$3,250 High Roller Day 1 | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

01-16-2020 19:57 UTC-7

Piccioli vs. Lindgren

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Bryan Piccioli raised to 600 under the gun and action folded around to Erick Lindgren, who called out of the big blind to see a flop.

Both players checked and then did the same on the turn as well as the river. Picciolo tabled the and it was good as Lindgren sent his hand to the muck.

It wasn't too exciting but it did give us a good excuse to update you on their current stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Piccioli	52,000	3,000
Erick Lindgren	45,000	-11,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren Bryan Piccioli

01-16-2020 19:53 UTC-7

Stamm Back to Starting Stack

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

David Stamm raised to 600 from early position and Ray Villaman called next to act. Ben Underwood came along, as did the recently-entered Scott Stewart and four players saw a flop of .

Stewart checked, Stamm continued for 1,200, and only Villaman called to see the turn.

Stamm kept the pressure on with a bet of 4,000 and this time it did the trick as Villaman gave up on the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Stamm	40,000	4,000
Scott Stewart	40,000

Tags: David Stamm Ben Underwood Ray Villaman Scott Stewart

01-16-2020 19:45 UTC-7

Livingston Bets River, Rodriguez Folds

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

With the flop showing , Noel Rodriguez checked from the big blind, Matt Livingston bet 800, Rodriguez check-raised to 2,700 and Livingston called.

Rodriguez bet 4,800 on the turn, and Livingston called. Rodriguez checked the river, Livingston bet 15,000, and Rodriguez snap folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Livingston	46,000	10,000
Noel Rodriguez	12,000	-9,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez Matt Livingston

01-16-2020 19:38 UTC-7

Hu Hauls in a Big One

GeoffFisk

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

Details leading up to the river are unknown, Qi Hu just took down one of the bigger pots of Day 1 in a hand against Joshua Shaw.

With showing on the river, Hu bet 12,000 from middle position, and got a call from Shaw in the hijack. Shaw saw the bad news when Hu turned over , good for the nut flush and the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qi Hu	64,000	28,000
Joshua Shaw	26,000	-9,000

Tags: Joshua Shaw Qi Hu

01-16-2020 19:37 UTC-7

David Valdez Claims Second WSOPC Thunder Valley Gold Ring

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 200 ante

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 #3: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha, 67 runners created a $22,110 prize pool that was reserved for the top 11 finishers. Among those to go deep but fall shy of making the final table were Alfredo Girabaldi (11th - $432) and Willie Smith (10th - $532). At the final table, Jared Minghini (8th - $703), Anthony Trifiletti (5th - $1,469), and Chet Sickle (3rd - $2,918) all bowed out before the title came down to Brendon Thomson and David Valdez.

Eventually the latter prevailed to claim his second career WSOPC gold ring.

“It is sweet, it always feels good to win something. I kind of sucked out at the end there, but sometimes you need that,” he said after winning the tournament, which was originally scheduled for two days but played out in one. His previous ring came as Thunder Valley last year when he took down the $400 Monster Stack for $40,411.

“The money was a bit more the first time I won, but the feeling is still the same, it is always fun to win,” he added.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	David Valdez	Vacaville, California	$7,021
2	Brendon Thomson	Sacramento, California	$4,339
3	Chet Sickle	Manteca, California	$2,918
4	Benjamin Primus	Center Moriches, New York	$2,033
5	Anthony Trifiletti	Livermore, California	$1,469
6	Russell Garrett	Redding, California	$1,104
7	Richard St. Peter	Susonville, California	$862
8	Jared Minghini	N/A	$703
9	Carlos Zapata	Chile	$597

Tags: David Valdez

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

01-16-2020 19:10 UTC-7

Break Time

GeoffFisk

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Players are on a 15-minute break.

01-16-2020 19:09 UTC-7

Chip Counts

GeoffFisk

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Dunst	68,000	33,000
Jonathan Ingalls	58,000
Erick Lindgren	56,000	11,500
Ray Villaman	52,000	5,000
Bryan Piccioli	49,000
Ian Steinman	44,000	-6,000
Tim McDermott	41,000	11,000
Evan Price	41,000
Matt Livingston	36,000	-4,000
David Stamm	36,000	-10,000
Qi Hu	36,000	-4,000
Joshua Shaw	35,000
Darren Rabinowitz	34,000
Joe Kuether	31,000	-9,000
Dapo Ajayi	27,000	-3,000
Ben Underwood	22,000	-19,000
Noel Rodriguez	21,000	-4,500
Andrew Ostapchenko	15,000	-25,000