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Level 7
: 300/500, 500 ante
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
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$737,805
Total Entries
487
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
181
Players Left
35
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Level: 7
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level 6
: 200/400, 400 ante
The players are on a 15-minute break.
Level 6
: 200/400, 400 ante
The board read 
and Ryan Borst was the first to bet. He made it 2,500 and got one caller.
The river was the 
and his opponent led for 3,500. Borst called with 
and was good against the 
of his opponent.
Level 6
: 200/400, 400 ante
A player in middle position moved all in for 6,200 and the next player shoved over the top for 9,400.
Brett Murray called from the small blind with 
. He was against the 
and 
of his opponents.
The board ran out 
and Murray won the pot — eliminating both players.
He said his nickname is the God of Thunder as he scooped the pot and his opponents headed to the rail.
Level 6
: 200/400, 400 ante
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 5
: 200/300, 300 ante
The board was all clubs, 
, and Scott Nguyen checked to Thomas Cao.
Cao bet 1,500 and Nguyen raised to 4,000. Cao called.
The turn was the and Nguyen led by moving all in for just under 20,000.
Cao thought for about 45 seconds before eventually folding the 
face up.
Level 5
: 200/300, 300 ante
The board read 
and the player in the small blind opened for 1,200 into a pot of about 2,400.
Two players called.
The small blind checked in the dark and the 
hit the turn.
The next player checked and Ha Kwon bet 1,800 on the button. The small blind fold and Kwon got one caller.
The river was the 
and the player checked to Kwon. She bet 4,000 and her opponent folded.
Level 5
: 200/300, 300 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 #5: $400 H.O.R.S.E., 68 runners created a $22,400 prize pool that was paid out to the top 11 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Arish Nat (11th - $583), Donna Blevins (10th - $630), and Alan Bittikofer (9th - $630).
In the end, David Diiorio beat Brendon Thomson after five hours of heads-up play to win the title, $7,125 in prize money, and hit third gold ring. It marked Thomson’s second runner-up finish of the stop after taking second to David Valdez in the $400 PLO event.
“It feels great, because I played against a super good opponent heads-up, so to be able to come out with the win feels really great,” said the Rhode Island native after the win. It was Diiorio’s second HORSE ring after winning that event at the Lake Tahoe stop back in 2012.
“At first, I just wanted to run him over, but as we got even stacks I had to play the cards and use my skills to beat him that way,” said Diiorio, a former commercial fisherman who now players poker full time. “I kind of specialize in Stud and I know that a lot of the other guys don’t play Stud. So, I was waiting for the Stud rounds to really get it all in. I know that he is a top-notch Omaha player, so I tried taking advantage of the Stud rounds.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Diiorio | Placerville, California | $7,125 |
| 2 | Brendon Thomson | Sacramento, California | $4,404 |
| 3 | Braden Murphy | Folsom, California | $2,918 |
| 4 | Danny Woolard | Ventura, California | $2,015 |
| 5 | Jeff Lennon | N/A | $1,453 |
| 6 | Tom Tseng | Sacramento, California | $1,096 |
| 7 | Daniel Price | Henderson, Nevada | $866 |
| 8 | AJ Fernandes | Las Vegas, Nevada | $720 |
