The World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Thunder Valley On line casino (Northern California) collection ended on Monday. Travis Egbert of Windsor, CA was the fortunate winner, taking dwelling his third WSOPC ring of 2024.
Egbert’s earlier two rings have been additionally received at Thunder Valley in January 2024 as a part of the earlier WSOPC season’s Northern California leg.
The $1,700 buy-in WSOPC Thunder Valley Fundamental Occasion attracted 812 entries, producing a $1,230,180 prize pool and placing $214,565 up prime for Egbert to win.
5 Hours of Heads Up Play
Earlier than Egbert might get his arms on the Fundamental Occasion first-place prize, he needed to combat his approach by means of the ultimate desk for ten grueling hours in opposition to gamers like Brock Wilson and Colton Blomberg.
Round half of the ten-hour closing desk was spent on the head-up part of the sport alone. For 5 hours Egbert and Xiong Thao traded chips forwards and backwards. Finally — with blinds rising and the hour rising late — Egbert and Thao have been pressured to gamble, placing all of it in on a coin flip.
“It was irritating,” Egbert advised WSOP.com. “It was mentally consuming as a result of [Thao] was placing on a very good combat. Clearly, we performed for a very very long time. […] It was powerful. I needed to get fortunate just a few occasions.”
Thao received $142,540 for his second-place end. For each gamers, their efficiency on this event represented a career-best money.
WSOP Thunder Valley Fundamental Occasion Closing Desk Outcomes
Historical past (Virtually) Repeats Itself
The WSOPC Thunder Valley ran from September 18 to October 7, with 13 gamers profitable rings throughout as many occasions.
Among the many highlights of the collection have been Mehran Moeinzadeh profitable the $2,200 Excessive Curler Occasion and William ‘Skip’ Ferguson profitable his third ring within the $400 Opener.
Maybe probably the most notable story of the collection was the Seniors Occasion the place issues nearly formed up for a rematch. Final yr’s winner and runner-up made all of it the best way to the ultimate 4 on this yr’s version of the Seniors Occasion.
Sadly, final yr’s runner-up Dennis Shirron busted in fourth, placing paid to that dream. Robert Garvin who received the occasion final yr, then went on to take second place, falling simply in need of a back-to-back win and permitting William Suoja to win the ring this time round.
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