RGPS Golden Expedition Returns to Graton Resort with $800 Main Event Buy-In and $500,000 in Guarantees
RGPS brings more than $500,000 in guarantees to Graton Resort & Casino November 12-22, headlined by a $200,000 Mystery Bounty and a $300,000 Main Event now at $800 buy-in. The 18-event schedule includes mixed games, satellites, and leaderboard races. This marks the series' return to the venue after a March stop won by Aaron Overton.
SCCG Take — Lowering the Main Event buy-in while protecting the guarantee can expand participation at tribal casinos, lifting ancillary revenue. Operators should monitor actual field sizes against prior $1,100 events to calibrate future pricing.
The RunGood Poker Series heads to Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park for its 2026 Bay Area stop, an 11-day run from November 12-22 with more than $500,000 in guaranteed prize pools across 18 ring events. The schedule is anchored by a $200,000 guaranteed PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty and a $300,000 guaranteed Main Event that PokerNews will cover live.
This California stop joins a busy RGPS calendar that also includes Horseshoe Casino Tunica. The festival offers a range of lower buy-in events alongside the two flagship tournaments, giving West Coast players multiple paths to chase RGPS hardware.
Featured Tournaments and Mixed-Game Action
The $400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty runs with five starting flights from November 12-14 before a Day 2 on November 15. Supporting events include the $300 Series Opener on November 12, a $400 Big Bounty on November 15, the $300 Graton Harvest Classic, and a $400 Monster Stack. Omaha variants appear in force with Limit Omaha 8, Mixed PLO, Pot-Limit Omaha, and Double Board Bomb Pot PLO. A $400 Seniors 50+ tournament, Tag Team PLO/NLH, and several turbo events fill the early schedule.
Main Event Changes and Season Incentives
The Main Event opens on November 20 with four starting flights and maintains its $300,000 guarantee despite the buy-in dropping to $800 from $1,100. Satellites at $200 will award one Main Event seat for every five entries. The stop counts toward the 2026/27 RunGood Player of the Year race and the PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard, with the top 10 finishers earning a Thunder Valley package plus entry into the $300 Dream Seat Invitational. The prior Graton visit in March saw Aaron Overton take the $1,100 Main Event for $94,050.
The reduced buy-in preserves the advertised prize pool while widening the entry window. Operators hosting similar series will track whether that balance lifts field sizes and on-property traffic at tribal venues without compressing margins on the back end.
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