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United States Glenn Larson. Total Live Earnings $112,921. WSOP Main Event 50th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2019, Las Vegas 1122nd $ 15,000. Poker Festival Event #14 $1Million Guarantee! 91 20 6 GLENN LARSON 200,000 92 4 6 BENJAMIN CHUNG 199,000 93 33 4 RUBIN CHAPPELL 198,000 94 26 7 JEROME HALL. The newly redecorated and expanded poker room at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort was ready for action at noon on Friday and the players didn’t disappoint. Glenn Larson, 100,100 8.
RETURN TO WSOP COVERAGE HUB PlayerCountryChips Julian MilliardUnited States947,900 Vlastimil PustinaCzech Republic930,700 Andrew BrokosUnited States895,400 Aleksa PavicevicUnited States867,700 Nai HuTaiwan798,300 Kainalu McCue-UncianoUnited States765,600 Dapeng MuUnited States762,700 Hugo TorresBrazil720,400 Cody BrinnUnited. Brdr: Glenn Larson, CH ABBOTT'S RED BEAR RISING - PEERLESS JAZZMINE GYPSY. Owners: Denise McCollum: Bullmastiffs, Amateur-Owner-Handler Bitches: 1: 6: TAURALAN SOPHIE TUCKER AT NIGHT SHADOW. Brdr: Carol Beans, SUNDABISH LUCA - CH TAURALAN JEWEL IN THE CROWN. Owners: Elizabeth Grossman,Hayyim Grossman: 2: 8: Tauralan Tani Emma.
A couple of weeks after Nick Pupillo almost nabbed a big win but had to settle for second in a huge Borgata event for $217K, the Chicago native won $170,286 in prize money in the inaugural WSOPC Thunder Valley Main Event.
Pupillo, profiled here on PokerNews, won his second gold ring and appears to be on quite a heater after now booking his two biggest career cashes in a span of about two weeks.
“I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my career,' he told tournament reporters. 'I struggled with, like, money management and stuff like that, but things are turning around.'
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pupillo | Addison, IL | $170,286 |
| 2 | Dann Turner | Cleveland, OH | $105,281 |
| 3 | Casey McCarrel | Walnut Creek, CA | $76,911 |
| 4 | Paul Richardson | Vernon, NJ | $57,016 |
| 5 | Jed Hoffman | Reno, NV | $42,879 |
| 6 | Paul McCaffrey | San Ramon, CA | $32,710 |
| 7 | Glenn Larson | Olympia, WA | $25,304 |
| 8 | Steven Tabb | Newton, MA | $19,855 |
| 9 | Roque Quiambao | N/A | $15,800 |
The first WSOPC stop in Thunder Valley drew a solid 528 entries, paying out 54 places. Sean Yu, who has been on fire of late, cashed, as did Stan Jablonski, Josh Prager, and Circuit legend Charles 'Woody' Moore.
The latter finished 11th after a tough beat when, according to the live updates, he called it off with for 17 big blinds against a small blind shove and couldn't beat .
Final Table Action
Two-time Circuit ring winner Jed Hoffman scored the first two knockouts of the final table, first with aces against the nines of Roque Quiambao and then with against the of Steven Tabb.
Glenn Larson followed in short order when his didn't improve enough against the of Casey McCarrel.
Start-of-day leader Dann Turner then reasserted himself with three quick eliminations. First, at 30,000/60,000/10,000, he three-bet to 375,000 with from the cutoff after Paul McCaffrey raised it to 150,000 early. Turner continuation-bet for 300,000 on the flop and stuck the rest in when he turned open-ended with the . McCaffrey looked him up with for his last 1.8 million and saw a brutal hit the river.
Turner then won with against the of Hoffman and against the of Paul Richardson, both all in preflop.
Pupillo slowed Turner's roll by winning a flip with fives against ace-queen to double. He won another flip against McCarrel when he raised and called for 19 big blinds holding and managed to beat despite hitting the felt.
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Pupillo and Turner were nearly even when heads-up play began. Turner pulled away early and hammered Pupillo down under 20 big blinds, but he doubled up on a lucky three-outer. Pupillo would then win a key pot on a board of . Turner put in a check-raise on the turn but didn't follow through on the river when he missed a draw with . Pupillo had missed his own draw with but took the hefty pot with jack-high to grab a lead of better than 2-1.
Turner tried to get back in it with his own three-outer after pairing his kicker with against . However, the dealer brought forth a on the river to ship the pot and the win to Pupillo.
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Here's a look at all of the ring winners from the Thunder Valley stop:
| Event | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $365 Reentry | Darren Bortmas | $72,754 |
| $365 Turbo | Justin Clark | $9,989 |
| $365 Bounty | Tracy Oto | $11,906 |
| $365 Eight-Max | Brett Murray | $9,817 |
| $365 PLO | Roger Bailey | $9,360 |
| $365 Monster Stack | Daniel Evans | $21,782 |
| $365 H.O.R.S.E. | Dennis Morrison | $7,140 |
| $580 NLHE | Al Sanchez | $17,919 |
| $365 Six-Max | Sean Yu | $11,970 |
| $365 Turbo | Francis Witek | $11,005 |
| $2,200 High Roller | JC Tran | $43,500 |
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September 27, 2017 10:48 amGlenn Larson Poker
Nick Pupillo has won the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley, after besting a field of 528 players, including Dann Turner heads-up, to capture the title, and a first place prize worth $170,286. Following a victory which pushes his live earnings to $1,317,356, of which $596,743 has been won in 2017 alone, the 25-year-old poker pro commented:
“I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my career. I struggled with, like, money management and stuff like that, but things are turning around.”
Latest stop on the WSOP Circuit tour was the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California, with its $1,675 buy-in Main Event featuring a prize pool of $792,000. Amongst the notable pros then finishing in one of the tournament’s money places was Sean Yu in 47th ($3,041), Stan Jablonski in 40th ($3,318), Josh Prager in 35th ($3,667), and Charles “Woody” Moore in 11th ($12,743).
After the final table got underway, Jed Hoffman (A-A) took care of Roque Quiambao (9-9) in 9th, before being dealt A-K and doing likewise to Steven Tabb (A-Q) in 8th. Next, Casey McCarrel (A-K) sent Glenn Larson (A-3) to the rail in 7th, while start-of-day chip leader Dann Turner subsequently eliminated Paul McCaffrey (7th), Jed Hoffman (5th), and Paul Richardson (4th) in short order.
With just three players remaining, Nick Pupillo scored his first elimination holding pocket twos against the 9-8 of McCarrel, and just like that the heads-up phase was set between Pupillo and Turner, with the two players fairly even in chips.
Applying pressure, Turner was able to grind his opponent to just 20 bbs, before Pupillo mounted a comeback, eventually moving ahead to a 2-1 chip lead. Soon after, the deciding hand was played with Turner (A-5) moving all-in preflop and Pupillo (A-6) making the call. The dealer then laid out a J-5-2-8-6 board to seal the deal, and so Dann Turner had to be satisfied with a runner-up prize of $105,281 for his hard-fought efforts, while Nick Pupillo was crowned the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley champion.
Final Table Results:
1: Nick Pupillo $170,286
2: Dann Turner $105,281
3: Casey McCarrel $76,911
4: Paul Richardson $57,016
5: Jed Hoffman $42,879
6: Paul McCaffrey $32,710
7: Glenn Larson $25,304
8: Steven Tabb $19,855
9: Roque Quiambao $15,800