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

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	56,000
Annalee Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Annalee Nguyen Careen Foster

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	-1,000
Kao Saechao	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Kao Saechao Rickey Evans

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

09-14-2019 20:32 UTC-7

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

09-14-2019 20:41 UTC-7

A Few Chip Counts

HillKerby

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Glenn Miller	167,000 106,000	106,000
Curtis Kowalk	115,200 88,200	88,200
Kelly Minkin	109,000 66,000	66,000
Billy Le	80,000 19,000	19,000
John Richards	70,000 39,000	39,000
Brett Murray	68,400 32,400	32,400
JC Tran	53,000 28,000	28,000

Joe Elpayaa	34,200 -7,800	-7,800
Bryant Miller	28,500 28,500	28,500
Mike Heshmati	18,800 12,600	12,600
Jesse Cohen	17,300 -28,200	-28,200
Alex Greenblatt	Busted

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	-2,000

Jed Hoffman	28,000 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Ian Steinman Jed Hoffman

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 20:51 UTC-7

Four To River; None To Showdown

HillKerby

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

Mike Lancaster opened the action with a raise to 3,000 out of the cutoff and saw calls behind him from the players on the button and in the small blind. Chet Perrigo then defended his big blind to take action four ways to the streets.

The flop fell and action checked to Lancaster, who made a continuation-bet of 4,500. All three players stuck around and the turn came , where action checked through.

The river was and the small blind checked. Perrigo put out a bet of 11,500 and Lancaster and the player on the button quickly folded. The small blind then went into the tank for about 35 seconds before picking the chip up off his card and sliding his cards forward to muck them, resulting in Perrigo taking down the four-way pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chet Perrigo	130,100
Mike Lancaster	40,500

Tags: Chet Perrigo Mike Lancaster

09-14-2019 20:57 UTC-7

Crump Check-Raises the Third Barrel

HillKerby

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

William Haley opened the action with a raise to 3,500 from the hijack and action folded around to Dustin Crump, who defended his big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of and Crump checked to Haley, who made a continuation-bet of 3,500. Crump called. The turn came and Crump checked again. Haley fired a second barrel for 7,000, getting another call from Crump.

The river fell and Crump checked a third time. Haley played around with some chips and ultimately emptied the clip, firing out another 12,000. Crump thought for a bit and then check-raised to 32,000.

Haley went through a bit of his thought process verbally, wondering if Crump had the nut flush. Eventually, he looked back at his cards and slid them from the nine-seat directly to into the muck pile that was just in front of him and to his left and the dealer sent the pot Crump's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Crump	111,800 60,800	60,800
William Haley	80,700 32,300	32,300

Tags: Dustin Crump

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: