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

Table	Seat	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
23	1	John Kenner	480,000	19
23	2	Phatseluck Yang	580,000	23
23	3	Tyler Patterson	640,000	26
23	4	Adam Dunkle	625,000	25
23	5	Shijia Liu	1,660,000	66
23	6	Kevin O'Donnell	660,000	26
23	7	Adam Hannula	1,365,000	55
23	8	Tongzu Ding	815,000	33
23	9	Aaron Overton	430,000	17

27	2	Daniel Turner	295,000	12
27	3	Darren Rabinowitz	2,315,000	93
27	4	Paul Sampson	3,600,000	144
27	5	Alexander Rodriguez	1,870,000	75
27	6	Deven Cannon	410,000	16
27	7	Anubhav Jolly	1,510,000	60
27	8	Gregory Flowers	690,000	28
27	9	Michael Zimmer	905,000	36

Table

Seat

Player

Chips

Big Blinds

John Kenner

480,000

Phatseluck Yang

580,000

Tyler Patterson

640,000

Adam Dunkle

625,000

Shijia Liu

1,660,000

Kevin O'Donnell

660,000

Adam Hannula

1,365,000

Tongzu Ding

815,000

Aaron Overton

430,000

Daniel Turner

295,000

Darren Rabinowitz

2,315,000

Paul Sampson

3,600,000

144

Alexander Rodriguez

1,870,000

Deven Cannon

410,000

Anubhav Jolly

1,510,000

Gregory Flowers

690,000

Michael Zimmer

905,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sampson	3,600,000 -25,000	-25,000

Darren Rabinowitz	2,315,000 115,000	115,000
Alexander Rodriguez	1,870,000 255,000	255,000
Shijia Liu	1,660,000 185,000	185,000
Anubhav Jolly	1,510,000 -90,000	-90,000
Adam Hannula	1,365,000 415,000	415,000
Michael Zimmer	905,000 530,000	530,000
Tongzu Ding	815,000 80,000	80,000
Gregory Flowers	690,000 -10,000	-10,000
Kevin O'Donnell	660,000 -380,000	-380,000
Tyler Patterson	640,000 90,000	90,000

Adam Dunkle	625,000
Phatseluck Yang	580,000 -170,000	-170,000
John Kenner	480,000 -30,000	-30,000
Aaron Overton	430,000 -485,000	-485,000
Deven Cannon	410,000 -160,000	-160,000
Daniel Turner	295,000 -155,000	-155,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Paul Sampson

3,600,000

-25,000

Darren Rabinowitz

2,315,000

115,000

Alexander Rodriguez

1,870,000

255,000

Shijia Liu

1,660,000

185,000

Anubhav Jolly

1,510,000

-90,000

Adam Hannula

1,365,000

415,000

Michael Zimmer

905,000

530,000

Tongzu Ding

815,000

80,000

Gregory Flowers

690,000

-10,000

Kevin O'Donnell

660,000

-380,000

Tyler Patterson

640,000

90,000

Adam Dunkle

625,000

Phatseluck Yang

580,000

-170,000

John Kenner

480,000

-30,000

Aaron Overton

430,000

-485,000

Deven Cannon

410,000

-160,000

Daniel Turner

295,000

-155,000

Another full day is in the books here in the RunGood CheckPoint: The Last Kilometer Million Dollar Main Event here at the wonderful Thunder Valley Casino Resort. On Day 2, 124 remaining players came back out of the 477 total entries, but now only 17 finalists remain in contention for the title.

Dominating the pack is Paul Sampson who entered the day as the chip leader, and he sure finished the day out in style by bagging 3,600,000 in chips, which is over a million more than Darren Rabinowitz in second place with 2,315,000.

Sampson just kept the pressure up all day long and even though several players were tied with him at one point, like Phatseluck Yang, he was the one who made a statement on the day and will return for Day 3 tomorrow with a lot of momentum. Rabinowitz caught some heat towards the end of the night and scored a nice pot when he eliminated Jared Jaffee in 19th place.

Day 3 Restart Top 5 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Paul Sampson	3,600,000	144
2	Darren Rabinowitz	2,315,000	93
3	Alexander Rodriguez	1,870,000	75
4	Shijia Liu	1,660,000	66
5	Anubhav Jolly	1,510,000	60

Among those who managed to avoid Sampson the Steamroller to also advance to Day 3 is last year’s runner-up Tyler Patterson who bagged 640,000 and is hungry for another chance at a first-place finish.

Plenty of big names made the money but were unable to advance including Stephen Song(39rd - $4,840), Jeff Platt (26th-$6,695), Jaffee (19th-$9,460), Ben Ludlow (21st-$9,460), and Ethan Yau (31st-$5,565). Yau had built a large stack very quickly and took down several large pots, including one where he held pocket jacks and managed to bust Allen Kessler with pocket kings by spiking a set of jacks on the turn to send him to the rail. Unfortunately, his aggressive play style caught up to him and he was eliminated himself after losing a sequence of big pots.

The Champion Will be Crowned Tuesday

The majority of the largest prize pool in RunGood history ($1,064,187) will be handed out on Monday with the winner collecting a massive $200,422.

Each of the remaining 17 players will take home at least $11,205, but they’ll all have their eyes on that six-figure first prize, the RunGood CheckPoint Series ring, and a free entry into the DreamSeat invitational at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas.

Play will resume at 11 a.m. local time with Level 21, which will see blinds of 15,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante and will continue until one player is left standing.

Keep it right here with PokerNews for complete live reporting coverage until the champion is crowned here at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort.

Tags: Alexander Rodriguez Allen Kessler Anubhav Jolly Ben Ludlow Darren Rabinowitz Ethan Yau Jared Jaffee Jeff Platt Paul Sampson Phatseluck Yang Shijia Liu Stephen Song Tyler Patterson