$600 Main Event Day 1bc | 2026 RGPS Passport Austin

01-30-2026 14:10 UTC-5

Reaman Shoves on George

Erick Torres

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jonathan Clay opened to 1,600 from middle position and was called by Brenda Carson-Oberembt in the hijack, Tyler Reaman on the button, and John George in the big blind.

It was checked to Reaman on the 8♠6♥9♣ flop, which led to a bet of 2,600. George called while Clay and Carson-Oberembt folded.

The 10♦ turn led to a check from George. Reaman bet 6,000, and George responded with a check-raise to 12,000.

Reaman quickly jammed, and George pitched his cards into the muck to yield the pot to Reaman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Reaman	60,000
Jonathan Clay	31,000
Brenda Carson-Oberembt	19,000
John George	12,400 17,600	17,600

Tags: Brenda Carson-Oberembt John George Jonathan Clay Tyler Reaman

01-30-2026 14:09 UTC-5

Cody Culp Wins Big O Ring!

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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01-30-2026 13:58 UTC-5

Lee Spikes Flush

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Erick Torres

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Phillip Lee opened to 1,800 from early position, which garnered calls from a player in middle position and the hijack before the cutoff opted to re-raise to 6,300. All three players called the re-raise to create a four-handed pot.

Players knuckled the A♥Q♥9♣ flop to bring the 7♥ turn. Lee checked before the middle position bet 16,000. The hijack and cutoff folded, but Lee opted to go all-in and put the middle position at risk.

His opponent called to be at risk.

Opponent: A♠7♣ All in
Phillip Lee: J♥J♠

Lee needed a heart or a jack to overcome the two pair of his opponent, and help came when the 3♥ river came to upgrade Lee to a flush and sink his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Lee	134,000

Tags: Phillip Lee

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

01-30-2026 13:45 UTC-5

Defiant Player Set Up in $2,400,000 Hand of Poker But Can He Get Lucky? | PokerNews Podcast #936

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

In the 936th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are all in Las Vegas at Level 9 Studio to talk about the viral $2.4 million poker hand played between Antonio Esfandiari and Alan Keating. The hand, part of Super High Roller Cash Game on PokerGO, blew up fast and had the whole poker world talking.

From there, the crew talks about the Daniel “Jungleman” Cates vs. sports bettor "Elf" boxing match, looks at a controversial hand from High Stakes Poker involving Sam "Señor Tilt" Kiki, and a winner interview with Andrew "Lucky Chewy" Lichtenberger after he notched a win at the PGT Kickoff Series.

Other stories bantered about are Jeff Platt now being exclusive with the WSOP, how Arden Cho will probably be at the Oscars, the new PokerNews PowerStack Leaderboard for the 2026 RGPS Passport Season, and sharing which poker room on the Las Vegas Strip is unfortunately closing at the end of the month.

Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

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01-30-2026 13:42 UTC-5

Flores Shoves on Flop

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A series of limps preceded a raise to 3,000 from the button. Adam Flores chose to re-raise to 10,000 from the small blind, which resulted in folds from all three limpers. The button came along to create a heads-up pot.

The 4♦6♦10♥ flop led to an all-in for 23,300 from Flores. The button gave it some consideration before he made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Flores	44,300 44,300	44,300

Tags: Adam Flores

01-30-2026 13:30 UTC-5

Beadle Wins Uncontested

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

John George opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from early position. Jonathan Clay called from the small blind, and Brian Beadle came along from the big blind.

George continued for 1,200 on the 5♣A♣6♠ flop. This led to a fold from Clay, but Beadle came along with a call.

Both players checked the 8♣ turn to bring the 2♦ river.

George checked before Beadle fired 2,000. That was enough for George as he folded to award the pot to Beadle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Beadle	58,000
Jonathan Clay	31,000
John George	30,000

Tags: Brian Beadle John George Jonathan Clay

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

01-30-2026 13:17 UTC-5

Mooring Takes Chunk From Gray

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Tim Gray opened the hand to 700 from early position before Mason Mooring opted to re-raise to 2,500 from the button. Gray called and sent them to a flop.

Both players checked through the 4♠J♦6♣ flop, which led to the 10♦ turn.

Gray checked again, but this time Mooring opted to bet 5,500. Gray called.

The K♦ river led to another check from Gray. Mooring put out a bet of 19,000, which sent Gray into the tank. Gray mulled over his options before he put out the call.

Mooring showed A♦2♦ for a flush to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mason Mooring	121,000 121,000	121,000
Tim Gray	22,200 22,200	22,200

Tags: Mason Mooring Tim Gray

01-30-2026 13:03 UTC-5

Farr Eliminates Nolen

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The hand was picked up on the flop of a board that read 10♣8♠4♦ with approximately 7,000 already in the middle. Ronald Farr bet out of the small blind before Xavier Nolen re-raised to 15,000.

Farr was not to be outdone and put out a bet of 32,400, which was enough to put Nolen all-in.

Nolen gave it some consideration before he pushed his stack in for the call to be at risk.

Xavier Nolen: J♦J♣ All in
Ronald Farr: Q♣Q♠

Nolen was in deep trouble against the pocket queens of Farr.

The 9♣ turn and the 3♠ river did not alter the standings as Nolen was eliminated.