Turlock Poker Room

Day 1C has come to close at the NL Hold’em $550 Main Event. Jose Esparza leads 26 survivors from 78 entries with a stack of 170,000. Check out the final chip counts below. Day 2 will begin at 11 am on Sunday at the Turlock Poker Room Semi-Annual Championship. The remaining field of 60 players from 212 total entries will play down to a champion tomorrow.

The small blind is all in with 10h8h preflop, and Lucas Hinde has him covered with 10s7s from the cutoff. The final board reads 10d6h5hJc9s, and the small blind is eliminated from the tournament. Hinde stacks up 106,500 after collecting the pot.

Lucas Hinde – 106,500 (66 bb)

Registration has closed on Day 1C with 78 entries in the field, and that puts the total field size at 212. The tournament staff will be releasing the official prize pool later tonight.

Ken Kajioka raises all in preflop from the cutoff, and Lucas Hinde has him covered from the small blind. The two players then turn over their cards.

Hinde: JcJd
Kajioka: AsAh

Board; 9s6c4cKhJh

Kajioka is eliminated on the hand, but the Player of the Series leader will surely re-enter soon. Hinde stacks up 43,500 after the hand.

Lucas Hinde – 43,500 (43)

Ken Kajioka is all in preflop for 16,600 UTG+1, and the big blind has him covered. Here is a look at their cards.

Kajioka: QhJh
Big Blind: Ac9h

Board: 10c9s8s8c10h

Kajioka doubles up to survive with 35,700 after collecting the pot.

Ken Kajioka – 35,700 (35 bb)

Jose Covarubbias is all in for a little under 2,000 from the button, and Ken Kajioka has him covered under the gun. The two players then flip over their cards.

Covarubbias: 3s3c
Kajioka: As8c

Board: 7d5d2dKs10h

Covarubbias doubles up to survive with 5,500, and Kajioka is down to 17,000 after the hand.

Jose Covarubbias – 5,500 (6 bb)
Ken Kajioka – 17,000 (21 bb)

The hijack moves all in preflop for 14,500 from the hijack, and Chue Her calls to cover him from the small blind. The two players then flip over their cards.

Her: AsKd
Hijack: 10c10h

Board: Ah9c3cQd4c

The hijack is eliminated on the hand, and Her stacks up 63,000 after collecting the pot.

Chue Her – 63,00 (105 bb)

Ken Kajioka is all in for 5,900 from the big blind with Q-J in the hole, and Owen Martell has him covered holding pocket aces on the button.

The final board reads 9-9-8-10-10, and Kajioka hits a straight to double up and survive with 13,300. Martell is down to 11,000 after taking his second rough bad beat in a row.

Ken Kajioka – 13,300 (22 bb)
Owen Martell – 11,000 (18 bb)

John Windecker raises to 2,000 preflop under the gun, and Owen Martell reraises to 5,000 from the button. Windecker calls before the two players see a flop dealt Qh4d2s.

Windecker bets 5,000, and Martell tanks before raising all in. Windecker calls all in for 16,700, and then they flip over their cards.

Windecker: AhQc
Matrell: KdKh

Turn and River: Qs7s

Windecker doubles up to survive with 44,700, and Martell is down to 22,500 after the hand.

John Windecker – 44,700 (89 bb)
Owen Martell – 22,500 (45 bb)

Victor Parade raises to 1,000 from the cutoff preflop, and the button calls. Both players check the flop dealt QhJh6c, and the 9s follows on the turn.

Then Parade bets 1,500, and the button calls before both players check the Ks on the river. Parade flips over QsJs, and the button folds. Parade stacks up 28,500 after collecting the pot.

Victor Parade – 28,500 (71 bb)

New notable additions to the field early on Day 1C include John Titus and Berenisse Deleon (pictured). Registration remains open until the start of Level 10 at 5:35 pm.

The board reads 9d6c5s10s when Jose Covarrubias bets 600. Steve McAllister and two other players call before the river delivers the 9s.

Covarrubias bets 1,000, McAllister calls, and the other two players fold. Covarrubias flips over Qs8s, and McAllister folds his cards. Covarrubias stacks up 16,800 after the hand, and McAllister is at 15,200.

Jose Covarubbias – 16,800 (84 bb)
Steve McAllister – 15,200 (76 bb)

Notables in the field early on Day 1C include John Aguilar (pictured), Owen Martell, Ken Kajioka, Lisa Jacobs, Steve McAllister, Brandi Boehme, and Russ Coffee.

