Day 1 of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $3,250 High Roller Begins at 4 p.m.
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.
, 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.
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.
. Jha put in a bet for 2,600, getting a fold from Eli Ross in the small blind. 
, Brookshire bet 10,000, and Jha folded.
flop, and Mrityunjay Jha called from the button.
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.
. Steinman put out a final bet of 23,000. Villaman went into the tank, setting aside calling chips and seeming as if he were about to make the call. Better judgment won over for him and he sent his cards to the muck. Meanwhile, Demersseman, having had time to think over his decision during Villaman's turn to act, threw out chips to call shortly after action fell upon him. 
and Villaman checked to Demersseman, who made a continuation-bet of 1,800. Miller folded. 
to do just that and the dealer leaned forward and scooped Demersseman's chips over to Villaman as Demersseman got up from the table, finding himself dry on chips as the rest of the tournament had gone on break.
on the river.
for a turned set of queens. Villman mucked his 
and Markholt checked. Park made a continuation-bet of 3,100 and Jha raised to 7,800. With action back on Markholt, he put in a check-raise, three-betting to 15,000. Park quickly folded and Jha looked back at his stack before putting it forward and announcing he was all in. Markholt called.
to give him a total of eight outs to a straight, six more outs to a higher two pair, and the remaining two queens in the deck to give him a set.
and action checked to Villaman, who put out a continuation-bet of 3,300. Rodriguez thought for a bit, deciding to check-raise to 8,500. Heshmati got out of the way and Villaman went all in for around 17,500. Rodriguez called.