Million Dollar Main Event Day 1b | 2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

07-29-2023 21:46 UTC-7

Pincombe Doubles With the Ladies

Kirk Brown

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The under-the-gun player opened to 3,000 but then Gregory Pincombe three-bet to 16,000 and action folded around to Fudong Li on the button. He then decided to four-bet jam for around 150,000 and the under-the-gun player quickly folded while Pincombe made the call to put himself at risk.

Gregory Pincombe: Q♠Q♣
Fudong Li: A♣K♥

Pincombe was ahead going into this flippo de classico, and the runout of 5♥10♥6♣4♠10♦ kept it that was as he was awarded the pot for a big double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Pincombe	155,000 131,000	131,000
Fudong Li	66,000 -93,000	-93,000

Tags: Fudong Li Gregory Pincombe

07-29-2023 21:24 UTC-7

Haletky Shoves Dead

Kirk Brown

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a heads-up flop of 10♥10♦4♠, Jaime Haletky led out for 8,000 and was called by Philip Gavrilov to see the turn 4♣.

Haletkuy then tossed out a bet of 25,000, covering Gavrilov, who shrugged and quickly made the call to post himself at risk.

Philip Gavrilov: J♠10♠
Jaime Haletky: A♠Q♥

"Wow, you have such a wide range, but every time I'm against you, you make a full house!" Haletky was not pleased to find out he was drawing dead as the board completed with the 9♦ to award Gavrilov the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Gavrilov	75,000
Jaime Haletky	61,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Jaime Haletky Philip Gavrilov

07-29-2023 21:11 UTC-7

Updated Counts After Final Break (full)

Kirk Brown

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Epstein	306,000 157,000	157,000
Aaron Overton	256,500 178,800	178,800
Adam Hannula	235,500 90,500	90,500
Michael Abratique	221,500 67,500	67,500
Joseph Blackwell	221,500 71,800	71,800
Steven Ritchie	215,000 125,600	125,600
John Kenner	215,000 128,000	128,000
Girish Apte	214,000 30,100	30,100
Beau Winn	209,000 133,400	133,400
Bin Duan	209,000 81,600	81,600
Anthony Hernandez	205,500 -16,300	-16,300
Ravi Udayakumar	203,500 45,500	45,500

Phatseluck Yang	202,500 94,500	94,500
Stanislav Kriventsov	201,000 89,000	89,000
Ralph Topete	198,000 29,000	29,000
Jason Bundy	173,000 4,100	4,100
Sean Drake	164,000 73,500	73,500

David Miller	161,500 98,500	98,500
Fudong Li	159,000 -28,300	-28,300
Victor Paredes	157,000 70,800	70,800
Nicholas Quazzo	153,000 78,000	78,000
Daniel Turner	152,000 57,000	57,000
Paul Arguelles	147,000 -1,400	-1,400
Joshua Prager	145,000 59,000	59,000
Alejandro Castellano	144,000 -11,900	-11,900

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Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-29-2023 20:59 UTC-7

Final Break, Registration Closing and Color-Up

Kirk Brown

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The players are now on their final 15-minute break of the day and will return to closed registration for this event. The black 100-chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.

07-29-2023 20:45 UTC-7

Platt Applies Pressure for Profitable Pickup

Kirk Brown

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The late position player opened to 2,500 and the button and small blind made the call, but then Jeff Platt in the big blind did not think the price was quite high enough so he moved all in for around 60,000.

One by one his opponents fell as they dared not cross his path and the pot was pushed his way for a nice pickup.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Platt	71,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Jeff Platt

07-29-2023 20:27 UTC-7

The Deck is Riddled with Aces

Kirk Brown

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Michael Riddle moved all in preflop for around 20,000 and Daniel Turner made the call to put him at risk.

"Hope you don't have much," Turner said as he flipped over 7♣7♦, to which Riddle responded by tabling A♦K♥ for a flip.

The board ran out 3♠4♥10♥A♣9♦ to give Riddle an ace on the turn to keep him alive for the double-up while the table came to the consensus that almost every ace and king was accounted for so he hit his only out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Turner	95,000 6,900	6,900
Michael Riddle	55,000 18,200	18,200

Tags: Daniel Turner Michael Riddle

07-29-2023 20:10 UTC-7

Cannon Rips it on Troendly

Kirk Brown

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a heads-up flop of A♣K♥4♣, Richard Troendly in the cutoff checked to Deven Cannon on the button, who bet 6,00 into the pot of 18,000. Troendly quickly called and the two went to the turn 2♥.

Troendly the decided to lead out for 10,000 into the aggressor, who responded by moving all in for 26,100 more (36,100 total).

This sent Troendly into the tank, and after some evaluation, he decided to let it go and the pot was pushed over to Cannon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Deven Cannon	86,000 52,300	52,300
Richard Troendly	50,000 -78,500	-78,500

Tags: Deven Cannon Richard Troendly

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

07-29-2023 19:57 UTC-7

Counterfeit Still Good for Peling

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of A♥2♠4♠, Zephyr Peling led out for 5,000 and was called by Joe Nguyen to see the 4♦ on the turn.

Both players then checked and went to the river, which came the 5♦. Peling then tossed out a bet of 10,000 and Nguyen thought for a decent amount of time before he tossed out chips to make the call.

Peling then shrugged and flipped over A♦2♣ for a flopped two-pair but ended up with aces and fours. Nevertheless, this was still good as Nguyen slid his cards into the muck and the pot was pushed over to Peling.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zephyr Peling	72,000 -53,000	-53,000
Joe Nguyen	46,200 -19,500	-19,500

Tags: Joe Nguyen Zephyr Peling