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

09-14-2019 20:51 UTC-7

Turner Wins Round Two Against Anderson

GeoffFisk

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

Rob Anderson pulled off a successful bluff against Dann Turner in Level 8, going all in on the river with pocket fives and getting Turner to fold, then showing the bluff.

In Level 11, it was Turner's turn to do some damage with his own pocket fives.

Anderson, in early position, bet 5,500 on a flop, and got a call from Turner in the hijack. Anderson slowed down with a check on the turn, and Turner bet 8,000, which Anderson called.

The river came , Anderson checked and Turner bet 9,500. Anderson made the call after a couple of minutes in the tank.

Turner showed , and that flopped set was good as he evened the score with Anderson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dann Turner	84,500 58,500	58,500

Rob Anderson	74,500 28,500	28,500

09-14-2019 21:02 UTC-7

Hugenberg Gets a Knockout, Climbs the Leaderboard

GeoffFisk

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

An early position player opened to 2,700, a middle position player called, and Anthony Hugenberg three-bet to 11,000. The original raiser folded, and the middle position player called.

Facing a check on the flop, Hugenberg bet 11,000, and his opponent rerasied all in. Hugenberg snap called.

Opponent:
Anthony Hugenberg:

It was bad news for the pocket nines of the middle position player, and the runout brought no help, with the turn coming and river falling .

After the knockout, Hugenberg now sits on one of the bigger stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hugenberg	168,000 168,000	168,000

Tags: Anthony Hugenberg

09-14-2019 21:05 UTC-7

Shojaeyan Gets Two Streets of Value

HillKerby

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

Kelly Minkin opened the action with a raise to 3,000 out of middle position and received calls from Shahin Shojaeyan in the hijack, Loren Cloninger in the cutoff, and the player in the big blind.

The four players saw a flop of and both the big blind and Minkin checked. Shojaeyan bet 7,500, receiving two folds before action was back on Minkin. She made the call, bringing the turn . Both players checked.

The river came and Minkin checked once more. Shojaeyan threw out a bet of 10,000, which Minkin quickly called to take the hand to showdown.

Shojaeyan tabled , good for queens and sevens with an ace kicker. Minkin mucked and Shojaeyan took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shahin Shojaeyan	152,000 86,000	86,000
Kelly Minkin	86,300 -22,700	-22,700
Loren Cloninger	16,100 -21,900	-21,900

Tags: Kelly Minkin Loren Cloninger Shahin Shojaeyan

09-14-2019 21:28 UTC-7

Zeledon Gets a Dub

HillKerby

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Glenn Miller had 12,000 out in front of him from early position and was facing action again as Jimmy Zeledon had gone all in from the small blind. He requested a count of Zeledon's stack, which totaled 53,100. He then called.

Jimmy Zeledon:
Glenn Miller:

The flop was all Zeledon, leaving Miller needing to hit running wheel outs to a chop in addition to the unlikely perfect-perfect combination of the last two queens in the deck. The turn dashed what little chances he had at cracking Zeledon's aces and the river made the hand official, bringing Zeledon north of six figures along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Zeledon	107,400 23,400	23,400
Glenn Miller	101,200 -65,800	-65,800

Tags: Glenn Miller Jimmy Zeledon

09-14-2019 22:19 UTC-7

Prager Hits the Showers

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Josh Prager was at a starting stack of 30,000 and shoved all in from the hijack. Anthony Winters was in the cutoff and went all in over the top of him. All remaining players folded and the two turned up their hands.

Winters had both of his cards stacked, displaying the . Prager asked if he had ace-king and Winters said he did not as he sent his hand face up onto the felt.

"Gah!" said Prager as he tabled his two cards.

Josh Prager:
Anthony Winters:

The runout was of no help for Prager, coming to leave him with the second-best hand, thereby eliminating him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Winters	90,000
Josh Prager	Busted

Tags: Anthony Winters Josh Prager

09-14-2019 22:28 UTC-7

Lok Locks In a Double

GeoffFisk

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Poker vlogger Andrew Lok is still in the hunt as Day 1b winds down, doubling up and improving to 66,000 in chips. Lok three-bet all-in over an early position open from Ian Chan to 4,500, and got the call.

Andrew Lok:
Ian Chan:

Board:

A set of fives came in for Chan on the turn, but the river spade completed the flush for Lok, who doubled up and stayed in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Chan	150,000 -35,000	-35,000
Andrew Lok	66,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Andrew Lok Ian Chan

09-14-2019 23:08 UTC-7

Minkin, Chai on Big Stacks

GeoffFisk

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kelly Minkin raised to 20,500 on a flop, and her opponent on the button went all in over the top. Minkin made the call.

Kelly Minkin:
Opponent:

Minkin had the nuts, but the button opponent had the open-ended straight flush draw. The turn and river clinched the win for Minking, who's now over the 300k mark.

One table over, Paul Chai is on an even big bigger stack, with nearly 400k. Minkin and Chai are two of the big blindgest stacks in play as Day 1b approaches its conclusion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Chai	397,000 290,000	290,000
Kelly Minkin	316,000 181,000	181,000

Tags: Kelly Minkin Paul Chai

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