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$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$737,805
Total Entries
487
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
306
Players Left
65
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The opening day flights of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event are complete, and after Day 1a and Day 1b 100 players remain. Those players will come back as a combined field Sunday for Day 2, which begins at noon from the Thunder Valley Resort in Lincoln, California.
The event drew 306 entries on Day 1b, and 487 total for the event. Of the 306 Day 1b entries, 65 made it through to play on to Day 2.
Peter Pap ended Day 1b with the biggest stack in the room, putting 383,000 chips in the bag at the completion of play. Others bagging big on Day 1b included Scott Stewart (330,500) and Mario Lopez (297,500)
Those players will come back to Sunday's Day 2 action and join Day 1 chip leaders such as Marko Pantelic (475,000) and Dann Turner (454,500).
Play will resume at Level 16 Sunday, with the blinds and antes at 2000/4000/4000. After playing through 40-minute levels for the Day 1 flights, the tournament structure will switch to 60-minute levels for the duration of the tournament.
Day 2 is scheduled to play down to a nine-handed final table, and those nine players would come back Monday for Day 3 and play down to a winner.
The total prize pool for the Main Event ended up at $737,805, with $147,706 going to the winner.
Follow along with the PokerNews live blog as the Main Event continues.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | |
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454,500
454,500
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454,500 |
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383,000 | |
|
330,500 | |
|
||
|
325,000
292,500
|
292,500 |
|
297,500 | |
|
295,000 | |
|
291,000 | |
|
268,500 | |
|
265,000 | |
|
249,500
182,500
|
182,500 |
|
||
|
249,000 | |
|
|
||
|
249,000 | |
|
246,500 | |
|
233,000 | |
|
227,500 | |
|
|
222,000 | |
|
|
221,000 | |
|
|
220,000 | |
|
|
214,500 | |
|
213,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
211,500 | |
|
211,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
201,000 | |
|
200,000 | |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| *Table | Seat | First Name | Last Name | Count* | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Ted | Bui | 131,500 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Ahmed | A. Z. | 138,000 | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | Cari | Zieske | 77,000 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | Bin | Duan | 325,000 | ||||||
| 1 | 5 | Ryan | Szalanktewicz | 222,000 | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | Ken | Huynh | 81,000 | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Andrew | Ostapchenko | 78,000 | ||||||
| 1 | 9 | Justin | White | 60,000 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | Tyler | Martin | 188,000 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | Phuoc | Nguyen | 89,000 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | Mark | Bansemer | 57,500 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | Alex | Greenblatt | 69,500 | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | Larry | Serebryany | 70,000 | ||||||
| 2 | 6 | Ms | Luu | 102,000 | ||||||
| 2 | 7 | Krish | Vitaldevara | 83,500 | ||||||
| 2 | 8 | Travis | Fujisaka | 160,500 | ||||||
| 2 | 9 | Mario | Quijano | 35,000 | ||||||
| 3 | 1 | Lester | Lenart | 200,000 | ||||||
| 3 | 2 | Rafael | Gonzalez | 103,000 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | Kao | Saechao | 180,500 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | Rian | Mullins | 227,500 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | Dean | Freedlander | 80,500 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | Amador | Igarta | 291,000 | ||||||
| 3 | 7 | Steven | Michaelis | 113,500 | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | Rajesh | Meleth | 214,500 | ||||||
| 3 | 9 | Richard | Siprra | 102,500 | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | Justo | Avalos | 220,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | Chai | Chang | 91,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | Peter | Pap | 383,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | Jarod | Minghini | 130,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | Ben | Underwood | 246,500 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | Hieu | Le | 145,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | Jacque | Lavadour | 64,000 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | Steve | Tada | 54,500 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Wood | Bailey | 63,500 | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | Richard | Palmer | 100,500 | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | Thu | Tran | 196,500 | ||||||
| 5 | 4 | Jasthi | Kumar | 107,500 | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | Nick | Scriabine | 159,000 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | Mo | Faithipour | 64,500 | ||||||
| 5 | 7 | Ubaid | Habib | 116,000 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | Mario | Lopez | 297,500 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | Marko | Pantelic | 475,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 1 | Jesse | Lonis | 174,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | Darren | Rabinowitz | 188,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | Rambo | Halpern | 78,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 4 | Jagdeep | Bal | 211,500 | ||||||
