$1,700 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

09-15-2019 12:20 UTC-8

Turner Sends Le to the Rail

Geoff Fisk

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Dinh Le opened on the button, and Dann Turner called on the big blind.

Turner checked the flop, and Leung continued for 13,000. Turner check-raised to 30,000, and Leung reraised all in for 165,000 more. Turner snap called.

Dinh Le:
Dann Turner:

Le still had hope with the nut flush draw, but found himself behind Turner's already made flush. The turn and river brought no further help to Le, coming and , and Leung's Main Event run is over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dann Turner	370,000 292,000	292,000

Dinh Le	Busted

Tags: Dann Turner Dinh Leung

09-15-2019 12:14 UTC-8

Tuvey Gives Rodriguez the Pile; Lyons Showered

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Hill Kerby

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stuart Tuvey had opened from under the gun and was three-bet by Noel Rodriguez to 37,000 out of the small blind. Tuvey was in the process of going all in, which prompted a fold from Rodriguez to earn Tuvey the pot.

As the hand was finishing, the floor came by to instruct the dealer to provide a high card, meaning their table was broken. Rodriguez drew the new seat of Table 4, Seat 7, the seat that had been vacated by Pat Lyons just moments earlier.

Lyons was still present at the table as Rodriguez took his seat and the two exchanged pleasantries. Lyons later confirmed his elimination, saying he three-bet all in preflop with ace-jack and was called by pocket tens. He failed to improve, losing the flip and becoming another pre-cash-ualty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	388,000 34,000	34,000

Stuart Tuvey	194,000 33,000	33,000
Pat Lyons	Busted

Tags: Noel Rodriguez Pat Lyons Stuart Tuvey

09-15-2019 12:04 UTC-8

A Few Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Landen Lucas	475,000 245,500	245,500
Noel Rodriguez	422,000 151,000	151,000

Billy Le	360,000 203,000	203,000
Alex Condon	285,000 500	500
Warren Kashiwagi	263,000 8,000	8,000
Shahin Shojaeyan	188,000 78,500	78,500
Allen Kessler	161,000 1,000	1,000
Brett Murray	139,000 61,500	61,500
Kelly Minkin	125,000 90,000	90,000
Peter Park	112,000 23,500	23,500

David Brookshire	97,000 46,500	46,500

Jesse Cohen	95,000 56,500	56,500

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

09-15-2019 12:01 UTC-8

Farnes Hits 300k

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Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Noel Rodriguez opened to 9,000 in early position, Jeff Farnes called one seat to the left, and Rickey Evans called from the big blind.

Rodriguez and Farnes both in chips on the flop, with Evans bowing out. Rodriguez checked the turn, Farnes bet 29,000, and Rodriguez folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Farnes	305,000 150,000	150,000
Noel Rodriguez	271,000 44,500	44,500

Rickey Evans	61,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Jeff Farnes Noel Rodriguez Rickey Evans

09-15-2019 11:54 UTC-8

More First-Level Eliminations

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament clock now reads 76 players remaining, meaning just 13 more eliminations are needed before play reaches the money. Here are more players who have been eliminated on the first level of play on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lok	Busted
Jasthi Kumar	Busted
Jeff Spruitenberg	Busted
Michael Capener	Busted
Jared Shipley	Busted
Matt Betti	Busted
William Wendling	Busted

09-15-2019 11:44 UTC-8

Chadna Spikes a Double

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Karan Chadna was on the button and opened to 10,000. He was three-bet to 40,000 by Stuart Tuvey out of the big blind and went all in over the top for 93,000. Tuvey called.

Karan Chadna:
Stuart Tuvey:

Chadna found himself in dominated shape at risk for his tournament life. Luckily for him, the board ran out to give him a full house, queens full of kings en route to the early double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Tuvey	227,000 29,000	29,000
Karan Chadna	192,000 121,000	121,000

Tags: Stuart Tuvey Karan Chadna

09-15-2019 11:40 UTC-8

Minkin Gets One Back from Lin

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Geoff Fisk

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Michael Lin and Kelly Minkin went heads up to ta flop in a battle of the blinds. Both players checked, and Lin put out a bet for 17,000 from the small blind on a turn. Minkin called, bringing the on the river.

Both players checked, and Minkin took down the pot with , good against Lin's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lin	220,000 13,000	13,000
Kelly Minkin	215,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Kelly Minkin Michael Lin

09-15-2019 11:31 UTC-8

Early Day 2 Eliminations

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mendoza	Busted
Jonathan George	Busted
Stephen Bai	Busted
Jeff Day	Busted
Lee Markholt	Busted

Alan Mulleady	Busted
David Sanford	Busted
Cornel Roman	Busted
Eric Matulis	Busted
Mario Lopez	Busted

09-15-2019 11:18 UTC-8

Stir Knocks Out Szuchopa Early

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Stacks were in the process of going in for a massive pot on a board of between Dan Stir, who was in early position, and Frank Szuchopa, who was in the small blind and at risk for his tournament life.

Frank Szuchopa:
Dan Stir:

Szuchopa found his nut flush draw to be the only outs he had as his two overcards were no match for Stir's bullets. The river left him dry, resulting in his elimination at the hands of Stir, who has earned a sizeable pot along the day early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Stir	224,000 114,000	114,000
Frank Szuchopa	Busted

Tags: Frank Szuchopa Dan Stir