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

07-29-2023 15:45 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Arguelles	164,400 -600	-600
Alejandro Castellano	149,000 103,000	103,000
Ralph Topete	146,800 108,600	108,600
Joseph Gargiulo	141,000 88,400	88,400
Zephyr Peling	135,300 91,100	91,100
Wesley Nally	133,000 52,000	52,000
Fudong Li	125,000 99,100	99,100
Mehran Moeinzadeh	120,000 49,000	49,000
Jonathan Epstein	116,000 17,000	17,000
Lam Le	112,600 -2,400	-2,400
Joseph Quaile	102,900 43,800	43,800
Ubaid Gada	102,300 40,300	40,300
Ryan Bechthold	98,600 18,500	18,500
Reginald Pears	94,800 -25,200	-25,200
Benjamin Underwood	93,400 58,400	58,400
Timothy King	90,200 26,900	26,900
Victor Paredes	88,000 48,100	48,100

Jared Smith	87,900 44,800	44,800
Mingzhe Li	87,800 33,100	33,100
Sean Drake	87,500 13,500	13,500

Irakli Tabidze	87,400 9,800	9,800
Joseph Blackwell	87,000 15,500	15,500
Timon Rooney	87,000
John Kenner	87,000 47,000	47,000
Jagdeep Bal	86,000 34,900	34,900

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

07-29-2023 15:54 UTC-7

The Chad & Jesse Poker Show: Final Show from 2023 WSOP w/ Guests Brian Rast & Phil Hellmuth

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

On the latest The Chad & Jesse Poker Show[/I][/B] straight from the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP)., Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen welcome two guests to the show starting with the legendary Phil Hellmuth! The “Poker Brat” captured his record-extending 17th WSOP gold bracelet earlier in the series, and he sits down with the boys to talk all about it.

The other guest is this year’s Poker Hall of Fame inductee Brian Rast, who also won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for a record-tying third time. Rast shares his thoughts on being inducted, who he’d like to see join him, and much more.

Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”

07-29-2023 16:00 UTC-7

Gavin-Mather Finds a Double

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

After a preflop betting war, Lexy Gavin-Mather and Simon Yohannes got all of their chips into the middle, with Yohannes covering.

Gavin-Mather tabled A♠A♦ while Yohannes flipped over the inferior 10♥10♣. The board did not provide Yohannes with any help and Gavin-Mather was pushed the pot for a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather	35,000 35,000	35,000

Simon Yohannes	24,000 -14,000	-14,000

07-29-2023 16:25 UTC-7

Gargiulo Quacks Himself Up

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a heads-up completed bard of 8♥3♣2♦J♦J♣, the pot was already swelled when Joey Gargiulo bet another 25,000 into it. The action was then on big stack Paul Arguelles who went into the tank to consider this bet.

After not too much time, he tossed out some chips to make the call.

"Full house," Gargiulo announced as he tossed out 2♠2♣ for deuces full of jacks and Arguelles quickly mucked.

"I guess that's how you win with deuces! Quack quack!" he joked as he raked in the pot to boost him to over 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Gargiulo	215,000 175,000	175,000
Paul Arguelles	165,000 600	600

Tags: Joey Gargiulo Paul Arguelles

07-29-2023 16:37 UTC-7

Brown Puts Pressure on Salameh

Kirk Brown

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

On a completed board of J♣6♦4♦7♥J♦, Yousef Salameh checked it over to Paul Brown who set out a bet of 20,000 into the bloated pot of 52,500.

Salameh then stood up and went deep into the tank, as he only had around 24,000 left in his stack. After several full minutes, he finally tossed in his cards face-up to show 6♠7♠ for two pair on the two but he was counterfeited on the river.

"Absolute worst river," he said, shaking his head, as he watched the pot being pushed over to Brown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Brown	105,000 26,800	26,800
Yousef Salameh	23,000 -31,000	-31,000

Tags: Paul Brown Yousef Salameh

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-29-2023 16:53 UTC-7

Buchman's Five Outflops Sixes

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

After some pre-flop back-and-forth, Jeffry Buchman moved all in and big stack Joey Gargiulo made the call to put him at risk.

Jeffry Buchman: A♣5♣
Joey Gargiulo: 6♥6♣

"No stop, sit down, you got this, I'm an ace magnet today," Gargiulo told Buchman as he began to stand up and gather his things.

Although no ace came, the flop of 8♠5♠5♥ was pretty good for Buchman as he made trip fives to crush Gargiulo's sixes.

"See! I told you!" Gargiulo told him as the board completed with the 3♥K♣ for Buchman to secure the pot for a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Gargiulo	175,000 -40,000	-40,000
Jeffry Buchman	70,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Joey Gargiulo Jeffry Buchman

07-29-2023 17:11 UTC-7

Abra-Kad-Abratique! Watch Fours Beat Kings!

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a heads-up flop of 4♥10♣3♥, the action checked around to Christopher Ewing who placed out a wager of 15,000 but was then check-raised all-in by Michael Abratique.

Ewing hesitated only for a moment before making the call to put himself at risk and tabled K♦K♥ for an overpaid of kings, but it was no match for Abratique's flopped set with 4♠4♣.

The runout of A♠5♠ did not provide Ewing the king that he needed and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Abratique	161,000 90,000	90,000
Christopher Ewing	Busted

Tags: Christopher Ewing Michael Abratique

07-29-2023 17:30 UTC-7

Nally Flops the Joint

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a heads-up turn of 9♦K♠J♥5♥, Loren Cloninger led out 6,200 into the pot of 13,000 and Wesley Nally made the call after some thought.

The river came the 5♣, pairing the board and Cloninger fired again for 10,500 but then Nally moved all in to cover him.

"Arghhh!" Cloninger groaned as he did not like the position he was currently in. After some inner debate, he decided to make the call and tabled A♠A♦ for a big two-pair, but it was no good as Nally tabled Q♥10♥ for a flopped straight to win the pot, eliminating Cloninger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Nally	143,000 10,000	10,000
Loren Cloninger	Busted