2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
96
Players Left
9

Recreational Player Randy Gil Nabs WSOP Gold in Event #3: $400 NLH Knockout

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Randy Gil
Randy Gil

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 #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout, 142 entrants created a $32,660 prize pool. That was distributed to the top 22 players including Niv Decalo (10th - $578), Andrew Duffy (13th - $497), Brian Borst (19th - $404), and Kevin Weinmann (22nd - $383).

In the end, it was recreational player Randy Gil taking home the title, $8,762 in prize money, and his first gold ring.

“It feels good. It was a long day but it’s worth it. It means a lot because it is a WSOP Circuit ring. I finished second a few times before. It’s nice to finally break through and get first place,” Gil said after his win.

To claim victory, he had to defeat two-time ring winner Jasthi Kumar in heads-up play.

“He is a great opponent, he is tough,” Gil said. “You gotta be on your game when you play against him. He is a very good player, he has a lot of cashes, and he is very respected in the poker community. It was definitely nice to get it against him.”

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Randy GilRoseville, California$8,762
2Jasthi KumarSan Ramon, California$5,413
3Denis LeeFremont, California$3,731
4Peter DirksenSan Francisco, California$2,636
5Daniel GuevaraN/A$1,912
6Chet SickleManteca, California$1,423
7Christopher VezzettiN/A$1,089
8Hakeem MashalDavis, California$857
9Roberto RosalesFontana, California$694

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