The field is scheduled to play 11, 40-minute levels on Day 1C in the NL Hold’em $550 Main Event. There will be a 10-minute break every two hours, and no dinner break. Play will end around 7 pm this evening. Here is a look at the full schedule for the tournament.

Thursday, November 14: Day 1A (13 survivors from 65 entries)
Friday, November 15: Day 1B (21 survivors from 69 entries)
Saturday, November 16: Day 1C
Sunday, November 17: Final Day

All tournament days will begin at 11 am, and registration will be open until the start of Level 10 at 5:35 pm.

Cards are in the air for the third and final starting flight in the Semi-Annual Championship Series $550 Main Event.

Players open with a 25,000 stack and play 40-minute Day 1 Levels. Registration and the unlimited-entry period is available until the start of Level 10.

21 players advanced to Sunday’s Day 2 Final from yesterday’s 69-entry field, joining the 13 who made Sunday from Thursday’s Day 1 field.

Day 1B has come to close at the NL Hold’em $550 Main Event. Pradip Singh leads 21 survivors from 69 entries with a stack of 225,000. Check out the final chip counts below. Day 1C will begin at 11 am on Saturday at the Turlock Poker Room Semi-Annual Championship. Registration will remain open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10 at 5:20 pm.

Ken Kajioka is all in for 2,000 preflop from the small blind, and Shayne Heine has him covered UTG. The two players then flip over their cards.

Kajioka: Qh9s
Heine: 2c2d

Board: 7h5h5sQsKs

Kajioka doubles up to survive with 8,000, and Heine holds 91,000 after paying out the double.

Ken Kajioka – 8,000 (5 bb)
Shayne Heine – 91,000 (56 bb)

On the very next had Kajioka is all in again with 6c6h in the hole from the button, and Simon Nunes has him covered holding AcAh on the small blind. The final board reads 8h7s3s2dQc, and Kajioka is eliminated. Nunes stacks up 58,200 after collecting the pot.

Simon Nunes – 58,200 (36 bb)
Ken Kajioka – Eliminated

Here is a look at the events coming up tomorrow at the Turlock Poker Room Semi-Annual Poker Championship.

Event No. 10 (NL Hold’em Main Event $550) – Day 1C Starts at 11 am with registration open until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm. Starting stacks of 25,000 with 40 minute levels.

Registration has come to a close with 69 entries in the field on Day 1B at the Turlock Poker Room Semi-Annual Championship Series NL Hold’em $550 Main Event. There are now a total of 134 entries in the field, with one more starting flight left to play on Saturday with registration open until the start of Level of 10 at 5:35 pm.

Russ Coffee is all in with 5d5s in the hole from the big blind, and Rick Peterson (pictured) calls to cover him holding As8h from the hijack.

The board runs out AcKdQd8c9h, Coffee is eliminated on the hand. Peterson stacks up 93,000 after collecting the pot.

Rick Peterson – 93,000 (93 bb)
Russ Coffee – Eliminated

The flop reads 7c6c5h when the hijack gets all in for 8,000, and Joe Decker calls to cover him from the big blind. The two players then table their cards.

Decker: 8d8s
Hijack: 7d6s

Turn and River: Qc4d

The hijack is eliminated when Decker hits a straight on the river, and Decker stacks up 86,500 after the hand.

Joe Decker – 86,500 (108 bb)

Pradip Singh raises to 1,500 preflop, and three players call before the flop is dealtr AsQh5h. Joe Decker then bets 600 from the cutoff, Russ Coffee calls on the big blind, and one player folds before Singh reraises all in. Decker calls and Coffee folds before the final two players flip over their cards.

Decker: Qd8d
Singh: 9h9s

Turn and River: 10d6h

Singh is eliminated from the tournament, but he still has time to re-enter. Decker stacks up 59,000 after the hand.

Joe Decker – 59,000 (98 bb)

There is a few thousand in the pot, and the flop reads Qd7h6c when the button bet 2,000, and Shayne Heine calls on the small blind.

Both players check the 4d on the turn, and the Js on the river. Heine flips over 5h4h, and his opponent folds.

Heine stacks up 84,000 after collecting the pot, and he has taken his stack from 8,000 to over 80,000 in the course of a 40-minute level.

Shayne Heine – 84,000 (168 bb)

The small blind reraises to 1,000, Shayne Heine calls on the big blind, the original raiser calls on the hijack, and Pradip Singh reraises to 6,400 from the cutoff.

Both Heine and the hijack fold before the flop is dealt 8s4h3h. Singh moves all in, and the small blind check-folds. Singh stacks up 26,500 after the hand.

Pradip Singh – 26,500 (66 bb)