The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Day 1bc | 2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

07-21-2023 22:22 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Wilson Chan	331,000 108,500	108,500
Anthony An	292,000 172,000	172,000
Lam Le	255,000 70,500	70,500
Peter Pensa	250,000 177,000	177,000
Sue Yang	230,000 148,500	148,500
Wanda Whatley	223,000 8,000	8,000
Marcel Colin	218,000 98,000	98,000
Michael Sy	215,000 38,000	38,000
Anthony Rocco	205,000 49,500	49,500
Benjamin Teng	197,000 25,000	25,000
Thu Tran	197,000 149,500	149,500
Xuan Yang	192,000 140,000	140,000
Thanh Che	190,000 113,500	113,500
Simon Boyd	190,000 1,500	1,500
Ratu Caucau	185,000 54,500	54,500
Albert Sanchez Jr	185,000 128,500	128,500
Hieu Le	175,000 108,500	108,500
Robert Fett	175,000 81,000	81,000
Stephen Song	174,000 139,500	139,500

Fabrizio Cecchettini	163,000 100,500	100,500
Chris Arsenault	155,000 30,000	30,000
David Vu	149,000 19,000	19,000
Pavel Vusik	147,000 14,500	14,500
Sanjay Kochhar	146,000 79,000	79,000
David Ong	146,000 70,000	70,000

Wanda did WHAT

Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a three-way flop of Q♠7♥A♣, Kyle Kitagawa checked to Wanda Whatley who bet 10,000 into the pot of 25,000, followed by an all-in by Aaron Wallace for a total of 52,000.

The action was then on Kitagawa who thought for a few moments before shoving over the top for more. Whatley then went deep into the tank, unsure of what to do in this sticky situation, but eventually went with her gut and made the call to put the other two at risk.

Aaron Wallace: A♦5♦
Kyle Kitagawa: A♠J♠
Wanda Whatley: A♥7♠

"Woww!" The table collectively gasped at the sick cooler unfolding before them, with Whatley frontrunning with the best two-pair.

The board ran out 9♥6♣ for Whatley's hand to scoop the pot while Wallace and Kitigawa were sent to the rail in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wanda Whatley	215,000 78,000	78,000
Aaron Wallace	Busted

Kyle Kitagawa	Busted

Tags: Aaron Wallace Kyle Kitagawa Wanda Whatley

07-21-2023 21:46 UTC-8

Break Time and Color-Up

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining players are now on a 15-minute break and will return to action shortly. The purple 500-chips will also be raced off and colored-up at this time.

07-21-2023 21:28 UTC-8

Hendon Holloway Running Good!

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sometimes, on a Friday night full moon, the rare Chad Holloway can be spotted in the Thunder Valley Poker Room firing his third bullet in the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship while drinking the all-new RunGood Railbird Hazy IPA courtesy of Jackrabbit Brewing Co.

https://twitter.com/ChadAHolloway/status/1682606845633118209

Tags: Chad Holloway

07-21-2023 21:17 UTC-8

Foss Needs Help Against Rosentiel

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a three-way flop of 6♥10♥K♣, Lee Vilori checked to Jake Rosentiel who bet 6,000 into the pot of around 20,000.

Scott Foss made the call behind as well as Viloria and the trio went to the turn 4♠.

After another check from Viloria, Rosentiel moved all in for 24,000 and Foss did the same for slightly less.

The action was then back on Viloria, who exhaled sharply and stood up to assess the situation. As a joke, Foss also stood up abruptly, much to the table's amusement.

A few moments later, he slid his cards into the muck and admitted he had 8♥9♥ for a straight and flush combo draw while ethe other two tabled their cards.

Jake Rosentiel: A♦A♠
Scott Foss: K♦J♠

"Oooohh, I'm gonna need some help!" Foss announced as he realized what he was up against.

And just like that, the K♥ smacked down on the river to give him trip kings to win the pot as the table erupted.

"F*CK POKER!" Rosentiel bellowed, but in a good-natured way, as he was now left with a singular chip and a chair.

