2026 RPT Montana State Poker Championship

$635 Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info
2026 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$30,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$635
Prize Pool
$175,500
Total Entries
325
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
55
Players Left
1
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Damon Muehl Eliminated in 18th Place ($2,200)

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Damon Muehl
Damon Muehl

Damon Muehl managed to double up once before he put in his last 75,000 from under the gun. Leighton Lindsey in the cutoff and Andrew Asher called in the big blind.

Lindsey and Asher checked down the 846J10 board. Asher then showed AJ for top pair, and Muehl sent AQ into the muck as he was eliminated in 18th place.

Tags: Andrew AsherDamon MuehlLeighton Lindsey

Asher Leaves Muehl on Fumes

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrew Asher moved all in for 465,000 in early position, Damon Muehl reshoved in the hijack, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Andrew Asher: 1010 All in
Damon Muehl: 44

The 962 flop left Muehl with just one out as Asher picked up a flush draw. The board ran out K6 and Asher doubled up, leaving Muehl with just 10,000.

Tags: Andrew AsherDamon Muehl

Kevin Sickels Eliminated in 19th Place ($2,000)

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Kevin Sickels
Kevin Sickels

Kevin Sickels moved all in for 400,000 from the cutoff and Rick Lehman called in middle position.

Kevin Sickels: KK All in
Rick Lehman: 1010

Sickels had found two kings and was a big favorite to double up as the flop came 596, but Lehman spiked a flush on the Q turn. The K river wasn't enough to save Sickels, and he was sent to the rail in 19th place.

Tags: Kevin SickelsRick Lehman

Powell Gets Paid by Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Josh Brown raised to 80,000 on the button and Alex Powell called in the small blind.

Brown continued for 150,000 on the A5Q flop, and Powell called. Both players then checked the 2 turn.

Powell led out for 125,000 on the A river, and Brown called. Powell turned over A6 for trips, and Brown mucked.

Tags: Alex PowellJosh Brown

Level: 21

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Kevin Clyde Eliminated in 21st Place; Cole McFarland Eliminated in 20th Place ($2,000)

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Kevin Clyde
Kevin Clyde

Damon Muehl moved all in for 235,000 in middle position and Cole McFarland called in the big blind.

Damon Muehl: A10 All in
Cole McFarland: QJ

The board ran out 87278, and Muehl remained in the lead with his ace to earn the double up.

The next hand, McFarland shoved for 200,000 in the small blind and Muehl put him at risk.

Cole McFarland: KJ All in
Damon Muehl: QQ

McFarland had run into Muehl's queens as the flop came 596. Muehl hit top set on the Q turn, while the river was the 7 and McFarland was eliminated.

At another table, Kevin Clyde was all in for 300,000 from the button and up against Rick Burleson in the big blind.

Kevin Clyde: A9 All in
Rick Burleson: 77

The board ran out 6J589, and while Clyde hit a pair on the river, the same card gave Burleson a straight to earn him the knockout.

Angie Lee also doubled up off Rick Lehman when her K10 won a race against Lehman's 66 to cap off a flurry of all in encounters at each table.

Tags: Cole McFarlandDamon MuehlKevin ClydeRick Burleson

Kraft Hits the Turn to Leave Muehl Short

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Eric Kraft moved all in for 250,000 in early position and Damon Muehl called in the big blind.

Eric Kraft: A10 All in
Damon Muehl: KQ

Muehl took the lead on the K510 flop, but Kraft spiked trips on the 10 turn. The river 7 improved him to a flush, and Kraft doubled up.

Tags: Damon MuehlEric Kraft

Keat O'Hearn Eliminated in 22nd Place ($1,800)

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Keat O'Hearn
Keat O'Hearn

Alex Powell bet 100,000 from under the gun on a flop of 108J, Keat O'Hearn moved all in for 500,000 in the big blind, and Powell called.

Keat O'Hearn: Q10 All in
Alex Powell: AJ

O'Hearn showed a pair of tens, but Powell had top pair and the lead. The board ran out 42, and O'Hearn was sent to the rail in 22nd place.

Tags: Alex PowellKeat O'Hearn

Burleson Applies Pressure to Curl

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Rick Burleson raised to 80,000 in the hijack and was called by Alan Curl in the cutoff and Josh Egle in the big blind.

The flop came 75J and Burleson bet 125,000. Only Curl called to see the 6 turn.

Burleson then moved all in, sending Curl deep into the tank. "Ace-jack no good," he said to Curl, who considered the decision for his last 450,000. He eventually folded, and Burleson took the pot.

Tags: Alan CurlJosh EgleRick Burleson

Eric Hjelmstad Eliminated in 23rd Place ($1,800)

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Eric Hjelmstad
Eric Hjelmstad

Josh Brown raised to 80,000 in early position and Damon Muehl called on the button. Eric Hjelmstad then moved all in for 620,000 in the small blind, Brown called, while Muehl got out of the way.

Eric Hjelmstad: QQ All in
Josh Brown: AK

It was a classic flip, and Brown picked up a flush draw on the J65 flop to go with his overcards. The 2 turn gave him his flush, and Hjelmstad was drawing dead going to the 6 river as he was eliminated in 23rd place.

Tags: Damon MuehlEric HjelmstadJosh Brown

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