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

07-30-2023 15:25 UTC-7

Girish Apte Eliminated as Money Bubble Bursts

Kirk Brown

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Short-stacked Girish Apte got it all in preflop against Albert Sanchez Jr on the money bubble and when they were given the all-clear, the hands were tabled.

Girish Apte: A♠Q♥
Albert Sanchez Jr: A♦A♥

Apte would need a lot of help to stay alive, but the board of 5♥6♣7♠3♥2♥ did not do it and he was eliminated on the stone bubble while the rest of the players made it into the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Sanchez Jr	278,000 168,000	168,000
Girish Apte	Busted

Tags: Albert Sanchez Jr Girish Apte

07-30-2023 15:36 UTC-7

Break Time and Color-Up

Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day and will return very very soon. The 500-denomination chips will also be raced off and colored-up at this time.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

07-30-2023 16:11 UTC-7

Kessler's First RunGood Cash...Still Not Satisfied

Kirk Brown

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

Allen Kessler has made his first RunGood cash in this $2,500 Million Dollar Main, and he seemed to be very excited about it...

"I just made my first cash!"

Followed by...

"...But I still think I would rather play a [WSOP] Circuit event, there just isn't enough to play every day."

Tags: Allen Kessler

07-30-2023 16:16 UTC-7

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

Miller Sent Out with Sevens

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 16:35 UTC-7

Brutal Turn for Drake

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 16:54 UTC-7

Nally Puts Liu to the Test

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

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

07-30-2023 17:20 UTC-7

Kessler Kicked Out with Kings

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