2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

Million Dollar Main Event
Day: 1b
1a1b23
Event Info
2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$200,422
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,064,187
Total Entries
477
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
273
Players Left
76
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Arguelles on FIRE

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Paul Arguelles, who is currently the chip leader, has been running insanely hot according to his table. They have counted six times that Arguelles has received pocket aces and has won big on every single occasion.

He is still chip-leading with a healthy stack of 165,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Arguelles
165,000
22,600
22,600

Drake Shoves River

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a heads-up turn board of 39810, Ekrum Bozkurt led out for 6,000 and Sean Drake made the call from the button.

The river came the 6 to complete the flush and Bozkurt decided to check, at which point Drake moved all in.

Bozkurt then went into the tank for a good while, at least two minutes, before he shook his head and slid his cards into the middle.

Player Chips Progress
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Sean Drake
74,000
10,200
10,200
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ekrem Bozkurt
36,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Ekrum BozkurtSean Drake

Updated Counts After Break

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Paul Arguelles
142,400
Profile photo of Jonathan Epstein us
Jonathan Epstein
100,300
Profile photo of Jeffrey Griffiths us
Jeffrey Griffiths
90,400
Profile photo of Jason Stoddard us
Jason Stoddard
87,200
Profile photo of Wesley Nally us
Wesley Nally
81,000
Profile photo of Ryan Bechthold us
Ryan Bechthold
80,100
Profile photo of David Park us
David Park
78,500
Profile photo of Jaime Haletky us
Jaime Haletky
78,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Irakli Tabidze us
Irakli Tabidze
77,600
77,600
77,600
Profile photo of Nicholas Scalise us
Nicholas Scalise
74,100
Profile photo of Dong Meng us
Dong Meng
72,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Blackwell us
Joseph Blackwell
71,500
Profile photo of Mehran Moeinzadeh us
Mehran Moeinzadeh
71,000
Profile photo of Albert Felarca us
Albert Felarca
70,000
Profile photo of James Thompson us
James Thompson
70,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Dawson Dvorak us
Dawson Dvorak
68,900
Profile photo of Shijia Liu us
Shijia Liu
68,000
23,500
23,500
Profile photo of Deven Cannon us
Deven Cannon
67,200
Profile photo of Paul Brown us
Paul Brown
66,000
Profile photo of William Murray us
William Murray
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Sean Drake us
Sean Drake
63,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Timothy King us
Timothy King
63,300
63,300
63,300
Profile photo of Harun Begic us
Harun Begic
63,200
Profile photo of Ubaid Gada us
Ubaid Gada
62,000
Profile photo of Baljinder Bhupal us
Baljinder Bhupal
62,000
62,000
62,000

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Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Salameh Fires River

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On a three-way flop of 10A4, the small blind led out for 1,000 but then Yousef Salameh bumped it up to 3,500 and only Kevin O'Donnell made the call from the cutoff.

The turn came the 10 and Salameh continued for 6,000 and O'Donnell made the call to see the K on the river.

Salameh then fired again for 15,000 but O'Donnell quickly tossed in his cards to award him the pot. He then showed A5 for a flopped pair of aces and a rivered flush as he raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Yousef Salameh
51,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Kevin O'Donnell us
Kevin O'Donnell
47,000
47,000
47,000

Tags: Kevin O'DonnellYousef Salameh

Kramer Brings in Value from Biagi

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On a completed board of 108379, the pot had around 12,500 in the middle when Matthew Kramer bet 9,000 after a check from Anthony Biagi.

Biagi then went into the tank for around two minutes before he made the call, but was then shown KQ by Kramer for a big flush on the river. Biaga then mucked his hand and the pot was awarded to Kramer to boost him to 51,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthew Kramer
51,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Anthony Biagi us
Anthony Biagi
33,600

Tags: Anthony BiagiMatthew Kramer

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Great Call, Brutal River

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

On a heads-up turn of 62A6, Martin Abraham led out for 7,200 into the the pot of 19,300 but then Jaime Haletky moved all in for 22,800.

Abraham then went into the tank for almost four minutes before someone called the clock on him. As his timer reached zero, he decided to make the call to put Haletky at risk.

"Nice call," Haletky said as he flipped over 33 while Abraham turned over 88 for a superior holding.

Unfortunately for Abraham, the river came crashing with the 3 to give Haletky a full house, much to Abraham's chagrin as he banged the table in disgust.

Player Chips Progress
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Jaime Haletky
64,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Martin Abraham us
Martin Abraham
10,500

Tags: Jaime HaletkyMartin Abraham

Hero Call from Man-Son-Hing

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

On a heads-up flop of 792, Bruce Man-Son-Hing checked it over to James Thompson who bet 3,000 into the pot of 6,100. Man-Son-Hing made the call and the two went to the turn 10 and both players decided to check.

The 6 came on the river and Man-Son-Hing checked once more and Thompson thought for a second before he fired out for 10,000. Man-Son-Hing snap-called and Thompson hung his head as he tossed out KQ for king high and Man-Son-Hing proudly flipped over AK for ace high to take the pot, which was quite impressive to the rest of the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Bruce Man-Son-Hing
56,000
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James Thompson
24,000

Tags: Bruce Man-Son-HingJames Thompson