Million Dollar Main Event
Day 2 Started
Million Dollar Main Event
Day 2 Started
Player | Table | Seat | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph Topete | 22 | 1 | 82,500 | 33 |
Alexander Rodriguez | 22 | 2 | 295,000 | 118 |
Tongzu Ding | 22 | 3 | 180,500 | 72 |
Jared Smith | 22 | 4 | 58,000 | 23 |
Christopher Moon | 22 | 5 | 124,500 | 50 |
Brett Murray | 22 | 6 | 41,000 | 16 |
Richard Peterson | 22 | 7 | 141,500 | 57 |
Wesley Nally | 22 | 8 | 140,000 | 56 |
Cari Zieske | 22 | 9 | 264,000 | 106 |
Mario Lopez | 24 | 1 | 52,000 | 21 |
Jaime Haletky | 24 | 2 | 75,500 | 30 |
Kevin O'Donnell | 24 | 3 | 130,000 | 52 |
Adam Dunkle | 24 | 4 | 536,000 | 214 |
Ravi Udayakumar | 24 | 5 | 411,500 | 165 |
Thomas Riggs | 24 | 6 | 106,000 | 42 |
Michael Zimmer | 24 | 7 | 21,000 | 8 |
Richard Fifield | 24 | 8 | 200,000 | 80 |
Girish Apte | 24 | 9 | 150,000 | 60 |
James Thompson | 25 | 1 | 26,500 | 11 |
Beau Winn | 25 | 2 | 186,500 | 75 |
Gregory Flowers | 25 | 3 | 104,500 | 42 |
John Kenner | 25 | 4 | 295,500 | 118 |
Jasvinder Singh | 25 | 5 | 215,500 | 86 |
Jason Stoddard | 25 | 6 | 71,000 | 28 |
Tao Qin | 25 | 7 | 83,000 | 33 |
Reginald Pears | 25 | 8 | 132,000 | 53 |
Ariel Reid | 25 | 9 | 137,500 | 55 |
Jeffrey Day | 26 | 1 | 92,000 | 37 |
Rahul Lal | 26 | 2 | 142,500 | 57 |
Kao Saechao | 26 | 3 | 50,500 | 20 |
Quyen Hoang | 26 | 4 | 42,000 | 17 |
Paul Arguelles | 26 | 5 | 122,500 | 49 |
Yotam Shmuelov | 26 | 6 | 244,000 | 98 |
Mehran Moeinzadeh | 26 | 7 | 179,500 | 72 |
Benjamin Ludlow | 26 | 8 | 97,000 | 39 |
Aaron Overton | 26 | 9 | 301,000 | 120 |
Pierce Mckellar | 27 | 1 | 165,500 | 66 |
Ethan Yau | 27 | 2 | 133,000 | 53 |
Zephyr Peling | 27 | 3 | 47,000 | 19 |
Scott Mataya | 27 | 4 | 283,500 | 113 |
Jagdeep Bal | 27 | 5 | 101,500 | 41 |
Jeffrey Spruitenburg | 27 | 6 | 148,000 | 59 |
Ekrem Bozkurt | 27 | 7 | 24,500 | 10 |
Jeffrey Beachy | 27 | 8 | 82,500 | 33 |
Adam Hannula | 27 | 9 | 406,000 | 162 |
Wook Kim | 28 | 1 | 185,500 | 74 |
Phatseluck Yang | 28 | 2 | 388,000 | 155 |
Fudong Li | 28 | 4 | 40,000 | 16 |
Joe Toney | 28 | 5 | 44,000 | 18 |
Jason Bundy | 28 | 6 | 115,000 | 46 |
Maziar Keshavarzi | 28 | 7 | 89,000 | 36 |
Richard Green Jr | 28 | 8 | 163,000 | 65 |
Michael Riddle | 28 | 9 | 102,500 | 41 |
George Waller | 29 | 1 | 132,500 | 53 |
Stephen Song | 29 | 2 | 218,000 | 87 |
Ubaid Gada | 29 | 3 | 68,500 | 27 |
Miralem Mujkic | 29 | 4 | 194,000 | 78 |
Tyler Patterson | 29 | 5 | 28,000 | 11 |
Darren Rabinowitz | 29 | 6 | 127,000 | 51 |
Bin Duan | 29 | 7 | 316,500 | 127 |
Daniel Harmetz | 29 | 8 | 100,000 | 40 |
Joseph Quaile | 29 | 9 | 198,000 | 79 |
James Schipsi | 30 | 1 | 106,500 | 43 |
Jerome Dean | 30 | 2 | 82,500 | 33 |
Naga Kakumanu | 30 | 3 | 192,500 | 77 |
[Removed:420] | 30 | 4 | 22,000 | 9 |
Paul Sampson | 30 | 5 | 563,000 | 225 |
