It did not take long for the players to start dropping. “I play a lot of home games, and a couple Saturdays a month I play the fat stack tournament,” he said when discussing his experience playing, “The main thing I tried was just to be calm and not do anything stupid, eliminate as many mistakes as I could.” Kopp also becomes the latest winner of the free roll to the dream seat tournament at the end of the year, of which he says “I will be making whatever arrangements I need to for that tournament.” Kopp is a local player who’s only prior Hendon Mob cash was his 29th place finish in the last iteration of The RGPS Main Event in Council Bluffs last October. “I feel pretty good,” the newly crowned champion said after winning his ring “It’s still pretty surreal.”

That tally created a prize pool worth $363,000 that only 74 players were lucky enough to see any piece of.Īfter the dust cleared it was local player Joshua Kopp who stood with the ring wrapped around his finger, and a sum of $68,799 for a prize. A total of 605 players tried their luck in The $700 RunGood Poker Series Checkpoint Main Event at The Horseshoe Casino In Council Bluffs Iowa.