The PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard is a season-long competition running across the RunGood Poker Series Passport Season, with points awarded at designated PokerNews PowerStack events at every stop.
The top ten finishers on the leaderboard at season’s end will earn a $1,100 RGPS Passport Thunder Valley Main Event seat plus two nights’ accommodation.
PokerNews has also introduced a PowerStack points calculator, designed to make tracking the leaderboard race as clear and accessible as possible.
The calculator lets players quickly see how many leaderboard points they earn based on their finish in each PokerNews PowerStack event, using the official RGPS points formula.
Throughout the season, PokerNews will publish chip counts and results at the end of each day of play, or once an event concludes if it is a one-day tournament.
Leaderboard standings will be updated within 72 hours of points appearing in the Tournament Hub Manager system, making it easy for players to follow the race and see exactly where they stand as the season unfolds.
PokerNews PowerStack Rankings
Rank
Player
Points
1
Lucus Drummonds
60
2
Roger Franco
55
3
Scott Aulds
55
4
Douglas Speir
42
5
Travis Moran
38.5
6
Michael Starek
38.5
7
Preston "Allen" Roberts
30
8
Tyler Parker
27.5
9
Daniel Hughes
27.5
10
James Fleming
26.4
11
Harold Beauman
25
12
Jimmy Lujan
24.2
13
Maksim Tatarintsev
24.2
14
Eric Bunch
22.8
15
Japneet Chawla
20.9
16
Corey Paggeot
20.9
17
Terry Thomas
19.2
18
Brian Winter
19.2
19
Branndon King
17.6
20
Thanate Banchonhattakij
17.6
21
Robert Warden
16.8
22
Erin Constantino
15.4
23
Anthony Finley
14.4
24
Michael Lehner
13.2
25
Ross Neumann
12
26
Pamela Maldonado
11
27
Christopher Smith (CA)
11
28
Ashley Helmick
9.6
29
Brian Garner
9.6
30
Donnie Phan
9.6
31
Hanunyah Fish
9.6
32
Michael Miller
9.6
33
Miles Taylor
9.6
34
Robert Randolph
9.6
35
Steven Wampler
9.6
36
Adam Levy
8.8
37
Christian Ramirez
8.8
38
Darren Perkins
8.8
39
Emmanuel McKenzie
8.8
40
Gonzalo Gonzalez
8.8
41
Joshua Lowy
8.8
42
Randall Bott
8.8
43
Samuel Diep
8.8
44
Steven Sanchez
8.8
45
Mike Perry
8.8
46
Susan Milestone-Schacke
8.8
47
Au Ho
8.8
48
Grant Foster
8.8
49
Dae Cheol Kwon
8.8
50
Davis Ochoa
8.8
51
Ediberto Pilotin
8.8
52
Robert MacGregor
8.8
53
Ron Segni
8.8
54
Brandon Elmore
7.2
55
Craig Welko
7.2
56
Donald Reeves
7.2
57
Jeffrey Copeland
7.2
58
Johnnie Place
7.2
59
Kenny Nicoletti
7.2
60
Mark Jackson
7.2
61
Todd Tucker
7.2
62
Yovanni Serrati
7.2
63
Chandon Hinton
6.6
64
Dennis Brand
6.6
65
Micah Martin
6.6
66
Pedro Fernandez (US)
6.6
67
Ryan Shaw
6.6
68
Se Pak
6.6
69
Trent Goertz
6.6
70
Yao Clinton
6.6
71
Zach Kelley
6.6
72
Andre Allen
6
73
Anthony Blankenship
6
74
Christopher Hosier
6
75
Jason Conaway
6
76
Jeremy Thomas
6
77
Keith Coppock
6
78
Kevin Unkel
6
79
Martin Hougham
6
80
Nicholas Guglielmo
6
81
Robert Gardner
6
82
Rocky Renfro
6
83
Yordanos Mebrahtu
6
RGPS Tulsa
Luke Drummonds
The opening PowerStack event at RGPS Tulsa saw 317 entries turn out for the $400 buy-in tournament.