| 6 | 5 | Dan | Harmetz | 145,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | Jaime | Haletky | 268,500 | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | Doug | Engkirk | 150,500 | ||||||
| 6 | 8 | John | Chase | 92,500 | ||||||
| 6 | 9 | Robert | Brugliera | 78,000 | ||||||
| 7 | 1 | Karan | Chadha | 64,500 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | Brett | Murray | 101,500 | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Lexy | Gavin | 190,000 | ||||||
| 7 | 5 | Michael | Needle | 37,500 | ||||||
| 7 | 6 | Michael | Nelson | 44,000 | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | Jared | Pasquarello | 140,000 | ||||||
| 7 | 8 | Yanki | Koppel | 73,000 | ||||||
| 7 | 9 | Phaly | Nou | 85,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 1 | Rayo | Kniep | 176,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 8 | 3 | Matt | Gish | 96,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | Ryan | Awwad | 99,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 5 | Brian | Piccioli | 249,500 | ||||||
| 8 | 6 | Don | Landwirth | 221,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 7 | Ed | Lewis | 81,500 | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | David | Vu | 149,000 | ||||||
| 8 | 9 | Matt | Livingston | 137,500 | ||||||
| 9 | 1 | Jonathan | Ingalls | 201,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | Marcus | Laffen | 249,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | Bobby | Mather | 182,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 4 | Walter | Robertson | 115,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | Ryan | Andrada | 97,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 6 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 9 | 7 | Eli | Ross | 33,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 8 | Ian | Steinman | 211,000 | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | Scott | Bohlman | 249,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 1 | Clint | Ronsse | 188,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 10 | 3 | Jeff | Griffiths | 175,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | William | Chao | 103,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 5 | Zephyr | Peling | 265,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 6 | Andres | Tamberg | 118,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 7 | Dann | Turner | 454,500 | ||||||
| 10 | 8 | Hemanth | Kumar | 122,000 | ||||||
| 10 | 9 | Joe | Nguyen | 67,500 | ||||||
| 11 | 1 | Mike | Zimmer | 52,000 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | Kevin | Sears | 188,000 | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | Toko | Luu | 118,000 | ||||||
| 11 | 4 | Garrett | Gruener | 295,000 | ||||||
| 11 | 5 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 11 | 6 | David | Olson | 180,500 | ||||||
| 11 | 7 | Paul | Richardson | 171,000 | ||||||
| 11 | 8 | Bruce | Kramer | 113,500 | ||||||
| 11 | 9 | Jimmy | Zeledon | 43,000 | ||||||
| 12 | 1 | Josh | Morrow | 113,500 | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | OPEN | ||||||||
| 12 | 3 | Paul | Whitner | 160,000 | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | Scott | Stewart | 330,500 | ||||||
| 12 | 5 | Mike | Harvey | 233,000 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | Hank | Lin | 43,500 | ||||||
| 12 | 7 | Ken | Jorgensen | 17,500 | ||||||
| 12 | 8 | Sue | White | 69,000 | ||||||
| 12 | 9 | Dapo | Ajayi | 213,500 | ||||||
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
383,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
|
330,500
163,500
|
163,500 |
|
|
||
|
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297,500
215,500
|
215,500 |
|
|
295,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
291,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
|
|
268,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
265,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
249,500
249,500
|
249,500 |
|
|
246,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
|
227,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
222,000
222,000
|
222,000 |
|
|
221,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
|
|
220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
196,500
196,500
|
196,500 |
|
190,000 | |
|
||
|
|
188,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
188,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
|
180,500
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
|
||
|
180,500
147,500
|
147,500 |
|
176,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
|
175,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
159,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
|
150,500
150,500
|
150,500 |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1b has concluded; a recap and end-of-day chip counts will follow shortly.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The field will play three more hands before Day 1b wraps up.
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jaime Haletky open shoved from the hijack for 213,000, with only shorter stacks behind him. Zion Carl made the call from the small blind, putting his last 63,500 in the pot.
Zion Carl: 
Jame Haletky: 
Board: 
The set of sevens all but sealed the deal for Haletky on the flop, and after the turn and river Carl headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
278,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jared Pasquariello opened to 8,500 from the small blind, and Lexy Gavin called from the big blind.
The flop came 
, Pasquariello checked, Gavin bet 7,500, and Pasquariello check-raised to 17,500.
Gavin thought it over briefly, then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
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|
128,000 | |
