$600 Main Event | 2025 RGPS Grand Prix Tunica II

11-16-2025 20:15 UTC-6

Brian Durr Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,629)

Adam Lamers

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Carl Masters raised to 160,000 in early position and Brian Durr min-clicked it to 240,000 from the small blind. Masters four-bet shoved all in and Durr quickly called.

Brian Durr: 9♠9♣ All in
Carl Masters: A♦K♦

The flop fell Q♥J♦10♥ and Masters flopped the nut straight to leave Durr drawing slim. The 8♦ on the turn locked it up and the 5♠ on the river was just a formality. The stacks were counted and it was Durr who was at risk for 1,425,000. Masters had him covered by a single 5,000 chip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Masters	2,950,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Brian Durr	Busted

Tags: Carl Masters Brian Durr

Level: 25

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

11-16-2025 19:54 UTC-6

Marlon Hammond Eliminated in 9th Place ($6,026)

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Marlon Hammond open-shoved all in for around 1,000,000 in the hijack. Unfortunately for him, Rafael Lopez woke up with a premium on his left and reshoved over the top.

Marlon Hammond: Q♠J♣ All in
Rafael Lopez: K♣K♦

Hammond was in tough with two undercards and the flop provided no help for the short stack. The turn bricked as well and Hammond was drawing dead to the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Lopez	3,620,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Marlon Hammond	Busted

Tags: Marlon Hammond Rafael Lopez

11-16-2025 19:50 UTC-6

Masters Holds for a Double

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

BJ McBrayer opened to 120,000 in middle position and Carl Masters shoved all in for 685,000 in the cutoff. Cody Stanford reshoved all in on the button and the action folded back to McBrayer who threw his pocket nines face up into the muck.

Carl Masters: J♣J♦ All in
Cody Stanford: A♥K♥

The flop came 10♥9♥8♣ and Stanford picked up a flush draw to go with his two overcards. The 2♦ on the turn was safe for Masters and so was the 3♣ on the river as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Stanford	2,030,000 1,070,000	1,070,000
Carl Masters	1,500,000 940,000	940,000

Tags: Cody Stanford Carl Masters BJ McBrayer

11-16-2025 19:41 UTC-6

Final Table Redraw

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Eric Salazar	2,880,000	48
2	Carl Masters	560,000	9
3	Cody Stanford	3,100,000	52
4	Jason Maeroff	3,050,000	51
5	Marlon Hammond	1,420,000	24
6	Rafael Lopez	2,220,000	37
7	Josh Butler	1,000,000	17
8	Brian Durr	1,180,000	20
9	BJ McBrayer	4,050,000	68

Player	Chips	Progress
BJ McBrayer	4,050,000
Cody Stanford	3,100,000 800,000	800,000
Jason Maeroff	3,050,000 1,380,000	1,380,000
Eric Salazar	2,880,000 520,000	520,000
Rafael Lopez	2,220,000 730,000	730,000
Marlon Hammond	1,420,000 20,000	20,000
Brian Durr	1,180,000 440,000	440,000
Josh Butler	1,000,000 60,000	60,000
Carl Masters	560,000 1,340,000	1,340,000

11-16-2025 19:32 UTC-6

Marcus Paxton Eliminated in 10th Place ($6,026)

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action folded to BJ McBrayer in the small blind who announced all in. Marcus Paxton was in the big blind and called off his stack of around 750,000.

Marcus Paxton: AxJx All in
BJ McBrayer: QxJx

The flop came J♦7♠4♠ and Paxton was still out front with the better kicker. However, the Q♣ on the turn gave McBrayer two pair and the 9♦ on the river was no help to Paxton.

Player	Chips	Progress
BJ McBrayer	4,050,000 1,370,000	1,370,000
Marcus Paxton	Busted

Tags: Marcus Paxton BJ McBrayer

11-16-2025 19:27 UTC-6

Ryan Enis Eliminated in 11th Place ($4,817)

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Marlon Hammond shipped all in for over 700,000 on the button and Ryan Enis called off his stack of around 500,000 in the big blind.

Ryan Enis: A♦J♦ All in
Marlon Hammond: A♠9♠

Both players had suited aces but it was Hammond who flopped a pair and flush draw on the K♠9♥2♠ flop. The 7♠ on the turn left Enis drawing dead to the K♣ on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marlon Hammond	1,400,000 50,000	50,000
Ryan Enis	Busted

Tags: Marlon Hammond Ryan Enis

11-16-2025 19:12 UTC-6

Stanford Plays It Sneaky

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Josh Butler raised to 150,000 from under the gun and was called by Cody Stanford and Eric Salazar in the blinds. The flop came K♠J♠9♥ and Butler continued with a bet of 120,000. Stanford and Salazar both called to see the Q♣ on the turn.

The action checked around and the A♦ hit the river. Stanford led out with a bet of 485,000 which got Salazar to fold. Butler gave it his full attention but decided to fold as well.

"You call preflop?" Stanford asked Butler, who got a nod. "I played my hand poorly then. I got sneaky," Stanford flashed his 10♣10♦ to the table.