RGPS Thunder Valley Golden Ticket $575 Main Event, $200K GTD Day 1a | 2021 RunGood Poker Series Thunder Valley

09-23-2021 21:25 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Kramer Cracks Aces

Connor Richards

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Matt Kramer three-bet jammed a short stack from the big blind and his opponent called after opening on the button.

Kramer:
Opponent:

It looked like elimination for Kramer but the board ran out and he secured a double-up to 12,000 with a Broadway straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Kramer	12,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

09-23-2021 21:53 UTC

Fangayen's Eights Hold

Connor Richards

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Yani Fangayen built up his stack by busting an all-in opponent who couldn't get there with his ace-high against the pocket eights of Fangayen. Fangayen estimated that he had about 45,000 chips after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yani Fangayen	45,000

09-23-2021 22:04 UTC

Ladies for Jha

Connor Richards

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Mrityunjay Jha got into an all-in confrontation in the big blind against an opponent in the small blind, and Jha was the player at risk.

Jha:
Small Blind:

The small blind was visibly flustered as he saw he was pipped in the blind-versus-blind cooler. Jha secured a double when the board ran out and grew his stack to around 64,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Mrityunjay Jha	64,000

09-23-2021 22:18 UTC

Queens for Coker

Connor Richards

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Tommy Coker three-bet shoved a stack of about 16,000 in the hijack and the original raiser and a flat-caller both folded. Coker showed he had the goods when he flipped over pocket queens. Coker looked to have around starting stack at the end of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Coker	20,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-23-2021 22:26 UTC

Murillo Rips River

Connor Richards

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Art Murillo in the cutoff was in a heads-up hand against the hijack on a board of . Murillo ripped it in on the river and his opponent tanked before mucking his hand.

"That's a good move," his opponent said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Art Murillo	55,000

09-23-2021 22:36 UTC

Set of Tens for Schneeberger

Connor Richards

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Merrill Schneeberger went all-in on the river in a heads-up pot and tabled a set of tens before his opponent made a decision. His opponent then folded on the ace-high board and flipped over an ace as he did so.

"I almost called you," he said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Merrill Schneeberger	20,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000