He ended his run in tenth place for $4,762. The final table was reached when Mark Kastory’s king-six offsuit could not improve against Mark Homan’s ace-king. Players who fell short of the final table included Blair Hinkle (46th-$1,198), Nathan Steuer (34th-$1,557), Bernard Lee (20th-$2,666), and Grant Hinkle (18th-$3,145). “My buddy Dave, I couldn’t do it without him.” RGPS Council Bluffs Final Table Resultsĭay 2 kicked off to a quick start, with many players’ dreams of rings being dashed quickly out the gate. The long hours he spent at the casino during the week, his friends were with him every step of the way. “If I had to pick one person to highlight, it would be my buddy Dave,” Plumage remarked. Throughout the day, he was surrounded by a close group of friends on his rail that were with him the first time he won the main, and they stayed with him for a while. “Leaves me some room for improvement,” he joked about only knocking out seven players of the final eight he could have. The chip leader of the first flight of the tournament possessed a dominating presence at the final table.

This time around I came in second in chips, made it to the final table, and knocked out seven of eight players.”

“Last time I was second in chips going into Day 2, made it to the final table, did not knock out many people until the last two. “It still doesn’t feel real,” the 40-year-old father and family man said after winning the event. He now stands alone as the first RGPS Main Event champion ever to win two titles back to back, earning himself over $100,000 over the course of the year. Now, after a relatively quick final table, Plumage dominated to go back-to-back winning $56,931 in the process. It was only three months ago that Derrick Plumage won his first RunGood Main Event ring in the $420 Contender Weekend Main Event In Council Bluffs for $51,888. On Sunday, the returning 73 players were whittled down to a final winner. The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) Council Bluffs $600 Main Event at Horseshoe Hotel and Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa attracted 576 entries and offered up a $299,520 prize pool.

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