2026 RGPS Passport Thunder Valley
Chip Counts
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on a 15-minute break. Action will resume at the 500/1,000 level.
Ming Cheng opened to 1,800 from early position before Di Liu made the call from the cutoff. Allison De Souza raised the price of admission when he popped it to 5,000. Cheng fought fire with fire as he four-bet to 13,000 in response. Liu got out of the way, while De Souza made the call.
The Q♠5♠4♥ flop led Cheng to put out a pile of chips that was more than enough to cover the rest of De Souza's stack.
De Souza was in the tank for a while before he folded to yield the pot to Cheng.
"Show one card," requested De Souza.
Cheng pitched one card face down while he showed the J♠ as he collected the chips.
Vahid Sahebalzamani began the bidding with an open to 4,000 from the hijack. Norman Yeung made the call from the cutoff before Chandler Os shipped it for 23,300 on the button. Sahebalzamani folded, but Yeung went into the tank.
"This is a bad call," said Yeung as he made the call to put Os at risk.
Chandler Os: K♠K♦
Norman Yeung: K♣Q♥
Os was in full control as he had Yeung's hand dominated as they went to a runout.
The 5♣6♦4♠2♣5♥ runout gave Os the double up while Yeung's stack sank.
This hand was picked up on the 10♥8♠6♥7♦ board with over 25,000 in the pot.
Joshua Morrow went all-in for 31,800 from the big blind. Stephane Jardonnet was in the tank with the chips for a call in hand as he mulled over the decision. Jardonnet apologized to the table for taking time to think about the decision, and then shortly after put in the call to put Morrow at risk for it all.
Joshua Morrow: Q♠9♦
Stephane Jardonnet: A♠9♥
The two were destined for a chop as both held the ten-high straight, but Morrow was freerolling to a higher straight with one card to go.
The river got Morrow to stand up from his chair and clap as the J♥ peeled to give him a queen-high straight and the pot as Jardonnet could do nothing but watch the chips to Morrow's way.
This hand was caught on the turn of a board that read Q♠7♦9♣K♦ with over 20,000 already in the pot.
Chuc Nguyen went all-in for approximately 15,000 and was called by Tom Mahon to be at risk.
Chuc Nguyen: J♥J♣
Tom Mahon: Q♣J♠
Nguyen was in trouble as Mahon had the better pair and matched his gutshot straight draw as he also held a jack.
Nguyen would not find the river he needed when the Q♦ hit to give Mahon trip queens and the pot.
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
This hand was picked up with 16,000 in the pot on a flop of K♣3♣8♣. Mrityunjay Jha bet 3,500 from the big blind position and was called by Jonathan Alley from middle position. Adam Tschinkel wanted to play for more and put out a raise to 12,000. Jha made the call, while Alley folded.
The 7♠ turn led to a check from Jha. Tschinkel went all-in and was snap-called by Jha, as Jha was at risk for 12,600.
Mrityunjay Jha: A♣Q♣
Adam Tschinkel: 8♥8♠
Jha flopped the flush, but Tschinkel was still alive with a draw to a full house or the unlikely quads.
The river would disappoint Jha, while lifting up Tschinkel as the 7♣ peeled to give Tschinkel a full house.
Jaron Reyes opened to 1,200 from early position before Justo Avalos made the call on the button. Joseph Arent defended his big blind to create a three-handed pot.
The K♦J♦4♠ flop was checked by Arent before Reyes continued for 1,800. Avalos folded, but Arent made the call.
Arent checked the 5♣ turn before Reyes fired a second barrel for 5,500. Arent was not done with the hand and called.
The 6♦ river was once again checked by Arent. Reyes put out a third barrel for 20,000. Arent quickly called to go to a showdown.
Reyes showed A♠2♠ for ace high. Arent tabled Q♦3♦ for a flush to take a chunk from Reyes.