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

09-15-2019 16:04 UTC-7

Rodriguez Doubles Up Wong; Is Still Climbing

HillKerby

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

Marty Wong announced that he was all in as he put his last 32,000 forward from under the gun. Action folded around to Noel Rodriguez, who confirmed the amount, shrugging as he reluctantly dropped in a T25,000 chip to call.

Marty Wong:
Noel Rodriguez:

Wong found himself steadily ahead but needing to fade Rodriguez's two live cards to stay alive. The board ran out , staying clean all along to earn Wong the double and give him a bit more fold equity along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	900,000 40,000	40,000
Marty Wong	76,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Marty Wong Noel Rodriguez

09-15-2019 16:00 UTC-7

"Good River" for Nat

GeoffFisk

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

With more than 200,000 already in the pot on the turn, Bobby Pham checked from the small blind, and Arish Nat checked back. The board showed , and the came in on the river.

Pham checked again, and Nat went all in, prompting Pham to fold.

"Good river man. Good river," said Pham as Nat collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arish Nat	530,000 167,000	167,000
Bobby Pham	264,000 264,000	264,000

Tags: Arish Nat Bobby Pham

09-15-2019 15:53 UTC-7

Second Round of Payouts

HillKerby

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

The following players finished in 46-54th place ($2,613)

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Leung	Busted
Daniel Hendriks	Busted
Dann Turner	Busted

Khoa Tran	Busted
John Codding	Busted
Warren Kashiwagi	Busted
Amir Turkzadeh	Busted
Shahin Shojaeyan	Busted
Eyyal Altar	Busted

09-15-2019 15:48 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Table 1

GeoffFisk

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lin	580,000 191,000	191,000
Paul Richardson	425,000 258,000	258,000
Kelsey Hendricks	405,000 307,500	307,500
Stuart Tuvey	379,000 151,000	151,000
Rickey Evans	340,000 279,000	279,000
Nino Klebek	255,000 160,500	160,500
Kelly Minkin	225,000 5,000	5,000

09-15-2019 15:43 UTC-7

Lancaster Makes Six-Card Straight but Chops; Chip Counts from Table 4

HillKerby

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

Noel Rodriguez opened to 17,000 from the hijack and was called by Alfie Poetra, who was on the button. Mike Lancaster was in the big blind and defended to take action three ways to a flop of . All three players checked.

The turn saw three more checks, bringing the river to put a queen-high straight on board. Lancaster put out a bet of 25,000 and got a fold from Rodriguez. Poetra then called.

Upon calling, Poetra tabled , playing the board. Lancaster remakred he had a six-card straight as he turned over , with neither of his sevens coming into play either. As a result, the two chopped up the blinds and antes as well as Rodriguez's preflop investment into the pot and got ready for another hand of battle at the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	860,000 400,000	400,000
Landen Lucas	688,000 -53,000	-53,000
Brett Murray	357,000 321,500	321,500
Dan Stir	300,000 69,000	69,000
Mike Lancaster	240,000 177,000	177,000
Alfie Poetra	235,000 120,000	120,000
Sok Chean	220,000 20,500	20,500
Chet Sickle	149,000 -11,000	-11,000
Amrut Shivakumar	Busted

Tags: Alfie Poetra Mike Lancaster Noel Rodriguez

09-15-2019 15:32 UTC-7

Kratsas' Set Trumps Crump's Royal Draw; Chip Counts from Table 3

HillKerby

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

An all in and a call had just occurred on a board of between Dustin Crump, who was under the gun, and Angelo Kratsas, who was on the button. There was about 40,000 in the pot prior to flop action with Crump at risk for his tournament life.

Dustin Crump:
Angelo Kratsas:

Kratsas had top set and was in need of holding against Crump's royal flush draw. He was able to do as the turn and river were both safe, scoring the knockout along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Liu	430,000 30,000	30,000
Nabil Zumout	330,000 270,000	270,000
Jeff Farnes	305,000 -39,000	-39,000
Angelo Kratsas	286,000 158,000	158,000
Adam Demersseman	250,000 -1,000	-1,000
Terence Reardon	185,000 -20,000	-20,000
Steven Grybas	166,000 63,500	63,500
Travis Fujisaka	78,000 -209,500	-209,500
Dustin Crump	Busted

Tags: Dustin Crump

09-15-2019 15:32 UTC-7

Winters Doubles Through Shainiuk

GeoffFisk

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

Roman Shainiuk bet 40,000 on a flop, and Anthony Winters went all in over the top. Shainiuk called, having Winters covered.

Anthony Winters:
Roman Shainiuk:

Winters was well ahead with the set of sevens, and the runout and sealed the double up. Shainiuk, the overall chip leader coming into Day 2, has seen his stack take a massive hit as Level 19 plays on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Winters	190,000 98,000	98,000
Roman Shainiuk	105,000 -499,000	-499,000

09-15-2019 15:27 UTC-7

Another Four-Flush for Chai

GeoffFisk

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

Billy Le checked from the small blind with the flop on the board. Stuart Tuvey checked behind in middle position, and Paul Chai followed suit in the hijack.

Le checked again on the turn, Tuvey bet 28,000, Chai called, and Le folded.

Both players checked the river, and Chai showed for the flush. Tuvey mucked, and Chai took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Chai	480,000 -38,000	-38,000
Billy Le	365,000 -131,000	-131,000
Stuart Tuvey	228,000 -56,000	-56,000

Tags: Billy Le Paul Chai Stuart Tuvey

09-15-2019 15:25 UTC-7

Jimmy Zeledon Breaks Through in Event #9: $400 NLH (One-Day)

HillKerby

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

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 #9: $400 No-Limit Hold’em (One-Day), 116 entries created a $38,280 prize pool that was paid out to the top 18 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were David Nguyen (10th - $735), Jarod Minghini (12th - $735), and Shahin Shojaeyan (18th - $551), just to name a few.

When the dust settled, 49-year-old Jimmy Zeledon of San Jose, California prevailed to win the title for $10,582 and his first gold ring.

“It feels great, I’m so happy,” he said. “This is like a personal dream for me. It’s a great accomplishment. My goal was to win a ring. I finally did it.”

He continued: “I became one of the short stacks and then I got extremely lucky with ace-queen versus king-eight and aces. I flopped a gutshot and got there on the river. That was the key hand right there. That’s what made me get to the win.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Jimmy Zeledon	San Jose, California	$10,582
2	Russell Garrett	Redding, California	$6,540
3	Jason Scott	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$4,577
4	Michael Mcgonigle	Fair Oaks, California	$3,236
5	Careen Foster	Emeryville, California	$2,401
6	Jose Esparza	Tracy, California	$1,802
7	Lauro Padilla	N/A	$1,386
8	Steven Grybas	Las, Vegas	$1,093
9	Jared Shipley	N/A	$884

Tags: Jimmy Zeledon

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000