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
Total Entries
414
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
96
Players Left
9
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Rodriguez Doubles Up Wong; Is Still Climbing

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

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: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Noel Rodriguez: {9-Hearts}{4-Spades}

Wong found himself steadily ahead but needing to fade Rodriguez's two live cards to stay alive. The board ran out {7-Spades}{3-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}, staying clean all along to earn Wong the double and give him a bit more fold equity along the way.

Tags: Marty WongNoel Rodriguez

"Good River" for Nat

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 {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, and the {7-Spades} 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.

Tags: Arish NatBobby Pham

Second Round of Payouts

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

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

Chip Counts from Table 1

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

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

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 {j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. All three players checked.

The turn {q-Clubs} saw three more checks, bringing the river {8-Spades} 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 {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, playing the board. Lancaster remakred he had a six-card straight as he turned over {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, 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.

Tags: Alfie PoetraMike LancasterNoel Rodriguez

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

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dustin Crump on Day 1a Action
Dustin Crump on Day 1a Action

An all in and a call had just occurred on a board of {q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{j-Diamonds} 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: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Angelo Kratsas: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Kratsas had top set and was in need of holding against Crump's royal flush draw. He was able to do as the turn {2-Clubs} and river {6-Hearts} were both safe, scoring the knockout along the way.

Tags: Dustin Crump

Winters Doubles Through Shainiuk

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

Roman Shainiuk bet 40,000 on a {7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop, and Anthony Winters went all in over the top. Shainiuk called, having Winters covered.

Anthony Winters: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Roman Shainiuk: {q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

Winters was well ahead with the set of sevens, and the runout {5-Diamonds} and {6-Diamonds} 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.

Another Four-Flush for Chai

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

Billy Le checked from the small blind with the {5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{a-Spades} flop on the board. Stuart Tuvey checked behind in middle position, and Paul Chai followed suit in the hijack.

Le checked again on the {8-Spades} turn, Tuvey bet 28,000, Chai called, and Le folded.

Both players checked the {4-Spades} river, and Chai showed {q-Clubs}{10-Spades} for the flush. Tuvey mucked, and Chai took down the pot.

Tags: Billy LePaul ChaiStuart Tuvey

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

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

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

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Jimmy ZeledonSan Jose, California$10,582
2Russell GarrettRedding, California$6,540
3Jason ScottPortsmouth, New Hampshire$4,577
4Michael McgonigleFair Oaks, California$3,236
5Careen FosterEmeryville, California$2,401
6Jose EsparzaTracy, California$1,802
7Lauro PadillaN/A$1,386
8Steven GrybasLas, Vegas$1,093
9Jared ShipleyN/A$884

Tags: Jimmy Zeledon

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

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