$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

09-15-2019 17:19 UTC-7

27 Left - Redraw Pending

HillKerby

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The following players have recently been eliminated to take the tournament down to its final 27 players. A full redraw for the field is currently underway - new seating assignments and chip counts will be posted shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelo Kratsas	Busted
Jeff Dewitt	Busted
Kelly Minkin	Busted
Rudy Robledo	Busted
Jeff Farnes	Busted

$1,700 Main Event

Day 1b Completed

09-15-2019 01:09 UTC-7

Roman Shainiuk, Paul Chai Bag Big on Day 1b of the WSOPC Thunder Valley Main Event

GeoffFisk

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The second of two opening flights is complete in the World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event. Day 1b drew 273 total entrants, with 68 surviving to come back for Day 2. Those 68 players will join the 31 survivors of the Day 1a flight, and the combined field of 99 will return for a noon restart on Sunday.

Plenty of big names came through the Thunder Valley Poker Room in Lincoln, California, to take a shot at advancing in the tournament. At the end of the night, it was Roman Shainiuk bagging the biggest stack with 421,500 chips.

Closely following on the chip leaderboard are Paul Chai (408,000), Kelly Minkin (293,000), Ian Chan (280,500), and Dinh Le (278,000).

Notable players also bagging Day 1b included Brett Murray (200,500), Jimmy Zeledon (118,000), Pat Lyons (56,000), David Brookshire (50,500) and Rickey Evans (116,000).

The Thunder Valley Poker Room was filled with some of poker’s best tournament players Saturday, and some of the notable players who failed to make it through to Day 2 included Ian Steinman, Craig Varnell, Jarod Minghini, JC Tran, Joe Elpayaa, Josh Prager, Scott Sanders and Kenny Tran.

The 273 Day 1b entrants brought the total number of entries for the Main Event to 414. The total prize pool is $627,210, with $130,667 going to the eventual winner. The tournament will pay 63 places, and with 99 totals players coming back for Day 2, the money bubble should burst fairly quickly on Sunday.

Play will resume at Level 16, with the blinds at 2000/4000 and a 4,000 big blind ante. The tournament is scheduled to play down to the final nine Sunday, with those nine coming back for the final table Monday.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event continues.

Tags: Ian Chan Ian Steinman Jarod Minghini Jimmy Zeledon Pat Lyons Scott Sanders

09-15-2019 01:09 UTC-7

Day 1a and 1b Combined Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Shainiuk	421,500
Paul Chai	408,000
Noel Rodriguez	315,500
Kelly Minkin	293,000
Travis Fujisaka	287,500
Alex Condon	285,500
Ian Chan	280,000
Dinh Le	278,000
Warren Kashiwagi	255,000
Landen Lucas	229,500
Jeff Dewitt	214,000
Adam Demersseman	213,500
Mike Harvey	210,500
Anthony Hugenberg	207,500
Phillip Harvey	205,500
Eli Ross	205,500
Terence Reardon	205,000
Brett Murray	200,500
Sok Chean	199,500
Stuart Tuvey	198,000
Kelsey Hendricks	190,500
Calvin Liu	188,000
Dustin Crump	178,500
Michael Lin	177,000
Daniel Hendriks	171,000

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09-15-2019 00:53 UTC-7

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

GeoffFisk

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Shainiuk	421,500
Paul Chai	408,000
Kelly Minkin	293,000	-2,000
Ian Chan	280,000
Dinh Le	278,000
Jeff Dewitt	214,000	57,500
Anthony Hugenberg	207,500	39,500
Phillip Harvey	205,500	166,500
Terence Reardon	205,000
Brett Murray	200,500	109,500
Sok Chean	199,500	199,500
Stuart Tuvey	198,000	198,000
Kelsey Hendricks	190,500	190,500
Calvin Liu	188,000	188,000
Dustin Crump	178,500	75,300
Chet Sickle	160,000	64,000
Thu Tran	160,000	51,000
Bao Leung	157,000	157,000
Simon Leung	155,000	155,000
Jeff Farnes	155,000	28,000
Jeffrey Griffiths	150,500	150,500
Imad Lahham	150,000	134,500
William Wendling	142,500	94,500
Soumitra Nagar	135,000	135,000
Russell Garrett	131,500	38,500

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09-15-2019 00:07 UTC-7

Assorted End of Day 1b Chip Counts

HillKerby

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Play has concluded for Day 1b and the remaining 68 players are finished putting chips into bags. An assortment of chip counts has been provided, with a full list and a recap of the day's action soon to come.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Shainiuk	421,500	185,500
Paul Chai	408,000	11,000
Kelly Minkin	295,000	-49,500
Ian Chan	280,000	29,000
Dinh Le	278,000
Terence Reardon	205,000	50,000
Billy Le	157,000	-13,000
Jimmy Zeledon	118,000
Shahin Shojaeyan	109,500	-47,500
Alan Mulleady	62,500	-5,500
Pat Lyons	56,000	-24,000
Jesse Cohen	38,500	-12,500

09-14-2019 23:50 UTC-7

Four More Hands

GeoffFisk

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dealers will deal four more hands before Day 1b play ends for the night.

09-14-2019 23:46 UTC-7

Givens Doubles Through Lyons

GeoffFisk

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Pat Lyons had Rickey Givens well covered, when the two went all in for all of Given's chips preflop.

Rickey Givens:
Pat Lyons:

Board:

Lyons' stack took a hit, while Givens is up to 117,000 in the last level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rickey Givens	117,000
Pat Lyons	80,000	17,000

09-14-2019 23:38 UTC-7

Szuchopa Wins Flip Versus Minkin

HillKerby

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Frank Szuchopa raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was three-bet to 20,000 by Kelly Minkin, who was two to his left. Action folded back around to him and he committed the remainder of his chips. Minkin called.

Frank Szuchopa:
Kelly Minkin:

An ace in the window was immediately visible as the dealer fanned a flop of . The turn and river kept Szuchopa ahead to earn the double. His stack was counted out to be 50,000 on the dot and Minkin sent the remaining 30,000 his way.

"Nice hand," Minkin said softly with a smile.

Szuchopa reciprocated the sentiment with a heartfelt, "Thank you," as he scooped and stacked his newly-earned chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelly Minkin	344,500	9,000
Frank Szuchopa	107,500	107,500

Tags: Kelly Minkin Frank Szuchopa

09-14-2019 23:29 UTC-7

Chan Hooks Two

HillKerby

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Fireworks had just flown on Table 6 as a slew of chips were in the process of being sent Ian Chan's way. According to both Chan and Billy Le in a team effort, Le opened to 7,000 from early position and was three-bet to 11,500 from JC Tran out of the cutoff. The player on the button then went all in for 29,500.

After Amir Turkzadeh folded his small blind, action was on Ian Chan in the big blind. He called, prompting a fold from Le. Tran then called to take future action heads up between Chan and Tran for a side pot.

The flop fell and Chan shoved for the effective 30,000 or so left in Tran's stack. Tran called.

JC Tran:
Ian Chan:
Third Player:

The turn came to give Chan a sweat at wheel outs, but he faded them as the river secured the double knockout for him, bringing him to the quarter-million chip mark with less than a half-hour of play left in the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Chan	251,000	101,000
Billy Le	170,000	34,000
JC Tran	Busted

Tags: Amir Turkzadeh Billy Le Ian Chan JC Tran