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

09-13-2019 00:15 UTC-7

Two Pots Won on Flop

HillKerby

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

JC Tran opened to 3,000 from the button and was called by Peter Park, who defended his big blind. The flop came and Park checked. Tran fired a continuation-bet of 2,000 forward and Park put in a check-raise to 6,000. Tran folded.

At the same time on an adjacent table, preflop action saw around 18,000 go into the pot between Glenn Miller, who was under the gun, and Mike Lancaster in the hijack. The flop came and Miller checked. Lancaster bet 6,600 and Miller folded, resulting in the pot being sent Lancaster's way.

There are less than five minutes left in Level 11, meaning there is only one full level of play left in the night upon its completion. At that time, all remaining players will bag and tag their chips for the evening to return for Day 2 on Friday at noon with late registration remaining open until that time.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Tran	195,200 -5,800	-5,800
Glenn Miller	98,800 800	800
Mike Lancaster	87,900 -6,100	-6,100
Peter Park	70,800 6,300	6,300

Tags: Glenn Miller JC Tran Mike Lancaster Peter Park

09-13-2019 00:03 UTC-7

Steinman Showers Demersseman

HillKerby

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After a roller coaster of an evening, Adam Demersseman's seat was recently seen empty. Ian Steinman confirmed Demersseman's elimination, saying that Demersseman had shoved into two people with bottom pair. One of the two was Steinman, who called with middle pair and held after the runout, prompting Demersseman to leave the tournament area quickly and quietly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	135,000 18,400	18,400

Adam Demersseman	Busted

Tags: Ian Steinman Adam Demersseman

09-13-2019 00:01 UTC-7

Rodriguez Shuts Down Lancaster; Chip Counts from Table 43

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The pots are starting to get bigger as Day 1 hits the late levels of the night.

Noel Rodriguez took down one of those pots against Mike Lancaster. With the board showing , Rodriguez bet 18,000 from the small blind, into Lancaster on the button. Lancaster thought it over for a bit before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	142,000 46,300	46,300
Mike Heshmati	102,000 -26,000	-26,000
Glenn Miller	98,000 52,000	52,000
Mike Lancaster	94,000 -36,500	-36,500
Alex Condon	35,000 -22,000	-22,000
Eric Wong	31,000 -9,000	-9,000

09-12-2019 23:51 UTC-7

Jha Doubles Through Murray

GeoffFisk

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mrityunjay Jha put his last 9,300 on a flop, and Brett Murray called.

Mrityunjay Jha:
Brett Murray:

Jha was ahead but Murray still has a shot with his bottom pair, open-ended straight draw and backdoor flush draw. No help came for Murray on a and runout, and Jha is still in the running on his second bullet of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Murray	106,000 32,500	32,500
Mrityunjay Jha	35,000 11,200	11,200

Tags: Brett Murray Mrityunjay Jha

09-12-2019 23:47 UTC-7

Tran Over 200K

HillKerby

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

JC Tran opened to 2,700 and action folded around to Brett Murray, who defended his big blind. The flop came and Murray checked. Tran made a continuation-bet of 3,000 and Murray announced a check-raise to 9,500, which Tran called.

Both players checked the turn to bring the river , where Murray checked again. Tran threw out a bet of 21,000, sending Murray into the tank. After about 100 seconds, he called.

Tran tabled and Murray sent his cards into the muck.

"Stupid river. Stupid runout," Murray said as the dealer shipped Tran the pot. "Agh! Nice hand," he added.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Tran	201,000 81,700	81,700
Brett Murray	73,500 -7,500	-7,500

Tags: Brett Murray JC Tran

09-12-2019 23:41 UTC-7

Steinman Picks Off Demersseman; Chip Counts from Table 41

HillKerby

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There was over 20,000 in the pot on a board of with action heads up between Ian Steinman in the small blind and Adam Demersseman, who was under the gun. Steinman checked the river and Demersseman put out a bet of 16,500, which was nearly half of his remaining stack. Steinman went into the tank and eventually called.

Demersseman flashed -offsuit and Steinman showed , having called correctly with nothing more than a pair of sevens for fourth pair after missing his flush draw. Demersseman turned over his cards and mucked them, sitting there shaking his head as Steinman collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	116,600 25,400	25,400

Niv Decalo	51,500 -19,900	-19,900
Jarod Minghini	48,200 8,200	8,200
Tony Hoang	44,500 13,500	13,500
Paul Richardson	42,600 2,600	2,600
Adam Demersseman	18,700 -55,300	-55,300

Tags: Adam Demersseman Ian Steinman

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

09-12-2019 23:30 UTC-7

Tran Gets Value With Tens; Chip Counts from Table 42

HillKerby

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mrityunjay Jha saw action folded to him on the button and limped in. Brett Murray completed from the small blind and JC Tran raised to 4,000 out of the big blind. Jha called and Murray folded.

The flop came and Tran made a continuation-bet of 3,300. Jha called. Both players checked the turn .

The river fell and Tran threw out a bet of 3,000. Jha called.

Tran tabled for aces and tens, prompting a muck from Jha to earn him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lee Markholt	122,000 -4,200	-4,200

JC Tran	119,300 45,800	45,800
Peter Park	64,500 7,700	7,700
Ryan Awwad	30,600 6,800	6,800
Mrityunjay Jha	23,800 -63,800	-63,800

Tags: Brett Murray JC Tran Mrityunjay Jha

09-12-2019 23:25 UTC-7

Miller Doubles Through Rodriguez

GeoffFisk

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Shortly after seeing much of his stack disappear in a hand against Mike Heshmati, Glenn Miller doubled up and got himself back in contention as Day 1 begins to wind down.

Miller, on the button, got all of his chips in preflop against Noel Rodriguez, on the button. Rodriguez had Miller well covered as the players went to showdown.

Glenn Miller:
Noel Rodriguez:

Board:

Miller's ace came in on the turn, and he lives to play on in the High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	93,000 -11,000	-11,000
Glenn Miller	46,000 25,500	25,500

Tags: Glenn Miller Mike Heshmati Noel Rodriguez

09-12-2019 23:20 UTC-7

Lancaster Ends Haley's Night

HillKerby

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was about 35,000 in a heads up pot on the river between William Haley in the big blind and Mike Lancaster in the hijack. The board read and Haley, first to act, went all in.

Lancaster motioned for a count and the dealer complied, cutting out Haley's stack and announcing a total of 25,900. Lancaster thought for about 35 seconds and then tossed in chips to call.

Haley told Lancaster he made a good call, further mentioning that he had air as Lancaster sat, waiting for him to turn up his cards. A few seconds later, Lancaster showed and Haley tossed his cards in face down.

Due to the all-in situation, the dealer exposed Haley's hand, showing for nothing more than queen high as he got up from the table and the dealer sent Lancaster the pot, bringing him firmly over six figures in chips with less than two hours of play left for the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Lancaster	130,500 51,400	51,400
William Haley	Busted

Tags: Mike Lancaster William Haley