2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 RGPS Checkpoint Thunder Valley

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$71,036
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$834,600
Entries
1,605
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
203
Players Left
1

Level: 24

Blinds: 30,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Updated Counts After Break (full)

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Miralem Mujkic us
Miralem Mujkic
3,385,000
2,625,000
2,625,000
Profile photo of Charlen Aseberos us
Charlen Aseberos
2,225,000
575,000
575,000
Profile photo of Yousef Salameh us
Yousef Salameh
2,150,000
1,340,000
1,340,000
Profile photo of Borui Zhang us
Borui Zhang
2,145,000
1,245,000
1,245,000
Profile photo of Tony Barrera us
Tony Barrera
2,115,000
-185,000
-185,000
Profile photo of Jagdeep Bal us
Jagdeep Bal
2,100,000
1,505,000
1,505,000
Profile photo of Matthew Kramer us
Matthew Kramer
2,060,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Hong Moon us
Hong Moon
2,000,000
1,640,000
1,640,000
Profile photo of Ralph Smith us
Ralph Smith
1,850,000
1,175,000
1,175,000
Profile photo of Justin Mcdaniel us
Justin Mcdaniel
1,680,000
980,000
980,000
Profile photo of Phatseluck Yang us
Phatseluck Yang
1,675,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
Profile photo of Joe Nguyen us
Joe Nguyen
1,600,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Wilson Chan us
Wilson Chan
1,400,000
420,000
420,000
Profile photo of Daniel Evans us
Daniel Evans
1,365,000
580,000
580,000
Profile photo of Matthew Schumacher us
Matthew Schumacher
1,305,000
1,130,000
1,130,000
Profile photo of Michael Sy us
Michael Sy
1,270,000
-780,000
-780,000
Profile photo of Timothy Niles us
Timothy Niles
1,270,000
1,127,000
1,127,000
Profile photo of Toan Nguyen nl
Toan Nguyen
1,200,000
135,000
135,000
Profile photo of Anthony An us
Anthony An
1,145,000
265,000
265,000
Profile photo of Rifki Yazid us
Rifki Yazid
1,135,000
455,000
455,000
Profile photo of Donald Helmig us
Donald Helmig
1,080,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Matthew Boddorf us
Matthew Boddorf
1,075,000
295,000
295,000
Profile photo of Jeffrey Griffiths us
Jeffrey Griffiths
1,045,000
605,000
605,000
Profile photo of Yahor Yuzefovich us
Yahor Yuzefovich
1,015,000
Profile photo of Thomas Morris us
Thomas Morris
1,005,000
425,000
425,000

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Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Big Flop for Barrera

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Tony Barrera
Tony Barrera

After some back-and-forth preflop, Tony Barrera moved all in and Vincent Lemoine went deep into the tank. Eventually another player called the clock on him and he was given a countdown.

With two seconds left, Lemoine called to put himself at risk and the cards were tabled.

Vincent Lemoine: AK
Tony Barrera: AQ

Lemoine was in the lead with his superior holding, but the flop of Q63 was brutal for him as Barrera hit his queen to take the lead.

The turn 8 gave Lemoine some additional outs as he improved to a flush draw, but the 9 on the river did not do it for him and he was eliminated while Barrera soared into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tony Barrera us
Tony Barrera
2,300,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
Profile photo of Vincent Lemoine us
Vincent Lemoine
Busted

Aces Hold for Kramer

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 83J, there was already 400,000 in the bloated pot when Asmare Bekalu and Matthew Kramer got it all in for heaps, with Kramer at risk.

Matthew Kramer: AA
Asmare Bekalu: KQ

Kramer was ahead with his pocket aces, but Bekalu was very much alive with his flush draw.

The board bricked out with the 75 runout and Kramer's aces held to scoop the massive pot to boost him over 2,000,000 while Bekalu was left on life support.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Matthew Kramer us
Matthew Kramer
2,025,000
1,375,000
1,375,000
Profile photo of Asmare Bekalu us
Asmare Bekalu
175,000
-475,000
-475,000

Tags: Matthew KramerAsmare Bekalu

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Nguyen Puts Pressure on Ong

Level 21 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen

David Ong opened to 55,000 from middle position and Joe Nguyen and Benjamin Garrick defended from the blinds.

The flop came out 34J and action checked to Ong who continued for 55,000 but then Nguyen check-raised to 135,000 and Garrick quickly folded.

After some pause, Ong made the call and they went heads-up to the turn 2. Nguyen led out for 150,000 and Ong made the call once again to see the river fall the 10.

Nguyen fired again for 200,00 and Ong went into the tank for around 30 seconds before he decided to toss in his cards and the pot was awarded to Nguyen.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joe Nguyen us
Joe Nguyen
1,400,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of David Ong us
David Ong
860,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Garrick us
Benjamin Garrick
845,000
310,000
310,000

Tags: Benjamin GarrickDavid OngJoe Nguyen

Level: 21

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Sy Rockets into the Lead

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a huge heads-up pot with over 700,000 in the middle, the board read 410710K when William Pinheiro in the bug blind checked over to Michael Sy in the cutoff.

Sy then set out a bet of 175,000 and Pinheiro went briefly into the tank before he tossed out calling chips.

He was then shown J10 by Sy for trip tens and he let out a big sigh as he mucked his hand. Sy was then pushed the million-chip pot to rocket his stack to over 2,000,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Sy us
Michael Sy
2,050,000
780,000
780,000
Profile photo of William Pinheiro us
William Pinheiro
1,050,000
-450,000
-450,000

Tags: Michael SyWilliam Pinheiro