$1,700 Main Event Day 1b | 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley

01-18-2020 14:29 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Haixia Zhang	51,200 800	800

Scott Stewart	43,000 13,000	13,000

Shirin Oskooi	38,000 6,000	6,000
Arish Nat	32,300 32,300	32,300
Erick Lindgren	32,000 32,000	32,000

Bryan Piccioli	31,000 31,000	31,000

Hafiz Khan	31,000 31,000	31,000
Josh Prager	29,900 1,100	1,100
Tyler Patterson	27,500 27,500	27,500

Kao Saechao	24,800
Jasthi Kumar	19,700 10,300	10,300
Dan Landwirth	12,200 12,200	12,200

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

01-18-2020 14:26 UTC-7

Oskooi Up Early

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Shirin Oskooi is up above the starting stack on Level 2, adding a small pot to the stack in a three-way hand.

The under-the-gun player, the small blind, and Oskooi, in the big blind, went three ways to a flop of . All three players checked.

All three players also checked through the turn and river, and Oskooi's was the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shirin Oskooi	32,000

Tags: Shirin Oskooi

01-18-2020 14:22 UTC-7

Zhang Gets River Raise Paid

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

With on the board, Haixia Zhang checked from early position, and Adam Demersseman bet 3,500.

Zhang check-raised to 12,000, and Demersseman made the call. Zhang showed , Demersseman mucked, and Zhang added more chips to her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haixia Zhang	52,000 11,000	11,000

Adam Demersseman	8,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Adam Demersseman Haixia Zhang

01-18-2020 14:13 UTC-7

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Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

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01-18-2020 14:12 UTC-7

Ross Chips Up

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Michael Lin opened to 600 from the button, and got calls from Eli Ross and Frank Azevedo in the blinds.

Action checked to Lin on the flop, Lin bet 1,200, Ross put in a check-raise to 3,300 from the small blind, and Azevedo folded from the big blind.

Lin also folded, sending the pot to Ross.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Ross	32,000 2,000	2,000
Michael Lin	28,000

Tags: Eli Ross Michael Lin Frank Azevedo

01-18-2020 14:09 UTC-7

Kniep Gets Aggressive

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Geoff Fisk

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

With on the board, both blinds checked to an early position player, who bet 800.

Chi Chen called from the small blind, and Andreas Kniep check-raised to 2,800 from the big blind. The early position player folded, and Chen called.

Chen checked on the turn, Kniep bet 5,500, and Chen folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Kniep	33,000 3,000	3,000
Chi Chen	28,000

Tags: Andreas Kniep Chi Chen

01-18-2020 14:02 UTC-7

Photos from Day 1b

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

01-18-2020 13:42 UTC-7

Bloesch Hits Trips, Gets Chips

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Geoff Fisk

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Tone Bloesch opened from under the gun, Ryan Pham raised to 800 from the big blind, and Bloesch called.

Both players checked the flop. Pham bet 800 on the turn, Bloesch raised to 3,000, Pham three-bet to 7,800, and Bloesch called.

Pham bet 15,000 on the river, and Bloesch called. Pham immediately indicated that Bloesch's call was correct, and indeed it was, as Bloesch's was best against Pham's . The early big pot puts Bloesch over the 50k chip mark in the first level of Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tone Bloesch	52,000
Ryan Pham	10,000

Tags: Ryan Pham Tone Bloesch