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2021/22 WSOP Circuit - Thunder Valley Casino (California)

Friday, January 21, 2022 to Monday, January 24, 2022

WSOPC Event #10: No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT

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  • Buy-in: $1,700
  • Prizepool: $889,305
  • Entries: 587
  • Remaining: 0

EVENT UPDATES

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Friday, January 21, 2022 3:32 PM Local Time
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Friday, January 21, 2022 3:21 PM Local Time
The Main Event players are on a 15-minute break and once they return they will play three more levels before going on a 75-minute dinner break.
Friday, January 21, 2022 3:09 PM Local Time

The board was completed to read a dangerous       with four to a flush and a paired board. James Ohlweiler bet 6,000 over to his opponent, Tri Tran, who called after a moment.

Ohlweiler tabled the    for a queen high flush which good as Tran showed a lower diamond.

James Ohlweiler - 55,000
Tri Tran - 13,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 3:08 PM Local Time

Batgombo Ariunbat, from middle position, bet 1,100 on a board showing     . Forrest Kollar called from the button. 

The river was the   and Aruinbat fired for 3,000 and Kollar quickly called. 

Aruinbat tabled    for a two-pair that turned out to be good, as Kollar mucked his hand. Kollar still in good shape with almost double his starting stack.

Batgombo Aruinbat - 31,500
Forrest Kollar - 56,400

Friday, January 21, 2022 2:58 PM Local Time

Charles Jenco called the all in from a shorter stacked opponent preflop. Jenco had the    up against the    of his opponent. 

He was looking to find an ace to come out on top but the flop came     to pair the wrong card. The turn was another   and the river came another   to crack the kings the unconventional way and give Jenco the elimination,

Charles Jenco - 49,000

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Friday, January 21, 2022 2:41 PM Local Time
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Friday, January 21, 2022 2:40 PM Local Time

The board read  [qs[  . From early position, Dantram Huynh bet 3,400. Matthew Little was in the big blind and clicked it back for 6,800. Huynh then turned the heat up to the extreme degree as she moved all in for about 60,000. 

Little went deep into the tank as he had a large stack himself but the shove was for about 2/3 of his stack. After a few minutes another player at the table requested clock. The floor came over and gave Little more than 30 seconds since it had not been an egregious amount of time yet. Eventually Little folded his hand as the floor reached 7 seconds on the countdown and Huynh  collected the pot and left Little wondering. 

Matthew Little - 95,000
Dantram Huynh - 72,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 2:34 PM Local Time

Derrick Yamada bet 1,000 from middle position and Steven Geralis called on the button. Brent Francia in the small blind made it 3,000 and both Yamada and Geralis called.

The flop came     and Francia moved all-in for his remaining 16,000. Yamada called and Geralis re-shoved for his remaining stack which put Yamada in the tank. Almost two minutes went by and another player at the table decided to call the clock. With ten seconds left of the countdown, Yamada mucked his hand. 

Francia turned over    for top pair, but needed help as Geralis tabled    for two-pair. The turn was the   and the river   meant that Francia was eliminated.

Steven Geralis - 68,000
Derrick Yamada - 22,000
Brent Francia - 0

Friday, January 21, 2022 2:23 PM Local Time

The flop read    . All the chips got into the middle after a series of quick raises and Shailendra Methi tabled the nuts with the   . Brandon Yang was on the other end of the unfortunate cooler as he had the   .

The turn was the   and the river came the   to bust Yang.

Shailendra Methi - 45000
Brandon Yang - 0

Friday, January 21, 2022 2:11 PM Local Time

Michel Sy bet 800 from the big blind and got a call from the button. The flop came     and both players checked to see the   turn. 

After seeing the turn, Sy fired for 4,000 and player on the button quickly called. The river was the   both players checked.

Sy tabled [jh  and his frustrated opponent threw his hand in the muck. 

Michael Sy - 65,000

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Friday, January 21, 2022 2:05 PM Local Time

A large pot of about 13,000 was in the middle on a flop that read    . The small blind led out with a bet of 6,100. Jasthi Kumar was in middle position and raised to 16,300. 

His opponent took his time before folding his hand. Kumar showed the    as he collected the pot.

Jasthi Kumar - 46,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 1:57 PM Local Time
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Friday, January 21, 2022 1:47 PM Local Time

Action was on the river as the board read      . Bryan Alger bet 2,000 into a pot of about 7,000. Nicholas Scriabine min raised to 4,000 which caused Alger to pause for a bit before laying down his hand.

Bryan Alger - 37,000
Nicholas Scriabine - 31,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 1:46 PM Local Time

Nick Shkolnik bet 1,000 on a board showing     . Action folded around to Michael Rusnak in middle position who made the call. 

The river was the   and Shkolnik continued to fire, this time for 2,500. Rusnak thought for a brief second before making the call. 

Shkolnik tabled    for a missed straight-draw and Rusnak flipped over    for the win. 

Michael Rusnak - 37,000
Nick Shkolnik - 83,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 1:28 PM Local Time
Roland Israelashvili - 70,000
Justin Chan - 65,000
Ryan Raymond - 63,000
Jaime Haletky - 63,000
Angela Jordison - 55,000
Huy Vu - 42,000
Andreas Kniep - 35,000
Jacqueline Burkhart - 34,000
Josh Prager - 32,000
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Friday, January 21, 2022 1:17 PM Local Time
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Friday, January 21, 2022 1:08 PM Local Time
Players are on their first break of the day.
Friday, January 21, 2022 1:07 PM Local Time

The flop read    . Peter Lindbeck bet 1,200 as the second player to act. Matthew Little called. Jacqueline Burkhart was under the gun and she raised to 6,000. Lindbeck called. Little thought for a while before shoving a large stack into the middle which covered both of his opponents.

Burkhart quickly folded while Lindbeck went deep into the tank. He thought for a couple of minutes before folding    face up to send Little the pot as he added to his large stack.

Matthew Little - 66,000
Jacqueline Burkhart - 32,000
Peter Lindbeck - 21,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 1:00 PM Local Time

With 6,000 in the pot, Forrest Kollar announced that he as all-in for his remaining 12,000 on a board showing     .

Action folded around to the cut-off. Cut off got deep in the tank and evaluated his options for about a minute before eventually mucking his hand.  

Forrest Kollar - 18,000

Friday, January 21, 2022 12:52 PM Local Time

Hieu Le called the all in from a short stacked opponent and had him at risk holding the    vs his opponent's   .

 The flop was great for Le as it came    . To give him two-pair. The turn was the   and the river came the   to take in all of his opponent's chips.

Hieu Le - 43,000

Playtika - Jason Alexander
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