Dinner Time!
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
The players are now on an extended 75-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 6:50 p.m. local time.
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
Million Dollar Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,064,187
Entries
477
Level
29
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Entries
273
Players Left
76
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
After-Dinner Mints... I Mean Chips
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
221,800
152,600
|
152,600 |
|
|
187,300
62,300
|
62,300 |
|
183,900
108,500
|
108,500 |
|
|
169,000
22,200
|
22,200 |
|
168,900
111,900
|
111,900 |
|
158,000
106,500
|
106,500 |
|
||
|
|
155,900
6,900
|
6,900 |
|
|
155,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
154,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
150,000
55,200
|
55,200 |
|
|
149,700
62,700
|
62,700 |
|
149,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
148,400
-16,600
|
-16,600 |
|
145,000 | |
|
133,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
130,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
128,500
89,600
|
89,600 |
|
127,400
91,200
|
91,200 |
|
|
125,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
|
125,000
-10,300
|
-10,300 |
|
123,600
41,100
|
41,100 |
|
120,200
77,900
|
77,900 |
|
|
115,900
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
112,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
108,000
54,200
|
54,200 |
Quaile Cant Stop the Tran Train
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After a preflop betting war, short-stacked JC Tran and Joseph Quaile got it all in the middle with Tran at risk.
JC Tran: 6♠6♣
Joseph Quaile: K♦K♣
Quaile was a huge favorite to knock out Tran in this spot, especially when the flop came out K♠2♠5♠ to give him top set of kings, but the runout of 4♦7♠ gave Tran a six-high flush on the river to take the pot for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
-20,200
|
-20,200 |
|
32,000 | |
|
||
Fierce Play from Kerstetter
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
After limping preflop, three players went to a flop of 5♦3♠9♥ and action checked through to the 3♣ on the turn.
The small blind checked once more but then, miraculously, Jamie Kerstetter found the courage to bet 1,600 from the big blind with one player still behind!
The middle position player must have sniffed out this strong play and quickly folded while the small blind did the same to award Kerstetter the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
9,600
|
9,600 |
Counterfeit Still Good for Peling
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
On a flop of A♥2♠4♠, Zephyr Peling led out for 5,000 and was called by Joe Nguyen to see the 4♦ on the turn.
Both players then checked and went to the river, which came the 5♦. Peling then tossed out a bet of 10,000 and Nguyen thought for a decent amount of time before he tossed out chips to make the call.
Peling then shrugged and flipped over A♦2♣ for a flopped two-pair but ended up with aces and fours. Nevertheless, this was still good as Nguyen slid his cards into the muck and the pot was pushed over to Peling.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
46,200
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Cannon Rips it on Troendly
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a heads-up flop of A♣K♥4♣, Richard Troendly in the cutoff checked to Deven Cannon on the button, who bet 6,00 into the pot of 18,000. Troendly quickly called and the two went to the turn 2♥.
Troendly the decided to lead out for 10,000 into the aggressor, who responded by moving all in for 26,100 more (36,100 total).
This sent Troendly into the tank, and after some evaluation, he decided to let it go and the pot was pushed over to Cannon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
52,300
|
52,300 |
|
|
50,000
-78,500
|
-78,500 |
The Deck is Riddled with Aces
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michael Riddle moved all in preflop for around 20,000 and Daniel Turner made the call to put him at risk.
"Hope you don't have much," Turner said as he flipped over 7♣7♦, to which Riddle responded by tabling A♦K♥ for a flip.
The board ran out 3♠4♥10♥A♣9♦ to give Riddle an ace on the turn to keep him alive for the double-up while the table came to the consensus that almost every ace and king was accounted for so he hit his only out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
6,900
|
6,900 |
|
55,000
18,200
|
18,200 |
Platt Applies Pressure for Profitable Pickup
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The late position player opened to 2,500 and the button and small blind made the call, but then Jeff Platt in the big blind did not think the price was quite high enough so he moved all in for around 60,000.
One by one his opponents fell as they dared not cross his path and the pot was pushed his way for a nice pickup.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000
31,000
|
31,000 |