2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$71,036
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$834,600
Entries
1,605
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
244
Players Left
31

Tony Berrera Leads Day 1a of $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship

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

After almost nine hours of play, Flight Day 1a of the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship has come to a close with 31 players finding a bag to return on for Day 2. Leading the way is Tony Berrera who bagged an impressive 611,000 after going on a huge run towards the end of the day.

Coming in second is Deven Cannon (455,000), and right behind him is Victor Paredes (450,000), who is on a bit of a hot streak after taking down theRunGood $300 Action 8 Tournament just last night for an impressive $24,685!

Rounding out the top five for this flight are Daniel McGee and Antonio Gutierrez who bagged 429,000 and 411,000, respectively.

Flight Day 1a Top Ten Chip Stacks

PlacePlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Tony BerreraUnited States611,00061
2Deven CannonUnited States455,00046
3Victor ParedesUnited States443,00044
4Daniel McGeeUnited States429,00043
5Antonio GutierrezUnited States411,00041
6Bayani FangayenUnited States402,00040
7Peter TranUnited States375,00038
8Joseph CostanzoUnited States320,00032
9Jeffry BuchmanUnited States305,00031
10Joe NguyenUnited States289,00029

The action was hot-n-heavy throughout the day as the face-paced structure encouraged action early on, with multiple all-ins seen in Level 3. Some notable names that unfortunately did not survive the onslaught included PokerNews’ own Chad Holloway and poker broadcaster Jeff Platt, who sadly succumbed to his own wretched curse. Al Sanchez, Terrance Reid, and Tyler Patterson also failed to find a bag this evening, but are sure to fire again in the four remaining flights.

$600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Remaining Schedule

EventDateTime
Flight Day 1bJuly 21st10 a.m.
Flight Day 1cJuly 21st4 p.m.
Flight Day 1dJuly 22nd10 a.m.
Flight Day 1eJuly 22nd4 p.m.
Day 2 FInaleJuly 23rd12 p.m.

Stay tuned as PokerNews will have all of the live updates as the action continues with Flight 1b of the Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship here at the beautiful Thunder Valley Casino and Resort!

Broll
Broll

Tags: Al SanchezAntonio GutierrezBayani FangayenChad HollowayDaniel McGeeDeven CannonJeff PlattJeffry BuchmanJoe NguyenJoseph CostanzoPeter TranTerrance ReidTony BerreraTyler PattersonVictor Paredes

Arish Nat Eliminated as Bubble Bursts

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

Short stacks Arish Nat and Daniel Lee got all their remaining chips into the middle on the stone bubble, with Nat at risk of elimination.

Arish Nat: 78
Daniel Lee: Q3

The board ran out K2J23 to give Lee a pair of threes on the river to solidify his victory in the pot, eliminating Nat on the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
DANIEL LEE us
DANIEL LEE
128,000
60,000
60,000
Arish Nat us
Arish Nat
Busted

Tags: Arish NatDaniel Lee

Nguyen Bets Big on River

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen

On a three-way flop of 2AA, all players checked around to see the K appear on the turn. The first player checked once more, then James Malcolm took a stab at it for 8,000 and Joe Nguyen made the call while the other player got out of the way.

The river came the 6 and Malcolm decided to check over to Nguyen, who thought for a second before setting out a large bet of 33,000.

Malcolm went briefly into the tank before he made the call, but then Nguyen showed him AQ for trip aces, queen kicker, and Malcolm quickly mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Nguyen us
Joe Nguyen
185,000
161,200
161,200
James Malcolm us
James Malcolm
89,000
-63,500
-63,500

Tags: James MalcolmJoe Nguyen

Brooks Sends out Singh

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Kulwant Singh
Kulwant Singh

Before the flop, short-stacked Kulwant Singh moved all in for his last 10,000, and one player behind him made the call, but then Harley Brooks shoved over the top for much more.

The other player begrudgingly folded his hand while the other two tabled their cars, with Singh's tournament life on the line.

Kulwant Singh: 44
Harley Brooks: AK

Singh was slightly ahead going into this flip with his pocket fours, but the flop of 3A8 quickly dashed his hopes of survival as Brooks took the lead. The runout of 810 failed to save Singh and he was eliminated as Brooks took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Harley Brooks us
Harley Brooks
128,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kulwant Singh us
Kulwant Singh
Busted

Tags: Harley BrooksKulwant Singh

Don't Bluff Bereza

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Ivan Bereza
Ivan Bereza

On a three-way turn of 9K74, big blind Mateos Sanabria checked to blank in late position, who then bet 2,500.

Ivan Bereza then made the call from the cutoff, and Sanabria thought for a bit before making the call as well, and the trio went to the river 6.

Sanabria then snap-shoved all-in for around 27,000 and blank quickly folded and the action was then to Bereza who went into the tank.

After a good 20 seconds, he shook his head and slammed his stack into the middle, putting himself at risk. Sanabria sighed and turned over 910 for a pair of nines while Bereza proudly flipped over K10 for a superior pair of kings.

"Yes! I knew it!" Bereza punched the air as he was pushed the large pot for a big double-up. Meanwhile, Sanabria was left with only 1,700 and wound up busting the very next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Bereza us
Ivan Bereza
61,500
61,500
61,500
Mateo Sanabria us
Mateo Sanabria
Busted

Tags: Ivan BerezaMateos Sanabria

$600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Fires off at Today at Noon!

Stephen Song
Stephen Song

The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) may have just concluded, but the PokerNews Live Updates will continue from the $600 buy-in, $500,000 GTD The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship will take place today at noon at Thunder Valley Casino Resort just north of Sacramento, California.

The tournament is in partnership with three-time Best Mid-Major Poker Tour, the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS), which is currently hosting their final stop of the “Checkpoint” season at Thunder Valley. That’s because RGPS has provided last year's Mid-Major Poker Player of the Year a prize package of over $2,000 in value which includes airfare, hotel, gift card, and buy-in for The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship. Something they will replicate for this year’s winner as well.

In 2022, Stephen Song finished atop the GPI’s Player of the Year leaderboard in the Mid-Major category with 3,543.72 points, thanks in big part to a December victory in the WPT Prime Championship. In honor of winning Mid-Major Poker Player of the Year, not to mention 2022 GPI Player of the Year, Song will be in attendance.

This tournament will consist of five starting flights, with the players who advance from each flight to combine on Sunday, July 23 for the Day 2 finale.

EventDateTime
Flight Day 1aJuly 20th12 p.m.
Flight Day 1bJuly 21st10 a.m.
Flight Day 1cJuly 21st4 p.m.
Flight Day 1dJuly 22nd10 a.m.
Flight Day 1eJuly 22nd4 p.m.
Day 2 FinaleJuly 23rd12 p.m.

With this $600 buy-in, players will receive 30,000 in chips and will play 30-minute levels, starting at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Play for Day 1 flights will continue until the field is cut down to 12.5% and those remaining players will then be "In the Money" and will bag up for their return on Day 2.

Players can re-enter this event only once per flight, so the maximum a player can enter this event will be a total of 10 times if they choose to fire each flight.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews Updates will continue to roll in as the coverage of The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship gets underway!

Tags: Stephen Song