Daniel Turner | 30 | 6 | 384,000 | 154 |
Damion Underwood | 30 | 7 | 59,000 | 24 |
Timothy Lin | 30 | 8 | 164,000 | 66 |
Benjamin Underwood | 30 | 9 | 124,500 | 50 |
David Miller | 31 | 1 | 210,000 | 84 |
Nicholas Quazzo | 31 | 2 | 224,500 | 90 |
Abraham Hichman | 31 | 3 | 70,500 | 28 |
Robert Mather | 31 | 4 | 172,000 | 69 |
Allen Kessler | 31 | 5 | 48,500 | 19 |
Timon Rooney | 31 | 6 | 127,500 | 51 |
Marcelo Carvalho | 31 | 7 | 117,000 | 47 |
Ryan Bechthold | 31 | 8 | 80,500 | 32 |
Arish Nat | 32 | 1 | 110,000 | 44 |
Feiyue Wu | 32 | 2 | 226,500 | 91 |
James Minghini | 32 | 3 | 36,000 | 14 |
Daniel Martin | 32 | 4 | 165,000 | 66 |
Joseph Mussat | 32 | 5 | 264,500 | 106 |
Joseph Blackwell | 32 | 6 | 204,000 | 82 |
Abraham Tannous | 32 | 7 | 58,000 | 23 |
Roman Shainiuk | 32 | 8 | 108,000 | 43 |
Mingzhe Li | 32 | 9 | 102,500 | 41 |
Deven Cannon | 33 | 1 | 122,500 | 49 |
Michael Abratique | 33 | 2 | 365,000 | 146 |
Ronald Falcon | 33 | 3 | 48,500 | 19 |
Albert Sanchez Jr | 33 | 4 | 178,500 | 71 |
Jared Jaffee | 33 | 5 | 356,000 | 142 |
Asmare Bekalu | 33 | 6 | 46,500 | 19 |
Francis Anderson | 33 | 7 | 101,000 | 40 |
Kelly Mayhugh | 33 | 8 | 94,500 | 38 |
Abrahim Aboukhalil | 33 | 9 | 206,500 | 83 |
Ray Villaman Jr | 36 | 1 | 178,000 | 71 |
Jeffrey Platt | 36 | 2 | 203,000 | 81 |
Dawson Dvorak | 36 | 3 | 54,000 | 22 |
Steven Ritchie | 36 | 4 | 220,500 | 88 |
Joseph Gargiulo | 36 | 5 | 100,000 | 40 |
Stephen Kujubu | 36 | 6 | 100,500 | 40 |
Jesse Lonis | 36 | 7 | 47,500 | 19 |
Steve Numoto | 36 | 8 | 240,500 | 96 |
Shijia Liu | 36 | 9 | 133,500 | 53 |
Alejandro Castellano | 41 | 1 | 106,000 | 42 |
Pedro Rodriguez | 41 | 2 | 66,000 | 26 |
Anthony Hernandez | 41 | 3 | 239,000 | 96 |
Michael Loncar | 41 | 4 | 43,500 | 17 |
Man Pham | 41 | 5 | 88,000 | 35 |
Peter Dirksen | 41 | 6 | 294,500 | 118 |
Primo Acoba | 41 | 7 | 162,000 | 65 |
Jonathan Epstein | 41 | 8 | 207,000 | 83 |
Stanislav Kriventsov | 41 | 9 | 120,000 | 48 |
Thu Tran | 43 | 1 | 204,000 | 82 |
Sean Drake | 43 | 2 | 273,500 | 109 |
Matthew Kramer | 43 | 3 | 135,000 | 54 |
Exequiel Fernando | 43 | 4 | 63,500 | 25 |
Curtis Kowalk | 43 | 5 | 58,000 | 23 |
Jonathan Wang | 43 | 6 | 78,000 | 31 |
Anubhav Jolly | 43 | 7 | 106,500 | 43 |
Gregory Pincombe | 43 | 8 | 187,000 | 75 |
Adam Miller | 43 | 9 | 284,500 | 114 |
Welcome to Day 2 of the RunGood Checkpoint: The Last Kilometer Million Dollar Main Hosted here at the always beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California.
477 players fired their shot in this $2,500 buy-in event, but only 124 now remain to continue the fight on Day 2, and the money still hasn't even been hit yet.
The players generated a prize pool of $1,064,187 with 72 spots being paid and $200,422 is dedicated to the winner and a min-cash of $3,245.
