Eric Bunch Wins RGPS Tulsa Main Event for $50,173
Eric Bunch won the 2026 RGPS Golden Expedition Tulsa $800 Main Event at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on October 25, earning $50,173 after topping 341 entries.
PokerNews’ official live-reporting page lists a $238,700 prize pool and 41 paid finishers. Rachel Rodgers finished second for $33,442.
Bunch closes out the title
Rodgers entered the final hand ahead with ace-five against Bunch’s king-nine. A nine on the flop moved Bunch in front, and he held through the turn and river to finish the tournament.
The victory came after Bunch rebuilt his heads-up stack. PokerNews reported that he doubled through Rodgers with pocket queens, took the lead during a later betting sequence and then converted that advantage into the title.
A second RGPS Tulsa Main Event victory
Bunch also won the 2024 RGPS RunGood Resort Tulsa $800 Main Event for $65,829. His PokerNews player record lists another major Oklahoma victory in the 2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series Main Event, where he earned $260,000.
That player record lists $2,094,928 in live tournament earnings through October 25, 2026. Tournament cashes are gross returns; they do not show profit after buy-ins and expenses or establish net worth.
RGPS Golden Expedition at Hard Rock Tulsa
The 2026 RGPS Tulsa festival ran October 20–25 in Catoosa, Oklahoma. The final $238,700 Main Event prize pool more than doubled the event’s advertised $100,000 guarantee.
The stop was part of the RunGood Poker Series Golden Expedition and was hosted in the Hard Rock Tulsa poker room.
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