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$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2025 RGPS Grand Prix Maryland
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 RGPS Grand Prix Maryland
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$384,030
Total Entries
251
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
54
Players Left
7
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Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Hamid Izadi waited until the last possible moment to seize the chip lead on Day 1b of the $1,700 RunGood Poker Series Grand Prix Maryland Main Event.
With eight players remaining and only seven surviving to make the money and Day 2, Gintautas Putinas thought he had found a perfect time to earn a big double up. He was all in for 280,000 with two aces against Izadi’s queens and poised to take the chip lead, but Izadi spiked a set on the flop to burst the bubble as he ended the day with 722,000.
Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamid Izadi | United States | 722,000 | 120 |
| 2 | Charles Furey | United States | 460,000 | 77 |
| 3 | Joel Lanning | United States | 322,000 | 54 |
| 4 | Russ Dunlevy | United States | 231,000 | 39 |
| 5 | Matt Mullins | United States | 175,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Joe Crowley | United States | 135,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Zach Kates | United States | 120,000 | 20 |
*Blinds projected at 3,000/6,000 to start Day 2
The Georgia native has a lengthy poker resume that includes more than $2.3 million in live earnings. He finished runner-up in the RGPS Grand Prix Tunica Main Event last month, and has also won two WSOP Circuit Main Events, the latest coming in Southern Indiana in September.
If anyone could be said to have come into the event riding a wave of momentum, it was Charles Furey. Furey had a two-decade-long poker career before he earned his first six-figure score, taking down the PokerStars Open Maryland Main Event just a few days ago. With that accomplishment under his belt, he arrived at MGM National Harbor today and kept the hot run going, ending up in second place with 460,000.
Joel Lanning (322,000), Russ Dunlevy (231,000), Matt Mullins (175,000), Joe Crowley (135,000), and Zach Kates (120,000) were also among the seven who secured their tickets into Day 2 on Sunday.
The 54 entries recorded on the second starting flight brought the total field up to 121, with 16 players already through to Day 2. There is still one more starting flight to go tomorrow at 11:15 a.m. as the field approaches the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.
All surviving players return for Day 2 on November 2 at 12:15 p.m. to play down to a champion. Today lasted longer than yesterday’s 15 levels, so the blinds will be pushed back unless tomorrow’s flight ends sooner.
PokerNews will be back Saturday for the final starting flight, as players take one last shot at the RGPS Main Event ring.
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
722,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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460,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
322,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
231,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
175,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
135,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action folded to Gintautas Putinas who raised to 25,000 in the small blind. Hamid Izadi then three-bet to 125,000, Putinas moved all in for 280,000, and Izadi snap-called.
Gintautas Putinas: A♥A♣ 
Hamid Izadi: Q♦Q♠
Putinas showed down two aces and was poised to earn the massive double up and take over the chip lead, but Izadi spiked a set on the Q♣5♥2♦ flop to take the lead. The rest of the board ran out 10♠3♦ and Putinas was eliminated on the money bubble.
"Yuck," Russ Dunlevy said as the remaining seven players prepared to bag up their chips for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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720,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
In a limped pot between the blinds, Russ Dunlevy led out for 10,000 on a flop of 8♣4♠7♦ and Joel Lanning called.
Both players checked the 8♥ turn and the 3♦ fell on the river. Lanning then bet 30,000, and Dunlevy called.
Lanning showed 9♦8♦ for trips, and Dunlevy mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
220,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
In a three-way limped pot, Casey Hatmaker moved all in for 30,000 from the button on a flop of Q♦J♠6♠. Gintautas Putinas called in the big blind, but Russ Dunlevy then reshoved in middle position. Putinas flashed the Q♣ and folded. "I guess I wasted that shit," Dunlevy said.
Casey Hatmaker: J♥10♠
Russ Dunlevy: A♠Q♠
Hatmaker had Matt Mullins' shark figurine poised atop his chips as he needed to improve against Dunlevy's top pair and flush draw. The 2♠ turn, though, gave Dunlevy the nut flush, while the 5♠ river was a mere formality and Hatmaker was sent to the rail, but not before returing the shark.
With eight players remaining, there is one more elimination to go before play ends for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
280,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The remaining nine players are going on a 12-minute break.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Hamid Izadi raised to 12,000 in middle position and was called by Russ Dunlevy on the button, as well as Joel Lanning and Matt Mullins in the blinds.
The flop came A♣Q♥10♠ and Izadi bet 20,000. Only Lanning called to see the J♦ turn.
Izadi then bet 55,000, and Lanning took a minute before folding. "Flopped the nuts," Izadi said as he showed K♣J♥.
"You won't believe the fold I just made," Lanning added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
260,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
200,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
170,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Russ Dunlevy raised to 17,000 in early position and Charles Furey called in the cutoff.
The flop came Q♣9♣7♦ and Dunlevy bet 15,000. Furey called to the 6♥ turn, where Dunlevy bet another 20,000. Furey again called.
The J♥ fell on the river and Dunlevy took a minute before slowing down and checking. Furey quickly checked back.
"I have a pair," Dunlevy said, showing 8♣8♥, but Furey had Q♥10♥ for a pair of queens to take the pot.
"Really tough to get that through," Dunlevy added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
230,000 |
