Dialysis Technician Dennis Arciosa Ships Event #4: $400 NLH (One-Day)
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 #4: $400 NLH (One-Day), 85 entries saw a $30,000 prize pool paid out to the top 13 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Michael McDonough (10th - $666), Sasha Sabbaghian (11th - $666), Sheila Triggs (12th - $666), and Peter Pham (13th - $605).
In the end, dialysis technician Dennis Arciosa emerged as the last player standing for $9,084 and his first gold ring.
“I feel great. I felt focused from start to end. I never lost focus,” he said after the win.
According to WSOP officials, Arciosa flopped a set of fives against his opponent’s aces, managed to get full value, and became unstoppable after this.
“That’s what started the whole thing. I ran really good after that hand. I got lucky.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Arciosa | N/A | $9,084 |
| 2 | Hsin-Lin Liu | Cupertino, California | $5,614 |
| 3 | Konstantin Chepurnykh | N/A | $3,815 |
| 4 | Deborah Sternberg | Sacramento, California | $2,677 |
| 5 | Cameron Bowman | Turlock, California | $1,941 |
| 6 | Sandre Swanson | N/A | $1,456 |
| 7 | Michael Bursk | San Clemente, California | $1,132 |
| 8 | Russell Garrett | Redding, California | $913 |
| 9 | Linwood Bailey | N/A | $765 |
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and the small blind checked. Sanders bet 1,000, getting a call from Perrigo and a fold from the small blind.
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and Sanders checked again. Perrigo bet 3,000, sending Sanders into the tank for about a minute before letting his cards go.
with around 2,600 in the pot and three players with cards in front of themselves. Roman Shainiuk was first to act out of the big blind and bet 2,100. Action was then on Curtis Kowalk, who called from early position. The player on Kowalk's direct left called as well.
and Shainiuk continued with another bet for 6,000. Kowalk went into the tank and eventually folded, with the final player left in the hand folding quickly behind him to result in a won pot for Shainiuk.
. Nguyen had checked to her opponent, who bet 3,000, only to put him to the test with a check-raise all in for the 11,200 remaining in his stack (14,200 total after the bet). 
, but in this case the nut flush was no good. The hijack was left with just 4,00 chips after taking the cooler, while Crump improved to go over the 50k mark.
