Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Ben Primus opened to 800 from early position and was called by a player in middle position. Action folded to Kelly Minkin, who three-bet to 2,600 from the cutoff. Primus called and the player in middle position folded.
The flop came and Primus checked. Minkin checked behind.
The turn fell and Primus put out a bet of about 3,500, quickly getting a fold from Minkin. He quickly took back his bet and awaited the pot to be sent his way.
Despite losing the pot, Minkin is still above starting stack after being seen taking her seat within the last 45 minutes; Primus also finds himself a bit higher above starting stack after the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kelly Minkin |
36,100
36,100
|
36,100 |
Ben Primus |
35,600
-500
|
-500 |
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 #5: $400 H.O.R.S.E., 65 runners created a $21,450 prize pool and saw veteran poker player Frankie O’Dell, a three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, come out on top for $6,994 and his fourth career circuit ring.
“It feels great because all my rings are in mixed tournaments and all my bracelets are in mixed tournaments,” he said after the win. “I don’t think anybody has four rings in mixed tournaments. I might be standing alone.”
O’Dell, who won a bracelet over the summer, added: “I just keep winning and winning feels good. Specially at the WSOP … People are fighting out here to win. I just did my thing and we ended up on top. The tougher the competition, the sweeter the victory.”
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Frankie O'Dell | Denver, Colorado | $6,994 |
2 | Darryl Okamoto | San Jose, California | $4,322 |
3 | Steven Toll | Medford, New Jersey | $2,867 |
4 | Peter Dirksen | San Francisco, California | $1,981 |
5 | Don Gresser | Rio Linda, California | $1,428 |
6 | Joshua Grossman | N/A | $1,076 |
7 | Jason Mcroberts | Fair Oaks, California | $850 |
8 | Samedy Kuoch | Santa Rosa, California | $704 |
9 | Gregory Schmidt | Sacramento, California | $614 |
10 | Mike Morrison | N/A | $614 |
Craig Varnell and Phillip Harvey are involved in a deep conversation about the NFL, including a discussion on Aaron Rogers' contract possibly eating up too much of the Green Bay Packers salary cap.
In the midst of this, both players were involved in a six-way limped pot, which saw the player on the hijack bet 1,200 on a flop. That bet thinned out the field to four players, including Glenn Miller on the button. Harvey stuck around in the small blind, while Varnell folded.
All remaining players checked on the turn and river, and it was Miller who managed to take down the pot, with just third pair as he tabled . Miller is up to a comfortable double starting stack as Level 6 begins.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Glenn Miller | 61,000 | |
Phillip Harvey |
39,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Craig Varnell |
27,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ian Steinman |
65,200
36,100
|
36,100 |
|
||
Jeff Dewitt |
55,800
-2,200
|
-2,200 |
Russell Garrett |
53,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Jared Shipley |
51,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Annalee Nguyen
|
38,300
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Jed Hoffman |
37,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Billy Le |
34,500
-6,200
|
-6,200 |
Pat Lyons |
34,400
20,200
|
20,200 |
|
||
Jason Scott |
29,800
-4,300
|
-4,300 |
Imad Allahham |
25,400
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
Brett Murray |
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Alex Greenblatt |
23,100
-16,100
|
-16,100 |
Craig Varnell |
21,300
-6,200
|
-6,200 |
|
||
Keith Bowman
|
15,600
-26,400
|
-26,400 |
Traci Brown |
6,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Riki Sankey | Busted |
There was over 10,000 in the pot on a board of and Farhad Sinaei had checked from the big blind, putting action on Careen Foster who was in middle position. Foster threw out a bet of 16,300, sending Sinaei into the tank.
After over two minutes, Sinaei apologized about taking so long on the decision. Not long after, a clock was called on him. The floor came over, gave the shpiel about him having 30 seconds to act, and started the clock. Sinaei didn't need all 30 seconds, sending his cards t\o the muck without much sweat of his hand being ruled dead.
"Good fold," he was told as the pot was sent Foster's way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Careen Foster |
59,300
14,300
|
14,300 |
Farhad Sinaei |
29,200
-800
|
-800 |
Pat Lyons opened to 1,400, Lam Le called in the small blind, and the big blind also called.
The three-way pot unfolded with a flop, and all three players checked. The turn came , Le went all in for his last 7,600, the big blind blind folded, and Lyons made the call.
"Only because I have too many outs," Lyons said as he put together the calling chips.
Lam Le:
Pat Lyons:
Le was ahead and a 63 percent favorite to win with his bottom pair and straight draw, but Lyons did indeed have plenty of outs with the better flush and straight draws. The river brought the , which improved neither player but gave Le the win.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pat Lyons |
28,500
-5,900
|
-5,900 |
|
||
Lam Le
|
20,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Chai |
84,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
Michael Hada |
79,100
16,700
|
16,700 |
TC Wong
|
56,400
20,000
|
20,000 |
Alan Snow |
45,500
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Jesse Cohen |
45,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
David Mallet |
45,400
45,400
|
45,400 |
Niv Decalo |
44,400
14,400
|
14,400 |
Roman Shainiuk |
44,400
-10,100
|
-10,100 |
Mike Lancaster |
33,300
33,300
|
33,300 |
Loren Cloninger |
32,600
2,600
|
2,600 |
Mike Heshmati | 31,000 | |
Curtis Kowalk |
27,000
-13,300
|
-13,300 |
Scott Sanders |
21,200
-9,100
|
-9,100 |
David Brookshire |
8,500
-21,500
|
-21,500 |
|
||
Joe Elpayaa | Busted |
Date | Location |
---|---|
September 12-23, 2019 | Potawatomi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
September 17-29, 2019 | WSOP.com Online Circuit (New Jersey) |
September 19-30, 2019 | Seminole Casino Coconut Creek (Coconut Creek, Florida) |
September 26 – October 7, 2019 | Horseshoe Southern Indiana (Louisville/Indiana) |
October 3-14, 2019 | Horseshoe Baltimore (Maryland/D.C.) |
October 10-21, 2019 | Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago, Illinois) |
October 24 – November 4, 2019 | Harveys Lake Tahoe (Reno/Tahoe Nevada) |
October 30 - November 11, 2019 | Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma) |
November 14–25, 2019 | Planet Hollywood (Las Vegas Strip, Nevada) |
November 28 - December 9, 2019 | Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina) |
November 30-December 11, 2019 | The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, California) |
December 5-16, 2019 | IP Casino Resort Spa (Biloxi, Mississippi) |
December 12-22, 2019 | Harrah’s Las Vegas in Convention Center (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
January 2-14, 2020 | Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma) |
January 9-20, 2020 | Thunder Valley Casino (Sacramento area, California) |
January 16-27, 2020 | Horseshoe Tunica (Tunica, Mississippi) |
January 30 - February 10, 2020 | Potawatomi (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
February 6–17, 2020 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa (Tampa, Florida) |
February 14-25, 2020 | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
February 20 – March 2, 2020 | Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago, Illinois) |
February 25 – March 8, 2020 | WSOP.com Online Circuit (Nevada) |
February 27 – March 10, 2020 | Horseshoe Bossier City (Shreveport, Louisiana/Texas) |
March 5-16, 2020 | Harrah’s Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey) |
March 7 – 18, 2020 | The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, California) |
March 12-23, 2020 | Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
March 19-30, 2020 | Bally’s (Las Vegas Strip, Nevada) |
March 26 - April 6, 2020 | Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Omaha, Nebraska/Iowa) |
April 8-19, 2020 | Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina) |
April 23 – May 4, 2020 | Horseshoe Tunica (Tunica, Mississippi) |
May 7-18, 2020 | Harrah’s New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
August 2020 | Global Casino Championship Harrah’s Cherokee |
All stops will release their series’ event schedules as they get closer. Every stop is confirmed to offer at least a dozen official gold ring events starting at the $250 buy-in level and include a $1,700 Main Event.
"All right, tournament players in the main event: start the shuffle, finish the hand you're on . . . 15-minute break," has been announced across the tournament area.