Happy Mother’s Day: Jeri Sieber, Mother of Two, Wins RunGood Tulsa Main Event

In a fitting ending, Jeri Sieber, a mother of two, won the 2016 RunGood Hard Rock Tulsa $675 Main Event for $44,458 after chopping with RunGood team pro Justin Gardenhire in the wee hours of Mother’s Day. The two took $40,000 apiece, including their respective shares of a $10,000 seat to the World Series of Poker Main Event, and Sieber prevailed heads up against Gardenhire for the remainder of the prize pool, a trophy, and a plaque on the RunGood Champions Cup.

Final Table Results

The tournament drew 336 runner across three starting flights, with 74 advancing to Saturday’s Day 2. Thirty-six of those would be paid, and the money bubble burst a few hours into play. Just before that, Sieber got her last 10 big blinds or so all in with the against the of Michael Sanders, surviving after neither player improved. Both players would see plenty more of each other when they each made the final table.

Before that, 27 players busted out in the money. Among them were Greg Jennings (28th), Olivier Busquet (24th), Terry Karn (21st), Duma Lowery (19th), Chris Conrad (18th), and Tripp …

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