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JAIME HALETKY WINS SECOND THUNDER VALLEY WSOP CIRCUIT MAIN EVENT
Las Vegas, Nevada (January 27, 2026) - Another WSOP Circuit series is in the books, with 16 new WSOP Circuit champions having been crowned the past few weeks at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California.
Competing at a thrilling final table and claiming his second WSOP Circuit Main Event championship at Thunder Valley, Walnut Creek’s Jaime Haletky continued his winning ways at the popular host property, securing his second WSOP Circuit ring along with the $205,460 top prize.
Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit Main Event Final Table Recap
Coming into the final table with the second most chips, Haletky leveraged his large chip stack as well as his experience to take down the Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit Main Event.
Biding his time, Haletky would remain mostly quiet during the start of the final day of action, as his fellow final tablets would slowly eliminate each other one by one.
All that would change during five-handed play, when Hatelky check-raised Don Landwirth all-in after flopping both a straight and flush draw. Completing his flush on the turn, Hatelky came one step closer to his second WSOP Circuit Main Event title, eliminating Landwirth in fifth place ($49,040).
Building momentum, Hatelky would score another elimination against fourth-place finisher Julius Roque ($67,920). Folded to in the small blind, Hatelky decided to shove with six-nine offsuit, only for Roque to wake up with pocket tens.
Despite having the eventual champion crushed, Roque’s luck in the Thunder Valley WSOPC Main Event would run out when Hatelky rivered a flush.
After rivering yet another flush, Hatelky would pull ahead of eventual third-place finisher Casey Sandretto ($95,650) to take the overall chip lead, eliminating him a short time later.
Locked in a heads-up match with Franklin Chavez for the title, it would take Hatelky less than two hours to complete his victory.
Despite scoring a double-up and much-needed momentum early into heads-up play, Chavez would eventually fall to Hatelky in second place ($136,920) after shoving his turn top pair into Hatelky’s flopped two pair.
Congratulations to Jaime Haletky on winning his second WSOP Circuit Main Event title at Thunder Valley! Be sure to read ahead and check out the full list of poker players who secured WSOP Circuit jewelry at Thunder Valley.
Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit Main Event Final Table Results:
1st place: Jaime Haletky - $205,460
2nd place: Franklin Chavez - $136,920
3rd place: Casey Sandretto - $95,650
4th place: Julius Roque - $67,920
5th place: Donald Landwirth - $49,040
6th place: Stephen Kujubu - $36,020
7th place: Manjunath Mulinti - $26,920
8th place: Roman Dorokhin - $20,470
9th place: Spencer Gore - $15,850
Congratulations to every Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit event winner
Congratulations to our latest WSOP Circuit Main Event champion Jaime Haletky, and every poker player who received a WSOP Circuit ring at Thunder Valley.
Every WSOP Circuit ring winner in 2026 receives a special $5,000 WSOP Paradise 2026 package, which includes entry to the 2026 WSOP Circuit Championship, plus a free hotel stay at Atlantis Paradise in the Bahamas.
Check out the full list of Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit ring winners who punched their ticket to WSOP Paradise 2026:
Event #1: $400 NLH Seniors Event - Anthony Swift - $12,586
Event #2: $400 NLH Thirty Thirty - George Kim - $9,773
Event #3: $400 NLH Opener - Anthony Banuelos - $58,437
Event #4: $400 NLH 8-Handed - Fei Wu - $19,469
Event #5: $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 - Jonathan Malcolm - $12,435
Event #6: $400 NLH Freezeout - Han Yan - $12,174
Event #7: $600 TORSE - Volodymyr Kondratenko - $11,355
Event #8: $400 NLH Bounty - Matthew Kramer - $7,590
Event #9: $600 Omaha 8 - Ramin Malekian - $10,618
Event #10: $400 NLH Monster Stack - Patrick Putnam - $35,839
Event #11: $600 NLH 6-Handed - Roger Bailey - $20,400
Event #12: $3,250 NLH High Roller - David Stamm - $69,711
Event #13: $1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event - Jaime Haletky - $205,460
Event #14: $600 NLH Forty Forty - Mitchell Collins - $16,601
Event #15: $1,125 NLH Last Call - Benjamin Primus - $32,830
Event #16: $400 NLH Series Finale - Michael Durzan - $9,345
