$640 Main Event Day 1b | 2025 RPT Jackpot Junction

08-02-2025 23:32 UTC-6

Leidholm Cracks Queens to Stay Alive

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Marlin Leidholm was short-stacked and all in preflop in the hijack against Zach Byers in the small blind.

Marlin Leidholm: Q♣10♣ All in
Zach Byers: Q♦Q♥

Byers was a big favorite to scoop the pot until the dealer put out a monotone flop of 9♣7♣5♣, improving Leidholm to a flush. The J♣ landed on the turn to seal up the victory for Leidholm and the meaningless 9♠ fell on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zach Byers	68,000 15,000	15,000
Marlin Leidholm	65,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Marlin Leidholm Zach Byers

08-02-2025 23:25 UTC-6

Pierce Wins a Big Flip

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The player on the button open-shoved for about 90,000 or so and John Pierce made the call in the big blind with the covering stack.

Button: A♥10♣ All in
John Pierce: 5♥5♣

The button improved to top pair on the 5♠A♠4♣ flop, but Pierce flopped a set. The 8♠ landed on the turn and the K♣ fell on the river and Pierce eclipsed the 200,000 chip mark.

At a nearby table, Brad Magnus exited when he was short-stacked and all in with ace-four against Joseph Osterbauer Sr's pocket kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Pierce	200,000 141,500	141,500
Brad Magnus	Busted

Tags: Brad Magnus John Pierce Joseph Osterbauer

08-02-2025 23:14 UTC-6

Barnum Scores a Knockout

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The player in middle position moved all in for 30,000 and Miles Barnum reshoved for 60,000 in the hijack.

Middle position: 7♦7♥ All in
Miles Barnum: Q♠Q♣

The Q♥ was the window card, with Barnum immediately improving to a set of queens. The 9♣ and 10♦ completed the rest of the flop.

The 9♥ turn gave Barnum a full house, queens full of nines, and the meaningless 4♣ rolled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miles Barnum	103,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Miles Barnum

08-02-2025 23:07 UTC-6

Dostal Doubles

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jacob Dostal got it all in preflop from under the gun for 40,000 against Aaron Knudson in the hijack who had the covering stack.

Jacob Dostal: K♠9♠ All in
Aaron Knudson: A♦Q♥

Dostal pulled ahead on the K♥2♠3♠ flop, improving to top pair and a flush draw. The 4♦ landed on the turn with Knudson picking up a wheel draw, but the 7♣ saw the pot being pushed Dostal's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Dostal	93,000 33,000	33,000
Aaron Knudson	52,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Aaron Knudson Jacob Dostal

08-02-2025 23:02 UTC-6

Biggest Stacks After Break

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Nick Becker

Level 13 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Gamez	575,000 303,500	303,500
Chueyee Yang	478,000 186,400	186,400
Randy Jacks	413,000 413,000	413,000
Phillip Nesburg	384,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Taylor (ND)	375,000 57,500	57,500
Taylor Maas	362,000 362,000	362,000

Chandra Kontham	324,000 67,000	67,000
Darin Bocock	313,000 253,000	253,000
Benjamin Valder	294,000 1,500	1,500
Bradley Craig	258,000 198,000	198,000
Keith Bernes	243,000 183,000	183,000
Joseph Osterbauer Sr	223,000 8,000	8,000
Tyler Kolness	218,000 187,500	187,500
Jason Peterson	198,000 251,000	251,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-02-2025 22:45 UTC-6

Another Break

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Nick Becker

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.

Late registration will close before the start of the next level.

08-02-2025 22:39 UTC-6

Blue Cracks Aces to Triple Up

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Nick Becker

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Timothy Blue was in middle position and was involved in a three-way all in against Andrew Kim in early position and the player in the cutoff. Blue was the short stack of the trio with 19,000, the cutoff had 52,000, and Kim had both of his opponents covered.

Timothy Blue: K♠4♠ All in
Cutoff: A♣Q♥ All in
Andrew Kim: A♠A♦

The flop came 4♣10♠2♥ with Kim's pair of aces still in the lead, but Blue picked up some equity with a pair of fours. The K♦ landed on the turn, improving Blue to two pair, kings and fours. His hand remained best as the 9♣ rolled off on the river.

After the hand, Blue began to stand up thinking that he was eliminated and his tablemates quickly explained to him that he had hit two pair to triple up.

"I was getting ready to go to bed," Blue joked as he sat back down in his chair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kim	200,000 137,700	137,700
Timothy Blue	67,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Andrew Kim Timothy Blue

08-02-2025 22:32 UTC-6

Gauthier Wins a Small One

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Nick Becker

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Aaron Eggen raised to 8,000 on the button and Joseph Gauthier defended in the big blind.

The duo checked it down to the river on a runout of 2♣9♦K♣K♥K♠ and Gauthier tabled the winner with 10♠2♠ for a full house, kings full of deuces to best the J♠10♣ of Eggen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Eggen	205,000 83,900	83,900
Joseph Gauthier	80,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Aaron Eggen Joseph Gauthier

08-02-2025 22:22 UTC-6

Osterbauer Sr Keeps Climbing

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Nick Becker

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Joseph Osterbauer Sr raised to 10,500 on the button and the player in the small blind three-bet to 32,000. Osterbauer Sr then four-bet jammed and the small blind called for an additional 43,000 or so.

Small blind: 5♣5♥ All in
Joseph Osterbauer Sr: A♥Q♥

The window card was the Q♦ with Osterbauer Sr immediately pairing his queen to pull ahead. The 10♦ and 2♦ completed the rest of the flop.

The 4♥ turn and 9♦ river offered no help to the small blind and he was sent packing.