$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
Rob Anderson	74,500	28,500

09-14-2019 20:44 UTC-7

Steinman Approaches 100k

GeoffFisk

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

Jed Hoffman bet 4,000 from the big blind on a board, and Ian Steinman made the call from the cutoff.

The river put doubled pairs on the board, Hoffman checked and Steinman checked back. Hoffman showed , while Steinman tabled to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	91,000	-2,000
Jed Hoffman	28,000	-12,000

Tags: Ian Steinman Jed Hoffman

09-14-2019 20:41 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Glenn Miller	167,000	106,000
Curtis Kowalk	115,200	88,200
Kelly Minkin	109,000	66,000
Billy Le	80,000	19,000
John Richards	70,000	39,000
Brett Murray	68,400	32,400
JC Tran	53,000	28,000
Joe Elpayaa	34,200	-7,800
Bryant Miller	28,500	28,500
Mike Heshmati	18,800	12,600
Jesse Cohen	17,300	-28,200
Alex Greenblatt	Busted

Chan Catches a Big Bluff

HillKerby

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

Ian Chan was in the process of having his table breaking and caught up about a hand that has vaulted him up to 155,000 in chips. According to him, he opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 8,000 by the big blind. Effective stacks were around 85,000 and Chan called.

The flop came rainbow and the big blind made a continuation-bet of 8,000. Chan called and the turn came . The big blind continued, betting another 15,000. Chan peeled again, bringing the river .

With no flush draws on board of any kind, the big blind emptied the clip, betting 25,000 and leaving himself 20,000 behind. Chan looked him up and the hand went to showdown.

The big blind tabled suited for two pair, sevens and threes. Chan showed offsuit for nines up and took down the six-figure pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Chan	155,000

Tags: Ian Chan

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

09-14-2019 20:26 UTC-7

All In, All In, All In

GeoffFisk

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Hand #1:

Rickey Evans found himself involved as the larger stack in consecutive hands with an all in opponent at risk.

On the first hand, Evans open raised under the gun, a player on the button three-bet all in, and Evans called.

Button:
Rickey Evans:

Board:

Hand #2:

Evans sent the opponent to the rail after the favorable runout, and on the very next hand, Kao Saechao went all in preflop from the button, and Evans called from the small blind.

Kao Saechao:
Rickey Evans:

Board:

It was pocket eights again for Evans, but this time they didn't hold up, as Saechao doubled up and improved to around a 16,000 chip stack.

Hand #3:

The following hand saw Saechao get all in again, this time putting a three-bet for his stack in against a hijack open raise to 2,500. The hijack called. and Saechao was off to the races again.

Kao Saechao:
Hijack:

Board:

It was another win for Saechao, who now finds himself with a much more manageable 36 big blinds as Level 10 continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rickey Evans	76,000	-1,000
Kao Saechao	36,000	36,000

Tags: Kao Saechao Rickey Evans

09-14-2019 20:23 UTC-7

Nguyen Coolered for Tournament Life

HillKerby

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Careen Foster raised to 2,700 from early position and Annalee Nguyen went all in over the top for her last 11,000 or so. Action folded back to Foster and she quickly called.

Annalee Nguyen:
Careen Foster:

The runout came to end her tournament after running her ace-king into Foster's pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Careen Foster	132,000	56,000
Annalee Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Annalee Nguyen Careen Foster

09-14-2019 20:16 UTC-7

Minghini Cracks Six Figures

HillKerby

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player raised to 2,200 from under the gun and action folded around to William Haley, who called in the cutoff. The next two players folded, putting action on Jarod Minghini in the big blind. He defended and the three went to a flop of . Minghini checked. The preflop raiser made a continuation-bet of 4,100, getting a fold from Haley before Minghini called.

The turn came and Minghini checked. The under-the-gun player checked behind, bringing the river . Minghini put out a bet of 12,000 and his opponent instantly sent his cards straight to the muck pile, earning Minghini the pot and bringing his stack above 100,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarod Minghini	104,500	20,500
William Haley	48,400	-28,600

Tags: Jarod Minghini

09-14-2019 20:12 UTC-7

David Brookshire Captures Second Gold Ring w/ Event #7: $400 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Victory

HillKerby

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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 #7: $400 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, 82 entrants created a $30,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 13 players. Among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Icha Ux (9th - $716), Jeff Hart (10th - $715), Allen Kessler (11th - $666), Danny Woolard (12th - $666), and Erik Eichmann (13th - $605).

In the end, it was David Brookshire besting Ho Lee in heads-up play to win the title for $9,084 and his second career gold ring.

“I feel really good. I feel like this is just the beginning of my career,” said Brookshire. “I’ve been playing professionally for three years, I got 14 or 15 wins now. I gotta give credit to Mike Matusow any time I win a tournament because if he didn’t teach me the stuff he taught me, and he wasn’t a friend and a mentor to me, I’d never be having in any of these wins.”

He continued: “I’ve been studying No-Limit for years and I’ve always thought there is a huge mathematical edge and less variance in the mixed games compared to no-limit. There’s just not enough mixed tournaments to play full-time schedule so I definitely have to play no limit too.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	David Brookshire	Baltimore, Maryland	$9,084
2	Ho Lee	Aiea, Hawaii	$5,614
3	Maryo Paige	Winston Salem, North Carolina	$3,815
4	Dan Stir	Sacramento, California	$2,677
5	Rommel Santos	Lakewood, California	$1,941
6	Kyle Bunn	N/A	$1,456
7	Douglas Lockwood	Merced, California	$1,132
8	William Chavarria	Sacramento, California	$913

Tags: David Brookshire

09-14-2019 20:02 UTC-7

Pincombe Hits a Flop He Loves

HillKerby

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Greg Pincombe raised to 2,600 from the hijack and received calls by players on the button and in the big blind. The flop came and the big blind checked. Pincombe put out a stack for 17,700, letting it go from his hand in a fashion that sent the stack falling forward.

"Not all in," he said as the stack fell. There was one T100 chip left on top of his cards.

"That's right, you aren't," said the dealer. Before he could finish his sentence, the player on the button had folded and the big blind was in the process of doing the same.

"I missed," said the big blind tabling .

"Wait a minute," Pincombe responded. "What did I raise to pre? I like my hand," he said as he turned over , showing that he had flopped both an open-ended straight draw and nut flush draw, which proved to be enough to win him the pot on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Pincombe	28,100	5,100

Tags: Greg Pincombe