2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$3,250 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

Final Results
Winner
JC Tran
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$49,035
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,250
Prize Pool
$141,000
Entries
47
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
23
Players Left
1

Ben Underwood Eliminated in 4th Place ($13,552)

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

Tony Dunst opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, Ben Underwood called on the button, and JC Tran called in the big blind.

Action checked to Underwood, who bet 20,000 on the {7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop. Tran check-raised to 70,000, Dunst folded, and Underwood went all in for 325,000. Tran called, having Underwood covered.

Ben Underwood: {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
JC Tran: {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

Tran came away with the win, his pair of tens holding up on the {4-Spades} turn and {2-Clubs} river. Underwood hit the exit, with $13,552 for the fourth-place finish.

On the following hand, Tran lost some of his newly-earned chips to Dunst, with Dunst cold four-betting from the big blind, and Tran folding after three-betting from the small blind against an open from Joshua Shaw.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
825,000 111,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
745,000 225,000
Joshua Shaw us
Joshua Shaw
310,000
Ben Underwood ca
Ben Underwood
Busted

Tags: Ben UnderwoodJoshua ShawTony DunstJC Tran

Dunst in the Chip Lead

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

JC tran opened to 23,000 from the cutoff, Tony Dunst three-bet to 70,000 from the button, and Ben Underwood cold four-bet to 155,000 from the small blind.

Tran folded, and Dunst went all in with a five-bet. Underwood didn't take long to decide on a fold.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
714,000 224,000
Ben Underwood ca
Ben Underwood
345,000 -209,000

Tags: JC TranTony DunstBen Underwood

Dunst Doubles Through Tran

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

JC Tran opened to 23,000 from the button, Tony Dunst three-bet all in to 235,000, and Tran made the call, having Dunst covered.

Tony Dunst: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
JC Tran: {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Board: {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}

Dunst stood up with an eye on the exit after the flop, but the {a-Diamonds} on the river sent the pot his way. Dunst is back in the hunt shortly after being on the wrong end of an all in preflop against Ben Underwood.

Player Chips Progress
JC Tran us
JC Tran
520,000 -275,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
490,000 280,000

Tags: Tony DunstBen UnderwoodJC Tran

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Underwood Doubles Through Dunst

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

Tony Dunst and Ben Underwood got all in preflop from the blinds, with Dunst, on the small blind, having Underwood covered.

Ben Underwood: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Tony Dunst: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Board: {10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Hearts}

Underwood's pocket kings held up, resulting in the biggest pot of the tournament so far going his way.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Underwood ca
Ben Underwood
554,000 339,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
210,000 -420,000

Tags: Ben UnderwoodTony Dunst

Noel Rodriguez Eliminated in 5th Place ($9,773)

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

Noel Rodriguez open shoved from the hijack for 98,000, and JC Tran called from the cutoff, having Rodriguez covered.

Noel Rodriguez: {j-Spades}{9-Spades}
JC Tran: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}

Board: {6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The set of sixes came in for Tran on the flop, leaving Rodriguez drawing thin. No help came on the turn or river, and Rodriguez exits in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
JC Tran us
JC Tran
742,000 102,000
Noel Rodriguez us
Noel Rodriguez
Busted

Tags: JC TranNoel Rodriguez

Dunst Collects 300k Pot Against Underwood

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

Tony Dunst opened to 42,000 from the small blind, and Ben Underwood called from the big blind.

Dunst check-called a 24,000 bet on the {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop, and an 80,000 bet on the {j-Spades} turn.

Both players checked the {k-Spades} river, and Dunst took down the pot with two pair {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
630,000 200,000
Ben Underwood ca
Ben Underwood
215,000 -165,000

Tags: Ben UnderwoodTony Dunst

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000