2026 RGPS Passport Thunder Valley
Chip Counts
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Players are on a 15-minute break. Action will resume at the 40,000/8,000 level. There are a total of 33 players remaining.
Richard Peloquin went all-in for 52,000 from the cutoff. Paul Schreiner made the call out of the small blind to put Peloquin at risk.
Richard Peloquin: 9♦9♥
Paul Schreiner: A♠7♠
Peloquin was in a good position to double up preflop, but the flop introduced some hazards as it came 3♠4♠J♦ to give Schreiner a flush draw.
Peloquin's lead was shattered on the A♥ turn as Schreiner improved to a pair of aces to take the lead.
Peloquin was drawing to one out, and the 4♣ river was not the one as he was eliminated from Day 1b.
Romeo Velasquez opened to 13,500 from early position before Douglas Dossett three-bet to 40,500 from the next seat over.
"Somebody has to stand up to you," said Velasquez before he made the call.
The A♠5♦6♦ flop led to a check from Velasquez. Dossett continued for 35,000. Velasquez folded to award the pot to Dossett.
Dossett has been consistently at the top of the chip leaderboards for the majority of Day 1b.
Nicholas Scriabine shoved for his final 46,500 from early position. He got one customer in Ronald Matsuura, who called from the big blind to put Scriabine at risk.
Nicholas Scriabine: 10♦10♠
Ronald Matsuura: K♣Q♠
Scriabine needed to fade the overcards in order to stay in the tournament.
The flop kept Scriabine in the lead when the dealer flopped 9♦J♣4♣.
The 3♦ turn was another safe card for Scriabine, and the 3♠ river sealed the deal in his favor as he secured the double-up.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Andrei Erhan began the action with an open to 10,000 from the hijack. Sasha Sabbaghian opted to three-bet to 30,000 on the button. Rutherford Hayes made the call out of the small blind, and Erhan joined with a call to make the pot three-handed.
The flop came Q♣J♣4♠ before Hayes opted to take the betting lead with a wager of 55,000. Both Erhan and Sabbaghian thought better of continuing in the hand as Hayes won the pot on the flop.
RGPS Passport Season Finale $1,200 Million Dollar Main Event
| Flight | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1c | Sat. Aug. 1 | 12 p.m. |
| Turbo | Sat. Aug. 1 | 8 p.m. |
| Day 1d | Sun. Aug. 2 | 12 p.m. |
| Turbo | Sun. Aug. 2 | 8 p.m. |
| Day 2 | Mon. Aug. 3 | 12 p.m. |
Rutherford Hayes opened from the hijack before Garrett Lee went all-in for approximately 62,000 from the small blind. Hayes called to put Lee at risk for his tournament life.
Garrett Lee: A♣Q♥
Rutherford Hayes: 10♠10♥
Hayes held the lead when they got the chips in, but Lee had the overcards to improve to the best hand.
The 5♥9♥8♦ flop kept Hayes in the lead.
The J♥ made it so the players swapped some of their cards for outs, as Lee now needed a ten or an ace to stay alive.
Instead, the Q♦ came on the river to give Hayes a straight and eliminate Lee from Day 1b.