The RunGood Poker Series (RGPS) is heading back to California this November, with Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park hosting 11 days of tournament action and more than $500,000 in guaranteed prize pools.
The 2026 RGPS Bay Area runs from November 12-22, featuring 18 ring events, a $200,000 guaranteed PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, and a $300,000 guaranteed Main Event that will be covered live by PokerNews.
The festival comes as RGPS continues its busy run across the United States, with another stop at Horseshoe Casino Tunica also on the calendar. Now, players on the West Coast will have their own chance to chase RGPS hardware, with plenty of affordable tournaments alongside the festival’s two headline events.
RGPS Golden Expedition Bay Area Full Schedule
Date
Time
Event
GTD
Nov 12
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to PokerNews PowerStack
Nov 12
11 AM
$300 Series Opener (Ring #1)
Nov 12
2 PM
$240 Package Satellite (1 in 6 wins $400 Mystery Bounty entry + $800 Main Event entry)
Nov 12
5 PM
$400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, Flight A (Ring #2)
$200,000
Nov 12
7 PM
$250 Nightly Double Green Chip Bounty
$7,500
Nov 13
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to PowerStack
Nov 13
10 AM
$400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, Flight B (Ring #2)
$200,000
Nov 13
2 PM
$240 Package Satellite (1 in 6 wins $400 Mystery Bounty entry + $800 Main Event entry)
Nov 13
4 PM
$400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, Flight C (Ring #2)
$200,000
Nov 13
7 PM
$200 One-Day Turbo NLH (Ring #3)
Nov 14
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to Big Bounty
Nov 14
10 AM
$400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, Flight D (Ring #2)
$200,000
Nov 14
2 PM
$240 Package Satellite (1 in 6 wins $400 Mystery Bounty entry + $800 Main Event entry)
Nov 14
4 PM
$400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, Flight E (Ring #2)
$200,000
Nov 14
7 PM
$200 One-Day Turbo NLH (Ring #4)
Nov 15
9 AM
$80 In-Room NLH Satellite to Graton Harvest Classic
Nov 15
11 AM
PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, Day 2 Restart
Nov 15
12 PM
$400 Big Bounty (Ring #5)
Nov 15
5 PM
$300 Graton Harvest Classic, Flight A (Ring #6)
Nov 16
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to Graton Harvest Classic
Nov 16
10 AM
$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Ring #7)
Nov 16
2 PM
$300 Limit Omaha 8 (Ring #8)
Nov 16
5 PM
$300 Graton Harvest Classic, Flight B (Ring #6)
Nov 17
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to Monster Stack
Nov 17
11 AM
$400 Monster Stack, Flight A (Ring #9)
Nov 17
2 PM
$300 T.O.R.S.E. (Ring #10)
Nov 17
5 PM
$300 Graton Harvest Classic, Flight C (Ring #6)
Nov 18
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to Monster Stack
Nov 18
11 AM
$400 Monster Stack, Flight B (Ring #9)
Nov 18
2 PM
$300 Mixed PLO (Ring #11)
Nov 18
5 PM
Graton Harvest Classic, Day 2 Restart
Nov 18
5 PM
$300 per team ($150 per player) Tag Team PLO/NLH (Ring #12)
Nov 18
7 PM
$200 One-Day Turbo NLH (Ring #13)
Nov 19
9 AM
$200 In-Room Package Satellite
Nov 19
11 AM
$600 SuperStack NLH (Ring #14)
Nov 19
12 PM
Monster Stack, Day 2 Restart
Nov 19
2 PM
$300 Pot-Limit Omaha (Ring #15)
Nov 19
5 PM
$200 Main Event Satellite (1 in 5 wins $800 Main Event entry)
Nov 19
7 PM
$250 Nightly Double Green Chip Bounty
Nov 20
9 AM
$200 In-Room Main Event Satellite
Nov 20
10 AM
$800 RunGood Main Event, Flight A (Ring #16)
$300,000
Nov 20
2 PM
$200 Main Event Satellite (1 in 5 wins $800 Main Event entry)
Nov 20
4 PM
$800 RunGood Main Event, Flight B (Ring #16)
$300,000
Nov 20
7 PM
$200 Main Event Satellite
Nov 21
9 AM
$200 In-Room Main Event Satellite
Nov 21
10 AM
$800 RunGood Main Event, Flight C (Ring #16)
$300,000
Nov 21
2 PM
$200 Main Event Satellite (1 in 5 wins $800 Main Event entry)
Nov 21
4 PM
$800 RunGood Main Event, Flight D (Ring #16)
$300,000
Nov 21
7 PM
$200 Nightly Turbo 8 Bomb Pot NLH
Nov 22
9 AM
$100 In-Room NLH Satellite to Ring on the River
Nov 22
11 AM
$400 Win a Ring on the River NLH (Ring #17)
Nov 22
12 PM
RunGood Main Event, Day 2 Restart
Nov 22
2 PM
$200 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO (Ring #18)
PokerNews PowerStack Kicks Off the Big Guarantees
The first major attraction is the $400 PokerNews PowerStack Mystery Bounty, which carries a $200,000 guarantee and five starting flights spread across November 12-14.
Players have several opportunities to build a stack for Day 2 on Sunday, November 15, when the surviving field will return to compete for the title and mystery bounty prizes.
The PowerStack is one of the standout tournaments on the opening weekend, but there’s plenty more on offer. The $300 Series Opener gets things underway on November 12, while a $400 Big Bounty event follows on November 15.
Other highlights include the $300 Graton Harvest Classic, the $400 Monster Stack, and a variety of mixed-game tournaments. Omaha players are particularly well catered for, with Limit Omaha 8, Mixed PLO, Pot-Limit Omaha, and Double Board Bomb Pot PLO all featuring on the schedule.
There’s also a $400 Seniors 50+ tournament, a Tag Team PLO/NLH event, and several lower buy-in turbo tournaments for players looking to squeeze in some extra action.
$300K Main Event with a Smaller Buy-In
This time, the Main Event buy-in drops to $800 from $1,100 while retaining the $300,000 guarantee, giving players a cheaper shot at a major RGPS title. The tournament gets underway on Friday, November 20.
The Main Event features four starting flights across Friday and Saturday, giving players multiple opportunities to secure a place in Sunday’s finale.
Flight
Date
Start Time
Day 1A
Friday, November 20
10 a.m.
Day 1B
Friday, November 20
4 p.m.
Day 1C
Saturday, November 21
10 a.m.
Day 1D
Saturday, November 21
4 p.m.
Day 2
Sunday, November 22
Noon
PokerNews will be on-site providing live reporting of the Main Event, bringing readers chip counts, big hands, eliminations, and updates from the tournament floor as the next RGPS champion is crowned.
Players looking to qualify for less than the full $800 buy-in will also find Main Event satellites on the schedule, including $200 qualifiers awarding one Main Event seat for every five entries.
Plenty More to Play for in the Bay Area
Aaron Overton
The Bay Area stop is also part of the RGPS Golden Expedition season, with players able to compete in the 2026/27 RunGood Player of the Year race and the PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard.
The PowerStack competition offers an added incentive to perform well across the tour. The top 10 players on the PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard will each earn a package to Thunder Valley and entry into the exclusive $300 Dream Seat Invitational.
The festival comes just months after RGPS visited Graton in March, when Aaron Overton took down the $1,100 Main Event for $94,050.
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Live Events Executive
Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game.
Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
