4th for 2007 WSOP Main Event champ Jerry Yang
Victor Paredes defeats Garrett Anaya heads-up to earn the win in the WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley $1,700 Main Event at TVPokerRoom in northern California. Paredes takes home a poker tournament career-best $169,429 for the win and his first circuit ring, besting the 587-entry field.
Anaya earns $104,629, recording his first-ever poker tournament cash in this $1,700 that created a prize pool worth $889,305.
Paredes bested a final table that included a blast-form-the-poker-past, as 4th went to 2007 WSOP Main Event champion Jerry Yang, who earned $57,772 for his finish.
The field also saw cashes from the likes of Vince Moscati (12th, $12,980), Scott Stewart (15th, $10,572), Nick Shkolnik (22nd, $6,176) – those three all have more than $1 million in career poker tournament earnings – Angela Jordison (30), Roland Israelashvili (32), JC Tran (35), David Larson CA (38), Rayo Kniep (39), Tony Wasaya (42), Lexy Gavin (53), Ricardo Eyzaguirre (56), Josh Prager (64) and Brett Murray (89).
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