This hand was picked up on the river on a board that read 5♣Q♠8♦J♠4♣.
Diego Hurtado risked his whole stack on the river with a jam for 14,500.
This bet put Aiden Behr to a decision. Behr mulled over the situation before he made the call.
Hurtado showed 6♠4♠ for a pair of fours. Behr was correct in his assessment as he showed 9♦9♠ for a pair of nines to take the pot and eliminate Hurtado.
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Hassan Dashtaei began with a limp from the hijack before Keith Eoll chose to raise it to 1,500 from the cutoff. Kellan Kemp wanted to play for more and re-raised to 4,500 on the button. Dashtaei folded, and Eoll stuck around with a call.
Eoll and Kemp both checked the 4♦3♦9♥ flop, which brought the J♣ turn. Eoll checked again, but Kemp opted to bet 3,500 on the turn. Eoll called.
Kemp bet 12,000 on the 3♥ river after it was checked to him. Eoll gave it some consideration before he folded to award the pot to Kemp.
Kyle Stogsdall opened to 800 from early position and was called by Henry Trinidad in the cutoff. Jose Araya joined the fray with a call on the button, and Ronda Vankrey came along from the small blind to create a four-handed pot.
Vankrey checked the 7♠K♣10♣ flop before Stogsdall fired 900. Trinidad folded, but Araya made the call. Vankrey chose to check-raise to 2,500 in response. Both Stogsdall and Araya stuck around with a call.
The players checked down the 4♥ turn and the 10♦ river.
Vankrey revealed K♠J♥, which was enough to take down the pot as both Stogsdall and Araya mucked their hands.
Jesus Ortega opened the action with a raise to 700 from the cutoff, but faced immediate resistance from John Hernandez, who re-raised to 2,200 on the button.
Ortega made the call and sent the Q♦6♣8♠ flop. Ortega checked before Hernandez led out for 3,200. Ortega gave it some thought before he folded to yield the pot to Hernandez
Kevin Meyers, known in the San Diego poker scene as “Big Kev,” has used poker as an outlet for positive change in his life. Meyers, a husband and father of two, shared with PokerNews that he first learned how to play cards from his grandma when he was a child, playing games such as Gin Rummy, Draw Poker, Stud Poker, and other popular card games such as Spades.
The Santee, California resident began to take an interest in Texas Hold’em like many players did in the afterglow of Chris Moneymaker’s Main Event win that heralded in the era known in the poker world as the Moneymaker effect.
Meyers played cash games before, but he did not earnestly embark on his poker journey until 2015, when he began to take the game more seriously and chose to play more tournaments as his preferred format to play poker.
Meyers shared that, in part, his journey was prompted by his recovery from addiction issues prior to 2015. Poker became his outlet, and he has been a mainstay in the San Diego poker community since. It wasn’t just the game of poker, but the social aspect that Meyers enjoys the most.
“I love the people,” Meyers said about what keeps him coming back to the poker scene all these years later. “I love to make people laugh.”
He shared that he has watched the poker tournament scene grow exponentially since he began to partake in the tournament scene.
“We used to have nothing here,” Meyers said, reflecting on the local tournament scene as he mentioned how much he appreciates tournament circuits like RunGood Poker Series for bringing a stop to San Diego for players like him to enjoy.
Meyers shared that he still has a passion for the game and is aiming to add another RGPS ring to his list of accomplishments. Meyers, who has amassed over $200,000 in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob, won an RGPS ring in August of 2024, but he jokingly revealed that it is still the second-place finish in the RGPS All-Stars Main Event in 2020 that he is looking to improve on.
Meyers was able to add an RGPS title to his resume this week after winning the $300 Tag Team Event for $5,700. Meyers is still chasing his first RGPS Main Event title as he aims to secure his third ring this weekend.
Meyers recently bought into Day 1b of the RGPS Grand Prix San Diego $600 Main Event as he pursues the main event title.
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