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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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Sunday, January 23, 2022 4:41 PM Local Time

Player in the big blind put his remaining stack in the middle on a board showing      . Jessica Vierling snap-called.

Big blind turned over a queen high flush for the second nuts, but to his despair, Vierling tabled    for a nut-flush scoop. 

Jessica Vierling - 490,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 4:27 PM Local Time

On the turn the board read     . Robert Angeleri bet 80,000 and JC Tran called.

The river came the  . Angeleri bet 90,000 which Tran also called. 

Angeleri tabled the    for the full boat and won the pot.

JC Tran - 960,000
Robert Angeleri - 595,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 4:17 PM Local Time

The river was dealt to complete the board      . The pot was a meaty 225,000. JC Tran was on the button and bet 100,000 after it was checked to him by Roman Shainiuk who was in the hijack and called after a few seconds.

Tran tabled the    for trip aces which was good and took in the pot.

JC Tran - 1,170,000
Roman Shauniuk - 375,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 4:08 PM Local Time

Zion Carl moved all in from early position and was called by Garrett Anaya.

Carl held the    which was ahead of the    of Anaya.

But the flop flipped things as it came    . The turn was the  . The river came the   and Carl was gone.

Garrett Anaya - 890,000
Zion Carl - 0

Sunday, January 23, 2022 3:55 PM Local Time

The board was completed to read      . Jerry Yang bet 50,000 into a pot of about 88,000. Antonio Gutierrez thought about it for a while as it was almost all of his stack. Eventually he folded and Yang took down the nice pot.

Jerry Yang - 810,000
Antonio Gutierrez - 63,000

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Sunday, January 23, 2022 3:44 PM Local Time
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Sunday, January 23, 2022 3:25 PM Local Time
The remaining 55 players are now on their second break of the afternoon.
Sunday, January 23, 2022 3:24 PM Local Time

Player from middle position bet 21,000. Action folded around to Andreas Kniep who announced that he was all-in for his remaining 98,000. MP player called, had Kniep covered, and turned over    against Kniep's [kh 

Kniep still needed help after the flop that read    . However, the turn was the  , giving Kniep the pair he needed. The blank river   meant that Kniep doubled up and is now back to middle of the pack.

Andreas Kniep  - 200,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 3:17 PM Local Time
JC Tran - 1,210,000
Scott Stewart - 775,000
Garrett Anaya - 554,000
Angela Jordison - 520,000
Nick Shkolnik - 447,000
Vincent Moscati - 370,000
Lian Liu - 370,000
Jerry Yang - 326,000
Ricardo Eyzaguirre - 260,000
Lexy Gavin - 230,000
Roland Isarelashvili - 95,000
Zion Carl - 70,000
Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:51 PM Local Time

On a flop of     Cole Miller shoved for 156,000 over a bet of 16,000 from his big stack opponent. His opponent thought for about 30 seconds before opting to fold to send Miller the pot.

Cole Miller - 211,000

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:40 PM Local Time

Nalitha Thommavong went all in preflop, the player on her left re-shoved for a larger amount. Victor Paredes called and everyone esle folded.

Paredes was in great shape to score a double elimination as he held the    against the    of Thommavong and the    of the third player.

The board ran out       and Paredes felted two players and added a large chunk to his stack.

Victor Paredes - 565,000
Nalitha Thommavong - 0

Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:26 PM Local Time
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:22 PM Local Time

The flop read    . Jessica Vierling called a bet of 13,000 from Feiyue Wu. The turn came the  . Both checked.

The river was the   to put three queens on board. Both players took their time before coyly checking. Wu tabled the    but Vierling had the best hand with the    as she added some more chips to her stack.

Feiyue Wu - 373,000
Jessica Vierling - 360,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 2:15 PM Local Time

Scott Stewart made it 20,000 from middle position, the button called and the rest of the table folded. The flop came     and Stewart continued with a bet of 30,000. Button called.

The turn was the   and Stewart slowed down with a check. Button fired for 42,000. Stewart called. 

The river was the   and Stewart bet 68,000 and got snap-called. Stewart tabled    for a rivered straight and his opponent mucked his hand. 

Table #2 seats Joshua Prager, Scott Stewart, Nick Shkolnik and Roland Israelashvili - a deadly table that has a total of 16 WSOP rings combined.

Scott Stewart - 750,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 1:50 PM Local Time

David Larson put in a pre-flop bet of 15,000. Both Chai Chang in the big blind, and Dong Meng on the button, called.

The flop came     and all players checked to see the   on the turn. Chang fired for 25,000, too much for Larson who folded, but Meng called. 

The river was the   and Chang slid in another bet, this time for 60,000. Meng thought for a second before making the call. 

Chang immediately threw his    face up in the muck after flopping an open-ended straight draw without connecting on later streets. Meng tabled    for the win.

Cai Chang - 220,000
Dong Meng - 280,000
David Larson - 180,000

Playtika - Jason Alexander
Sunday, January 23, 2022 1:49 PM Local Time

The board read     . On the turn. Zion Carl went all in and was called by Dong Meng. 

Carl had    which was well ahead of the    of Meng. The river came   and Carl got a double up.

Zion Carl - 223,000
Dong Meng - 140,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 1:43 PM Local Time

JC Tran - 660,000
Angela Jordison - 580,000
Scott Stewart - 570,000
Jerry Yang - 470,000
Roman Shainiuk - 440,000
Adam Saven - 430,000
Zihan Men - 420,000
Justin Chan - 375,000
Ricardo Eyzaguirre - 375,000
Ryan Awwad - 330,000
Nick Shkolnik - 310,000
Ken Morey - 308,000
Feiyue Wu - 290,000
Andreas Kniep - 260,000
Greg Flowers - 260,000
Vincent Moscati - 255,000
Victor Villanueva - 150,000
Roland Israelashvili - 130,000
Josh Prager - 115,000
Jacqueline Burkhart - 65,000
Lexy Gavin - 53,000

Sunday, January 23, 2022 1:26 PM Local Time
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Sunday, January 23, 2022 1:20 PM Local Time
Players are on their first break of the day. All remaining players are in the money.
Sunday, January 23, 2022 1:19 PM Local Time

On the stone bubble, Garrett Anaya announced that he was all-in for his remaining 240,000. Action folded around to a short-stacked Peter Pham, who re-shoved and was now at risk. The rest of the table got out of the way and the players tabled their hands. 

Pham turned over pocket-kings and, to his demise, Anaya tabled aces. 

To further reduce Pham's chances of survival, another player at the table announced that he folded the remaining kings in the deck.

The board ran out       and Pham busted the Thunder Valley WSOP Circuit Main event bubble with kings versus aces. 

Garrett Anaya - 290,000
Peter Pham - Eliminated

Playtika - Jason Alexander
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