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Sacre Bleu! Benjo Wins Run-Good Event 2! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Saturday, November 29, 2008 User rating:  4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17  (110 votes)

Well played

Event 2 of the second PokerListings Run-Good Challenge is over and once again we have a new face atop the payouts. The infamous Benjo absolutely ran through the field, like a hot knife through butter being applied to a croissant, taking home $600 and one week's status as ambassador to the world of poker blogger freerolls.

Tagging along with Benjo... Read More

Run-Good Challenge II: Event 1 Wrap-Up By Daniel Skolovy | Run Good Challenge Sunday, November 23, 2008 User rating:  4.76 4.76 4.76 4.76 4.76  (180 votes)

Albert Iverson on Day 2 of EPT5 Budapest

Event 1 of the prestigious Run-Good Challenge took place today, and saw 14 poker personalities do battle. In the end Poker Shrink outwitted, outlasted and outplayed the competition to take home 600 American dollars and, more importantly, nine championship points.

Those 14 bloggers and poker personalities started the day divided up into two... Read More

Return of the Run-Good Challenge! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Sunday, November 16, 2008 User rating:  4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9  (215 votes)

Welcome to the Run-Good Challenge

The PokerListings Run-Good Challenge is back, and this time it's personal! As Hollywood has taught us over and over again, sequels never miss. With that in mind we present to you RGC2 v.2.

Just like every sequel, the second run always surpasses the original, and that's exactly what we're going for here. With more big-name bloggers and a few guest... Read More

Change100 Wins Run-Good Grand Final! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Sunday, September 28, 2008 User rating:  4.49 4.49 4.49 4.49 4.49  (47 votes)

Lootcakes

The inaugural PokerListings Run-Good Challenge is complete. Three preliminary events and one Super Happy Grand Final Championship saw the elite of the world's poker bloggers slug it out for run-good supremacy and, of course, the honor of being crowned Run-Good Challenge champion!

In the end it was the implacable Change100 who took it all... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Grand Final Set to Go! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Friday, September 26, 2008

Good shoes: The key to running good

The inaugural PokerListings.com Run-Good Challenge is almost complete. Each of the three preliminary events has been contested and the six best performers have advanced to the Super Happy Grand Final Championship this Saturday.

If you haven't been following along make sure to school yourself up with our recaps of the first three battles... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Event 3 Recap By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Saturday, September 20, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

On your marks... Run-Good!

The inaugural PokerListings.com Run-Good Challenge has reached end game. Each of the three preliminaries has been contested and the group that advances to the finale has been decided.

This morning saw the 13-strong field, minus a few latecomers and one no-show, log on to PokerStars from their respective locations around the world, locking in... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Event 3 a Day Away! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Friday, September 19, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

She runs real good

The tension is mounting in the PokerListings.com Run-Good Challenge. Two of the three preliminary events are over and done. Only one remains and it will determine who advances to the prestigious Super Happy Grand Final Championship and who will be forced to watch from the sidelines, hanging their heads in shame.

Points have been up for grabs... Read More

Run-Good Event 2: More Bracelets than PH By Daniel Skolovy | Run Good Challenge Monday, September 15, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

Phil Hellmuth - As Many Fingers as Bracelets

I woke up Saturday morning eager to get started on my regular sit-and-go grind. Normally I fire up 15 tables and play until my eyes bleed, but I knew I had to play the Run-Good Challenge.

So far in its short existence, the Run-Good Challenge (RGC) has proven to be just as much about the... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Event 2 Wrap-Up By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Saturday, September 13, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

We heart big stacks

Event 2 of the first-ever PokerListings Run-Good Challenge played out today and once again PL.com's own Dan Skolovy showed us a thing or two about running good.

Going back to back for a clean sweep thus far, Skolovy defeated Short-Stacked Shamus heads-up to roll over yet another first-place prize. Since Dan works for PokerListings.com, he's... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Event 2 Here We Come! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Friday, September 12, 2008 User rating:  3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45  (44 votes)

The key to running good

With one event of the inaugural PokerListings Run-Good Challenge in the books, it's almost time to return to the virtual felt for Event 2.

PokerListings.com strategy guru Dan Skolovy did us proud last week, defeating Dr. Pauly to take first-place honors, so everyone has some ground to make up this time around.

As we prepare for the carnage to... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Calling All Bloggers! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Tuesday, September 9, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

A blogger's work is never done

We're just one event into the inaugural PokerListings Run-Good Challenge but it's never too early to start thinking about the future.

The crew here at PL.com, super-brains that we are, have decided that one Run-Good series is simply not enough and, like everything we do here, the next one is going to be bigger and better than ever.

If you're not... Read More

King of Run-Good Event 1 By Daniel Skolovy | Run Good Challenge Monday, September 8, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

Alex Brenes reacts to a fortuitous flop against Jose Miguel Espiran, LAPT Punta del Este - Day 3.

So in Event 1 of the inaugural PokerListing Run-Good blogger Challenge, I broke my run-bad streak and shipped the victory for a cool $600.

Except of course I don't get to keep the money. Kind of frustrating - I play 35-40 tournaments in a day and the only one I win the bracelet in, I don't get to keep the scrillah. The good news for everyone... Read More

Run-Good Challenge: Event 1 in the Books! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Monday, September 8, 2008 User rating:  0 0 0 0 0  (0 votes)

Running good makes all the difference

It's been two days since the first event of the inaugural PokerListings Run-Good Challenge and everyone's had a chance to let the gravity of what happened on Saturday sink in.

Master of PokerListings.com strategy Dan Skolovy bested a field stacked with the best and brightest in the poker-blogging world, lending at least a little credence to his... Read More

PokerListings Run-Good Challenge Begins! By Matthew Showell | Run Good Challenge Saturday, September 6, 2008

Money. Always a crowd-pleaser.

Poker bloggers are reclusive by nature, lured from their remote locations only by the lights of Las Vegas and, once in a while, the offer of free money. PokerListings has acted with the latter in mind as we present to you The PokerListings Run-Good Challenge!

Just like the Kumite, or that Bruce Lee movie where the world's best are invited to... Read More