two players – Robbie Kent took the seventh position and Robbie Kent finished sixth. At the end of this level, Gingerich was the chip leader with 2,850,000 and was followed by Long with 2,250,000.
Soon after Level 25 began, Long eliminated Ryan Phan in fifth position and added 550,000 to his stack. As for Phan, he received $12,441 for his participation in the tournament. The player was followed by Fielder, who was defeated by Gingerich.
Thus, Long, Musil, and Gingerich were the only players at the final table.
Level 26 started with Gingerich holding 3,950,000 of the chips in play, closely followed by Musil with 3,850,000. Long only had 775,000 at this point. They decided to strike a three-handed deal towards the end of Level 27. As mentioned above, the players agreed on taking $39,083 each.
The beginning of Level 28 was marked by Long’s elimination. The player could not stand a chance against Gingerich. The latter was holding 5,000,000 in chips at this point of the game.
The first hand of Level 29 appeared to be the last in the tournament. Musil had [4d][5s] against Gingerich’s [5c][7h]. With the board showing [4s][Js][6h][3d][9s], it became clear that the $10,000 WSOP Main Event seat would be reserved for Henry Gingerich.