He then wound up being forced all in the next hand as the small blind with seven-three offsuit and could not hold up to eight-nine high and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Foss	83,000 38,500	38,500
Lee Viloria	62,000 28,500	28,500
Jake Rosentiel	Busted

Tags: Jake Rosentiel Lee Vilori Scott Foss

07-21-2023 20:26 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts Flight Day 1c

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Esparza	975,000 975,000	975,000
Michael Sy	253,000 253,000	253,000
Wilson Chan	222,500 222,500	222,500
Simon Boyd	191,500 191,500	191,500
Lam Le	184,500 184,500	184,500
Benjamin Teng	172,000 172,000	172,000
Anthony Rocco	155,500 155,500	155,500
Travis Fujisaka	139,500 139,500	139,500
Wanda Whatley	137,000 137,000	137,000
Pavel Vusik	132,500 132,500	132,500
Ratu Caucau	130,500 130,500	130,500
David Vu	130,000 130,000	130,000
Robert Georgiou Jr	125,000 125,000	125,000
Chris Arsenault	125,000 125,000	125,000
Justin Williams	122,000 122,000	122,000
Spencer Bennett	120,000 120,000	120,000
Marcel Colin	120,000 120,000	120,000
Anthony An	120,000 120,000	120,000
Tony Bracy	114,000 114,000	114,000
Thomas Taum Iv	113,000 113,000	113,000
Ryan Luciere	110,000 110,000	110,000
Joseph Blackwell	106,500 106,500	106,500
Brandon Feria	102,500 102,500	102,500
Matthew Kramer	99,500 99,500	99,500
John Koo	98,500 98,500	98,500

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07-21-2023 20:19 UTC-8

Coverage Resumes in Day 1c

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Coverage of this event has resumed with flight Day 1c at the start of Level 10. Registration is officially close with a total of 301 entrants for this flight and currently 114 remain.

07-21-2023 17:57 UTC-8

Break in Coverage

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With the completion of Flight Day 1b, there will be a break in coverage before resuming with Day 1c after registration closes at approximately 8:45 p.m.

07-21-2023 17:54 UTC-8

End of Day; Players Bag (full)

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With the elimination of Barry Birdwell on the bubble, the play has stopped for Flight Day 1b and the 29 surviving players have bagged up to return on Sunday for Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Curchack	557,000 262,000	262,000
William Pinheiro	547,000
Brett Murray	458,000 267,000	267,000
Jeffrey Platt	352,000 352,000	352,000
Fong Yang	338,000 80,000	80,000
Jose Yumiaco	308,000 138,000	138,000
James Friesen	307,000 155,000	155,000
John Ramil	306,000 89,000	89,000
Thon Kong	284,000 109,000	109,000
Rommel Damasco	267,000 13,000	13,000
Alejandro Jauregui Reynoso	248,000 118,000	118,000
Daniel Evans	239,000 4,000	4,000
Joshua Baker	233,000 58,000	58,000
Alexander Rodriguez	233,000 69,000	69,000
Jacqui Newman	220,000 71,000	71,000
Forrest Kollar	219,000 116,000	116,000
Stella Su	206,000 137,000	137,000
Cory Salzillo	204,000 96,000	96,000
Stephen Kujubu	201,000 50,000	50,000
Tracy Oto	173,000 143,000	143,000
Brian O Malley	155,000 69,000	69,000
Asmare Bekalu	154,000 17,000	17,000
Toko Luu	113,000 20,000	20,000
Darryl Okamoto	109,000 36,000	36,000
Christopher Moon	86,000 39,000	39,000

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07-21-2023 17:53 UTC-8

Barry Birdwell Eliminated as Bubble Bursts

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Kirk Brown

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

PokerNews missed the hand but was informed by the tabled that after some preflop back-and-forth, Barry Birdwell and big stack William Pinheiro got all the chips into the middle in a textbook cooler.

Barry Birdwell: AxKx
William Pinheiro: KxKx

Birdwell needed some help to stay alive, but the runout of 2x2x5x6x7x did not do it and he was eliminated on the stone bubble.