2026 RGPS Passport Maryland
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Players have been sent on a 15-minute break and will return to blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante.
Nathan Bomey was in the hijack and got it all in for about 550,000 against Arash Asadabadi in the small blind, who covered.
Nathan Bomey: Q♥Q♦
Arash Asadabadi: A♠A♥
It was a cooler for Bomey, and no queens were found on the J♠8♠4♦8♦5♠ runout, ending his tournament hopes.
After getting it all in blind versus blind with A♥10♥ against Michael Murphy's pocket queens, Chong Han was left with just 14,000. The next hand, Han was in the small blind and got it all in against Clint Houck in the big blind.
Chong Han: 7♥3♣
Clint Houck: 9♥3♦
The board ran out 4♣3♠8♦10♦9♠, and Han was sent to the payout desk.
Mariya Persanova was in the small blind and ended up getting it all in preflop against Ake Ngamsaard in the cutoff, who covered.
Mariya Persanova: K♠K♣
Ake Ngamsaard: A♣A♦
The board ran out 2♦6♦7♣9♣7♥ and the monster pot was pushed Ngamsaard's way.
Kenneth Brown was in the small blind and got it all in on a flop of 4♠3♣4♥ against Nick Rigby in the hijack, who covered.
Kenneth Brown: 6♦6♥
Nicholas Rigby: K♠K♣
The A♦ turn and J♥ river offered no help to Brown, who was sent to the rail.
Michael Marder was down to just a couple big blinds and moved all in from under the gun. Julie Cornelius reraised in the cutoff and everyone folded behind.
Michael Marder: 7♥4♣
Julie Cornelius: K♣K♦
The board ran out K♥7♦Q♠6♠Q♦ and Marder's tournament run came to an end.
Phillip Mcclain open-jammed on the button for 132,000, Chunyu Yang called in the small blind, and John Arcano reshoved in the big blind for 395,000. Yang got out of the way.
Phillip Mcclain: Q♣8♣
John Arcano: A♦K♣
Mcclain flopped the world on the 6♣4♣Q♥ flop to pull ahead. However, Arcano paired his king on the river when the board ran out 7♥, K♦.