$1,100 Main Event | 2023 RGPS Baltimore

09-10-2023 18:01 UTC-4

Barry Bets River

Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

James St. Hilaire opened to 55,000 from the button and was called by Aaron Pinson and Thomas Barry in the blinds.

The flop came out 4♣2♦Q♣ and action checked through to the 9♥ on the turn.

Pinson and Barry checked once more and Hilaire decided to toss out a bet of 75,000 which produced a fold from Pinson and a call from Barry.

On the river 5♣, Barry then led out for 150,000 and Hilaire went deep into the tank. After several minutes of shaking his head and rechecking his cards, he eventually disgustedly slid his cards into the muck to award the pot to Barry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Pinson	1,475,000 155,000	155,000
Thomas Barry	1,280,000 455,000	455,000
James St. Hilaire	975,000

Tags: Aaron Pinson James St Hilaire Thomas Barry

09-10-2023 18:02 UTC-4

Break Time

Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The remaining eight players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.

Level: 21

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

09-10-2023 18:34 UTC-4

Chip Counts after Break

Kirk Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Barry	1,275,000 -5,000	-5,000
Ari Katz	975,000 -500,000	-500,000

Timothy Little	850,000 500,000	500,000
James St. Hilaire	850,000 -125,000	-125,000
James Sloat	360,000 -15,000	-15,000
Ryan Brown	345,000 -15,000	-15,000
Aaron Pinson	135,000 -1,340,000	-1,340,000

09-10-2023 18:42 UTC-4

Katz Soars into Chip Lead after Monster Double

Kirk Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Thomas Barry opened to 60,000 and then was three-bet to 125,000 by Ari Katz. Action folded back around to Barry who paused for a few seconds before he announced he was all in, totaling around 1,200,000. Katz snap-called, putting himself at risk as the cards were tabled.

Ari Katz: Q♠Q♥
Thomas Barry: J♦J♠

Katz was in a prime position to double up here, and the runout of 2♠5♠4♠9♥3♠ gave him a queen-high flush versus Barry's jack-high flush to scoop the huge pot. Katz started the hand with 925,000 and is now sitting at 1,925,000, the clear chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Katz	1,925,000 950,000	950,000

Thomas Barry	360,000 -915,000	-915,000

Tags: Ari Katz Thomas Barry

09-10-2023 18:54 UTC-4

Barry Bounces Back

Kirk Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After losing that big pot to Ari Katz, Thomas Barry was left with around 325,000 but has managed to run it up to 950,000 in just a couple of hands.

First, he doubled back through Katz with ace-king versus his adversary's ace-nine and then he won a sizeable pot against James St. Hilaire.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Katz	1,650,000 -275,000	-275,000

Thomas Barry	950,000 590,000	590,000
James St. Hilaire	700,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: Ari Katz James St Hilaire Thomas Barry

Level: 22

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

09-10-2023 19:07 UTC-4

Ryan Brown Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,652)

Kirk Brown

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ryan Brown moved all in from the cutoff for his last 160,000 and James St. Hilaire made the call from the big blind to put him at risk.

Ryan Brown: 8♥8♣
James St. Hilaire: K♠4♦

Brown was ahead going into this battle, but the flop of K♥Q♣3♥ immediately gave St. Hilaire the lead with his pair of kings and the runout of 3♦J♥ sealed Brown's fate. St. Hilaire was awarded the pot while Brown exited the tournament in 7th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
James St. Hilaire	850,000 150,000	150,000
Ryan Brown	Busted

Tags: James St Hilaire Ryan Brown

09-10-2023 19:27 UTC-4

Katz Shoves on Little

Kirk Brown

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Timothy Little had made it 140,000 to go and action folded around to big stack Ari Katz who then moved all in to cover him.

Little then went into the tank for a little bit, counting his chip stack, all the while Katz was giving him his signature staredown. Eventually, Little decided to let it go and the pot was pushed over to Katz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Katz	1,900,000 250,000	250,000

Timothy Little	650,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Ari Katz Timothy Little

Level: 23

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000