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

07-28-2023 16:48 UTC-7

Sevens Good for Murray

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a multi-way flop of 2♠Q♥5♦, the action checked to William Murray in late position who bet 3,600 and was called only by Lucian Gruia in the small blind.

The players decided to check through the turn 10♥ and went straight to the river 9♣.

Gruia then led out for 3,300 but Murray showed no fear and made the call. Gruia then sighed and showed A♠7♠ for ace-high while Murray flipped over 7♥7♣ for a pair of sevens to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucian Gruia	57,500 3,000	3,000
William Murray	40,000 29,800	29,800

Tags: Lucian Gruia William Murray

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-28-2023 16:59 UTC-7

Dinner Break after Level 6

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

It has been announced that at the end of this level, the players will then be on a 75-minute dinner break.

07-28-2023 17:25 UTC-7

Christmas In July for Jaffee

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a heads-up turn board of 3♥9♦7♦2♦, Jared Jaffee and his short-stacked opponent got all the chips into the middle.

Opponent: 4♣5♠
Jared Jaffee: K♦8♦

While his opponent had an open-ended straight draw, he was already dead to Jaffee's made flush on the turn. The river came the meaningless K♥ and Jaffee was awarded the pot while his opponent headed to the exit.

"Tough spot for you there, huh Tuna?" Wise-cracking Jesse Lonis commented from across the table as Jaffee boosted his stack to 161,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Jaffee	161,000 73,600	73,600

Tags: Jared Jaffee

07-28-2023 17:34 UTC-7

Dinner Time

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break and will return to the tables at approximately 6:35 local time.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

07-28-2023 19:03 UTC-7

After-Dinner Chip Counts

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sampson	388,800 228,800	228,800

Richard Fifield	326,000 119,000	119,000
Cody Golden	234,300 160,300	160,300
Edward Miller	192,200 69,400	69,400
Richard Green Jr	178,300 53,300	53,300
Tsolmon Jargalsaikhan	168,000 101,100	101,100
Jared Jaffee	167,000 6,000	6,000

Naga Kakumanu	166,200 106,000	106,000
Jerome Dean	144,800 76,800	76,800
John Kenner	140,500 72,500	72,500
Shijia Liu	138,000 33,000	33,000
Kulwant Singh	137,200 35,900	35,900
Thu Tran	135,800 58,800	58,800
Adam Dunkle	133,100 74,000	74,000
Alejandro Jauregui Reynoso	129,500 69,500	69,500
Primo Acoba	127,400 61,100	61,100
Ariel Reid	124,500 37,200	37,200
Chai Chang	124,000 49,000	49,000
Rahul Lal	121,300 22,600	22,600
Sorin Cristea	115,700 -80,800	-80,800
Abraham Hichman	115,000 104,000	104,000
Gregory Flowers	110,000 32,000	32,000
Pedro Rodriguez	110,000 47,000	47,000
Alexander Rodriguez	107,200 28,000	28,000
Jesse Lonis	105,900 47,500	47,500

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07-28-2023 19:16 UTC-7

Aces Peachy for Beachy

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After checking through the turn A♥5♥K♦9♠, Jeffrey Beachy and Marcelo Drumm went to the river K♥.

Beachy then lead out for 22,000 into the pot of 43,000 and Drumm went into the tank.

After several moments in thought, Drumm shook his head and tossed in the chips, but was then shown A♦A♠ by Beachy and he quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Beachy	182,000 99,900	99,900
Marcelo Drumm	105,000 22,600	22,600

Tags: Jeffrey Beachy Marcelo Drumm

07-28-2023 19:47 UTC-7

Rabinowitz Jams Turn

Kirk Brown

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 10♠2♦Q♦, Darren Rabinowitz led out for 6,000 but was then raised to 15,300 by Primo Acoba. Rabinowitz paused for a few seconds before he made the call to see the 5♣ on the turn.

Rabinowitz checked it over to Acoba who continued for 25,000 but then Rabinowitz check-jammed all in for around 85,000.

Acoba then went into the tank for a good while before he eventually decided to let it go and the pot was pushed to Rabinowitz.