Dialysis Technician Dennis Arciosa Ships Event #4: $400 NLH (One-Day)
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team is at Thunder Valley to live report action from both the $1,700 Main Event and $3,250 High Roller, but those are just a couple of the dozen gold ring events at the stop. As such, we thought we’d profile some of the preliminary tournaments and those who struck it big.
In Event #4: $400 NLH (One-Day), 85 entries saw a $30,000 prize pool paid out to the top 13 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael McDonough (10th - $666), Sasha Sabbaghian (11th - $666), Sheila Triggs (12th - $666), and Peter Pham (13th - $605).
In the end, dialysis technician Dennis Arciosa emerged as the last player standing for $9,084 and his first gold ring.
“I feel great. I felt focused from start to end. I never lost focus,” he said after the win.
According to WSOP officials, Arciosa flopped a set of fives against his opponent’s aces, managed to get full value, and became unstoppable after this.
“That’s what started the whole thing. I ran really good after that hand. I got lucky.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Arciosa | N/A | $9,084 |
| 2 | Hsin-Lin Liu | Cupertino, California | $5,614 |
| 3 | Konstantin Chepurnykh | N/A | $3,815 |
| 4 | Deborah Sternberg | Sacramento, California | $2,677 |
| 5 | Cameron Bowman | Turlock, California | $1,941 |
| 6 | Sandre Swanson | N/A | $1,456 |
| 7 | Michael Bursk | San Clemente, California | $1,132 |
| 8 | Russell Garrett | Redding, California | $913 |
| 9 | Linwood Bailey | N/A | $765 |