$600 The Hendon Mob Mid-Major Championship | 2024 RGPS Destination RunGood Thunder Valley

07-29-2024 18:55 UTC-7

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
23	1	Tennyson Schaina	United States	1,250,000	17
23	2	Wilson Tolon	United States	1,650,000	22
23	3	Francis Nguyen	United States	1,600,000	21
23	4	Vy Nguyen	United States	2,400,000	32
23	5	Victor Wan	United States	600,000	8
23	6	Rommel Santos	United States	2,700,000	36
23	7	Elias Travis	United States	5,000,000	67
23	8	Dylan Scaggs	United States	675,000	9
23	9	James Allen Turner	United States	2,075,000	28

24	1	Derek Stark	United States	3,875,000	52
24	2	Mrityunjay Jha	United States	1,300,000	17
24	3	Kyle Reynolds	United States	2,350,000	31
24	4	Lee Sanders	United States	2,200,000	29
24	5	Eric Welch	United States	2,000,000	27
24	6	Ratu Caucau	United States	2,400,000	32
24	7	Yang Li	United States	1,650,000	22
24	8	Xian Tang	United States	2,050,000	27
24	9	Xiong Thao	United States	1,500,000	20

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Travis	5,000,000 100,000	100,000
Derek Stark	3,875,000 -135,000	-135,000
Rommel Santos	2,700,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Vy Nguyen	2,400,000 1,160,000	1,160,000
Ratu Caucau	2,400,000 600,000	600,000
Kyle Reynolds	2,350,000 -575,000	-575,000
Lee Sanders	2,200,000 850,000	850,000
James Allen Turner	2,075,000 875,000	875,000
Xian Tang	2,050,000 -740,000	-740,000
Eric Welch	2,000,000 1,495,000	1,495,000
Wilson Tolon	1,650,000 695,000	695,000
Yang Li	1,650,000 1,505,000	1,505,000
Francis Nguyen	1,600,000 710,000	710,000
Xiong Thao	1,500,000 -390,000	-390,000
Mrityunjay Jha	1,300,000 -770,000	-770,000
Tennyson Schaina	1,250,000 -965,000	-965,000
Dylan Scaggs	675,000 300,000	300,000
Victor Wan	600,000 -670,000	-670,000

Travis KOs Pham

Kirk Brown

Level 25 : 50,000/75,000, 75,000 ante

Chuong Pham moved all in preflop and action folded to Elias Travis who tossed out a chip to make the call.

Chuong Pham:8♠9♦ All in
Elias Travis: 5♠5♥

Pham had two overs to Travis' fives, but he failed to get there on the 7♥2♠3♠4♦7♣ and was sent to the exit while Travis raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Travis	4,900,000 -725,000	-725,000
Chuong Pham	Busted

Tags: Chuong Pham Elias Travis

Level: 25

Blinds: 50,000/75,000

Ante: 75,000

07-29-2024 18:26 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: Ian Simpson Thinks Science Can Save the World

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Connor Richards

Level 24 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 13th episode, Connor speaks with 888poker ambassador and Twitch streamer Ian Simpson, who talked about first learning poker as a kid, getting a degree in biotechnology and becoming a biology teacher, poker streaming and his breakout year of live poker in 2013 that saw him winning the Irish Poker Open for $339,604.

Simpson also discussed the importance of being a responsible poker ambassador and how science can change the world for the better.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ian Simpson by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

Tags: Connor Richards Ian Simpson

Level: 24

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

07-29-2024 17:52 UTC-7

Extended Break

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Kirk Brown

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The players left in Day 2 are now on an extended 40-minute break and will return to action shortly.

07-29-2024 17:48 UTC-7

Samareta Sent out by Stark

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Kirk Brown

Level 23 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

After checking through the flop of 4♠J♦8♠, Mario Samareta led for 110,000 on the turn 7♥ and Derek Stark called.

On the river 9♣, Samareta moved all in and was snap-called by Stark, who covered.

