$800 Main Event Day 1cd | 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Bay Area

05-10-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Rodriguez Gets Value with Straight

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level 11: Blinds 2,000/3,000

The button opened and Noel Rodriguez called in the small blind.

On the A♦10♠8♣ flop, the button continued for 10,000 before Rodriguez check-raised to 27,000 and the button called.

The J♣ turn checked through to the 7♥ river which saw Rodriguez fire for 44,000. The button thought it over for 30 seconds before he cut out calling chips. Rodriguez tabled Q♣9♥ for the turned straight as the button flashed Q♥J♠ for second pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	185,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez

05-10-2025 22:25 UTC-8

Kerstetter Flies American

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level 12: Blinds 2,000/4,000

Mikhail Sniatovskii opened to 8,000 from under the gun before Jamie Kerstetter three-bet to 17,000 in early position. A player in middle position then cold-four bet to 38,000. Sniatovskii folded before Kerstetter jammed for 150,000 effective as the slightly covering stack. Her opponent sighed as he called off his stack.

Middle Position: J♥J♦ All in
Jamie Kerstetter: A♠A♣

Kerstetter was in prime position to win a huge one and it stayed that way on the 8♦4♠2♠8♣A♥ runout as she padded her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Kerstetter	330,000 280,000	280,000

Mikhail Sniatovskii	55,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Jamie Kerstetter Mikhail Sniatovskii

05-10-2025 22:29 UTC-8

Final Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The remaining 25 players are going on a 15-minute break with the final 15 advancing.

Play resumes in Level 13 with blinds at 3,000/5,000/5,000 and an average stack of 136,000, or 27 big blinds.

05-10-2025 23:31 UTC-8

Bad Beat Jackpot Activated!

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level 14: Blinds 3,000/6,000

Action was picked up with the cards on their backs as Jeremy Smith was all-in for around 60,000 from the cutoff against Joe Nguyen from the hijack.

Jeremy Smith: 7♦7♣ All in
Joe Nguyen: 3♠3♣

Smith was in great shape to double on the 9♠7♥3♦ flop as both players flopped sets. However, the 3♥ peeled off on the turn to give Nguyen quad threes as he hit a one-outer to take the lead.

Before the commotion caused by the turn card was finished, the dealer miraculously found the 7♠ river to give Smith higher quads in a hand worthy of a six-figure bad beat jackpot. The entire room gathered around the table to witness the one of the most absurd hands you will ever see.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Smith	125,000 125,000	125,000
Joe Nguyen	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Jeremy Smith Joe Nguyen

05-10-2025 23:44 UTC-8

Himes Doubles Through Yeung

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level 14: Blinds 3,000/6,000

RGPS Bay Area points leader Norman Yeung opened the hijack to 25,000 before Charles Himes jammed for 64,000 from the big blind and Yeung called after some deliberation.

Charles Himes: 7♠7♦ All in
Norman Yeung: Q♥J♠

It was a coinflip scenario with Himes staying ahead on the 6♠6♦2♠ flop. He held through the 6♥8♠ runout to secure a crucial double late in the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Himes	140,000 35,000	35,000
Norman Yeung	45,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Charles Himes Norman Yeung

05-11-2025 00:19 UTC-8

Hand-for-Hand

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Level 16: Blinds 5,000/10,000

With 16 players remaining and 15 being in the money, play will continue hand-for-hand at two tables until another player is eliminated.

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

05-11-2025 01:16 UTC-8

Double Bustout to End the Night

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Brett Slezak

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A player was forced all-in from the big blind and Travis Fujisaka limped the button.

Big Blind: K♦8♣ All in
Travis Fujisaka: Q♣7♣

The Q♦10♠10♥ flop gave gave Fujisaka the lead until the K♠ turn put the big blind ahead. However, the river was the Q♥ and Fujisaka scored an elimination.

At another table, Jeremy Smith was all-in for his final 58,000 against Aquil Salahudeen and Lawrence Chen.

Jeremy Smith: J♣J♦ All in
Aquil Salahudeen: A♥9♥
Lawrence Chen: A♣K♥

The board ran out J♠10♠2♣A♠Q♠ and Chen's straight was good for another elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Chen	428,000

Aquil Salahudeen	423,000 423,000	423,000
Travis Fujisaka	298,000
Jeremy Smith	Busted

Tags: Aquil Salahudeen Jeremy Smith Lawrence Chen Travis Fujisaka

05-11-2025 01:18 UTC-8

Day 1cd Chip Counts (full)

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Brett Slezak

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiong Thao	595,000

Sigmund Anderman	496,000
Ian Steinman	470,000

Lawrence Chen	428,000

Aquil Salahudeen	423,000
Victor Wan	422,000
Noel Rodriguez	394,000 209,000	209,000

Ratu Caucau	388,000 128,000	128,000
Jamie Kerstetter	353,000 23,000	23,000

Denis Lee	339,000
Artur Hamra	325,000
Travis Fujisaka	298,000
Steven Ritchie	261,000
KIm Jardin	237,000 127,000	127,000
Srivatsa Shankam	208,000
Max Steinberg	192,000

Hrishikesh Kulkarni	192,000
Brett Murray	188,000
Feiyue Wu	181,000
Ken Bidinger	180,000
Alex Gittings	173,000
Anthony Nguyen	173,000
Ky Nguyen	158,000
Timothy Ng	150,000
Charles Himes	146,000 6,000	6,000

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