Leading the way this morning will be Paul Sampson of Day 1a who bagged a whopping 563,000 followed by Adam Dunkle with 536,000. Third and fourth in chips is Ravi Udayakumar and Adam Hannula of Day 1b with 411,500 and 406,000, respectively, and rounding out the top five is Phatseluck Yang who bagged 388,000.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Sampson | United States | 563,000 | 225 |
2 | Adam Dunkle | United States | 536,000 | 214 |
3 | Ravi Udayakumar | United States | 411,500 | 165 |
4 | Adam Hannula | United States | 406,000 | 162 |
5 | Phatseluck Yang | United States | 388,000 | 155 |
6 | Daniel Turner | United States | 384,000 | 154 |
7 | Michael Abratique | United States | 365,000 | 146 |
8 | Jared Jaffee | United States | 356,000 | 142 |
9 | Bin Duan | United States | 316,500 | 127 |
10 | Aaron Overton | United States | 301,000 | 120 |
Some other big notable names still in the running include last year's winner Brett Murray (41,000) and runner-up Tyler Patterson (28,000), along with Jeff Platt (208,000), GPI Player of the Year Stephen Song (218,000), Michael Loncar (43,500), Ethan Yau (133,000), and Allen Kessler (48,500.
Cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time and play will start at level 11 with blinds as 1,500/2,500, with a 2,500 big blind ante. Like Day 1, play will consist of another ten 60-minute levels before bagging up to return on Monday for Day 3.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage from the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino Resort until a CheckPoint Champion is crowned on Monday.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The cards are in the air and chips are flying as Day 2 of the RunGood Million Dollar Main is officially underway!
Short-stacked Mario Lopez moved all in preflop for his last 12,000 and Kevin O'Donnell made the call from middle position. The rest of the players got out of the way and the cards were tabled.
Mario Lopez: A♣2♥
Kebin O'Donnell: Q♣9♣
Lopez was in the lead with his ace-high, but by the turn K♠10♣7♦J♥, he was drawing dead to a queen as O'Donnell made a king-high straight. The river bricked out with the 2♦ to give O'Donnell the win and Lopez was sent to the rail.
"The guy called me with the queen-nine with 100 people behind him?! Unbelievable," Lopez said as he made his way to the exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin O'Donnell |
240,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Mario Lopez | Busted |
On a heads-up river on a board that read A♣9♠K♣10♠2♠, the pot was already around 75,000 when Ariel Reed moved all in for 77,000 and sent his opponent, John Kenner, deep into the tank.
Kenner, who won last week's Monolith event, was debating his options for over a minute and still seemed like his decision could go either way.
"You show if I fold?" he asked Ariel, trying to get some kind of read, but Ariel did not reply and kept the same stone-faced look.
"Alright," Kenner finally said as set out chips to make the call and tabled 9♥9♣ for a flopped set of nines but it was no good as Ariel tabled 7♠8♠ for a turned flush to take down the pot for a big double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ariel Reid |
237,000
99,500
|
99,500 |
John Kenner |
175,000
-120,500
|
-120,500 |
Anubhav Jolly opened to 5,000 from under-the-gun and Jeff Platt made the call from the button while both blinds defended.
The four of them went to a flop of A♠7♥Q♣ and Jolly continued for 12,000 after it was checked to him. Platt and Jonathan Wang in the big blind made the call and they went three ways to a turn Q♣.
Wang checked to Jolly who fired again for a healthy sizing of 26,000 which produced a fold from Platt but Wang decided to stick around and see the 6♠ fall on the river.
Wang checked once more and Jolly decided to check back and tabled A♥8♦ for a flopped two pair but then Wang flipped over A♦8♠ for the same hand and they chopped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Wang |
255,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
Anubhav Jolly |
222,000
115,500
|
115,500 |
Jeff Platt |
160,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Pierce McKellar opened from under-the-gun to 6,500 but was then three-bet to 18,500 by Jeffery Spruitenburg in the cutoff. Ekrem Bozkurt made the call from the but and it folded back to McKellar who made the call.
The three of them went to a flop of 5♥Q♣9♠ and McKellar checked to Spruitenburg who continued for 30,000 which produced a fold from Bozkurt and a call from McKellar.
What you got, a flush draw?" Spruitenburg joked to McKellar as the turn came out the A♦ and McKellar checked again.
Spruitenburg fired again for 30,000 but then McKellar check-raised all in to cover him, which resulted in a hast fold from Spruitenburg to award McKellar the pot.
Meanwhile, Bozkurt was kicking himself after admitting he folded ace-king.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pierce Mckellar |
278,000
112,500
|
112,500 |
Ekrem Bozkurt |
41,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
Jeffrey Spruitenburg |
38,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |