$3,250 High Roller Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

09-12-2019 19:07 UTC-7

Rodriguez Leaves Jha Short

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Noel Rodriguez bet 600 from the big blind blind on a flop, and Mrityunjay Jha called from the button.

Both players checked the turn. The river brought the , and Rodriguez engaged in a brief stare down of Jha before putting in a 3,000 bet. Jha folded, and he's down to his last 3,000 chips as Level 5 begins.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	56,000 26,300	26,300
Mrityunjay Jha	3,000 -3,700	-3,700

09-12-2019 18:10 UTC-7

Brookshire Gets Aggressive, Folds Out Jha

GeoffFisk

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

In a three-way pot, both blinds checked to Mrityunjay Jha on the button. With the flop showing . Jha put in a bet for 2,600, getting a fold from Eli Ross in the small blind.

David Brookshire, from the big blind, raised to 5,200, and Jha briefly tanled before calling. The turn brought the , Brookshire bet 10,000, and Jha folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Brookshire	45,000 5,000	5,000

Mrityunjay Jha	18,500 -4,300	-4,300

Tags: David Brookshire Eli Ross Mrityunjay Jha

09-12-2019 17:49 UTC-7

Markholt Sends Ross to the Rail

GeoffFisk

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With the board showing , Mrityunjay Jha checked from under the gun. Eli Ross bet 5,600 from middle position, and Lee Markholt raised to 13,000 on the button.

Jha folded, and Ross tanked for a few moments before going all in over the top. Markholt called.

Eli Ross:
Lee Markholt:

Ross saw the he was on the wrong end of a straight-over-straight cooler, and the river brought no help. Ross' first entry came to an early end, while Markholt now sits on double the starting stack as Level 3 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Markholt	78,500

Eli Ross	Busted

Tags: Eli Ross Lee Markholt Mrityunjay Jha

09-12-2019 17:08 UTC-7

Field Reaches Two Tables

HillKerby

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

With the registration of several satellite qualifiers, the field has now reached 11. The tournament clock was briefly paused and complete redraw was conducted, and players are now in their new seats with cards back in the air. One such entry is David Brookshire, who recently won his second-career WSOP Circuit Bracelet, taking down Event #7: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better after outlasting a field of 82 entries en route to a first-place prize of $9,084.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Brookshire	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: David Brookshire

09-12-2019 10:43 UTC-7

Day 1 of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $3,250 High Roller Begins at 4 p.m.

GeoffFisk

The World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley begins to hit the home stretch today, as the $3,250 High Roller kicks off at 4 p.m. The High Roller is the tenth of 14 ring events on the WSOPC Thunder Valley schedule, with the highest buy-in of any of the tournaments running in this year's series.

Day 1 of the High Roller commences at 4 p.m. today. Players will start off with 40,000 chips and play through 40-minute levels, with Day 1 action ending after 12 levels. The blinds will start at 100/100, and big blind ante will kick in at Level 2. Level 12, the final level of the day, will play at 800/1600 with a 1600 big blind ante.

The WSOPC Thunder Valley High Roller is an unlimited re-entry event, with late registration available up until the beginning of Level 13, which begins when Day 2 restarts at noon local time Friday.

This festival marks the second time in 2019 that the WSOPC has come through Lincoln, CA for a stop at the Thunder Valley Poker Room.

The first of these stops came in January, which saw Stephen Song take the championship in this event. Song outlasted a field of 74 entries, taking down the first-place share of $75,480 in a prize pool that grew to a total of $220,000.

The September version of the $3,250 High Roller could very well be packed with a field of decorated poker players. Multi-time WSOPC ring winners like Frankie O'Dell, Jed Hoffman and David Brookshire have already added to their resumes with wins in ring events earlier in this series.

Other players that could be in the High Roller mix today include David Valdez, Jarod Minghini, Kameron Petsche and Srini Godavarthy, all fixtures in the northern California poker scene.

Stay tuned to the PokerNews blog throughout the day, as the WSOPC $3,250 High Roller begins.

Tags: David Brookshire David Valdez Frankie O'Dell Jarod Minghini Jed Hoffman Kameron Petsche Srini Godavarthy Stephen Song