Million Dollar Main Event Day 2 | 2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

07-30-2023 19:05 UTC-7

Updated Counts After Dinner Break

Kirk Brown

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sampson	1,492,000 92,000	92,000

Michael Abratique	1,312,000 87,000	87,000
Phatseluck Yang	1,057,000 521,000	521,000
Adam Dunkle	903,000 198,000	198,000
Ethan Yau	834,000 186,000	186,000

Kevin O'Donnell	629,000 197,000	197,000
Adam Hannula	601,000 69,000	69,000
Daniel Turner	580,000 99,000	99,000
Ravi Udayakumar	550,000 20,000	20,000

Alexander Rodriguez	549,000 190,000	190,000
Tongzu Ding	528,000 176,000	176,000
Anubhav Jolly	518,000 56,000	56,000
Jasvinder Singh	500,000 40,000	40,000
Gregory Flowers	499,000 439,000	439,000
Shijia Liu	487,000 127,000	127,000
John Kenner	485,000 57,000	57,000
Deven Cannon	463,000 122,000	122,000
Stephen Song	421,000 106,000	106,000

Naga Kakumanu	413,000 118,000	118,000
Bin Duan	374,000 28,000	28,000
Yotam Shmuelov	360,000 68,000	68,000
Matthew Kramer	347,000
Jared Jaffee	320,000 189,000	189,000

Timon Rooney	318,000 177,000	177,000
Richard Fifield	315,000 13,000	13,000

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07-30-2023 17:51 UTC-7

Dinner Time!

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Kirk Brown

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break and will return to action at approximately 7:05 p.m.

07-30-2023 17:47 UTC-7

Singh Makes the Call

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Kirk Brown

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On a heads-up completed board of 5♣4♦7♥3♠8♥, the pot already had over 150,000 in it when Michael Abratique set out a bet of 100,000 after a check from Jasvinder Singh.

Singh then went into the tank for a good while before he finally decided to make the call, to which Abratique sighed and showed A♥9♥ for ace-high. Singh then proudly flipped over K♠K♦ to take down the substantial pot and boost him to 540,000.

Even with the loss of this pot, Abratique is still sitting pretty on his healthy stack of 1,225,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Abratique	1,225,000 125,000	125,000
Jasvinder Singh	540,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Jasvinder Singh Michael Abratique

07-30-2023 17:20 UTC-7

Kessler Kicked Out with Kings

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Kirk Brown

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ethan "Rampage" Yau opened to 15,000 and then Allen Kessler moved all in for 66,000. Bin Duan made the call but then Yau re-popped it to 155,000 to force a fold from Duan and the cards were tabled.

Allen Kessler: K♦K♥
Ethan Yau: J♥J♠

"Ok, no funny business," Kessler said to the dealer as she spread out a safe flop of 6♦A♣9♣.

But there was no power in Kessler's words as the J♦ spiked on the turn to give Yau a set of jacks for the lead.

"I said no funny business!" Kessler sighed as the board completed with the 6♣ to improve Yau to a full house and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Yau	648,000 233,000	233,000

Bin Duan	402,000 98,000	98,000
Allen Kessler	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler Bin Duan Ethan Yau

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

07-30-2023 16:54 UTC-7

Nally Puts Liu to the Test

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a heads-up turn of Q♥3♦A♥5♣, Shijia Liu had bet 44,000 after a check from Wesley Nally in the small blind, but then Nally check-jammed to cover Liu.

Liu then went deep into the tank to consider his two options, with his tournament life at risk. After a full minute, he pushed the rest of his stack into the middle to make the call.

Nally then grimaced and flipped over J♥J♦ for just a pair of jacks while Liu proudly tabled A♣10♣ for a pair of aces. The board completed with the 3♥ and Liu scooped the pot for a big double-up while the table praised his call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wesley Nally	390,000 136,000	136,000
Shijia Liu	360,000 131,000	131,000

Tags: Shijia Liu Wesley Nally

07-30-2023 16:35 UTC-7

Brutal Turn for Drake

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sean Drake moved all in preflop and was called by Naga Kakumanu to put his tournament life at risk.

Sean Drake: J♠J♥
Naga Kakumanu: A♥K♠

Drake was ahead on the flop of Q♣9♦10♥, but the turn J♦ was brutal as it gave him a set but it also gave Kakumanu the nut straight. The river3♦ failed to pair the board and Drake was sent to the payout desk as Kakumanu raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naga Kakumanu	295,000 17,000	17,000
Sean Drake	Busted

Tags: Naga Kakumanu Sean Drake

07-30-2023 16:22 UTC-7

Miller Sent Out with Sevens

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Short-stacked David Miller moved all in preflop and was called by big-stack Adam Hannula to put him at risk.

David Miller: 7♣7♥
Adam Hannula: A♥A♠

Miller would need a lot of help to defeat Hannula's rockets, but the board of 2♠4♠2♦3♥8♦ did not do it and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hannula	670,000 139,000	139,000
David Miller	Busted

Tags: Adam Hannula David Miller

07-30-2023 16:16 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts (full)

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sampson	1,400,000 340,000	340,000

Michael Abratique	1,100,000 350,000	350,000
Adam Dunkle	705,000 155,000	155,000
Deven Cannon	585,000 75,000	75,000
Ravi Udayakumar	570,000 245,000	245,000

John Kenner	542,000 142,000	142,000
Phatseluck Yang	536,000 71,000	71,000
Adam Hannula	531,000 65,500	65,500
Wesley Nally	526,000 164,000	164,000
Bin Duan	500,000 172,500	172,500
Jasvinder Singh	500,000 210,000	210,000
Daniel Turner	481,000 296,000	296,000
Anubhav Jolly	462,000 87,000	87,000
Jeff Platt	443,000 79,500	79,500
Kevin O'Donnell	432,000 92,000	92,000
Ethan Yau	415,000 35,000	35,000

Michael Zimmer	405,000 290,000	290,000
Benjamin Ludlow	373,000 207,000	207,000
Alexander Rodriguez	359,000 89,000	89,000
Tongzu Ding	352,000 75,000	75,000
Matthew Kramer	347,000 244,500	244,500
Steven Ritchie	337,000 137,000	137,000
Scott Mataya	331,000 116,000	116,000
Richard Fifield	328,000 18,000	18,000
Darren Rabinowitz	319,000 129,000	129,000