$1,700 Main Event
Day 1b Started
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
Thunder Valley Main Event Continues Saturday at Noon
The WSOP circuit main event at Thunder Valley resumes Saturday at noon. The first 35 players to make Day 2 bagged last night and Marko Pantilec bagged the last stack. He and Dan Turner bagged almost 200,000 more than their next closest competitor.
Today the field is expected to be much larger, but it may still be difficult to top the 475,000 mark set by Pantilec.
The players will play 15 40-minute levels and begin with 30,000 starting chips. Registration will remain open until the start of level 13.
There will be a 75-minute at the end of level nine.
All the updates and photos from the event will be right here on PokerNews.com all weekend long.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Day 1b of the Main Event has begun.
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Faces In the Crowd
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Early Pot for Prager
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
With 
on the board, action checked to Josh Prager, who bet 200 from early position. The big blind called, and Jared Shipley folded from under the gun.
Prager bet again on the turn 
, and the big blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
31,000 | 1,000 |
Haixia Zhang Catches One
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Haixia Zhang was heads up with the board reading 
and her opponent bet 1,300.
Zhang called.
The river was the 
and her opponent bet 3,200 into the 4,500 pot.
The 2014 Ladies Event winner took a moment and eventually called.
"Ace high," her opponent said tossing 
onto the table face up.
Zhang showed 
and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 |
Abraham Bets River, Takes Pot
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Three players went to the flop of 
. Martin Abraham led out from the big blind for 300, and got calls from David Olson in the hijack, as well as the player on the button.
Martin continued for a 400 bet on the 
turn, and only Olson called. Martin bet 1,400 on the 
river, and Olson folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
28,000 |
Bloesch Hits Trips, Gets Chips
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | |
|
10,000 |