2026 RPT Montana State Poker Championship

$635 Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b2
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 1a
Entries
141
Players Left
24
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Brunelle Snaps Off Choleva

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players went to a flop of 3210 when Pat Brunelle bet 5,000 from early position. Only John Choleva called on the button.

The turn was the Q and Brunelle bet another 8,000. Choleva then moved all in for 15,000, and Brunelle snap-called.

Choleva showed 77, but Brunelle had Q10 for top two pair. The river was the 4 and Choleva was sent to the rail.

Tags: John CholevaPat Brunelle

Cotton Sends Out Klistoff in Style

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Jessica Cotton
Jessica Cotton

Monty Klistoff moved all in for his last 10,000 from the hijack on a flop of 6KQ and Jessica Cotton put him at risk under the gun.

Monty Klistoff: AK All in
Jessica Cotton: A10

Klistoff was ahead with top pair, while Cotton had straight and flush draws. Klistoff, though, didn't remain in the lead for long as the J turn gave Cotton a royal flush.

"Woo! My first one ever!" Cotton shouted out, lifting her hands in the air before snapping a photo of the board as the 2 river sealed Klistoff's bustout.

Tags: Jessica CottonMonty Klistoff

Luckey Lives Up to His Name in Another Three-Way All In

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Brandon Luckey
Brandon Luckey

A massive pot was brewing as Brandon Luckey was all in from the button on a flop of 1094, Brad Magnus also shoved in middle position, and Tim McFarland in early position had both players covered and at risk.

Brandon Luckey: 109 All in
Brad Magnus: 44 All in
Tim McFarland: A3

Luckey had flopped top two pair, McFarland had the nut flush draw, while Magnus was in the lead with his set of fours. The turn was the J, but Luckey spiked the 9 on the river to make a full house. He tripled up in the main pot of around 90,000, while Magnus took the side pot off McFarland with his full house to double up.

Tags: Brad MagnusBrandon LuckeyTim McFarland

Old Mouse Picks Up Kings in Three-Way All In

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Roger Old Mouse
Roger Old Mouse

A player in the small blind moved all in for 25,000, Roger Old Mouse reshoved for 45,000 in the big blind, and John Choleva put both players at risk under the gun.

Small Blind: AJ All in
Roger Old Mouse: KK All in
John Choleva: AK

Old Mouse was ahead with his kings, and the board ran out Q9986 to secure him the pot. The small blind was eliminated, while Old Mouse doubled up off Choleva.

"Woo! Best hand I've seen all day," Old Mouse shouted out.

"I think most of us would be able to say that if we got kings," another tablemate added.

Tags: John CholevaRoger Old Mouse

Crane Shows Leonard Jacks

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Max Danilov raised to 1,000 in early position before Ron Crane three-bet to 3,000 in middle position. Rick Leonard called in the hijack, as did Danilov.

Crane bet 3,500 on the 975 flop, and only Leonard called. Crane slowed down and checked the 4 turn, Leonard bet 3,500, and Crane called.

Both players checked down the 2 river, and Crane showed JJ. Leonard mucked K9.

Tags: Max DanilovRick LeonardRon Crane

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Daugherty Coolers Bowen

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Kiefer Daugherty and Theresa Bowen went to the turn on a board of 4710Q when Daugherty bet 5,000 from the small blind. Bowen called on the button.

Daugherty checked the 8 river, and Bowen bet 5,000. Daugherty quickly called.

Bowen showed 77 for a set, but Daugherty had QQ for a set of queens to win the pot.

Tags: Kiefer DaughertyTheresa Bowen

Swindle Catches Runner-Runner to Double Off Lucero

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Penn Swindle got in his last 11,300 from the cutoff on a flop of 1042 and Frank Lucero put him at risk in the hijack.

Penn Swindle: A5 All in
Frank Lucero: 104

Lucero had flopped two pair to take the lead, while Swindle was on a straight draw. The 5 turn gave Swindle more outs, and he hit the A on the river to make aces and fives and earn the double up.

Tags: Frank LuceroPenn Swindle

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante