Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
2025 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
$635 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$635
Entries
283
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
166
Players Left
23
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Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 0 ante
The player in middle position limped, as did Brent Vinegar on the button. The player in the small blind completed and Chance Howell checked in the big blind.
The flop came 4♦Q♣K♣, the small blind checked, Howell bet 2,000 and only Vinegar called.
The turn brought the 8♣ and Howell check-called a bet of 2,000, bringing the 5♠ river.
Howell checked again and Vinegar fired out a bet of 10,000. After a moment of thought, Howell flicked in the call only to see the bad news when Vinegar tabled J♣10♣ for a flush. Howell flashed the K♦ before mucking his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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118,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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42,500
7,500
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7,500 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 0 ante
John Majdic had the covering stack when he got it all in on a flop of 9♠Q♦8♦.
Opponent: A♥A♦ 
John Majdic: Q♠J♦
Majdic drilled the Q♣ on the turn to improve to trips and the 2♣ fell on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
53,200
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53,200 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 0 ante
Monte Failoni limped in early position and the player on the button made it 2,500 to go. Failoni made the call.
The flop came 7♠K♥4♣ and Failoni check-called a bet of 2,500, bringing the 4♠ turn.
Failoni led out with a bet of 2,500 and the button made the call. The 3♦ landed on the river and Failoni sized up with a bet of 11,000.
The button thought for a moment before eventually tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
5,500
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5,500 |
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 0 ante
Damian Jones limped in middle position and the player in the cutoff raised to 1,200. The player in the big blind called, as did Jones.
The flop came 8♣10♣K♠ and it checked around to the cutoff who bet 2,200. The big blind made the call and Jones stuck around as well.
The 2♦ turn checked through to the 6♦ river and the big blind checked. Jones put out a bet of 5,000, resulting in folds from both of his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,600 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
Action went heads-up to a flop of A♥8♣J♦ in a hand between Brian Metzger in the small blind and Nick Hammarstrom in the big blind.
Metzger led out with a bet of 2,500 and Hammarstrom made the call, bringing the J♣ turn.
Metzger slowed down with a check and Hammarstrom fired out a bet of 11,000. Metzger made the call.
On the 2♦ river, Metzger put out a block bet of 6,500. Hammarstrom responded with a raise to 30,000, which prompted Metzger to go into the tank.
After some consideration, Metzger made the call and tabled A♦9♦ for two pair, aces and jacks. He saw the bad news when Hammarstrom turned over J♠5♠ for three of a kind, jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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225,000
61,500
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61,500 |
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27,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
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Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
Nobu Aoki was all in preflop for his last 6,300 and was called by Richard Bennett and Brent Vinegar.
Action checked down to the river on a runout of Q♦7♣8♦K♣Q♣.
Bennett tabled the winner with K♥J♣, besting the 6♠6♦ of Vinegar and the A♣J♠ of Aoki.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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50,000 | |
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Busted | |
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
Logan Spivak raised to 1,300 in the hijack and was three-bet by Travis Croy in the big blind to 2,600. Spivak made the call.
The flop came K♦A♠J♥ and Croy continued with a bet of 3,000. Spivak called and the turn brought the Q♠.
With four cards to a straight on board, Croy didn't slow down and fired out a bet of 6,000.
Spivak thought for a moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
