2021 RunGood Poker Series Thunder Valley

RGPS Thunder Valley Golden Ticket $575 Main Event, $200K GTD
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2021 RunGood Poker Series Thunder Valley
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$40,485
Event Info
Buy-in
$575
Prize Pool
$282,500
Total Entries
565
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
138
Players Left
18
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Nguyen Builds Stack With Queens Full

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joe Nguyen
Joe Nguyen

In a three-way pot on a flop of {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}, the first player to act jammed and Joe Nguyen put in a call. The other player in the hand folded.

Opponent: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Joe Nguyen: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

Both players had monsters as Nguyen had trips and his opponent had a royal flush draw. But the {k-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} runout gave Nguyen a full house and sent his opponent packing.

Nguyen has had a fantastic day and appears to be the chipleader. His stack looks to be around 350,000.

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Joe Nguyen
350,000
235,000
235,000
Day 1A Chip Leader

Flush for Wester

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jimmy Donuts Wester
Jimmy Donuts Wester

Jimmy Wester called an opponent's all-in on a flop of {6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}.

Opponent: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Jimmy Wester: {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

Wester had top pair and it only got better for him as the board ran out {8-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and he made a flush.

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Jimmy Wester
80,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Eichmann Eliminated

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Just after Erik Eichmann won a big hand with trip jacks, he got all in on a ten-high flop with jack-ten against an opponent's ace-ten. The river brought the case ten but Eichmann was still out-kicked and subsequently eliminated.

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Erik Eichmann
Busted

Trip Jacks for Eichmann

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Erik Eichmann busted an opponent when the opponent was all in pre-flop with king-queen against the ace-jack of Eichmann.

Eichmann was flustered when his opponent paired his queen on the flop but by the end of the hand Eichmann had trip jacks and took it down.

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Erik Eichmann
60,000
60,000
60,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Big Slick for Martin

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A short-stacked opponent shoved in the hijack and Hector Martin reraised in the cutoff. Everyone else folded.

Opponent: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}
Hector Martin: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

Martin's opponent was rooting for spades but the board came out {4-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts} and the opponent was out of his seat by the time the river card hit.

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Hector Martin
55,000

Villalas Scores a Double

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Antonio Villalas
Antonio Villalas

Antonio Villalas shoved his short stack in the cutoff and the button called while everyone else folded.

Antonio Villalas: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Button: {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and Villalas doubled up.

Villalas laughed after dodging the flush draw of his opponent. "Always a sweat."

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Antonio Villalas
30,000
1,000
1,000