2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
A player went all in from middle position for his last 24,000 and was called by Shahin Shojaeyan, who was on the button.
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The two were off to the races and Shojaeyan was able to stay ahead the whole way as the runout came ![]()
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, ultimately giving him Broadway as he sent his opponent to the rail with less than two hours of play left in the evening.
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.
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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.
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.
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The runout was of no help for Prager, coming ![]()
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to leave him with the second-best hand, thereby eliminating him from the tournament.
Right before his table broke for the night, Paul Chai got all of the chips in against an opponent with a shorter stack.
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A juice flop came in for both players, giving the opponent top pair and the backdoor nut flush draw, with a jack-high flush draw for Chai. The flush came in on the river for Chai, who went over the 100k mark with the win.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are on the last 15-minute break of the day; late registration will be available through the end of the break.
David Larson opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 13,000 by Ian Steinman, who was in the small blind. Larson went all in for 18,500 and Steinman called.
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The two were off to the races with the nod at the time being given slightly to Larson. He watched his slight edge become a sure thing as the board ran out ![]()
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to score the double.
This is far from the first time Larson and Steinman clashed at this venue, however. The two played heads up for the $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder Main Event in March, 2018, with Larson defeating Steinman to take home a first-place prize of $295,128.
After the pot, the two found themselves with identical stacks. This would be the last hand they would play together for the time being, though, as the table broke following the hand.
One other player who was on that table was Mike Heshmati, who was short stacked at the time. He was since seen talking to a friend nearby and confirmed he had just been eliminated from the tournament.
Jeff Farnes was facing a check from a middle position on the river, with the board reading ![]()
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. Farnes put out a bet for 16,000 and got the call, showing his frustrated opponent ![]()
for the set.
On the following hand, the player to Farnes' direct right open raised to 4,000 preflop, Farnes three-bet to 9,000, and the opponent called.
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flop, and got the fold.