$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
$1,700 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley
Buy-in
$1,700
Prize Pool
$737,805
Entries
487
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
306
Players Left
65
Peter Pap Bags the Biggest on Day 1b of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event
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.
Day 1a and 1b Combined Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | |
|
454,500 | 454,500 |
|
383,000 | |
|
330,500 | |
|
325,000 | 292,500 |
|
297,500 | |
|
295,000 | |
|
291,000 | |
|
268,500 | |
|
265,000 | |
|
249,500 | 182,500 |
|
249,000 | |
|
249,000 | |
|
246,500 | |
|
233,000 | |
|
227,500 | |
|
|
222,000 | |
|
|
221,000 | |
|
|
220,000 | |
|
|
214,500 | |
|
213,500 | 1,000 |
|
211,500 | |
|
211,000 | -6,000 |
|
201,000 | |
|
200,000 |
Day 2 Seat Draw and Chip Counts
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 | ||||||
End of Day 1b Chip Counts
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
383,000 | 143,000 |
|
|
330,500 | 163,500 |
|
|
297,500 | 215,500 |
|
|
295,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
291,000 | 291,000 |
|
|
268,500 | -9,500 |
|
|
265,000 | 265,000 |
|
249,500 | 249,500 |
|
|
246,500 | 99,500 |
|
|
227,500 | 17,500 |
|
|
222,000 | 222,000 |
|
|
221,000 | 221,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 220,000 |
|
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
|
196,500 | 196,500 |
|
190,000 | |
|
|
188,000 | -42,000 |
|
|
188,000 | 188,000 |
|
180,500 | 35,500 |
|
180,500 | 147,500 |
|
176,000 | 176,000 |
|
|
175,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
159,000 | 159,000 |
|
|
150,500 | 150,500 |
Day 1b is a Wrap
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Day 1b has concluded; a recap and end-of-day chip counts will follow shortly.
Photos from Day 1b
Three More Hands
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The field will play three more hands before Day 1b wraps up.
Haletky Ousts Carl
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 |
|
Busted |
Pasquariello Gets One From Gavin
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 |
|
|
128,000 |