$600 The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Day 1ab | 2025 RGPS Mission RunGood Thunder Valley

07-25-2025 22:01 UTC-7

Stark Wins Multi-Way Pot

Erick Torres

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

Level 11: 1,500/3,000
Derek Stark got the hand started when he raised ot 6,000 from early position and was called in four spots by Anubhav Jolly in the next seat over, Randy Gil from the hijack, Clinton Ronsse on the button, and Coy Sanders in the big blind.

All five players checked the 8♣9♣J♣ flop to bring on the 2♦ turn.

Once again, every player checked to see the 2♥ river. "Never slow play bottom two on a monotone board," said Stark before he bet 10,000. Jolly and Gil folded. Ronsse called, and Sanders got out of the way.

Stark showed Q♦J♦ for a rivered two pair to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Gil	283,000 189,000	189,000
Derek Stark	260,000 86,000	86,000
Anubhav Jolly	101,000 146,500	146,500
Clinton Ronsse	41,500 41,500	41,500
Coy Sanders	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Anubhav Jolly Clinton Ronsse Coy Sanders Derek Stark Randy Gil

07-25-2025 21:43 UTC-7

14 Will Advance From Day 1b

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Erick Torres

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

A total of 14 players will bag for Day 2 from flight Day 1b at the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship. The top 17 players will make the money.

Place	Payout
1-14	Advance to Day 2
15-17	$1, 040

07-25-2025 21:38 UTC-7

Top Counts in Day 1b

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Erick Torres

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Anubhav Jolly	247,500
Xiong Thao	241,000 137,000	137,000
Tsz Liu	181,500 111,000	111,000
Derek Stark	174,000
Mohit Vasudeva	170,500 170,500	170,500
Allison De Souza	143,000
Charles Jenco	140,000
Joshua Prager	125,000
Matthew Gouge	124,000
Lian Liu	115,000
Victor Paredes	105,500

Bohao Zhu	105,000
Randy Gil	94,000
Spencer Winding	87,500

07-25-2025 21:31 UTC-7

Coverage Resumes for Day 1b

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Erick Torres

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

PokerNews coverage begins at Level 10 of Day 1b with the blinds at 1,500/2,000. A total of 40 players remain.

07-25-2025 19:55 UTC-7

Break in Coverage

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Erick Torres

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

PokerNews will now have a break in coverage following the conclusion of Day 1A. Coverage will resume with Day 1B 9:30 p.m. local time.

07-25-2025 19:49 UTC-7

Final Chip Counts for Day 1a

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Erick Torres

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

Here are the final 19 players who will advance to Day 2 in the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jagdeep Bal	619,000 222,000	222,000

Sang Tran	588,000 126,000	126,000
Nicholas Browning	500,000 50,000	50,000
Austin Tian	426,000 47,000	47,000
Paul Spano	403,000 132,000	132,000
Brandon Harper	388,000 63,000	63,000
William Heinselman	375,000
Benjamin Primus	313,000 313,000	313,000
Steven Gnatovich	286,000 38,000	38,000
Adrian Martinez	278,000 278,000	278,000
Edward Miller	250,000 161,500	161,500
Richard Lockmanese	241,000 46,000	46,000
Navid Gosili	210,000 88,000	88,000
Sanjay Lavu	202,000 116,500	116,500
George Saca	194,000 114,000	114,000
Ramin Malekian	188,000 115,000	115,000
Joseph Bergh	136,000 136,000	136,000

Jose Ochoa	103,000 103,000	103,000
Joe Ghio	72,000 4,000	4,000

07-25-2025 19:41 UTC-7

Day 1a Flight is Done

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Erick Torres

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

The final 19 players have bagged for flight Day 1a.

07-25-2025 19:39 UTC-7

Heinselman Eliminates Tsoi

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Erick Torres

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

William Heinselman and Evgenii Tsoi clashed preflop in a pot where Tsoi was at risk for his stack once again against Heinselman, whom he had doubled up through earlier.

Evgenii Tsoi: Q♥Q♣ All in
William Heinselman: A♥K♦

Tsoi appeared poised to double through Heinselman for the second time in recent memory, but the flop did not cooperate with Tsoi as it came 9♠A♠3♠ to give Heinselman the lead.

The J♣ turn and the 2♥ river sealed Tsoi's fate as it eliminated him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Heinselman	375,000 167,000	167,000
Evgenii Tsoi	Busted

Tags: Evgenii Tsoi William Heinselman

07-25-2025 19:22 UTC-7

Ghio Out Runs Lockmanese

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Erick Torres

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

Joe Ghio from early position and Richard Lockmanese from the button got it all in preflop with Ghio at risk for 36,000.

Joe Ghio: K♥9♠ All in
Richard Lockmanese: A♥J♣

Lockmanese held the edge preflop, but Ghio outflopped his opponent when it came Q♥K♠9♥ to give Ghio two pair.

The turn was intriguing as it came the J♥ to give Lockmanese a pair of jacks and the flush draw.

The 4♠ ended the drama as it was a brick in favor of Ghio, who was awarded the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Lockmanese	195,000 118,000	118,000
Joe Ghio	76,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Joe Ghio Richard Lockmanese

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000