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Grant Hart, a familiar face on the RunGood Poker Series circuit, finally broke through for his first main event title at the RGPS New Orleans Golden Expedition $800 Main Event. Held at Caesars New Orleans, the tournament drew 279 entries and built a $200,000 prize pool, with Hart earning the top prize of $44,000.
“I’m about as happy as one cowboy could be,” Hart told PokerNews after his win, noting that his usual game is Pot-Limit Omaha, making the No-Limit Hold’em victory especially meaningful.
The result marks the second-largest score of Hart’s career and his biggest at any RunGood event, surpassing his previous best of $29,091 for a third-place finish at the 2023 RGPS Tulsa main event.
Hart’s path to the title was far from smooth. He began the final day short-stacked with under 20 big blinds, but steadily built his chips through the three-table redraw and climbed to 85 big blinds with 18 players remaining. Despite sitting sixth in chips entering the final table, Hart played patiently before taking control after eliminating My Nguyen in sixth place.
A pivotal moment came when Hart won a large pot against Christopher Savage, pushing his stack to nearly four million in chips with four players left. He later eliminated Savage in fourth place and carried the chip lead into heads-up play against Wess Durocher.
The heads-up battle ended quickly, as Hart caught Durocher bluffing with a missed straight draw to secure the win. Other notable eliminations throughout the event included “Boston” Rob Mariano, Kathryn Lindsay, Hamid Izadi, and former champion Preston McEwen, who exited in ninth place.
