Million Dollar Main Event Day 1a | 2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

07-28-2023 13:55 UTC-7

Serious Discussion Only at Table 40

Kirk Brown

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

On a multi-way flop of 5♣5♦A♣, action checked all the way around to Bob Mather in the cutoff who tossed out a bet of 800 and found little resistance as each player folded.

Meanwhile, Rob Mariano and Mather debated on if Travis Kelce is better than Rob Gronkowski. They also admitted they are both jealous of tablemate Ben Ludlow as he is attending Taylor Swift tomorrow night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Mather	80,000 40,000	40,000
Rob Mariano	58,000 18,000	18,000
Ben Ludlow	48,000 8,000	8,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

07-28-2023 14:27 UTC-7

Nguyen Busts Who??

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

On a heads-up turn of 7♦2♦7♠J♥, Joe Nguyen led out for 2,000 into the pot of 11,000 and the player in the lojack made the call. The player on the button then bumped it up to 6,000 and Nguyen made the call, but then the lojack moved all in for 66,000.

The button got out of the way and Nguyen only hesitated for a few seconds before making the call to put his opponent at risk.

Opponent: 2♥2♣
Joe Nguyen: 7♥8♦

Nguyen had a strong hand with trip sevens, but his opponent already had him beat with his flopped full house of deuces full. Miraculously, the 7♣ smacked on the river to give Nguyen quads and sent his opponent to the rail as he rocketed up to 150,000.

"Wow, yeah, I really thought he just had ace-jack of diamonds," Nguyen admitted as he stacked his new chips.

In a wild twist, the "opponent" turned out to be WSOP sideline reporter and PokerGO legendary commentator and all-around good guy, Jeff Platt. Let the record also show that Platt was a good sport and gave Nguyen a fist bump before making his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Nguyen	150,000 106,500	106,500
Jeff Platt	Busted

Tags: Jeff Platt Joe Nguyen

07-28-2023 14:56 UTC-7

New Arrivals

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather	40,000 40,000	40,000

Stephen Song	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jesse Lonis	40,000 40,000	40,000

Jared Jaffee	40,000

07-28-2023 15:14 UTC-7

Geiger Counters Nut Flush

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a heads-up completed board of 4♦9♣10♦4♦5♦, Gregory Geiger moved all in for his last 15,000 and it was over to Richard Spirra to make a decision.

After a few seconds, Spirra made the call and tabled A♦3♦ for an ace-high flush, but was then shown 10♣10♥ by Geiger for the nut full house to take down the large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Geiger	110,000 82,000	82,000
Richard Spirra	48,000 8,400	8,400

Tags: Gregory Geiger Richard Spirra

07-28-2023 15:15 UTC-7

Break Time

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The players are now on their second 15-minute break of the afternoon and will return to play shortly.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

07-28-2023 15:55 UTC-7

Updated Counts

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Fifield	207,000 69,000	69,000
Sorin Cristea	196,500 78,700	78,700
Paul Sampson	160,000 47,200	47,200

Richard Green Jr	148,300
Jerome Dean	144,200 77,700	77,700
Gregory Geiger	130,400 20,400	20,400
Edward Miller	122,800 86,600	86,600
Jeffrey Beachy	120,000 83,600	83,600
Rosemary Weber	115,000 78,700	78,700
Abrahim Aboukhalil	110,000 69,800	69,800
Shijia Liu	105,000 12,500	12,500
Elias Fares	104,900 73,700	73,700
Kulwant Singh	101,300 61,300	61,300
Robert Mather	100,000 18,000	18,000
Roman Shainiuk	99,200 17,200	17,200
Rahul Lal	98,700 46,600	46,600
Adam Miller	93,000 12,400	12,400
Jared Jaffee	87,400 47,400	47,400

Ariel Reid	87,300 -13,700	-13,700
Matthew Foster	85,000 4,900	4,900
Thu Tran	83,600
Joseph Mussat	80,000 42,000	42,000
Wesley Remmer	80,000 28,000	28,000
Alexander Rodriguez	79,200 6,200	6,200
Teng Vang	78,900 3,900	3,900