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

08-02-2025 17:23 UTC-6

Biggest Stacks Around the Room

Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Nesburg	314,700 159,700	159,700
Chueyee Yang	291,600 231,600	231,600
Tyler Kolness	277,600 147,500	147,500
Chandra Kontham	179,800
Joseph Osterbauer Sr	179,000 22,000	22,000
Jason Peterson	176,500 116,500	116,500

Michael Taylor (ND)	162,000 102,000	102,000
Benjamin Valder	152,000 92,000	92,000
Ronald James	149,700 85,200	85,200
Mark Bloomberg	141,800 81,800	81,800
Gene Boyer	135,600 79,100	79,100
Jason Weber	132,800 72,800	72,800
Chad Knoblauch	129,300 129,300	129,300
Tim Stang	123,400 3,400	3,400
Aaron Eggen	121,100 3,900	3,900
Cody Torke	119,000 7,500	7,500
Zachary Schlueter	118,800 3,800	3,800
Jon Maras	117,800 57,800	57,800
Cody Olson	116,600 15,900	15,900
Keith Doering	110,000 25,000	25,000
Chastity Askvig	109,400 109,400	109,400
Alan Ahmann	108,700 18,700	18,700

08-02-2025 17:15 UTC-6

Dinner Break

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The remaining 126 players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break and will return to blinds at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.

Play will resume at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.

08-02-2025 17:11 UTC-6

Olson Takes It Down on the Turn

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Aaron Eggen limped under the gun, Cody Olson called in middle position, and the player on the button called as well. Tim Stang bumped it up to 3,500 in the small blind, resulting in calls from Eggen and Olson and a fold from the player on the button.

The flop came Q♦6♠7♥ and it checked over to Olson who put out a bet of 2,500. Stang folded and Eggen made the call.

On the J♣ turn, Eggen check-folded and showed 10♠7♠ when Olson fired out a bet of 4,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Olson	132,500 72,500	72,500
Aaron Eggen	125,000 65,000	65,000
Tim Stang	120,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Aaron Eggen Cody Olson Timothy Stang

08-02-2025 16:56 UTC-6

Long Folds Out Schlueter

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up on the turn in a hand between the under-the-gun Cary Long and Zachary Schlueter in the big blind.

With roughly 40,000 in the middle and the board reading J♠9♣Q♠2♦ Schlueter checked and Long moved all in for 39,400 to put himself at risk.

Schlueter thought for a moment before folding A♥K♦ face-up. Long mucked his cards and the pot was pushed his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Schlueter	115,000 55,000	55,000
Cary Long	80,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Cary Long Zachary Schlueter

08-02-2025 16:41 UTC-6

Barker Sitting Above 100k

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Nick Becker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up on the river with a sizable pot brewing in a hand between the under-the-gun player and Jory Barker in early position.

With about 50,000 in the middle and the board reading 10♦5♥4♦2♥J♠, under the gun checked and Barker moved all in for roughly a pot-sized bet to put under the gun at risk, who had a little over 40,000 behind.

Cleary faced with a tough decision, under the gun went into the tank, debating whether or not to call.

"I'll show you when you fold. You'll see either way," said Barker.

Under the gun eventually flicked in the call only to see the bad news that his 10♣9♣ for a pair of tens was no good against the J♥J♦ of Barker, who rivered a set.

Barker mentioned to PokerNews after the hand that he was on his second bullet, after having busted a short while ago.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jory Barker	140,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Jory Barker

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-02-2025 16:33 UTC-6

Flashback: Dan Burcham Wins 2025 RPT Montana State Poker Championship

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Nick Becker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Back in April at the 2025 RPT Montana State Poker Championship, Dan Burcham claimed victory to capture his career-best score of $29,000 along with the RPT bracelet.

The ninth edition of the tournament attracted 283 entries, generating a prize pool of $148,575. Burcham defeated Andrew Hilleren in a back-and-forth heads-up match to win the title, something that meant more to him than the money.

"The money is nice, I'm not going to lie," Burcham told PokerNews following his win. "I get a lot of my self-worth from my peers thinking I did well at something. This is a lot of validation that I can hang with the best players in Montana. It means a lot to me".

2025 RPT Montana State Poker Championship Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (USD)
1	Dan Burcham	United States	$29,000*
2	Andrew Hilleren	United States	$27,000*
3	Richard Bennett (MT)	United States	$14,000
4	Austin Gates	United States	$10,075
5	John Majdic	United States	$8,000
6	Shane Broesder	United States	$6,000
7	Pat Brunelle	United States	$4,500
8	Will Anderson	United States	$3,700
9	Rob Hium	United States	$3,000
10	Aaron Fanuzzi	United States	$2,400

* Denotes heads-up deal

Read the Full Recap Here

08-02-2025 16:26 UTC-6

Roth Turns Off the Music

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Nick Becker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Brady Roth got it all in with the covering stack from early position against Marcus Music in the cutoff.

Marcus Music: Q♥Q♠ All in
Brady Roth: A♣Q♣

Roth pulled ahead on the 7♥A♦8♠ flop, pairing his ace. The 4♣ turn and 5♣ river offered no help to Music and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Roth	117,000 57,000	57,000
Marcus Music	Busted

Tags: Brady Roth Marcus Music

08-02-2025 16:17 UTC-6

Kolness Wins Big Flip

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Nick Becker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Tyler Kolness was all in preflop and at risk in the small blind for 64,300 against the under-the-gun player.

Tyler Kolness: A♠J♦ All in
Under the gun: 9♦9♠

The flop came 5♥K♠8♥ with pockets nines still in the lead but Kolness pulled ahead on the J♥ turn, pairing his jack. The 8♥ river completed the board, earning Kolness the big double up.