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

07-23-2023 14:42 UTC-7

Updated Counts (full)

Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlen Aseberos	1,650,000 800,000	800,000
William Pinheiro	1,500,000 953,000	953,000
Robert Fett	1,350,000 333,000	333,000
Michael Sy	1,270,000 836,000	836,000
Joe Nguyen	1,130,000 841,000	841,000
Toan Nguyen	1,065,000 225,000	225,000
Yahor Yuzefovich	1,015,000 915,000	915,000
Tony Barrera	1,000,000 389,000	389,000
David Vu	1,000,000 714,000	714,000
Peter Pensa	990,000 746,000	746,000
Wilson Chan	980,000 497,000	497,000
Stephen Song	910,000 745,000	745,000

Borui Zhang	900,000 -200,000	-200,000
Anthony An	880,000 581,000	581,000
Albert Sanchez Jr	850,000 656,000	656,000
Donald Helmig	830,000 620,000	620,000
Yousef Salameh	810,000 437,000	437,000
Daniel Evans	785,000 546,000	546,000
Matthew Boddorf	780,000 638,000	638,000
Miralem Mujkic	760,000 -440,000	-440,000
Fabrizio Cecchettini	750,000 668,000	668,000
David Ong	700,000 361,000	361,000
John Kenner	700,000 402,000	402,000
Justin Mcdaniel	700,000 270,000	270,000
Rifki Yazid	680,000 353,000	353,000

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Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-23-2023 14:18 UTC-7

Break Time and Color-Up

Kirk Brown

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day and action will resume shortly. The yellow 1,000-chips will also be raced off and colored-up at this time.

07-23-2023 14:10 UTC-7

Wise Words from Rudd

Kirk Brown

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On a heads-up completed board of Q♠J♦8♣8♠Q♥, the pot was already swelled to 310,000 when Thomas Morris set out a bet of 75,000 after a check from Christopher Rudd.

Rudd then went into the tank for a good 20 seconds before he made the call, but was then shown 7♥8♥ by Morris for a full house.

"Aghh!" Rudd sighed as he tossed his cards into the muck to award Morris the large pot.

Left with only 135,000, Rudd then got it all in the very next hand with 9♣9♦ against the A♠J♥ of Miralem Mujkic. Unfortunately, the board ran out 3♦4♦5♥7♥2♦ to give Mujkic the wheel straight on the river and Rudd was eliminated.

"Well, I play good until I don't," he said as he made his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miralem Mujkic	1,200,000 526,000	526,000
Thomas Morris	660,000 567,000	567,000
Christopher Rudd	Busted

Tags: Christopher Rudd Miralem Mujkic Thomas Morris

07-23-2023 13:40 UTC-7

Zhang Joins Million-Chip Club After Yumiaco Bust

Kirk Brown

Level 19 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jose Yumiaco moved all in preflop for 165,000 and action folded around to Borui Zhang who went into the tank for a good while before he decided to make the call to put him at risk.

Jose Yumiaco: 10♠10♥
Borui Zhang: A♣10♦

Yumiaco was in good shape to double up in this spot, but the flop of 7♣5♦A♠ was a gut punch as Zhang hit one of the three aces left in the deck to take the lead. The runout of 9♥7♠ changed nothing and Yumiaco was eliminated while Zhang chipped up to 1,100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Borui Zhang	1,100,000 705,000	705,000
Jose Yumiaco	Busted

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

07-23-2023 13:24 UTC-7

Nguyen Makes the Call

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toan Nguyen	840,000 246,000	246,000
Elvis Perez Gonzalez	220,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Elvis Perez Gonzalez Toan Nguyen

07-23-2023 13:05 UTC-7

Levels Increased to 40 Minutes

Kirk Brown

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

Now that the field has been trimmed to 10% remaining (160 players), the level times have changed from 30 minutes to 40 minutes until the end of the tournament.

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

07-23-2023 12:59 UTC-7

Aseberos Shows the Goods

Kirk Brown

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 10♥8♦7♦, Borui Zhang led out for 50,000 from the big blind and Charlen Aseberos made the call from the button to see the turn 6♦.

Both players then decided to check and went straight to the river 4♣, where Zhang checked once more.

Aseberos then slid out a large bet of 150,000 and Zhang thought for a few seconds before he tossed in his cards to award the substantial pot to Aseberos.

Aseberos then showed him the goods of Q♥J♣ for queen high as he began to stack his new chips.