Million Dollar Main Event
Day 1a Started
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
Million Dollar Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,064,187
Entries
477
Level
29
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
204
Players Left
48
Checkpoint: The Last Kilometer $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em $1,000,000 Season Finale Kicks Off Today
It's a great weekend here at beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln California, just north of Sacramento, as the RunGood Poker Series wraps up its 2023 season with the Checkpoint: The Last Kilometer $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em $1,000,000 Season Finale. This is the second time the tour has run a seven-figure guaranteed tournament, due to the huge success last year at this same location.
The $2,500 buy-in tournament begins at 11:00 a.m. today, and the excitement around the casino has been palpable all week as huge fields in side events and satellites have turned the Thunder Valley poker room into the epicenter of poker in California.
As it is their biggest event of the season, the RunGood team has spared no expense and pulled out all the stops to make this event truly feel as big as it is, including a pregame show that will take place before cards go into the air on Saturday for Day 1b.
When play begins, entrants will start the day with 40,000 chips at blind levels of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Eight 60-minute levels will be played on the two opening days, Friday and Sunday, with 15-minute breaks every two levels.
Ten more 60-minute levels are scheduled for Day 2 on Sunday, with Monday’s Day 3 seeing play continue until a player is awarded a huge payout and crowned the Checkpoint Champion. The winner will also be awarded a RunGood Poker Series Dream Seat Entry for a chance at the $1 million freeroll at PokerGo Studio later this year. Last year's winner, Brett Murray, took home an impressive $172,835 along with the prestigious RunGood ring after defeating Tyler Patterson heads-up.
Players will be allowed one re-entry on each of the opening flights, with registration closing at the start of Level 9, so a maximum of four bullets ($10,000)can be fired into the event.
Stay tuned to PokerNews, as our live reporting team is on-site to provide updates on all the action until a champion is crowned on Monday.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air and chips are flying as the RGPS Checkpoint: The Last Kilometer $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em $1,000,000 Season Finale is officially underway!
Notable Faces in the Field
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Lom Check-Jams Turn
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
On a three-way board that read 5♣5♥3♣7♣, Vanna Lom checked to Miralem Mujkic who bet 6,000 and was called by Robert Anderson.
Then when it got back to Lom he decided to check-jam all in for 25,300 to which Mujkic quickly folded. Anderson then thought about it for a good while before finally shaking his head and sliding his cards into the muck to award the pot to Lom.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
35,500
35,500
|
35,500 |
Break Time
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The players are now on their first scheduled 15-minute break and will return to action shortly.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Updated Chip Counts
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
138,000 | |
|
|
117,800 | |
|
112,800 | |
|
||
|
|
101,000 | |
|
98,500 | |
|
92,500 | |
|
91,300 | |
|
82,000 | |
|
|
82,000 | |
|
|
80,600 | |
|
|
80,100 | |
|
77,700 | |
|
75,000 | |
|
73,000 | |
|
|
70,400 | |
|
68,500 | |
|
66,500 | |
|
|
65,300
17,300
|
17,300 |
|
|
64,700 | |
|
|
64,000 | |
|
|
63,800 | |
|
62,300 | |
|
61,400 | |
|
61,300 | |
|
60,800 | |