$2,500 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley

08-04-2024 16:36 UTC-7

Stavila Shows Nguyen a Ten

Kirk Brown

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

Vy Nguyen opened to 12,000 from the button and Dan Stavila defended from the big blind to see a flop of K♦7♦10♥.

Stavila checked, Nguyen continued for 18,000, and Stavila called to peel the turn Q♦, where the action went check-check.

On the river 6♠, Stavila checked, Nguyen bet 35,000, and Stavila used a time bank before putting in a raise to 90,000. After some thought, Nguyen decided to let it go and the pot was shipped to Stavila, who showed the 10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Stavila	403,000 163,000	163,000
Vy Nguyen	360,000 122,000	122,000

Tags: Dan Stavila Vy Nguyen

08-04-2024 16:31 UTC-7

Liu Takes it on Turn

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Kirk Brown

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

Tyler Patterson opened to 14,000 from the hijack and was called by Shijia Liu on the button to see a flop of J♦5♦Q♣.

Patterson continued dor 30,000 and Liu called once more to continue to the turn 9♦.

Patterson checked, Liu decided to bet 41,000, and Patterson promptly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Patterson	430,000 49,000	49,000

Shijia Liu	212,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Shijia Liu Tyler Patterson

08-04-2024 15:57 UTC-7

Salsberg Sends Out Smith

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Kirk Brown

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

Matthew Salsberg opened to 12,000 and was called by a player, but then Jared Smith moved all in for 102,000. The action folded back to Salsberg who made the call to put him at risk while the player in between them got out of the way.

Jared Smith: A♦K♣ All in
Matthew Salsberg: J♦J♣

Smith would need to improve in this flip to stay alive, but the flop was not his friend as it came out J♥7♠2♥ to give Salsberg top set for a massive lead.

The turn 8♦ left Smith drawing stone dead and the A♥ just added inselt to injury as he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Salsberg	395,000 123,000	123,000
Jared Smith	Busted

Tags: Jared Smith Matthew Salsberg

08-04-2024 15:39 UTC-7

Updated Counts; Nguyen Leads After Break (full)

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Kirk Brown

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyung Yoo	939,000 637,000	637,000
Toan Nguyen	654,000 303,000	303,000
Andrew Voor	570,000 180,000	180,000

Vy Nguyen	482,000 329,500	329,500
Jackson Spencer	470,000
Yunkyu Song	451,000 232,000	232,000
Jared Jaffee	445,000 167,000	167,000

Richard Troendly	425,000 130,000	130,000
Anthony An	415,000 229,500	229,500
Jason White	396,000 178,000	178,000
Lee Markholt	383,000 193,500	193,500

Tyler Patterson	381,000 217,500	217,500

Daniel Hatch	370,000 19,000	19,000
Richard Green Jr	347,000 84,000	84,000
Wilson Tolon	329,000 234,500	234,500
Matthew Kramer	322,000 249,500	249,500
Harlan Karnofsky	310,000 240,000	240,000
Huihan Wu	295,000 212,500	212,500
Tennyson Schaina	289,000 198,500	198,500
Eric Matulis	289,000 85,000	85,000
Tyler Montoya	281,000 165,000	165,000
Terrance Reid	280,000 40,000	40,000
Brett Murray	280,000 37,500	37,500
Thomas Tran	280,000 37,500	37,500
Niv Decalo	276,000 43,500	43,500

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Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

08-04-2024 15:22 UTC-7

Break Time and Color Up

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Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The players in day 2 are now on their second 15-minute break of the day and will return to action shortly.

The blue 500 chips will also be raced off and colored up at this time.

08-04-2024 15:02 UTC-7

Dvorak Flushes Sabbaghian

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Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a heads-up turn of 2♥9♥2♠7♥, Sasha Sabbaghian moved all in and Dawson Dvorak made the call to put him at risk.

Sasha Sabbaghian: K♥Q♥ All in
Dawson Dvorak: A♥9♦

Sabbaghian had the lead with his made flush, but any nine, deuce, or heart would spell disaster.

Unfortunately for Sabbaghian, the river was indeed the 5♥ to give Dvorak the superior flush and he exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawson Dvorak	280,000 28,500	28,500
Sasha Sabbaghian	Busted

Tags: Dawson Dvorak Sasha Sabbaghian

08-04-2024 14:56 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: 'American Pie' Star Shannon Elizabeth Talks 25th Anniversary

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Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 12th episode, Connor speaks with actress and conservationist Shannon Elizabeth on the 25th anniversary of American Pie, in which she played the iconic role of Nadia. Elizabeth talked about her roles in films like Scary Movie and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, playing poker with the cast of That '70s Show, finishing third in the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and taking part in Phil Hellmuth's 2024 WSOP Main Event entrance.

Elizabeth also spoke about her conservation efforts in South Africa through the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, including caring for and providing a sanctuary for a blind black rhino named Munu.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Shannon Elizabeth by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

Tags: Connor Richards Shannon Elizabeth Phil Hellmuth

08-04-2024 14:43 UTC-7

Gil Doubles Through Reid

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Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a heads-up flop of Q♣9♦5♠, there was around 59,500 in the middle when Randy Gil moved all in for 51,000. The action was then on Terrance Reid who went into the tank.

After using two time extensions, Reid eventually made the call to put Gil at risk and the cards were tabled.

Randy Gil: K♥Q♠ All in
Terrance Reid: 10♣10♠

Gil was already ahead with his top pair of queens, and the runout of A♠9♠ changed nothing to award him the pot for the double .

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrance Reid	240,000 96,000	96,000
Randy Gil	185,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Randy Gil Terrance Reid

08-04-2024 14:40 UTC-7

Tran's Queens KO Damasco's Ace-King

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Kirk Brown

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

After a preflop betting frenzy between Rommel Damasco, Evan Sandberg, and Thomas Tran, Damasco and Tran got their chips into the middle while Sandberg called it quits.

Rommel Damasco: A♥K♣ All in
Thomas Tran: Q♥Q♦

Tran was in the lead going into this classic flip, and the runout of 10♥8♦2♦2♥4♣ kept it that way to win him the pot while Damasco left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Tran	242,500 119,500	119,500
Evan Sandberg	179,000 61,000	61,000

Rommel Damasco	Busted

Tags: Evan Sandberg Rommel Damasco Thomas Tran