Mario Lopez began the action with a raise to 500 from the button. David Young defended his big blind to send them to a flop.
The 7♠Q♦8♣ flop was checked by Young. Lopez fired 400 in response. Young proceeded with a call.
Young checked the 7♥ turn. Lopez staged a bet of 1,500. Young gave it some consideration before he called to send them to a river.
Young slipped it over to Lopez on the 10♥ turn. Lopez chose to bet 3,600. Young pondered for a moment before he opted to check-raise the river to 10,000. Lopez folded to yield the pot to Young.
Young showed 8♠8♥ to reveal he had a full house before dragging in the chips.
Kevin Pham opened to 600 from under the gun and was called by James Takahashi in the small blind.
Takahashi checked the 5♣3♥4♠ flop before Pham bet 1,000.
Takahashi promptly called, and the A♥ peeled on the turn. Takahashi took the initiative and bet 2,000. Pham folded in response, awarding the pot to Takahashi.
One final Day 1 flight remains in the $600 Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship as part of the Run Good Poker Series Final Orbit held at Thunder Valley Casino and Resort, as players can take one last shot to either bag for the first time or build a bigger stack that they can take into Day 2.
A total of 341 entrants took their shot on Day 1ab, while Day 1cd saw a bigger turnout with 409 entrants putting their hat in the ring. This resulted in a total of 80 players who were permitted to advance to Day 2 after the first four flights.
Daniel Ferketa
Day 1c chip leader Arthur Tanimoto (846,000) finished ahead of everyone after the first four flights, followed by Ryan Pham (824,000) and Daniel Ferketa (728,000) to round out the top three stacks thus far.
The top 12.5 percent of players are guaranteed to make the money, with the top 10 percent of each flight permitted to advance to Day 2. This is the 10th of 22 total events hosted by the 2025 Run Good Poker Series, spanning 19 days of action as players take their shot at Run Good glory at Thunder Valley Casino from July 14 through August 4.
The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship Schedule
Event
Date
Time
Flight Day 1e
July 27
11 a.m.
Day 2 Final
July 28
12 p.m.
Players are permitted one re-entry per flight. Blind levels are set to last 30 minutes on Day 1. Entrants begin the tournament with 30,000 in chips with the starting blinds at 100/200/200. Day 1 flights feature 15-minute breaks scheduled after every four levels. A 30-minute break will take place to remove 100 chips and end registration after Level 8. This means that late registration continues until the start of Level 9.
Stay tuned here at PokerNews for coverage of today’s action, as the final flight will dictate who will make Day 2.
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