The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship | 2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

Jul 23, 2023

Double Bustout for Barrera

Kirk Brown

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a multi-way flop of A♦6♦9♠, Donald Helmig led out for 300,000 from under-the-gun but then Tony Barrera moved all in from the button to cover. Ralph Smith moved all in behind for less and Helmig put the rest of his chips in there as well and all the cards were tabled.

Ralph Smith: 9♣4♣
Donald Helmig: K♦3♦
Tony Barrera: A♥Q♠

Barrera was in the lead with his pair of aces, but still needed to fade a lot of cards to keep it that way. The turn A♠ improved him to trip aces to take Smith out of the equation, and the river 5♣ was a brick for him to scoop the entire pot, eliminating both opponents.

Tags: Donald Helmig Ralph Smith Tony Barrera

Jul 23, 2023

Big Flop for Barrera

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Kirk Brown

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After some back-and-forth preflop, Tony Barrera moved all in and Vincent Lemoine went deep into the tank. Eventually another player called the clock on him and he was given a countdown.

With two seconds left, Lemoine called to put himself at risk and the cards were tabled.

Vincent Lemoine: A♣K♣
Tony Barrera: A♥Q♥

Lemoine was in the lead with his superior holding, but the flop of Q♣6♠3♦ was brutal for him as Barrera hit his queen to take the lead.

The turn 8♣ gave Lemoine some additional outs as he improved to a flush draw, but the 9♥ on the river did not do it for him and he was eliminated while Barrera soared into the chip lead.

Jul 23, 2023

Nguyen Puts Pressure on Ong

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Kirk Brown

Level 21 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

David Ong opened to 55,000 from middle position and Joe Nguyen and Benjamin Garrick defended from the blinds.

The flop came out 3♦4♠J♦ and action checked to Ong who continued for 55,000 but then Nguyen check-raised to 135,000 and Garrick quickly folded.

After some pause, Ong made the call and they went heads-up to the turn 2♣. Nguyen led out for 150,000 and Ong made the call once again to see the river fall the 10♠.

Nguyen fired again for 200,00 and Ong went into the tank for around 30 seconds before he decided to toss in his cards and the pot was awarded to Nguyen.

Tags: Benjamin Garrick David Ong Joe Nguyen

Jul 23, 2023

Nguyen Makes the Call

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Kirk Brown

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On a heads-up completed board of 2♠4♦8♠A♣7♦, Elvis Perez Gonzalez led out for 110,000 into the pot of 220,000 and the action was then on Toan Nguyen on the button.

Nguyen went into the tank for over a minute but ultimately made the call, to which Gonzalez tapped the table to signal that he was good and flipped over 7♠10♠ for a pair of sevens after bricking the flush.

Nguyen then proudly flipped over A♥J♠ for a pair of aces and he was awarded the pot to boost him up to 840,000.

Tags: Elvis Perez Gonzalez Toan Nguyen

Jul 23, 2023

203 Players Enter Day 2 of Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship

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Kirk Brown

It’s finally here! Day 2 of the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship fires off today at high noon (12 p.m.) local time and it is sure to be quite the spectacle.

As for the tournament as a whole, through all starting flights, there were 1,592 entries in this record-breaking event which squashed the $500k GTD by over $300,000! Unfortunately, only 203 of those have the opportunity to bask in the glow of a Day 2 restart. These players have all locked up a guaranteed score of $860, but everyone’s sights are set on the $137,375 sitting at the top.

Leading this elite group is Day 1c chip leader Robert Fett with a staggering 1,017,000 followed by Miralem Mujkic (674,000) and Ralph Smith (654,000).

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Robert Fett	United States	1,017,000	127
2	Miralem Mujkic	United States	674,000	84
3	Ralph Smith	United States	654,000	82
4	Vincent Lemoine	United States	636,000	80
5	Tony Barrera	United States	611,000	76
6	Toan Nguyen	Netherlands	594,000	74
7	Anthony Androski	United States	574,000	72
8	Adam Curchack	United States	557,000	70
9	William Pinheiro	United States	547,000	68
10	Borui Zhang	United States	540,000	68

Other notable names to continue on include Brett Murray (458,000), Jeff Platt (352,000), Tyler Patterson (170,000), Stephen Song (165,000), and Harley Brooks(139,000).

Play will start with 26:38 left in Level 16 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 30 minutes in length until the field reaches 161 players (10% of the field), and will then be changed to 40-minute levels. There will then be breaks every three levels and play will continue until a winner is crowned.

PokerNews will be right here every step of the way in the grand finale of this event so make sure to stay tuned!

Tags: Adam Curchack Anthony Androski Brett Murray Harley Brooks Jeff Platt Miralem Mujkic Ralph Smith Robert Fett Stephen Song Toan Nguyen Tony Barrera Tyler Patterson Vincent Lemoine William Pinheiro