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Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2026 San Diego Poker Classic
$600 SDPC Main Event
Day: 1ab
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Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Jonathan Larkin opened to 700 from under the gun before Clinton Pitmann made the call out of the hijack. Steven Wendroff wanted to play for more and made it 2,500. Larkin called, but Pitmann folded.
The A♥Q♠3♦ flop led to a check from Larkin before Wendroff put out a bet of 3,000. Larkin made the call.
Larkin checked the 6♣ turn before Wendroff kept up his betting with a wager of 6,000. Larkin folded to award the pot to Wendroff.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
This hand was picked up on the turn of a pot that swelled over 25,000 on a board that read 6♣8♦3♦9♥.
Kellan Kemp checked from early position before Tavish Margers checked from the next seat over. Ricky Barraza went all-in for his final 11,300 from the cutoff. Kemp made the call while Margers folded as Kemp and Barraza went to a showdown with Barraza at risk.
Ricky Barraza: 8♥8♣
Kellan Kemp: 7♣7♠
Barraza had the goods with a set of eights, but Kemp was still drawing live with his open-ended straight draw.
The river was just what Kemp needed, and one of the cards Barraza feared as it came the 10♣ river to give Kemp a straight and sink Barraza's set.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
John Ruff made it 1,400 from middle position and was called by Steven Wendroff in the next seat over.
Edward Spaulding defended his big blind and sent them to a flop of 7♣8♥6♠ before he checked. Ruff continued for 3,000, which led to a fold from Wendroff. Spaulding was not done with the hand and made the call.
Spaulding went on the offensive on the 9♦ turn with a shove. Before he could even begin to push his chips out, Ruff made the fold as Spaulding took down the pot.
Level 5
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Jamul Poker Live regular and participant in the Netflix show Million Dollar Secret Hunter Call has taken his shot at the San Diego Poker Classic $600 Main Event on Day 1c.
Call, who goes by @hppunts on Instagram, has been playing poker since 2020 and has become a regular in the San Diego Poker cash game scene, but his life has changed rapidly since his appearance on Season 2 of Netflix’s Million Dollar Secret that finished airing earlier this year in April.
“It was the most stressful thing I’ve done in my life,” said Call about his experience on the show. “I loved every minute of it and made really good friends. I’m extremely grateful. I ran pure to just get on the show in the first place. I just feel like a guy who got super lucky.”
Call shared that poker was the foundation for his outlook on how he played the game. He implemented a mindset and strategy that matched his poker background and applied it in a social game situation.
“Poker kind of prepped me for the show,” said Call. “I took notes on every other player’s strengths and weaknesses and where there were imbalances as well.”
Call, who was originally from Northridge, California, now resides in San Diego after moving here for university. Call is primarily a cash game player. He used it as a way to pay his tuition before it became a career after graduation, but has decided to take his shot at the SDPC Main Event despite his preference for cash games. When asked what motivated him to play this event, Call took the time to make a dig at a friend in jest.
“I was playing Jamul Live with a cash game player named Brett who sucks at poker,” said Call, joking about his friend. “So if he’s playing, then I’m playing.”
Call said he is still continuing to focus on poker, that it is still his number one priority when it comes to his career despite the newfound fame and exposure, but that he does hope to expand his Instagram channel to include more about his life.
“I want to be a great poker player. That’s always a priority. I started seeing results that I’m proud of, and it’s made me hungry for more,” said Call. “But I’ve been trying to figure out how to put my weird life on Instagram, not just poker.”
Call is one of the many hopefuls looking to earn the honor of the title of the 2026 SDPC Main Event champion and is currently sitting with 19,800 in the SDPC Main Event, continuing what has been an eventful, to say the least, 2026 for the poker professional.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
First break of the day. Players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Di Wu opened to 1,000 from early position and was only called by Cary Koedyker out of the big blind.
The 4♥Q♥6♠ flop led to a check from Koedyker. Wu continued for 1,000 and was called.
Koedyker checked the 3♦ turn before Wu fired for 2,000. Koedyker came along once again with a call.
The 5♣ river was checked by Koedyker. Wu fired a third barrel to the tune of 5,000. Koedyker wasted little time flicking in a chip for a call.
Wu tabled A♥Q♦ for a pair of queens with an ace kicker. Koedyker mucked to award the pot to Wu.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Victor Alvarez began the hand with an open to 800 from early position. Kellan Kemp called from the next seat over, but Scott Aulds had other plans as he jammed for his final 5,500 from the small blind. Alvarez wasted no time making the call, while Kemp made the fold.
Scott Aulds: Q♥J♠
Victor Alvarez: Q♠Q♣
Alvarez had Aulds in rough shape as they took a flop.
The flop had Aulds calling for a king when it came 10♣A♦A♥, but Alvarez was still in a strong position to score the knockout.
The J♣ turn paired up Aulds, but it made it so the king would be a chop.
Aulds was unable to find a chop or a jack to keep his tournament hopes alive when the 4♥ came on the river to award Alvarez the knockout.
