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

Break Time; Le Doubles Through Condon

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

"You missed a sick hand right before break," said Eli Ross as he walked by to exit the tournament area. He quickly shared that Billy Le and Alex Condon got stacks all in preflop right before the break with Le being the one at risk.

Billy Le: {a-}{k-}
Alex Condon: {10-}{10-}

Le was able to hit an ace on the flop, vaulting him to nearly three-quarters of a million in chips. Meanwhile, Condon is at just over 150,000, leaving him with what will be around 15 big blinds when play returns.

Meanwhile, another player who has flown under the radar throughout most of the day is Jeff Dewitt. Dewitt came into the day with 214,000 in chips and has chipped up to 256,000 through four hours of play.

The remaining 36 players are now on a 15-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Billy Le us
Billy Le
738,000
383,000
383,000
Jeff Dewitt us
Jeff Dewitt
256,000
42,000
42,000
Alex Condon us
Alex Condon
153,000
-323,000
-323,000

Tags: Alex CondonBilly LeEli RossJeff Dewitt

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Shainiuk Stacks Up

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Roman Shainiuk opened to 20,000 from under the gun, and got three callers.

The flop came {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and Shainiuk continuation bet for 75,000. Rickey Evans folded in the hijack, Michael Lin folded from the cutoff, and Nino Klebek thought it over for awhile before folding from the big blind, showing the {10-Spades} as he mucked.

Shainiuk showed the {k-Spades} as he mucked. It's been an up-and-down day for Shainiuk, who began Day 2 as the overall chip leader, fell to around 100,000 chips at one point, and is now back to nearly 700k.

Player Chips Progress
Roman Shainiuk us
Roman Shainiuk
680,000
575,000
575,000
Michael Lin us
Michael Lin
600,000
20,000
20,000
Rickey Evans us
Rickey Evans
380,000
40,000
40,000
Nino Klebek us
Nino Klebek
205,000
-50,000
-50,000

Tags: Michael LinRickey EvansRoman ShainiukNino Klebek

Rodriguez Traps Sickle With Aces; Nearing 1.5 Million

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Noel Rodriguez
Noel Rodriguez

Dan Stir opened to 26,000 from early position and was called by Noel Rodriguez, who was in the hijack. Chet Sickle went all in over the top from the cutoff and Stir thought for a while before folding. Rodriguez then called immediately, tabling his hand just as quickly.

Chet Sickle: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}
Noel Rodriguez: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

"Snap call," said Sickle, realizing he was in some serious trouble. He called for diamonds in a non-demanding way but his request was never fulfilled as the board came {6-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{k-Hearts} to send him to the rail. He was the second elimination from Table 4 since the break after the short-stacked Marty Wong was also eliminated.

Rodriguez now finds himself with over 1.4 million in chips as he continues to climb.

Allen Kessler was also seen leaving the tournament area moments after the completion of the aforementioned hand. His seat was vacated and there were no chips in play, marking his departure from the tournament as well.

Player Chips Progress
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
1,420,000
Dan Stir us
Dan Stir
198,000
Marty Wong us
Marty Wong
Busted
Chet Sickle us
Chet Sickle
Busted
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Allen KesslerDan StirMarty WongNoel Rodriguez

Wong Wins With River Bet

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was a pot of around 180,000 on the river with a board reading {5-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{10-Spades}{a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Eric Wong had a bet of 109,000 out in front of him from under the gun. Action was on Arish Nat, who was in the cutoff.

Nat was in the tank and another 30 seconds or so passed by as Nat talked to himself about his situation. Eventually, he decided to wait for a better time and let his hand go, resulting in the pot being sent Wong's way.

Player Chips Progress
Arish Nat us
Arish Nat
548,000
48,000
48,000
Eric Wong us
Eric Wong
485,000
49,000
49,000

Tags: Arish NatEric Wong

Lucas Doubles Through Poetra

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alfie Poetra open raised to 20,000, Landen Lucas three-bet to 62,000, and Poetra four-bet all in over the top. Lucas snap called, and Poetra had Lucas covered.

Landen Lucas: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Alfie Poetra: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

Board: {6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Poerta was well behind when the cards turned over, and the {k-Clubs} on the turn gave Lucas the set and sealed the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Landen Lucas us
Landen Lucas
570,000
-118,000
-118,000
Alfie Poetra us
Alfie Poetra
127,000
-108,000
-108,000

Tags: Alfie PoetraLanden Lucas

Hugenberg Doubles Up

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Angelo Krastas and Anthony Hugenberg got all of the chips in the middle preflop in a battle of the blinds. Krastas, on the small blind, had Hugenberg covered.

Anthony Hugenberg: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Angelo Krastas: {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

Board: {8-Spades}{10-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades}{k-Spades}

The turn gave Hugenberg the straight, and he's still alive as Level 20 continues.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Hugenberg us
Anthony Hugenberg
290,000
15,000
15,000
Angelo Kratsas us
Angelo Kratsas
180,000
-125,000
-125,000