Graton Resort & Casino to Host RunGood Poker Series NorCal Championships Featuring 19 Trophy Events
TL;DR — Graton Resort & Casino hosts the RGPS NorCal Poker Championships from August 20 across 11 days with 19 trophy events. The schedule mixes a $250 NLH opener, $400 Power Stack with $200,000 guarantee, specialty PLO events, and a $1,100 Main Event guaranteeing $300,000. PokerNews provides live Main Event coverage.
SCCG Take — Regional casinos can drive traffic by blending accessible opening flights with specialized formats that broaden appeal beyond core NLH fields.
Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, California, will host the NorCal Poker Championships organized by the RunGood Poker Series starting August 20. The 11-day series includes 19 trophy events and draws both tournament regulars and recreational players to one of the region’s leading card rooms. PokerNews will deliver live reporting coverage of the Main Event.
Diverse Event Schedule
The action opens with the $250 Series Opener No-Limit Hold’em tournament at 11 a.m. on August 20. A second event that day is Day 1a of the $400 PokerNews Power Stack, which carries a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. Four more starting flights are set across the next two days at two per day, with the finale scheduled for August 23 at 11 a.m.
Specialty formats add variety to the schedule. The $300 PLO/NLH event on August 23 at 5 p.m. requires $150 per player and a partner versed in both games. Omaha-focused players can enter the $200 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO on August 24 or the Mixed PLO combining Big O, PLO, and PLO8 on August 26. These events balance the calendar beyond standard No-Limit Hold’em.
Main Event Spotlight
The flagship $1,100 NorCal Championship Event begins August 28 with Day 1a at 10 a.m. and Day 1b at 5 p.m. Additional flights run the following day at the same times. All players who advance return on August 30 at noon to play down to a winner. The tournament guarantees at least $300,000 in the prize pool, as reported by PokerNews.
The full slate runs through multiple formats and buy-in levels without extending beyond the announced schedule and guarantees.
Reporting: PokerNews
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Regional poker thrives when accessible buy-ins meet specialty formats that pull casual and niche players beyond the NLH core.
We've watched regional poker rebuild post-pandemic, and properties that layer accessible entry points with PLO variants and creative structures fill tables regulators and operators thought had dried up. Graton's formula—19 shots across 11 days, $250 to $1,100—proves the mid-market poker economy is alive if you design for breadth, not just grind regs.
- $400 Power Stack with $200K guarantee anchors early schedule alongside $250 opener
- Specialty PLO events—Double Board Bomb Pot, Mixed Big O/PLO8—diversify player mix beyond NLH
- $1,100 Main Event guarantees $300K across four Day 1 flights, finale August 30
SCCG angle: SCCG connects tribal and commercial properties to proven tournament operators and format innovators who understand how to schedule mixed-discipline series that maximize table occupancy and cross-sell amenities. We've brokered partnerships that turned sleepy card rooms into anchors for weekend resort traffic—this is the playbook.