$600 Main Event | 2023 RGPS Tunica

03-05-2023 16:47 UTC-6

George Gets There to Send Harris Home

Kirk Brown

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After a bit of a betting war, John George and Brodie Harris got all of their chips into the middle, with Harris at risk.

Brodie Harris:
John George:

Harris had George dominated with his superior ace, but the flop of was not his friend as it gave George the lead with his pair of nines. The board completed with to secure his victory and the Day 1 chip leader was sent to the rail. This big win boosted George's stack to one of the largest in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
John George	1,600,000 1,186,000	1,186,000
Brodie Harris	Busted

Tags: Brodie Harris John George

Level: 21

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

03-05-2023 16:22 UTC-6

Players in the field

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Joe Garrett

03-05-2023 16:20 UTC-6

Break Time

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Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The players are on a quick 15-minute break and will return to the felt shortly.

03-05-2023 16:19 UTC-6

Christmas Comes Early for Chilton

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Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ona heads-up completed board of , Mike Chilton bet 225,000 into the swelled pot of around 400,000.

The action was then on Saeed Nia, who was in the tank.

"Merry Christmas," he eventually said and he threw calling chips over to Chilton's side of the table.

Chilton then rolled over for a rivered pair of aces which was good enough to take the pot as Nia mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Chilton	1,800,000 100,000	100,000
Saeed Nia	300,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Mike Chilton Saeed Nia

03-05-2023 15:59 UTC-6

Assorted Counts

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Kirk Brown

Level 20 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Chilton	1,900,000 800,000	800,000
Brodie Harris	1,200,000 186,000	186,000
Bob Kellum	850,000 460,000	460,000
Chris Conrad	650,000 30,000	30,000
Katerina Lukina	600,000 266,000	266,000
Jon Swift	520,000 131,000	131,000
Ricky Loyd	485,000 175,000	175,000
Saeed Nia	400,000 180,000	180,000
Mike Cordell	200,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

03-05-2023 15:34 UTC-6

Loch Gaining Momentum

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Kirk Brown

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Bryan Loch and John Duke got all their chips in the middle preflop, with Loch at risk.

Bryan Loch:
John Duke:

Duke was ahead with his pocket kings going into this matchup, but the flop of was not his friend as it paired Loch's ace.

The board completed with the to secure Loch's win and he was pushed the pot for a double-up.

Duke was then left with just 10,000 but managed to spin that back up to over 200,000 in the following hands, meanwhile Loch also has gained momentum and is one of the larger stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Loch	835,000 335,000	335,000
John Duke	220,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Bryan Loch John Duke

03-05-2023 15:01 UTC-6

Players in the field

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Joe Garrett

03-05-2023 14:56 UTC-6

Pho Shows Up

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Kirk Brown

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

After bagging 350,000 last night, Chico Pho apparently slept through his alarm and just now showed up to the tournament. He will now try to maneuver with his stack of around 100,000 after he was blinded out for the past few hours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chico Pho	100,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Chico Pho