$600 Main Event | 2025 RGPS Grand Prix Tunica

09-07-2025 21:34 UTC-6

Kennedy Applies the Pressure

Nick Becker

Level 27 : Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Joshua Butler raised to 325,000 on the button and Chris Kennedy three-bet shoved in the big blind to put Butler at risk who had about 2,000,000 behind.

Butler thought for a moment before tossing ace-six into the muck. Kennedy flashed pocket sixes as he dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamid Izadi	11,000,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Chris Kennedy	5,800,000 900,000	900,000
Joshua Butler	2,000,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Chris Kennedy Joshua Butler Kennedy Applies

09-07-2025 21:25 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

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Nick Becker

Level 27 : Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamid Izadi	9,700,000 400,000	400,000
Chris Kennedy	6,700,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Joshua Butler	2,600,000 400,000	400,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 75,000/125,000

Ante: 125,000

09-07-2025 21:11 UTC-6

Break Time

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The remaining three players have been sent on another 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000big blind ante.

09-07-2025 21:10 UTC-6

Jamie Kizer Eliminated in 4th Place ($21,897)

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jamie Kizer raised to 200,000 on the button and Hamid Izadi three-bet shoved in the big blind to put Kizer at risk who had about 1,175,000 behind. Kizer quickly called.

Jamie Kizer: K♣K♥ All in
Hamid Izadi: A♦Q♠

Izadi pulled ahead on the Q♣Q♥8♦ flop, improving to trips. The 4♦ turn and 9♦ river offered no help to Kizer and he was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamid Izadi	9,300,000 3,800,000	3,800,000
Jamie Kizer	Busted

Tags: Hamid Izadi Jamie Kizer

09-07-2025 20:53 UTC-6

Nathan Morton Eliminated in 5th Place ($16,497)

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Hamid Izadi raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Nathan Morton three-bet jammed on the button for 730,000 to put himself at risk. Izadi made the call.

Nathan Morton: J♥8♣ All in
Hamid Izadi: A♦6♠

The board ran out K♥7♣7♦Q♥Q♠ and Morton's impressive tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamid Izadi	5,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Nathan Morton	Busted

Tags: Hamid Izadi Nathan Morton

09-07-2025 20:42 UTC-6

Cody Stanford Eliminated in 6th Place ($12,577)

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Hamid Izadi was in the cutoff and got it all in preflop against Cody Stanford on the button who was at risk for a little over ten big blinds.

Cody Stanford: A♦J♣ All in
Hamid Izadi: K♦5♦

The flop came 2♣Q♣6♦ with Stanford's ace-jack still in the lead. Izadi pulled ahead on the 5♥ turn, pairing his five, and improved to two pair on the K♥ river to send the defending champ to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hamid Izadi	4,500,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Cody Stanford	Busted

Tags: Cody Stanford Hamid Izadi

09-07-2025 20:36 UTC-6

Updated Counts

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Nick Becker

Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Kennedy	8,100,000 350,000	350,000
Hamid Izadi	3,125,000 575,000	575,000
Joshua Butler	3,000,000 100,000	100,000
Jamie Kizer	2,525,000 175,000	175,000
Nathan Morton	1,200,000 1,025,000	1,025,000
Cody Stanford	1,150,000 370,000	370,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

09-07-2025 20:17 UTC-6

Life Outside Poker: Sam Abernathy's Journey from Poker Stardom to Motherhood

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Nick Becker

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

Life Outside Poker is a 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 34th episode, Connor talks with WSOP free-to-play app ambassador Sam Abernathy about growing up in Georgia, studying design, the similarities between gymnastics and poker, finishing third in the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event, and a notorious slow roll she suffered in that event.

Abernathy also talks about first getting into poker through the WSOP Play app before becoming an ambassador years later, motherhood and being married to fellow poker player Lautaro Guerra, who finished 15th in this year's WSOP Main Event for $450,000.

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