The second of two starting flights of the 2017 World Poker Tour (WPT) Rolling Thunder Main Event drew to a close last night with 210 players deciding to give it a go on Sunday. That brings the combined field to 376 so far; registration is open until the beginning of Level 11 (Monday will start on Level 9) and those who already played are still permitted one more entry on Day 2, so we won’t know the final numbers until later today. The Day 1B chip leader was Ting Ho, whose 181,300 chips also barely edged those of Saturday’s leader, Dhaval Joshi, for the overall chip lead.
Dhaval Joshi's Results, Stats. AKA Dhaval Joshi. Date Country Watch Place Prize GPI Points POY Points; 21-Feb-2020: United States: $ 260 + 40 No Limit Hold'em - Deepest Stack Borgata Deepstack Challenge, Atlantic City: 14th.
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Ting Ho’s live tournament profile is interesting. She has $373,070 in earnings according to TheHendonMob.com; nothing incredible for a poker player, but still a very nice sum. She has a long list of more than 60 live cashes, but even with all those successes and her six-figure earnings total, the vast majority of her scores are in three-digit buy-in tournaments. Ho’s largest cash came back in 2012 when she won a $500 + $50 at the Wynn Classic for $51,876. More recently, she finished 16th at the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship Event for $35,000.
Ho wasn’t necessarily planning on playing in this event, but she took a shot at a satellite at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort and won a seat, so here she is.
As Ho isn’t a “name” poker player, she was not featured in the live tournament updates until late, when she was at or near the top of the leader board. After the evening ended, she told WPT.com about her day, saying that early on, she was just “grinding,” slowly building her stack through small, uneventful pots.
“But then I had aces cracked,” she said, recalling a hand in which someone called her with 6-9 suited pre-flop and went on to river a straight.
She continued (courtesy WPT.com):
And then an orbit later I have pocket aces again. It was the same action, a person raised, another called, so I made it 4x [the big blind] again, and then fold, and I get a call. So I’m like, ‘Ah [laughs]!’ And then the flop comes queen-high board with three diamonds, and I have the ace of diamonds. So I lead, I think he wanted to just call, but he threw out one too many orange chips (5,000) so it had to be a raise, so I flat. The turn comes a brick, I check, and he just piles all in. I thought for a while, I would have still had 15 big blinds going into Day 2, and I just decided to call, and he had ace-king.
There are 197 players remaining from the two starting flights, but as mentioned, expect the field to grow a bit more today. Day 2 begins at 12:00pm Pacific.
2017 World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event – Day 1B Chip Leaders
1. Ting Ho – 181,300
2. Ben Barad – 172,700
3. Alan Bittikofer – 132,500
4. Kou Vang – 111,400
5. Ari Engel – 105,600
6. Tyler Patterson – 104,100
7. Alan Snow – 103,800
8. Dan O’Brien – 101,800
9. Eddy Sabat – 100,300
10. Bob Buckenmayer – 99,800
2017 World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder Main Event – Day 1B Chip Leaders
1. Ting Ho – 181,300
2. Dhaval Joshi – 181,100
3. Jon Borenstein – 173,800
4. Ben Barad – 172,700
5. Michael Tureniec – 146,000
6. Kelly Douglas – 139,100
7. Alan Bittikofer – 132,500
8. Eric Baldwin – 113,700
9. J. C. Tran – 112,900
10. Kou Vang – 111,400
Dhaval Joshi Poker Games
It's been one heck of a year so far for acclaimed writer turned acclaimed poker player Maria Konnikova, and the Team PokerStars Pro could be set to add another big result to her résumé.
As Konnikova herself told us via her Twitter, she's now through to Day 4 and the final 24 players in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open.
This is the face I make when I survive to make the final 24 of the @WPT@BorgataPoker Main Event. Day 4 starts at noon tomorrow. Let's go!!! And now, 😴😴 pic.twitter.com/U560jrX5Vt
— Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) September 20, 2018New York Times best-selling author Konnikova decided to enter the poker world in 2017 with little to no knowledge of the game; an effort to discover how the poker skills she'd pick up could be transferred to live a more successful life away from the tables, which she'd then outline in her upcoming book, 'The Biggest Bluff'.
Incredibly, through hard work and perseverance, Konnikova's game progressed quicker than any of us could have predicted. At the 2018 PCA in January, she took down the $1,650 National event for $84,600 and a $30,000 Platinum Pass, her biggest score to date. Since then, she has continued to travel the poker circuit, even dabbling some High Rollers.
On a side note: Konnikova herself is now giving YOU the chance to win a $30,000 Platinum Pass of your own. Want to find out how? Click here for the details.
Read about the writer's journey: 'Konnikova seals the deal as the Biggest Bluff pays off'.Now she's looking to add a WPT title. This $3,500 buy-in event attracted 1,075 entrants, and created a prize pool of $3,441,075. All remaining 24 players are guaranteed $20,565 when they return today, but that amount pales in comparison to the $575,112 set aside for the eventual champ.
Konnikova will return 19th in chips with a stack of 725,000 and blinds resuming at 15K/25K with a 25K big blind ante. With 29 big blinds, Konnikova is certainly still in with a shot.
Dhaval Joshi Poker Card
Here's a look at the full chip counts overnight:
1. Liam He - 5,630,000
2. Oleg Shnaider - 5,020,000
3. Erkut Yilmaz - 3,065,000
4. Dhaval Joshi - 2,700,000
5. Anthony Maio - 2,550,000
6. Nick Pupillo - 2,535,000
7. Austin Wentling - 2,520,000
8. Michael Wang - 1,845,000
9. Aaron Kweskin - 1,750,000
10. Ali Imsirovic - 1,695,000
11. Greg Himmelbrand - 1,520,000
12. John Lakatosh - 1,425,000
13. Chris Grove - 1,400,000
14. Millard Hale - 1,365,000
15. T.K. Miles - 1,285,000
16. Ricky Lee - 1,270,000
17. Ryan Jones - 1,195,000
18. Ben Diebold - 1,120,000
19. Maria Konnikova - 725,000
20. Trevor Savage - 610,000
21. John Cosgrove - 430,000
22. Frank Stepuchin - 425,000
23. Joseph Liberta - 405,000
24. Noeung Troeung - 395,000
Dhaval Joshi Poker Video
We'll be keeping a close eye on Konnikova's progress, so stay tuned to PokerStars Blog --and head to her Twitter-- to stay in the know.
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