Samareta shook his head and tabled Q♥3♥ for a queen-high bluff while Stark rolled over J♣10♠ for a rivered straight to take the pot and sent Samareta to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Stark	4,010,000 1,070,000	1,070,000
Mario Samareta	Busted

Tags: Derek Stark Mario Samareta

07-29-2024 17:19 UTC-7

Three Table Redraw

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Kirk Brown

Level 23 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
22	1	Rommel Santos	United States	1,100,000	18
22	2	Deirdre Castillo	United States	730,000	12
22	3	Arthur Hill	United States	330,000	6
22	4	Mrityunjay Jha	United States	2,070,000	35
22	5	Yang Li	United States	145,000	2
22	6	Xiong Thao	United States	1,890,000	32
22	7	Francis Nguyen	United States	890,000	15
22	8	Ratu Caucau	United States	1,800,000	30
22	9	Elias Travis	United States	5,625,000	94

23	1	Wilson Tolon	United States	955,000	16
23	2	Vy Nguyen	United States	1,240,000	21
23	3	Victo Wan	Unirted States	1,270,000	21
23	4	James Allen Turner	United States	1,200,000	20
23	5	Tennyson Schaina	United States	2,215,000	37
23	6	Dylan Scaggs	United States	375,000	6
23	7	Joseph Bergh	United States	150,000	3
23	8	Kyle Reynolds	United States	2,925,000	49
23	9	Debra Pope	United States	480,000	8

24	1	Xian Tang	United States	2,790,000	47
24	2	Cuong Pham	United States	420,000	7
24	3	Lee Sanders	United States	1,350,000	23
24	4	Adam Saven	United States	260,000	4
24	5	Derek Stark	United States	2,940,000	49
24	6	Eric Welch	United States	505,000	8
24	7	Charles Mendoza	United States	915,000	15
24	8	Jason Weaver	United States	580,000	10
24	9	Mario Samareta	United States	500,000	8

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Travis	5,625,000 1,865,000	1,865,000
Derek Stark	2,940,000 840,000	840,000
Kyle Reynolds	2,925,000 800,000	800,000
Xian Tang	2,790,000 1,680,000	1,680,000
Tennyson Schaina	2,215,000 115,000	115,000
Mrityunjay Jha	2,070,000 380,000	380,000
Xiong Thao	1,890,000 705,000	705,000
Ratu Caucau	1,800,000 920,000	920,000
Lee Sanders	1,350,000 925,000	925,000
Victor Wan	1,270,000 795,000	795,000
Vy Nguyen	1,240,000 430,000	430,000
James Allen Turner	1,200,000 -425,000	-425,000
Rommel Santos	1,100,000 490,000	490,000
Wilson Tolon	955,000 421,000	421,000
Charles Mendoza	915,000 -50,000	-50,000
Francis Nguyen	890,000 515,000	515,000
Deirdre Castillo	730,000 455,000	455,000
Jason Weaver	580,000 55,000	55,000
Eric Welch	505,000 -70,000	-70,000
Mario Samareta	500,000 -800,000	-800,000
Debra Pope	480,000 -45,000	-45,000
Cuong Pham	420,000 40,000	40,000
Dylan Scaggs	375,000 -325,000	-325,000
Arthur Hill	330,000 -435,000	-435,000
Adam Saven	260,000 -280,000	-280,000

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Level: 23

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

07-29-2024 16:45 UTC-7

Brian Winter Crowned 2023/24 RGPS Player of the Year

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Kirk Brown

Level 22 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The first-ever RunGood Player of The Year Race powered by the Global Poker Index has concluded and it’s time to celebrate the winner. The 2023/24 rankings compiled points from 21 different RunGood series stops over two seasons of events, with one player dominating the rankings throughout the year.

Brian Winter never relinquished his big lead, topping the final rankings by more than 1,000 points. Winter’s incredible year saw him earn a total of 49 cashes, 21 final tables and six RGPS victories. His earnings for the year were $167,773, leading to an impressive 2,871.85 points to take down the title over runner-up Shaun Emery.

Final 2023/24 RGPS POY Rankings

Rank	Player	POY Points
1	Brian Winter	2,871.85
2	Shaun Emery	1,660.3
3	Forrest Kollar	1,250.12
4	Daniel Hughes	1,031.86
5	Blair Hinkle	956.74
6	Jackson Turrentine	932.02
7	Michael Miller	897.24
8	Walker Miskelly	862.77
9	Loi Hoang	773.88
10	William Stanford	768.9