2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$3,250 High Roller
Day: 1
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 1
Entries
43
Players Left
19

Ante Up World Champion Josh Prager Ships First Circuit Ring at Thunder Valley

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante
Josh Prager
Josh Prager

PokerNews is in town to live report both the $3,250 High Roller and $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley, but that is just one of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.

In Event #6: $400 NLH 6-Handed (One Day), 129 runners created a $42,570 prize pool that was paid out to the top 20 players. Among those to cash were Survivor alum Shirin Oskooi (19th - $595), Adam Dunkle (15th - $698), David Valdez (13th - $698), Jimmy Wester (7th - $1,351), and Alan Mulleady (3rd - $4,819).

In the end, Thunder Valley regular Josh Prager, a 46-year-old poker pro from Oakland, beat Eyyal Altar in heads-up play to win a $11,440 top prize and his first gold ring.

“I don’t know how I won, honestly. At one point I had 15,000 chips and ended up with 1.9 million. I am not really sure what my opponents were doing, I was not playing that well”, said Prager. “The times you have success you don’t deserve it, and the times fail you don’t deserve that either. Over a decade you got what you deserve, but I am happy I won today.”

You might recall that Prager had quite a bit of success last year. First, he won the LAPC One Million for $227,775 in February and then in late July came to Thunder Valley and took down the $1,650 Ante Up World Championship Main Event for $116,434.

As a result, he was a featured guest on the LFG Podcast, which you can listen to here.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Josh PragerYuba City, California$11,440
2Eyyal AltarSherman Oaks, California$7,069
3Alan MulleadyMeridian, Idaho$4,819
4Rafael GonzalezModesto, California$3,370
5Jerome WilliamsLodi, California$2,419
6James ThompsonParker, Colorado$1,783
7Jimmy WesterFairfield, California$1,351
8Bryan SharpTucson, Arizona$1,351
9David MannFresno, California$1,053

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