$2,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Thunder Valley

08-02-2025 14:05 UTC-7

Longtain Scores Small Pot

Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Justin Levitt began the hand with a raise to 900 from early position. Jagdeep Bal called from the cutoff, and Timothy Longtain defended his big blind to send them to a flop three-handed.

Levitt bet 1,200 on the A♠7♦10♥ flop and was called by both Bal and Longtain.

A round of checks occurred on the 3♥ turn, and the 6♦ river.

Longtain showed 9♦7♦ for a pair of sevens, which was enough to take down the pot as both Bal and Levitt mucked their hands without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Longtain	30,200 7,800	7,800
Jagdeep Bal	27,800 8,000	8,000
Justin Levitt	12,400

Tags: Jagdeep Bal Justin Levitt Timothy Longtain

08-02-2025 13:53 UTC-7

Trips for Lau

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Hock Lau opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from under the gun. Jagdeep Bal called from the cutoff. Nicholas Dillon came along on the button, and Timothy Longtain defended his big blind.

A round of checks occurred on the 4♦5♦8♠ flop to bring on the 10♣ turn.

Longtain checked, which led to a bet of 2,200 from Lau. Bal and Dillon folded, but Longtain was not done with the hand as he called to send them to a river.

The 10♦ river prompted a check from Longtian, but it did not slow Lau down as he bet 2,200. This garnered a call from Longtain.

Lau showed A♠10♥ for trip tens to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Dillon	44,100 44,100	44,100
Hock Lau	43,000 43,000	43,000
Timothy Longtain	38,000 38,000	38,000
Jagdeep Bal	35,800 35,800	35,800

Tags: Hock Lau Jagdeep Bal Nicholas Dillon Timothy Longtain

08-02-2025 13:41 UTC-7

Kian Triples; Burgess Wins Side

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Bin Duan was in for 1,200 from the hijack when Daniel Burgess re-raised it to 4,200 from the cutoff. Saeid Kian chose to go all-in from the big blind for 2,500 to be at risk. Duan came along with a call to create a three-handed pot as they went to a flop.

The flop of 2♦A♠7♦ was checked by Duan before Burgess fired 4,500. Duan stuck around with a call.

Both players checked the K♦ turn and the J♦ river to head to a showdown.

Duan showed A♣6♣ for a pair of aces, but Burgess revealed A♥9♠ to win the side pot.

Kian had the best hand of the three when he showed A♦8♦ for a flush to score the triple.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Burgess	63,300
Bin Duan	14,600 14,600	14,600
Saeid Kian	7,900

Tags: Bin Duan Daniel Burgess Saeid Kian

08-02-2025 13:24 UTC-7

Top Ten Stacks

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Here are the top ten chip counts following the first break of Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Loncar	112,800 112,800	112,800
Erick Lindgren	106,000 106,000	106,000

Chen Liao	96,200 96,200	96,200
Mark Egbert	95,000 95,000	95,000
Joe Nguyen	85,600 85,600	85,600
Norman Yeung	82,300 82,300	82,300
Joseph Baghdalian	80,000 80,000	80,000
Jae Chung	75,000 500	500
Paul Richardson	73,000 73,000	73,000
Marc Danai	72,300 72,300	72,300

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-02-2025 13:07 UTC-7

First Break

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break. Action will resume at the 200/400 level. A total of 135 entries have registered so far with 121 left in the tournament.

08-02-2025 13:05 UTC-7

Conway Takes Multi-Way Pot

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Mark Conway opened the action with a raise to 800 from early position. Harlan Karnofsky called in the next seat over, and Kong Wang defended his big blind to create a three-handed pot.

Conway and Karnofsky checked the Q♥6♥4♦ flop. Wang chose to bet 5,500 and was called by both Conway and Karnofsky.

Conway decided to take the lead on the 2♠ turn with a bet of 10,000. Karnofsky and Wang folded to award the pot to Conway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Conway	48,000 48,000	48,000
Harlan Karnofsky	30,300 30,300	30,300
Kong Wang	28,400 28,400	28,400

Tags: Harlan Karnofsky Kong Wang Mark Conway

08-02-2025 12:53 UTC-7

Lebaron Wins Skirmish Against Ruth

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ronald Ruth opened the hand with a raise to 800 from early position before Kaylen Lebaron chose to call from the big blind.

Lebaron checked the 10♥2♠4♦ flop. Ruth chose to bet 1,000, which garnered a call from Lebaron.

The 7♠ turn was checked by both players to bring on the 4♠ river. Lebaron opted to slide out a bet of 1,800. Ruth folded in response to yield the small pot to Lebaron.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaylen Lebaron	42,600
Ronald Ruth	38,700 38,700	38,700

Tags: Kaylen Lebaron Ronald Ruth

08-02-2025 12:39 UTC-7

Foscalina Secures Double Against Mather

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Joel Foscalina began the action with a raise from the hijack and was called on the button by Robert Mather.

The flop came A♠A♣2♦, which led to a bet of 2,300 from Foscalina. Mather called to send them to a turn.

Foscalina went for it all on the turn as he jammed for 27,300 into Mather. Mather tanked for a while before he made the call to put Foscalina at risk.

Joel Foscalina: A♦K♣ All in
Robert Mather: A♥J♥

Foscalina and Mather both flopped trips, but it was Foscalina with the best of it.

The 6♠ river did not change anything as Foscalina scored the double up and Mather tumbled to a small stack early on Day 1 b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Foscalina	61,000
Robert Mather	7,800

Tags: Joel Foscalina Robert Mather

08-02-2025 12:29 UTC-7

Moreno Bests Thao

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Xiong Thao opened the action with a raise to 800 from under the gun. It folded to Andrew Moreno in the small blind, who called to send them to a flop heads-up.

Moreno checked the 8♣2♣J♠ flop before Thao bet 500. Moreno gave it some thought before he check-raised to 2,000. Thao proceeded with a call.

The 6♥ turn led to a bet of 4,000 from Moreno, which was not enough to scare Thao as he called to see a river.

Both players checked the 3♥ river.

Moreno showed K♠J♣ for a pair of jacks, which was good enough to take down the pot as Thao folded.