2021 RunGood Poker Series Thunder Valley

RGPS Thunder Valley Golden Ticket $575 Main Event, $200K GTD
Day: 1b
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
Entries
565
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
148
Players Left
19

Second Flight in RGPS Thunder Valley Golden Ticket $575 Main Event, $200K GTD About to Start

Broll
Broll

Get ready for Day 1b in the RGPS Thunder Valley Golden Ticket $575 Main Event, $200K GTD in The Poker Room at Thunder Valley Casino Resort as part of the All-Stars Comeback Tour presented by the RunGood Poker Series. The first flight kicked off yesterday and attracted 138 runners, 18 of whom survived the day.

Like yesterday, each player will begin with a stack of 20,000 chips with blinds beginning at 100/100 and an ante posted by the big blind kicking in on Level 2. Levels will last 30 minutes and play will end when 12.5% of the field remains, and those players will be in the money.

Day 1b commences today at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, and Day 1c will take place at the same time on Sept. 25. Survivors of the combined three flights will battle it out on Day 2 on Sept. 26 at 11 a.m.

Players can late-register for the tournament up until the start of Level 9. At the completion of Level 8, players may forfeit their stack and re-enter for $575.

The PokerNews live reporting team is on site and will bringing you updates throughout the day. Stay tuned.

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Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
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Ace-Queen Good for Sam

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Wison Sam
Wison Sam

Before blinds went up, Wilson Sam was involved in a hand with an all-in opponent on a flop of {3-Clubs}{a-Spades}{2-Clubs}.

Opponent: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Wilson Sam: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Sam held and eliminated his opponent as the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}.

Table mate and poker commentator Joe Stapleton gave PokerNews his analysis of the hand: "That guy hated poker chips."

Player Chips Progress
Wilson Sam us
Wilson Sam
40,000
40,000
40,000

Nut Flush for Farmer

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Georgene Farmer
Georgene Farmer

Georgene Farmer was in position in a heads-up pot on a board of {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and jammed when checked to on the river. Her opponent called.

Farmer showed the nuts with {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and her opponent mucked before telling her that he put her on a club draw.

Player Chips Progress
Georgene Farmer us
Georgene Farmer
10,000
10,000
10,000

Big Flop Raise from Sam

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Wilson Sam
Wilson Sam

Wilson Sam was out of position in a heads-up pot and raised to 30,000 when his opponent bet on the {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades} flop. His opponent gave it some thought before laying it down.

Sam appeared to have about 45,000 in his stack after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Wilson Sam us
Wilson Sam
45,000
5,000
5,000

Collins Cracks Cowboys

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Quincy Collins
Quincy Collins

Before blinds went up, Quincy Collins raise-jammed in a heads-up pot on the turn on a board of {6-Clubs}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades} and his opponent called with Collins slightly covered.

The opponent had pocket kings while Collins had {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a gutshot. Collins got there with the {7-Diamonds} river and his opponent was left with just a few hundred chips.

Player Chips Progress
Quincy Collins us
Quincy Collins
35,000
35,000
35,000

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Walch Gets There With Bluff

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Tom Walch
Tom Walch

Tom Walch raise-jammed in the big blind and got a fold from the button while the small blind looked him up.

Tom Walch: {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Small Blind: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Walch won the hand with a pair of nines. Walch declared that he was bluffing preflop but was happy he got there.

Walch was down early in the day after losing a big pot but has since built up a nice stack.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Walch us
Tom Walch
50,000
36,000
36,000