PokerNews to Live Report This Weekend��s RGPS Bossier City Main Event
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The latest stop of the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) ��Showbound�� season kicks off tomorrow at Horseshoe Bossier City in Bossier City, Louisiana. The six-day series will culminate this weekend with a $575 buy-in, $100K GTD Main Event, a tournament the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be covering in full.
Throughout the 2019 RGPS Showbound Season, powered by PokerGO, players have the chance to win invitations to compete in a season-ending invite-only freeroll satellite at Hard Rock Tulsa for a pair of $5,000 Sit & Go seats to be on Poker After Dark in Las Vegas. Packages include an ��airfare and hotel�� travel stipend (Must be 21 to participate in the freeroll satellite, invitations are non-transferable, limited to one invitation and seat per player.)
To receive an invite, all you need to do is win any RGPS Showbound side event or final table any Main Event. ��Showbound Powered by PokerGO�� will encourage tournament participants at all tour stops to dress to impress and walk the crimson carpet on their way to the poker table.
This stop marks the third-to-last chance players have to qualify. The penultimate stop will take place April 23-28 at Harrah��s North Kansas City, while the final stop will be April 30-May 5 at Hard Rock Tulsa in Oklahoma.
What to Expect from the RGPS Bossier City
The stop kicks off Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT with the $135 RunGood Pro Bounty. Special guests will be holding bounty envelopes that contain prizes varying between $1,000 cash and RunGood apparel store credit.
In last year's RGPS Bossier City Main Event, 378 entrants took to the felt and 42-year-old veteran of the oil industry Gary Burks of Gladewater, Texas came out on top to win $41,519, a pair of boots from Boot Factory Outlet, and a custom belt buckle from Montana Silversmiths.
It was also there that Trace Holder topped a 186-entry field to win the $135 RunGood Pro Bounty for $4,832 and Andrew Dosser came out on top of a 340-entry field to win the $180 DeepStack for $10,933.
This year��s RGPS Bossier City is expected to be even bigger and better.
RGPS Bossier City Showbound Schedule
| Date | Time | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, March 26 | Noon | RG Main Satellite | $85 |
| Tuesday, March 26 | 7 p.m. | RG Pro Bounty | $135 |
| Wednesday, March 27 | Noon | RG DeepStack $20K GTD Flight A | $180 |
| Wednesday, March 27 | 7 p.m. | RG DeepStack $20K GTD Flight B | $180 |
| Thursday, March 28 | Noon | DeepStack finals | - |
| Thursday, March 28 | 7 p.m. | RG Main Satellite | $145 |
| Friday, March 29 | Noon | RG Main Satellite | $145 |
| Friday, March 29 | 7 p.m. | RG Main Event $100K GTD Flight A | $575 |
| Saturday, March 30 | Noon | RG Main Event $100K GTD Flight B | $575 |
| Saturday, March 30 | 7 p.m. | RG Main Event $100K GTD Flight C | $575 |
| Sunday, March 31 | Noon | Main Finals |
Main Event Details
As for the Main Event, that tournament will feature three starting flights beginning with Flight A at 7 p.m. on Friday night. Flights B and C will take place on Saturday at Noon and 7 p.m. respectively. The surviving players from all flights will then return for Day 2 at Noon on Sunday and play down to a winner.
Each Day 1 flight will see players start with 20,000 in chips and play a dozen 30-minute levels. Levels switch to 45 minutes on Day 2. Players are allowed to enter or reenter the event until the start of Level 9. A 15-minute break will be taken after every four levels.
Day 1 Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 min | 100 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 30 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 30 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 30 min | 200 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 30 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 30 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 7 | 30 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 8 | 30 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 9 | 30 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 10 | 30 min | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 11 | 30 min | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 12 | 30 min | 1,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
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