After two days of play, Luke Drummonds emerged victorious, ultimately agreeing to a three-way chop with Doug Speir and Allen Roberts, with all three players taking home $15,916.
RGPS Tulsa PokerNews PowerStack Results
Place
Player
Prize (USD)
Points
1
Luke Drummonds
$15,916
60
2
Doug Speir
$15,916
42
3
Allen Roberts
$15,916
30
4
James Fleming
$8,024
26
5
Eric Bunch
$6,036
23
6
Terry Thomas
$4,603
19
7
Robert Warden
$3,557
17
8
Anthony Finley
$2,783
14
9
Ross Neumann
$2,218
12
10
Donnie Phan
$2,218
10
11
Brian Garner
$1,789
10
12
Hanunyah Fish
$1,789
10
13
Steven Wampler
$1,465
10
14
Ashley Helmick
$1,465
10
15
Miles Taylor
$1,213
10
16
Robert Randolph
$1,213
10
17
Michael Miller
$1,025
10
18
Harold Beauman
$1,025
10
19
Jeffrey Copeland
$1,025
7
20
Kenneth Nicoletti
$1,025
7
21
Craig Welko
$879
7
22
Brandon Elmore
$879
7
23
Todd Tucker
$879
7
24
Donald Reeves
$879
7
25
Mark Jackson
$764
7
26
Johnnie Place
$764
7
27
Yovanni Serrati
$764
7
28
Robert Gardner
$764
6
29
Brian Winter
$764
6
30
Andre Allen
$764
6
31
Kevin Unkel
$764
6
32
Nicholas Guglielmo
$764
6
33
Christopher Hosier
$680
6
34
Jeremy Thomas (US)
$680
6
35
Martin Hougham
$680
6
36
Yordanos Mebrahtu
$680
6
37
Jason Conaway
$680
6
38
Michael Renfro
$680
6
39
Keith Coppock
$340
6
40
Anthony Blankenship
$340
6
RGPS Austin
Roger Franco
The RGPS Passport Austin $200 PokerNews PowerStack event attracted 201 entries, for a total prize pool of $31,557. The final five players reached an ICM deal, adjusting the remaining payouts.
After playing down to the final hand, Roger Franco earned the title, along the RGPS ring and first-place prize of $4,673.
Place
Player
Prize
Points
1
Roger Franco
$4,673
55
2
Travis Moran
$4,100
38.5
3
Tyler Parker
$3,900
27.5
4
Jimmy Lujan
$3,700
24.2
5
Japneet Chawla
$3,500
20.9
6
Branndon King
$1,259
17.6
7
Harold Beauman
$1,073
15.4
8
Michael Lehner
$925
13.2
9
Pamela Maldonado
$776
11
10
Steven Sanchez
$675
8.8
11
Darren Perkins
$675
8.8
12
Christian Ramirez
$675
8.8
13
Emmanuel McKenzie
$574
8.8
14
Gonzalo Gonzalez
$574
8.8
15
Adam Levy
$574
8.8
16
Samuel Diep
$473
8.8
17
Joshua Lowy
$473
8.8
18
Randall Bott
$473
8.8
19
Pedro Fernandez (US)
$379
6.6
20
Micah Martin
$379
6.6
21
Chandon Hinton
$379
6.6
22
Ryan Shaw
$292
6.6
23
Trent Goertz
$292
6.6
24
Yao Clinton
$292
6.6
25
Dennis Brand
$236
6.6
26
Se Pak
$236
6.6
RGPS San Diego
Scott Aulds
Scott Aulds outlasted a field of 162 entrants to claim the title of the $300 PokerNews PowerStack.
The Day 1 chip leader defeated Michael Starek after a four-hour heads-up battle. Aulds took home $9,639, along with the RGPS ring.
