Jedidiah Hoffman opened to 27,000 from the cutoff, but Tzu Chiu wanted to put more chips in the pot and chose to three-bet to 90,000 from the small blind.
Hoffman made the call and sent them to a flop of 2♦6♣5♣. Chiu continued for 60,000, and Hoffman stuck around with a call.
Both players checked down on the 2♠ turn and the J♣ river to go to a showdown.
Chiu showed K♠Q♥ for king high. It was Hoffman with the winning hand as he tabled 8♠8♣ for a pair of eights to claim the chips.
Farzad Abbaszadeh began the action with an open to 20,000 from the cutoff before Sovanna An chose to go for it all with a jam for 109,000 on the button. Abbaszadeh made the call to put An at risk.
Sovanna An: A♠Q♠
Farzad Abbaszadeh: A♦6♦
An was in a great position as he had Abbaszadeh's ace dominated as they went to a runout.
The 10♠5♦Q♣ flop pulled An into a big lead with two cards to go.
Abbaszadeh would gain some hope as the 2♦ peeled on the turn to give him a flush draw.
An's anxiety would settle when the A♥ came on the river as he secured the double to stay in the tournament.
Play has started on Day 2 of the RGPS Season Finale $600 The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship. Action will resume with the blinds at 5,000/10,000. A total of 111 players took their seats to start the day.
The time for opening flights and rebuys is over as it is now a straight sprint to the finish as the remaining 111 players return for Day 2 of the RunGood Poker Series Passport Season Finale $600 The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship held at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
Players outlasted a field of 1,096 entries across six starting flights to get this far as they look to climb the ladder and get the lion’s share of the $577,720 prize pool. This year’s champion will win the honor of an RGPS title as well as a first-place prize of $83,380.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Noah Workman
United States
1,042,000
104
2
Aaron Overton
United States
771,000
77
3
Rickey Evans
United States
740,000
74
4
Yang Lu
China
694,000
69
5
Randy Sadler
United States
682,000
68
6
Tzu Chiu
United States
646,000
65
7
Anthony Murphy
United States
642,000
64
8
Konrad Kuciej
United States
617,000
62
9
Jarod Minghini
United States
575,000
58
10
Quyen Hoang
United States
573,000
57
Noah Workman (1,042,000) will enter Day 2 with the biggest stack in the room as he is the only player to bag seven figures after the opening flights. Workman has the opportunity to double his career live earnings in one swoop if he were to pull off a championship run, as his total career earnings come in just shy of the first-place prize according to his The Hendon Mob profile. Workman would also earn his first RunGood title should he prevail.
RGPS Champion Aaron Overton (771,000) had a strong finish to Day 1d to bag as the chip leader of the fourth flight of play. Overton has already tasted RunGood glory this season when he toppled a field of 578 entries to take down the RGPS Passport Season Main Event at Graton Casino in Rohnert Park. Overton will look to double-dip with another title in Northern California and add to his over $1.7 million in career earnings, according to his The Hendon Mob page.
Rickey Evans III
Rickey Evans (740,000) is still in search of his first RGPS title, with his highest finish coming in 2023 at the RGPS Checkpoint Graton Main Event when he slotted in at 17th-place. Despite missing RGPS hardware, it is for no lack of experience, as he will enter Day 2 with over $600,000 in career live earnings as per The Hendon Mob page.
Randy "3Coin" Sadler
Perhaps the biggest wildcard in the room will be the eccentric Randy “3 Coin” Sadler (682,000), who bulldozed his way through the competition on Day 1b to punch his ticket to the final day. Sadler is more known for his exploits in the cash game streets on high-profile cash game streams across the country, as he brought that same energy and penchant for flair to Thunder Valley Casino Resort. Sadler will look to add a tournament championship to his resume as he pursues a RGPS title and will enter the room fifth in chips.
Jarod Minghini
Thunder Valley Casino Resort has been great to Jarod Minghini (575,000), but despite all his success at this venue, a RunGood title has not been one of them. Minghini is a seasoned tournament player with over $2.5 million in live career earnings on The Hendon Mob. Minghini’s quest for a title will begin on Day 2 as he enters the room ninth in chips.
Sasha Sabbaghian
Defending champion Sasha Sabbaghian (118,000) is still in the running as the opportunity to go back-to-back is still alive. Sabbaghian outlasted 1,111 entries during the RGPS Mission RunGood Final Orbit iteration of this event last year to earn a top prize of $95,295.
Tyler Patterson
Other notables in contention for a title include Victor Paredes (468,000), Brett Murray (371,000), Jeff Platt (330,000), Julie Cornelius (133,000), and Tyler Patterson (129,000).
RGPS The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$83,380
13-15
$6,200
2
$55,000
16-19
$5,400
3
$41,000
20-23
$4,560
4
$30,500
24-31
$3,860
5
$23,200
32-39
$3,240
6
$17,700
40-47
$2,700
7
$13,600
48-55
$2,280
8
$10,600
64-79
$1,620
9-10
$8,300
80-95
$1,380
11-12
$7,200
96-112
$1,200
Play is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. local time. Action will resume at Level 16 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000. The blind levels will increase to 40 minutes per level. Play will become eight-handed per table on Day 2. The final table will be nine-handed. The tournament will play down to a winner.
Stay tuned here at PokerNews for complete coverage of Day 2 and the crowning of an eventual champion of the RGPS Passport Season Finale $600 The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort.
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