$3,250 High Roller | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

09-13-2019 13:13 UTC-7

Condon Eliminated by Heshmati

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

"We've got 15 in the high roller," said one member of the staff to the other as Alex Condon was getting up from the table. The dealer was in the process of pushing the pot to Mike Heshmati, who found himself on the right side of the coin flip according to another player at the table.

Condon had gotten down to about 35,000 and shoved all in from middle position. Heshmati was on the button and gave him action.

Alex Condon:
Mike Heshmati:

The runout came in Heshmati's favor, resulting in him having the best hand at showdown to secure the elimination and bring the field down to 15.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Heshmati	164,000 29,000	29,000
Alex Condon	Busted

Tags: Alex Condon Mike Heshmati

09-13-2019 13:05 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Table 1

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mrityunjay Jha	177,000 13,500	13,500
Ryan Awwad	140,000 100,000	100,000
Niv Decalo	138,000 85,000	85,000
JC Tran	132,500 2,000	2,000
Noel Rodriguez	108,000 -1,000	-1,000
Bryant Miller	90,000 50,000	50,000
Mike Lancaster	84,000 -27,000	-27,000
Brett Murray	68,500 -32,500	-32,500

09-13-2019 13:03 UTC-7

Suited Ace Good To Steinman

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Russell Garrett opened the action with a raise to 6,000 from middle position and was called by Lee Markholt on the button. Ian Steinman was in the big blind and defended to take action three ways to the flop . Both Steinman and Garrett checked to put action on Markholt, who bet 5,500. Steinman thought for a bit and called, prompting Garrett to get out of their way.

The turn came and both players checked. The river saw both players check again to take the hand to showdown.

Steinman tabled , getting a muck from Markholt and the pot from the Dealer after doing so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	188,000 23,500	23,500

Russell Garrett	130,000 41,000	41,000
Lee Markholt	81,000 6,500	6,500

Tags: Ian Steinman Lee Markholt Russell Garrett

09-13-2019 12:55 UTC-7

Final Two Tables Seating Assignments

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The field is down to 16 players after a few eliminations in short succession. Here's an updated seat draw for the final two tables.

Table	Seat	Player
1	1	JC Tran
1	2	Niv Decalo
1	3	Noel Rodriguez
1	4	Bryant Miller
1	5	Mike Lancaster
1	6	Brett Murray
1	7	Mrityunjay Jha
1	8	Ryan Awwad

2	1	Ian Steinman
2	2	Glenn Miller
2	3	Alex Condon
2	4	Russell Garrett
2	5	Kelly Minkin
2	6	Mike Heshmati
2	7	Lee Markholt
2	8	Jarod Minghini

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Wong	Busted
Peter Park	Busted
Tony Hoang	Busted
William Powell	Busted

09-13-2019 12:44 UTC-7

Prize Pool Released!

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The official prize pool has been released, with seven players set to make it into the money. The seventh-place finisher will earn a first-level payout of $5,141 with payouts increasing until the winner's share of $44,413 has been earned. Full details are available on the Payouts Tab

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

09-13-2019 12:36 UTC-7

Heshmati Wins On River

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Mike Heshmati saw action folded to him in the hijack and opened to 4,500. He received calls from Lee Markholt in the cutoff, Ian Steinman in the small blind, and Glenn Miller, who defended his big blind. The four saw a flop of and action checked to Heshmati, who continued for 11,000. Markholt folded, Steinman called, and Miller folded.

Action went heads up to the turn and both players checked. The river fell and Steinman checked to Heshmati, who put out a bet of 17,000. Steinman thought for about 30 seconds and sent his cards to the muck.

Additionally, Russell Garrett now has a stack of around 89,000 at the table after finding what appears to be a recent double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	164,500 -18,500	-18,500

Mike Heshmati	161,000 -11,500	-11,500
Russell Garrett	89,000 45,000	45,000
Lee Markholt	74,500 -30,000	-30,000

Glenn Miller	35,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: Glenn Miller Ian Steinman Lee Markholt Mike Heshmati Russell Garrett

09-13-2019 12:31 UTC-7

Jha Chipping Up Early; Grybas Gone

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Peter Park raised to 4,500 out of the hijack and was three-bet to 11,000 by Mrityunjay Jha, who was in the cutoff. Action folded back to Park and he put out chips to call.

The dealer fanned a flop of and Park checked. Jha threw out a continuation-bet of 12,500 and Park thought for about 15 seconds before folding, resulting in the pot being sent Jha's way. Jha now finds himself with around 163,500 in chips after starting the day with 103,500, giving him a nearly 50-percent increase in the first level of play on Day 2.

Steven Grybas was also eliminated from the same table a few hands prior after registering last night during the last few hands of play. He was unable to be seated as tables were in their final three hands and put his chips straight into a bag. Unfortunately for him, his Day 2 life proved to be the shortest of everybody in the field, which finds itself now down to 20 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mrityunjay Jha	163,500 56,000	56,000
Peter Park	54,000 6,500	6,500
Steven Grybas	Busted

Tags: Mrityunjay Jha Peter Park Steven Grybas

09-13-2019 12:25 UTC-7

Steinman Flops Top Pair

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was around 27,000 in the pot from preflop action in a pot between Russell Garrett in the small blind and Ian Steinman, who was in the cutoff. The flop came and Garrett checked to Steinman, who checked behind.

The turn fell and Garrett checked again. Steinman threw out a bet of 9,000. Garrett called, bringing the river . Garrett checked once more and Steinman thought for a bit before checking behind to take the hand to showdown.

Garrett showed for ace-queen high to go with the board's pair of threes. Steinman showed and took down the pot with jacks and treys, adding to his stack a bit early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	183,000 26,000	26,000

Russell Garrett	44,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Ian Steinman Russell Garrett

09-13-2019 12:17 UTC-7

Minkin Making Early Fireworks

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was an announcement in the air as cards were flying that one last entry was recorded for the high roller. A few seconds later, Kelly Minkin was seen being seated by the tournament director.

According to Dan Ross of Hold'em Media, Minkin went all in on her first hand and received action by Niv Decalo, who had dipped just below starting stack by that time.

Kelly Minkin:
Niv Decalo:

The board ran out clean and Minkin found herself down to one chip after her first hand in the tournament. She then doubled and was seen all in preflop against Decalo again for what had been run up to a total of 18,000.

Kelly Minkin:
Niv Decalo:

The flop came to give Decalo nothing more than a few backdoor draws. The turn opened up his outs to give him a gutshot straight flush draw, but the river was of no help and just like that, Minkin found herself back at starting stack as if she had just sat down again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niv Decalo	53,000 10,000	10,000
Kelly Minkin	41,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Kelly Minkin Niv Decalo