Event #12: $1,700 MAIN EVENT

Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,700 Main Event saw 100 players from a 487-entry field return to action, but by the time action came to a halt just nine remained. Leading the final table with a nearly a one-million chip lead over his next closest competition is Jaime Haletky.

Haletky is no stranger to success in Thunder Valley with his two biggest scores coming here in Lincoln. Back in 2016, he finished runner-up in the Ante Up Poker Tour $1,650 World Championship for $87,636, and in October 2017 won the Ante Up Norcal Classic Event #8: $1,100 Main Event for $49,865. He is seeking his first career gold ring.

Meanwhile Scott Stewart, who sits second in chips, is looking for his sixth gold ring and is the only other player with a robust stack. Meanwhile, Marko Pantelic, Dapo Ajayi, and Peter Pap are the only other players with seven figures, while Marcus Laffen, Dan Turner, Bryan Piccioli and Bin Duan all face an uphill battle with shorter stacks.

Day 2 start with a quarter of the field needing to fall before the money was made. Among those to leave empty handed were Alex Greenblatt, Andrew Ostapchenko, Jasthi Kumar, and bubble boy Mario Lopez, who ran ace-queen smack dab into Ubaid Habib's pocket queens.

Once the bubble burst, the in-the-money finishers mounted and included Matt Livingston (70th - $2,572), Bicycle Casino poker manager Mo Fathipour (56th - $2,656), Jarod Minghini (50th - $2,789), Andreas Kniep (36th - $3,232), WSOP bracelet winner Scott Bohlman (24th - $5,252), Paul Richardson (20th - $6,162), Lester Lenart (13th - $8,866), and Amador Igarta (10th - $10,870).

The third and final day of the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event will get underway at Noon local time on Monday and play down to a winner. The remaining nine players are guaranteed $13,516 in prize money, while the eventual winner will walk away with the $147,706 first-place prize, a shiny gold ring, and a seat into the 2020 Global Casino Championship.

The final 20 minutes of the evening went by with no eliminations and very few chips changing hands. Bryan Piccioli tried to find a double up, but when he shoved he got no callers.

He will enter tomorrow as the short stack as the players are now bagging one hour earlier than the original scheduled time. A recap of the day's action will be posted shortly.

Jonathan Ingalls got the last of his 110,000 stack in preflop against Jaime Haletky, with Haletky having Ingalls well covered.

Jonathan Ingalls:   
Jaime Haletky:   

Board:      

Haletky hit a straight on the turn, and Ingalls bowed out in 11th place.

Jaime Haletky	4,100,000	150,000
Jonathan Ingalls	0	-110,000

The flop came     and Dann Turner checked. Scott Stewart checked behind him and Jaime Haletky bet 65,000 on the button

Both Turner and Stewart called.

The turn was the   and Turner led for 145,000. Stewart and Haletky called.

The river was the   and the players checked to Haletky who bet 350,000. Turner folded and Stewart called and Haletky showed    for a straight and won the hand to stack nearly 4-million chips.

Jaime Haletky	3,850,000	900,000
Scott Stewart	2,300,000	300,000
Dann Turner	350,000	-280,000

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

Mario Quijano was all in for his short stack on a     flop, with Larry Serebryany and Scott Stewart still live in the hand.

Serebryany check called a pair of 100,000 bets on that flop, as well as the   turn, from Stewart. Both players then checked the   river.

Stewart's    was the winner, besting Serebryany's   , and Quijano's   . The hand sent Quijano to the rail in 15th place.

Mario Quijano

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-138,000