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Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
2026 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
$635 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2026 RPT Montana State Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$635
Prize Pool
$175,500
Total Entries
325
Level
28
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
141
Players Left
24
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Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Frank Lucero moved all in for 12,800 in the hijack and Santi Poggi called in the small blind.
Frank Lucero: K♦5♦ 
Santi Poggi: 7♦7♣
Lucero was looking for a king to win the pot and survive, and he also picked up a flush draw on the J♥5♠10♦A♦ board, but the 9♣ river was no help and Lucero was sent to the rail. He immediately headed off to the registration desk for a fresh 60,000 starting stack.
Peter Asmuth also recently fired another bullet.
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nick Hammarstrom raised to 2,500 in the hijack and Josh Hargesheimer called in the big blind.
The flop came J♦J♥7♠ and Hargesheimer led out for 5,000. Hammarstrom called to the 4♦ turn, where Hargesheimer bet another 6,000. Hammarstrom again called.
Hargesheimer slowed down and checked the K♠ river, and Hammarstrom bet 12,000. Hargesheimer quickly folded.
At the same table, Leighton Lindsey has built his stack up to around 180,000.
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Bill Schwarzkopf raised to 2,500 in middle position, Peter Asmuth moved all in for 32,000 in the hijack, and Schwarzkopf snap-called.
Peter Asmuth: A♠Q♥
Bill Schwarzkopf: A♦A♥
Asmuth had run right into Schwarzkopf's aces, and the 8♦2♦8♥10♥4♦ board was no help as he was sent to the rail.
"That never happens to me. Dealers hate me," a tablemate said to Schwarzkopf after the hand.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Players are going on a 15-minute break.
The field has grown to 114 entries so far, with 80 players remaining.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Gil Roden led out for 3,000 from the big blind on a flop of A♠2♠5♥ and Jeff Bowen then raised to 7,000 in the cutoff. Roden called to see the 6♥ turn.
Roden then bet 5,000, and Bowen just called this time. The river was the 2♦ and Roden bet 10,000. Bowen then came back with an all-in shove and Roden, with around 26,000 remaining, tanked for a minute before folding.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
After two limps in front of him, Evan Yellick raised to 4,000 in the hijack and was called by Dan Larson under the gun and another opponent in middle position.
All three players checked the K♥10♥3♥ flop. Larson then bet 6,000 on the Q♠ turn, and only Yellick called.
Larson checked the 8♦ river, Yellick bet 15,500, and Larson quickly called. Yellick showed A♦J♦ for a straight, and Larson mucked.
At another table, John Choleva got in his last 40,000 from the cutoff on a flop of K♠10♦J♦ and Josh Brown put him at risk in middle position.
John Choleva: J♣9♣
Josh Brown: Q♣J♥
Both players had a pair and straight draw, while Brown was ahead with his queen-kicker. The 5♣ turn and 3♠ river were no help to Choleva, and Brown held up to send Choleva to the rail.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Cole McFarland bet 4,000 from the hijack on a flop of A♦K♦J♦ and Harold Brenden called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 2♦ turn. Brenden then led out for 9,000 on the 7♦ river, and McFarland moved all in. Brenden quickly folded, and McFarland flashed the Q♦ as he took the pot.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Damon Muehl raised to 2,100 in the small blind and Mark Britton called in the big blind.
The flop came 6♠9♥3♦ and Muehl continued for 1,500. Britton called, and the K♦ fell on the turn.
Muehl checked to Britton, who bet 4,000. Muehl called to the 8♣ river and checked to Britton again, and Britton then bet 2,500. Muehl again called.
Britton showed 10♣8♦ for a pair of eights, but Muehl had K♠2♥ for a pair of kings to win the pot.
