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Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2026 RPT South Dakota State Poker Championship
$1,140 Main Event
Day: 1c
Players Left 58 / 671
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Chip Counts
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1,009,000
2
662,000
7
357,000
8
346,000
10
305,000
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Mark Fink raised to 4,000 in early position before the big blind three-bet to 13,000. Fink called, and the flop came 8♠7♠2♦.
The big blind then bet 9,000 and Fink called. The turn was the 10♠ and the big blind bet another 28,000. Fink then moved all in, and his opponent put in his additonal 10,000.
Fink showed 5♠4♠ for a turned flush, while his opponent was on a flush draw holding A♠Q♦. The 9♣ river was no help, and Fink took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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260,000
260,000
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260,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player under the gun moved all in for 15,000 and Becky Hanson called in early position. Action went on Clayton McAllister in middle position. "Where's Jerry?" he asked as he took a minute before folding. Merle Bierschenk, though, called in the cutoff.
Hanson and Bierschenk checked to the river on a board of K♦J♥6♠3♣10♠, when Hanson went to reach for chips. Bierschenk didn't even wait for her to put them in the middle before folding.
The all-in player tossed A♥9♣ into the middle of the table, while Hanson showed K♣K♠ for top set to win the pot and score the knockout. McAllister then admitted he folded two tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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180,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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95,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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80,000
28,000
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28,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player in the hijack moved all in for 27,000 and Brent Slaubaugh called in the big blind.
All-In Player: A♦K♣ 
Brent Slaubaugh: A♠A♥
"Queen-jack-ten, I don't ask for much," the at-risk player said after finding out he was up against Slaubaugh's aces. He found two of those cards on the J♦9♥10♥ flop, but improved no further on the 7♥ turn or 3♣ river as Slaubaugh scored the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A player in middle position had a raise of 44,000 in front of him before Terry Ketterer moved all in from the cutoff. His opponent called as each player had well over 100,000 to start the hand.
All-In Player: K♣K♦
Terry Ketterer: A♣A♦
Ketterer had woken up with two aces and had his opponents' kings crushed. The board ran out 6♠4♠4♥9♥Q♣, and Ketterer secured the massive pot.
Ketterer's stack was counted down as 201,000, while his opponent only had around 130,000 and was sent to the rail. "Wow," he said on his way to the exit.
"Take it easy on the rest of us," a tablemate said to Ketterer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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330,000
330,000
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330,000 |
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Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
"Jerry! Get over here! 400K pot!" Clayton McAllister shouted out to tournament director Jerry Sorrells as he was all in for his last 16,000 from the big blind. Merle Bierschenk put him at risk in early position.
Clayton McAllister: Q♣Q♥
Merle Bierschenk: A♦Q♦
The last queen in the deck came on the Q♠9♠6♣ flop to give McAllister top set, while the rest of the board ran out 3♦2♠ and McAllister doubled up to somewhat less than 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Players are going on another 10-minute break.
The tournament clock currently shows 247 entries, with 95 players remaining.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Four players limped in before Richard Hass raised to 6,000 in the big blind. The under-the-gun player, Shane Broesder in the cutoff, the button, and Tom Estes in the small blind all called.
The flop came K♥8♠9♦ and action checked to Broesder, who bet 10,000. "Are you tilting?" Tom Estes, who had just doubled up off Broesder with a flush on the river the hand before, said as he folded. Hass, though, was the only caller and he and Broesder went heads-up to the 4♥ turn.
Broesder then bet 20,000, Hass moved all in, and Broesder snap-called for 50,200. He showed K♠9♠ for two pair, and Hass had Q♠Q♥. The river was the 3♦ and Broesder doubled up.
"This is so much fun," Estes added after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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45,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Billy Etherington moved all in for 35,000 from the small blind and Kenneth Johnson called on the button. "We've got a hand here!" Etherington shouted out as they turned over their cards.
Billy Etherington: 10♦10♥
Kenneth Johnson: K♥J♥
Etherington remained in the lead on the 6♥8♦3♣ flop, but Johnson hit the K♣ on the turn to move in front. The river was the 8♣ and Etherington was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Busted |
