$600 The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Day 1e | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley

07-28-2024 14:08 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts (full)

Kirk Brown

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Charter	250,000 175,000	175,000
John Duckworth	176,000 151,000	151,000
Brian Buffum	168,000 78,000	78,000
Deven Cannon	154,000 42,200	42,200
Michael Persky	149,500 100,500	100,500
Daniel Hughes	145,000 106,800	106,800
Alan Bittikofer	144,500 117,900	117,900
Arthur Tanimoto	142,500 49,400	49,400
Israel Biton	141,000
Ed Smith	140,000 94,500	94,500
Fong Yang	138,000 108,000	108,000
Stephen Kujubu	135,000 76,600	76,600
Yunkyu Song	134,000 104,000	104,000
Lance Austin	133,000 69,000	69,000
Michael Runnels	125,000 7,900	7,900
George Saca	125,000 50,000	50,000
Victor Paredes	124,000 78,400	78,400

Matthew Betti	121,000 91,000	91,000
Jordan Henegar	117,000 87,000	87,000
Joe Nguyen	112,000 51,600	51,600
Yonghui Yu	109,500 80,300	80,300
Mohammadreza Sahamibakiani	108,000 17,000	17,000
Trevor Brown	107,000 27,000	27,000
Scott Dobbins	104,000 3,000	3,000
Stanley Hada	103,000 56,400	56,400

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07-28-2024 14:20 UTC-8

2024 Destination RunGood Champions

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Kirk Brown

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The RunGood Poker Series has taken Destination RunGood on the road, with the 2024 series spanning eleven locations from the East Coast to the West.

As the series wraps up at Thunder Valley, here is a look at all of the 2024 RGPS champions:

Event	Winner	Prize
Destination RunGood Tulsa	Todd Tucker	$73,242
Destination RunGood San Diego	Derrick Yamada	$41,550
Destination RunGood Tunica	Michael Esquivel	$55,321
Destination RunGood Jacksonville	Dimas Martinez Jr.	$104,524
Destination RunGood Joplin	Andre Allen	$60,972
Destination RunGood Council Bluffs	Donald Nimneh	$69,546
Destination RunGood Reno	Billy Casey	$29,092
Destination RunGood St. Louis	Iman Alsaden	$77,192
Destination RunGood Bay Area	Jonathan Wang	$85,780
Destination RunGood Kansas City	Blair Hinkle	$92,228

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

07-28-2024 14:53 UTC-8

Sahamibakiani Takes it on Turn

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Kirk Brown

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a three-way flop of 4♣J♠8♦, Matthew Kram checked, Lexy Gavin-Mather bet 3,500, and Mohammadreza Sahamibakiani called along with Cram.

The players then saw the dealer put out the turn 4♠ which paired the board, and Kram and Gavin-Mather both checked. Sahamibakiani then quickly fired off a bet of 8,000 and both players quickly tossed in their cards to award him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammadreza Sahamibakiani	103,000 5,000	5,000
Matthew Kram	64,500
Lexy Gavin-Mather	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Lexy Gavin-Mather Matthew Kram Mohammadreza Sahamibakiani

07-28-2024 14:56 UTC-8

Play Down to 36

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Kirk Brown

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

With 358 entries in Day 1e, 45 players will make the money while the final 36 will find a bag for Day 2.

As of right now, 110 players still remain.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

07-28-2024 15:20 UTC-8

Mendonsa Flushes Fox

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Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Short-stacked Dennis Fox moved all in preflop and was called by Michael Mendonsa to put him at risk.

Dennis Fox: A♠10♥ All in
Michael Mendonsa: A♣5♦

Fox was in a good positon to double up with his superior ace, but the runout of A♦9♦J♠2♦8♦ was brutal as Mendonsa took the pot with a runner-runner five high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mendonsa	110,000 49,500	49,500
Dennis Fox	Busted

07-28-2024 15:23 UTC-8

Winter Doubles Through Rodriguez

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Kirk Brown

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dominico Rodriguez open-shoved under-the-gun for around 25,000 and then Brian Winter called for less while the rest f the table got out of the way.

Brian Winter: 7♥7♣ All in
Dominico Rodriguez: 5♥5♠

Winter was sitting pretty with his superior pocket pair, and if that wasn't enough, the flop of J♣A♥7♦ sure was as he made bottom set for a massive lead. Only running quads could save Rodriguez but the runout of 2♥3♠ failed to do so and Winter was awarded the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Winter	41,500
Dominico Rodriguez	5,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Brian Winter Dominico Rodriguez

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

07-28-2024 15:43 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts

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Kirk Brown

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

This event attracted 1,245 entrants to create a prize pool of $648,960 that will pay 126 spots. A Day 2 min-cash will be worth $1,105 while the eventual winner will take home $106,290.

Place	Payout	Place	Payout
1	$105,920	22-24	$3,500
2	$75,400	25-27	$3,060
3	$48,990	28-36	$2,620
4	$36,240	37-45	$2,230
5	$27,400	46-54	$1,965
6	$22,180	55-63	$1,770
7	$18,470	64-72	$1,635
8	$14,500	73-81	$1,545
9	$10,800	82-90	$1,455
10-12	$8,300	91-99	$1,365
13-15	$6,460	100-108	$1,270
16-18	$5,230	109-117	$1,190
19-21	$4,260	118-126	$1,105