$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
$1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
The WSOP Circuit Main Event begins Friday at noon here at Thunder Valley. The event will have two starting flights. Players will start with 30,000 chip and play 15 40-minute levels on their way to bagging for Day 2.
There will be a 75-minute dinner break after level nine and registration will be open until the start of level 13.
This event will last throughout the weekend with Day 2 starting Sunday and noon and the final table Monday, also at noon.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com throughout the weekend for updates from the WSOP Circuit main event at Thunder Valley.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marty Goranc
|
30,000 | |
Neil Scott | 30,000 | |
Archie Snyder
|
30,000 | |
Dan Soliven
|
30,000 | |
Taylor Pollard | 30,000 | |
Evan Price | 30,000 | |
John Chase | 30,000 | |
Erick Lindgren
|
30,000 | |
Peter Pap | 30,000 |
The board read and Amir Lehavot checked to Tyler Martin on the button.
Martin bet 1,000 and Lehavot raised to 2,200.
Martin took a moment before re-raising to 5,200. Lehavot didn't take long to fold after that and Martin collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tyler Martin | 29,500 | |
Amir Lehavot
|
28,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter Pap | 56,000 | 26,000 |
Erick Lindren
|
37,200 | |
Dan Soliven
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
Al Sanchez | 32,400 | |
Evan Price | 31,600 | 1,600 |
Taylor Pollard | 31,200 | 1,200 |
John Chase | 31,000 | 1,000 |
Ray Villaman | 29,000 | |
Don Landwirth
|
28,500 | |
Archie Snyder
|
28,500 | -1,500 |
Catherine Miller
|
26,400 | |
Neil Scott | 24,000 | -6,000 |
Alfredo Garibaldi
|
23,200 | |
Darron Kendall
|
21,200 | |
Marty Goranc
|
Busted |
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
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Josh Prager | Yuba City, California | $11,440 |
2 | Eyyal Altar | Sherman Oaks, California | $7,069 |
3 | Alan Mulleady | Meridian, Idaho | $4,819 |
4 | Rafael Gonzalez | Modesto, California | $3,370 |
5 | Jerome Williams | Lodi, California | $2,419 |
6 | James Thompson | Parker, Colorado | $1,783 |
7 | Jimmy Wester | Fairfield, California | $1,351 |
8 | Bryan Sharp | Tucson, Arizona | $1,351 |
9 | David Mann | Fresno, California | $1,053 |
The board read and there was 22,000 in the pot.
Andrew Ostapchenko checked to Neil Scott. Scott casually slid in his remaining stack of 15,800 and Ostapchenko leaned back in his chair.
He counted out his chips and eventually decided to fold after asking out loud if Scott had pocket nines.
Scott turned over and collected the pot after pulling off the bluff.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Neil Scott | 38,000 | 14,000 |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 28,100 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200