2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$130,667
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$627,210
Entries
414
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
96
Players Left
9

Kelsey Hendricks Eliminated in 17th Place ($6,351)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Kelsey Hendricks
Kelsey Hendricks

Anthony Hugenberg was in middle position and raised to 35,000. He was three-bet by Noel Rodriguez to 90,000 from the hijack. Action folded around to Kelsey Hendricks, who announced he was all in, cold four-betting from the big blind for his last 380,000 or so. Hugenberg folded and Rodriguez quickly called.

Kelsey Hendricks: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Noel Rodriguez: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {k-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades} to leave Hendricks drawing to running wheel outs to chop or running Broadway outs to double. The turn {8-Spades} left him drawing dead and the river {4-Hearts} finished the runout, resulting in Hendricks' elimination from the tournament in 17th place.

With two eliminations on Table 2, Arish Nat has now been moved to Table 2, Seat 5; the seat formerly occupied by Hendricks.

Player Chips Progress
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
1,162,000
437,000
437,000
Anthony Hugenberg us
Anthony Hugenberg
598,000
-262,000
-262,000
Kelsey Hendricks us
Kelsey Hendricks
Busted

Tags: Anthony HugenbergArish NatKelsey HendricksNoel Rodriguez

Chai Pressures Hugenberg

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Anthony Hugenberg raised to 35,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Paul Chai, who was in the big blind. Chai three-bet to 116,000, sending Hugenberg into the tank. Eventually, he peeled to see postflop action.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and Chai checked. Hugenberg checked behind. The turn fell {j-Diamonds} and Chai immediately announced he was all in, effectively shoving for Hugenberg's stack of just under a half-million.

Hugenberg folded and Chai took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Chai us
Paul Chai
1,620,000
20,000
20,000
Anthony Hugenberg us
Anthony Hugenberg
470,000
-128,000
-128,000

Tags: Anthony HugenbergPaul Chai

Richardson Finds a Double

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Terence Reardon was in early position and opened to 40,000. Action folded around to Paul Richardson, who went all in for 293,000 from the small blind. Roman Shainiuk was in the big blind and shoved over the top, folding out Reardon to create a heads-up runout.

Paul Richardson: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Roman Shainiuk: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

Richardson had found a suitor for his cowboys with Shainiuk waking up with ace-king suited behind him. The board ran out in his favor, coming {2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Clubs} to secure the double.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
2,700,000
150,000
150,000
Terence Reardon us
Terence Reardon
1,440,000
575,000
575,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
642,000
332,000
332,000

Tags: Paul RichardsonRoman ShainiukTerence Reardon

Stuart Tuvey Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,650)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Stuart Tuvey
Stuart Tuvey

Stuart Tuvey went all in from early position and action folded around to Paul Chai, who was in the small blind. Chai asked for a count, which was totaled to be 132,000.

"Raise!" he then announced, throwing out three newly-added pink T100,000 chips, coming over the top for 308,000 due to the 8,000 he had in the pot from his small blind. He cleared the way and hands were tabled.

Stuart Tuvey: {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Paul Chai: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

"You're way behind!" said Chai in a friendly manner as the two hands were visible on the felt.

"Not way behind," objected Tuvey. His statement was true but not for long as the flop came {9-Spades}{a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. Though it gave him an open-ended straight draw, Chai now had top pair, top kicker and had increased his equity in the hand as a result.

"Black card," said Chai as the turn came {2-Clubs}.

"Pair the board," he added before the river fell {j-Spades}.

With both of his wishes fulfilled, Tuvey found himself with the second-best hand and tapped the felt, exchanging mutual wishes of a well-played tournament as he stood up and received a payout slip.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Chai us
Paul Chai
17,420,000
15,800,000
15,800,000
Stuart Tuvey us
Stuart Tuvey
Busted

Tags: Paul ChaiStuart Tuvey

Fujisaka Doubles Through Shainiuk

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Travis Fujisaka went all in from under the gun for 267,000, and Roman Shainiuk reshoved for around 2,600,000 from the hijack. All other players folded.

Travis Fujisaka: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Roman Shainiuk: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

Board: {3-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

The pocket jacks held up for Fujisaka, and he's back up over the 30 big blind mark. Shainiuk still sits on a massive stack as Level 22 closes out.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
2,300,000
-400,000
-400,000
Travis Fujisaka us
Travis Fujisaka
540,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Roman ShainiukTravis Fujisaka

Nagar Closing in on Seven Figures

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Landen Lucas was in the cutoff and opened the action with a raise to 36,000. Soumitra Nagar called him from the button, as did Paul Richardson, who defended his big blind.

The three saw a flop of {k-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Richardson checked. Lucas made a continuation-bet of 55,000. Nagar called and Richardson folded, letting the two proceed to the turn {7-Clubs} heads up. Both players then checked.

The river came {q-Spades} and Lucas checked again. Nagar put out a bet of 125,000 ad Lucas quickly sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Soumitra Nagar us
Soumitra Nagar
932,000
47,000
47,000
Landen Lucas us
Landen Lucas
810,000
330,000
330,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
550,000
-92,000
-92,000

Tags: Landen LucasPaul RichardsonSoumitra Nagar

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Eli Ross Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,650)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Eli Ross
Eli Ross

Eli Ross shoved from the cutoff, Dan Stir reshoved over the top from the small blind, and the two went heads up to the showdown.

Eli Ross: {k-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Dan Stir: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Board: {4-Spades}{8-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

The outs didn't come in for Ross, as the ace high held up for Stir. Ross goes out in 14th place and earns $7,650.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Stir us
Dan Stir
580,000
336,000
336,000
Eli Ross us
Eli Ross
Busted

Tags: Eli RossDan Stir

Nagar Wins at Showdown; Chip Counts from Table 1

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Soumitra Nagar raised to 40,000 in early position and action folded around to Terence Reardon, who was in the big blind.

"Pricing me in?" he asked Nagar.

"Min-raise," confirmed Nagar. Reardon called. The flop came {8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Reardon checked. Nagar put out a continuation-bet of 15,000 and the dealer confirmed he had to bet the minimum of 20,000. He did and Reardon called.

The turn came {6-Spades} and Reardon led out, betting 52,000. Nagar called. The river fell {3-Hearts} and Reardon fired out another 140,000. Nagar called after a couple of seconds.

"You got it," said Reardon after seeing Nagar throw less than a full call's worth of chips into the middle.

Nagar tabled {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}. Reardon stood up as he slid his hand forward along the felt.

"Ooh! Nice flop," he said, finishing his act of mucking. "I had queen-two," he added as the pot was sent Nagar's way.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
2,165,000
-135,000
-135,000
Terence Reardon us
Terence Reardon
1,735,000
295,000
295,000
Soumitra Nagar us
Soumitra Nagar
1,050,000
118,000
118,000
Landen Lucas us
Landen Lucas
726,000
-84,000
-84,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
603,000
53,000
53,000
Eric Wong us
Eric Wong
526,000
-124,000
-124,000
Travis Fujisaka us
Travis Fujisaka
418
-539,582
-539,582

Tags: Soumitra NagarTerence Reardon