2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
$147,706
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$737,805
Entries
487
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
181
Players Left
35

$1,700 Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Marko Pantelic, Dan Turner Bag Big in Day 1A of Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit Main Event

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Dan Turner
Dan Turner

The day is over and 35 players have booked their ticket to Day 2 of the WSOP Thunder Valley Circuit main event. Marko Pantelic bagged the chip lead with 475,000 after a late surge where he overtook Dan Turner to bag the top stack. Turner, who has previously finished second in this event, was the big stack for much of the evening — peaking around 530,000.

He knocked out the High Roller winner JC Tran shortly after registration closed and between him and Pantelic they are bagging almost 1-million chips. The next closest players are Marcus Laffen and WSOP bracelet winner Scott Bohlman. They both bagged 249,000.

Meanwhile, Sam Cosby, Chad Holloway, Lexy Gavin, Tyler Patterson, and WSOP main event final tablist from 2017 Bryan Piccioli all fired and failed to bag. It is expected they will return tomorrow to take another shot in a field that will likely top 300 players.

The second of two starting flights will start tomorrow at noon and all players who make Day 2 will return Sunday at noon. The entire event will be updated right here on PokerNews.com.

Tags: Bryan PiccioliChad HollowayDan TurnerJC TranLexy GavinMarcus LaffenMarko PantelicSam CosbyScott BohlmanTyler Patterson

End of Day 1A Chip Counts (full)

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marko Pantelic rs
Marko Pantelic
475,000 -5,000
Dan Turner us
Dan Turner
454,500 -70,500
Marcus Laffen us
Marcus Laffen
249,000 249,000
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
WSOP 1X Winner
249,000 -1,000
Mike Harvey us
Mike Harvey
233,000 233,000
Ian Steinman us
Ian Steinman
WSOP 1X Winner
217,000 -8,000
Rajesh Meleth us
Rajesh Meleth
214,500 39,500
Dapo Ajayi us
Dapo Ajayi
212,500 27,500
Jagdeep Bal us
Jagdeep Bal
211,500 211,500
Jonathan Ingalls us
Jonathan Ingalls
201,000 66,000
Tyler Martin us
Tyler Martin
188,000 158,500
Darren Rabinowitz us
Darren Rabinowitz
188,000 -2,000
Bob Mather us
Bob Mather
182,000 17,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
171,000 33,000
Travis Fujisaka us
Travis Fujisaka
160,500 160,500
Matt Livingston us
Matt Livingston
137,500 137,500
Jarod Minghini us
Jarod Minghini
130,000 130,000
Hemanth Kumar us
Hemanth Kumar
122,000 122,000
Walter Robertson us
Walter Robertson
115,000 115,000
Brett Murray us
Brett Murray
101,500 39,500
Richard Palmer us
Richard Palmer
100,500 100,500
Ryan Andrada us
Ryan Andrada
97,000 97,000
Matt Gish us
Matt Gish
96,000 96,000
John Chase us
John Chase
92,500 39,500
Chai Chang us
Chai Chang
91,000 91,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dan Turner us
Dan Turner
525,000 153,000
Ian Steinman us
Ian Steinman
WSOP 1X Winner
275,000 155,000
Alex Greenblatt us
Alex Greenblatt
250,000 204,000
Dapo Ajayi us
Dapo Ajayi
185,000 85,000
Rajesh Meleth us
Rajesh Meleth
175,000 104,000
Bob Mather us
Bob Mather
165,000 64,000
Paul Richardson us
Paul Richardson
138,000 110,000
Jonathan Ingalls us
Jonathan Ingalls
135,000 15,000
Joel Michaels us
Joel Michaels
135,000 -35,000
Brett Murray us
Brett Murray
62,000 44,900
John Chase us
John Chase
53,500 29,500
Ray Villaman us
Ray Villaman
45,000 -39,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
25,000 7,300
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Jared Minghini Nails the River

Level 14 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jared Minghini got all in on the turn with {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} with the board reading {k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}.

He says he got it all in on the turn against {10-}{2-} and would have been eliminated had the river not been the {k-Hearts}.

He doubled up and won a big pot with a little more than one level left in play in Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Minghini us
Jared Minghini
160,000

Tags: Jared Minghini

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500