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

09-15-2019 13:35 UTC-7

A Battle of Big Stacks

HillKerby

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

There was a pile of chips in the middle on a board reading and Paul Chai, who was second in chips entering Day 2, checked from under the gun. His opponent Roman Shainiuk, who was the chip leader coming into the day. Shainiuk bet 45,000 and Chai put in a check-raise to around 200,000. Shainiuk thought for a bit and folded.

With the pot, Chai is now just shy of a half-million in chips; and while Shainiuk was not the victor of this hand, he seems to be off to a great start as well, boasting a stack of over 600,000 as what is likely to still be the chip lead in the tournament as the bubble approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Shainiuk	618,000 196,500	196,500
Paul Chai	493,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Paul Chai Roman Shainiuk

09-15-2019 13:40 UTC-7

WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Gold Ring Winners Thus Far

Chad Holloway

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

Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
Event #1: $250 Series Kickoff	290	$58,000	Michael Narlesky	$13,278
Event #2: $400 NLH Re-Entry	1,166	$384,780	Nick Shkolnik	$63,335
Event #3: $400 NLH Knockout	142	$32,660	Randy Gil	$8,762
Event #4: $400 NLH (One-Day)	85	$30,000	Dennis Arciosa	$9,084
Event #5: $400 HORSE	65	$21,450	Frankie O’Dell	$6,994
Event #6: $400 NLH Six-Handed	101	$33,330	Jed Hoffman	$9,522
Event #7: $400 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	82	$30,000	David Brookshire	$9,084
Event #8: $400 Monster Stack	500	$165,000	Thomas Morris	$32,846
Event #9: $400 No-Limit Hold’em (One-Day)	116	$38,280	Jimmy Zeledon	$10,582
Event #10: $3,250 High Roller	41	$123,000	Bryant Miller	$44,413
Event #11: $250 Seniors	165	$33,000	Earl Baker	$8,549

09-15-2019 13:40 UTC-7

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Chad Holloway

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

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09-15-2019 13:48 UTC-7

Kitagawa Wins Five-Way Pot on Turn

HillKerby

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

Michael Lin opened to 11,000 from middle position and received calls from Kelly Minkin in the hijack, Kyle Kitagawa on the button, and both blinds in Jeffrey Griffiths and Kelsey Hendricks.

The flop came and action checked to Lin, who made a continuation-bet of 15,500. Only Kitagawa stuck around to take action heads up to the turn . Lin checked and Kitagawa bet 32,000.

"That's a bluff," said Lin fairly quickly. "But maybe you're bluffing with the better hand," he added, taking a few more moments to send his hand to the muck, resulting in a won pot for Kitagawa.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lin	389,000 169,000	169,000
Kyle Kitagawa	287,500 209,000	209,000
Kelly Minkin	187,000 62,000	62,000
Jeffrey Griffiths	163,000 12,500	12,500
Kelsey Hendricks	97,500 -93,000	-93,000

Tags: Jeffrey Griffiths Kelly Minkin Michael Lin

09-15-2019 13:54 UTC-7

Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Landen Lucas	741,000 266,000	266,000
Billy Le	660,000 300,000	300,000
Roman Shainiuk	604,000 -14,000	-14,000
Paul Chai	482,000 -11,000	-11,000
Noel Rodriguez	413,500 -30,500	-30,500
Adam Demersseman	335,000 -15,000	-15,000
Dann Turner	320,000 -50,000	-50,000

Alex Condon	280,000 -5,000	-5,000
Calvin Liu	260,000 72,000	72,000
Brett Murray	255,000 116,000	116,000
Eric Wong	250,000 135,000	135,000
Dan Stir	231,000 7,000	7,000
Eli Ross	230,000 24,500	24,500
Shahin Shojaeyan	207,000 19,000	19,000
Allen Kessler	122,000 -39,000	-39,000
Mike Lancaster	106,000 -8,000	-8,000
David Brookshire	67,000 -30,000	-30,000

09-15-2019 13:56 UTC-7

Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

HillKerby

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

"One hand and hold up," said the tournament director as 64 players are left in the tournament and hand-for-hand play has begun. Here are a few more players to have been eliminated in the last few minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Harvey	Busted
Peter Xiong	Busted
Karan Chadna	Busted
Imad Allaham	Busted
Careen Foster	Busted
Tom Wong	Busted

09-15-2019 14:03 UTC-7

David Vu Eliminated by Arish Nat on the Bubble

HillKerby

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

Arish Nat was under the gun and raised to 15,000. Action folded around to David Vu, who went all in from the big blind for his last 70,000 or so. Nat called and action was paused until it was determined that there were no other all-in situations with which to compete, at which point it was time for the runout.

David Vu:
Arish Nat:

The board ran out to secure the elimination for Nat, resulting in Vu hitting the rail in 73rd place as the official bubble boy of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Main Event.