2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$130,667
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$627,210
Entries
414
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1

Nat Gets Tricky To Increase His Chip Lead

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Bobby Pham raised to 165,000 from the cutoff and was called by Arish Nat, who was on the button. The flop came {2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{a-Clubs} and Pham fired a continuation-bet of 125,000. Nat called.

The turn came {a-Hearts} and both players checked. They checked again on the river {9-Clubs} to take the hand to showdown.

Pham tabled {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for aces and nines. Nat showed {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for aces and queens and took down the pot, bringing him to about 4.7 million in chips at present moment.

Player Chips Progress
Arish Nat us
Arish Nat
4,715,000 415,000
Bobby Pham us
Bobby Pham
775,000 -290,000

Tags: Arish NatBobby Pham

Another Lead Out for Shainiuk

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Roman Shainiuk opened to 150,000 from the cutoff, Paul Richardson three-bet to 450,000 from the button, and Shainiuk made the cal.

Shainiuk continued using the leading out strategy he's employed several times today at the final table, going all in for his last 900,000. Richardson thought it over for awhile before making the fold. Shainiuk showed the {a-Hearts} as he raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
1,770,000 -330,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
1,225,000 -345,000

Tags: Paul RichardsonRoman Shainiuk

Bobby Pham Eliminated in 6th Place ($24,458)

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Bobby Pham
Bobby Pham

Paul Chai opened to 195,000 from the cutoff, and Bobby Pham three-bet all in for 680,000. Chai made the call.

Bobby Pham: {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}
Paul Chai: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

Board: {3-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Chai celebrated as soon as the cards turned ove, and the {8-Clubs} on the turn sealed Pham's elimination in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Chai us
Paul Chai
3,700,000 715,000
Bobby Pham us
Bobby Pham
Busted

Tags: Bobby PhamPaul Chai

Paul and Paul Have a Little Talk

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Paul Richardson announced he was all in after action folded to him in the small blind. Paul Chai was in the big blind and asked for a count.

Richardson told him he had 1 million in addition to the amount he put out to signify his bet, which was 75,000. Chai went into the tank.

"I'll show you," Richardson told him.

Chai wasted no time letting his hand go: "Okay, I fold."

Richardson showed {a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Chai let out a bit of a remark, saying he had folded pocket sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Chai us
Paul Chai
3,485,000 -215,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
1,175,000 -50,000

Tags: Paul ChaiPaul Richardson

Shainiuk Floats the Flop

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action folded around to Arish Nat in the small blind, who raised to 200,000. Roman Shainiuk was in the big blind and defended, bringing a flop of {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Nat made a continuation-bet of 150,000 and Shainiuk stuck around, putting out chips to call.

The turn came {7-Diamonds} and Nat checked. Shainiuk bet 600,000.

Nat turned to ask Shainiuk how much he had back and was told around 1.6 million. He then folded and Shainiuk took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Arish Nat us
Arish Nat
4,240,000 -475,000
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
2,675,000 905,000

Tags: Arish NatRoman Shainiuk

Fujisaka Check-Raises Flop, Nat Folds

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Travis Fujisaka open raised to 135,000 from the hijack, Arish Nat made the call from the cutoff, and Roman Shainiuk did the same from the button.

Fujisaka checked the {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop, Nat bet 150,000, and Shainiuk folded.

Fujisaka then put in the check-raise and jammed for his remaining 900,000. Nat thought it over for awhile, then folded.

Player Chips Progress
Arish Nat us
Arish Nat
3,900,000 -340,000
Travis Fujisaka us
Travis Fujisaka
1,600,000 410,000

Tags: Arish NatRoman ShainiukTravis Fujisaka

Shainiuk Over Three Million; Richardson In Six Figures

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Roman Shainiuk opened the action with a raise to 150,000 and was called by Paul Richardson, who was in the cutoff.

The flop came {4-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Shainiuk threw out a continuation-bet of 350,000. Richardson quickly folded. With the pot, Shainiuk has now surpassed the 3 million chip-mark, meanwhile, Richardson has dipped below 1 million in chips for the time being.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
3,135,000 460,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
920,000 -255,000

Tags: Paul RichardsonRoman Shainiuk

Shainiuk Flops Three, Checks Twice

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Roman Shainiuk had action fold to him in the small blind and completed, putting action on Paul Richardson, who checked his option from the big blind. The two checked through to the river on a runout of {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{2-Spades}{k-Clubs}, where Shainiuk put out a bet of 225,000 and was quickly called.

Shainiuk tabled {9-Spades}{4-Spades} for trip fours, having waited until the river to put out a pot-sized value bet. It worked in his favor, as Richardson showed {k-Diamonds} as he mucked, bringing him down under 600K in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
3,270,000 135,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
585,000 -335,000

Tags: Paul RichardsonRoman Shainiuk

Shainiuk Picks Up Aces To Get Over Four Million

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Roman Shainiuk opened to 120,000 from the button and was called by Paul Chai, who defended his big blind. The flop came {10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and Chai checked. Shainiuk made a continuation-bet of 300,000 and Chai called.

Chai then led out for 600,000 on the turn {10-Clubs} and Shainiuk immediately announced he was all in, receiving a green "all-in" button from the dealer. Chai asked for a count, which totaled to be 2.64 million, a bit more than he had left in his stack.

"I have pocket nines," said Chai, tabling the {9-Spades} as he folded.

Shainiuk showed for the third time today, tabling {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}.

"First time today," he said about having pocket aces as he collected the pot, bringing his stack to over 4 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
4,010,000 740,000
Paul Chai us
Paul Chai
2,140,000 -1,345,000

Tags: Paul ChaiRoman Shainiuk