Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$834,600
Entries
1,605
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
203
Players Left
1
Double Bustout for Barrera
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
On a multi-way flop of A♦6♦9♠, Donald Helmig led out for 300,000 from under-the-gun but then Tony Barrera moved all in from the button to cover. Ralph Smith moved all in behind for less and Helmig put the rest of his chips in there as well and all the cards were tabled.
Ralph Smith: 9♣4♣
Donald Helmig: K♦3♦
Tony Barrera: A♥Q♠
Barrera was in the lead with his pair of aces, but still needed to fade a lot of cards to keep it that way. The turn A♠ improved him to trip aces to take Smith out of the equation, and the river 5♣ was a brick for him to scoop the entire pot, eliminating both opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Misclick from Salameh; Still Wins Pot
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
On a heads-up flop of 10♦8♥A♠, there was already around 400,000 in the middle when Wilson Chan led out for 100,000.
Yousef Salameh then set out to raise to 500,000, but the stack of chips he placed was a dirty stack and the bottom chip was actually a 5,000 chip instead of a red 100,000 chip like the rest.
The bet was then confirmed as 405,000 after a little confusion but it didn't seem to matter as Chan made the fold anyways.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000
2,850,000
|
2,850,000 |
|
2,000,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Extended Break
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
The remaining players are now on an extended 30-minute break and will return to action shortly.
Level: 26
Blinds: 50,000/75,000
Ante: 75,000
Updated Counts After Break (full)
Level 26
: Blinds 50,000/75,000, 75,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,525,000
4,425,000
|
4,425,000 |
|
5,275,000
2,425,000
|
2,425,000 |
|
|
4,975,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
4,700,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
3,800,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
2,700,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
2,675,000
1,725,000
|
1,725,000 |
|
2,525,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
2,350,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
2,100,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
1,725,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
1,675,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
1,425,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
1,375,000
-545,000
|
-545,000 |
|
925,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |
Matthew Kramer Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,905)
Level 26
: Blinds 50,000/75,000, 75,000 ante
Matthew Kramer moved all in preflop for his last 700,000 and was called by Timothy Niles after the rest of the table folded.
Matthew Kramer: 8♦8♠
Timothy Niles: Q♠J♣
Although Kramer was in the lead to start, the runout of 4♠A♦6♦Q♥K♣ gave Niles a pair of queens on the turn and Kramer was eliminated in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Rifki Yazid Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,905)
Level 26
: Blinds 50,000/75,000, 75,000 ante
Rifki Yazid moved all in preflop and was called off by Joe Nguyen to put him at risk.
Rifki Yazid: A♣K♣
Joe Nguyen: K♥Q♣
Yazid was in a prime spot to double with his superior holding, but the flop of J♠10♣9♠ gave Nguyen the nut straight to put him far into the lead.
The runout of 10♠3♦ was of no help to Yazid and he was eliminated in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,125,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Monster Pot for Bal
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
In a massive heads-up pot, there was already around 2,400,000 in the pot when Yousef Salameh led out for 700,000.
The action was then on Jagdeep Bal who went deep into the tank, so much so that the clock was called on him.
As his timer reached zero, he then shocked everyone by moving all in for 5,700,000 and then it was Salameh's turn to be in the blender.
After a good two minutes, he finally decided to let it go and the massive pot was pushed to Bal to increase his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,800,000
1,275,000
|
1,275,000 |
|
|
3,300,000
-1,675,000
|
-1,675,000 |