Our Champions

Mai Xiong won the Turlock Poker Room 10th Anniversary Series Main Event, earning $37,800 as she defeated Drew Caseri heads-up in a central California battle. The two Merced residents squared off for some 30 hands before Xiong took down the title. Xiong made it through the 126-player field for the win, and had quite the return on her investment, as she won her way into the Main Event via a $125 satellite.

Todd Machado turned four final tables -- including one win -- into the Turlock Poker Room 10th Anniversary Series Champion Title. For his combined finishes, Machado is going to have a banner with his photo displayed inside the poker room as the Series Champion, he walks away -- As Xiong did -- with a trophy, and he earns one free entry into every TPR tournament from Nov. 1, 2014 - Oct. 31, 2015, an estimated $14,000 value.

Xiong Wins Main Event

Mai Xiong 3-bets out on an A55K board to put Drew Caseri all-in, and Caseri makes the call.

Caseri shows A4 for two pair.
Xiong shows A7 for two pair as well.

The river 7, however, gives Xiong a bigger two pair and the Turlock Poker Room 10th Anniversary Main Event title, the trophy and $37,800 for the win.

Xiong started the day 8th out of the 26 Day 2 players with 108,800 in chips. She methodically moved through the field, coming to the final table with a 357,000 stack. Once play was 3-handed she had Caseri and Sean Drake covered, and shortly thereafter was heads-up for the title.

Mai Xiong - 1st Place - $37,800

Drew Caseri - 2nd Place

On a board of A55K, Drew Caseri bets out to 85,000 and Mai Xiong bets to put Caseri all in.

He calls off his stack and tables A4 for two pair, Xiong shows A7 for two pair and also and looks like a chopped pot.

The 7 on the river, however, gives Xiong a bigger two pair, and Caseri is eliminated in 2nd place

Drew Caseri - 2nd Place, $22,680

Roller Coaster Heads Up

The stacks are about the same now, Mai Xiong chipping Drew Caseri down a bit, Drew taking a big pot from Maxi, then being chipped back down
Mai has about 2.1 million at this point, Drew about 400,000

Heads Up-dates

Listen live to the heads-up match at bit.ly/mobilehr

Merced v. Merced for the Title

With the elimination of Sean Drake, we have moved to heads-up time here between Merced residents Mai Xiong (1,983,000 chips) and Drew Caseri (543,000)

First place is $37,800 and the runner-up today earns $22,680

Mai Xiong

Drew Caseri

Sean Drake - 3rd Place

Sean Drake has moved all in and Mai Xiong is seriously considering making the call, stacking up chips, counting them out, shuffling more than 100,000-worth in her hands and asking ...
"Do you want me to call," and Drake does not reply. The bet is for 391,000.
"I guess I am going to gamble with you," she says and she turns over 6♠6♦, finding herself facing the A♦5♦ of Drake.
The flop of Q♥Q♦2♦ gives Drake a flush draw.
The 4♠ adds a wheel draw.

The 2♠ on the river ends it and Drake is eliminated in 3rd place, while Xiong moves to close to 2 million in chips.
Drake -- 3rd in the 2014 WSOP Monster Stack for $619,000 - cashes here today for $15,120.

Sean Drake - 3rd Place - $15,120

Scotty Nguyen - 4th Place

Just as Live Updates team member Lucky Sheets says Scotty Nguyen has reached all in time, Nguyen moves all in, and gets snap-called by Sean Drake in the Big Blind.
Nguyen tables J♠8♠ and has two overcards to the 77 of Drake
The board runs out A2552 and Drake moves to nearly 1 million chips, while Nguyen is eliminated in 4th place, earning $11,151

Scotty Nguyen - 4th Place - $11,151

Hugo Sanchez - 5th Place

The flop is 4♠4♥6♦ and the action is just starting.
Hugo Sanchez reraises Sean Drake, making it 90,000.
Drake shoves for close to 300,000 and Sanchez calls his stack off, tabling A♣6♣ for top two pair with an Ace kicker.
Drake, however, is holding Q♦Q♠ for the overpair.
There's a 2♥ on the turn and the river Q♥ gives Drake a boat, sending Sanchez out in 5th place for $8,379.

Hugo Sanchez - 5th Place - $8,379

Paul Da Silva - 6th Place

Paul Da Silva became a short stack after running in to Sean Drake's AA right before dinner break, and he moves all in here a few hands after break with KJ, called by the KQ of chipleader Mai Xiong.
The board played out T♣A♦4♥3♥6♠ and Da Silva is out in 6th place, cashing for $6,930.

Paul Da Silva - 6ht Place - $6,930

Dinner Break Chipcounts

Here are official chipcounts as dinner break ends for the 6 remaining players in #tpr10year Main Event

Mai Xiong -- 602,000
Sean Drake -- 550,000
Hugo Sanchez -- 502,000
Drew Caseri -- 356,000
Scotty Nguyen -- 350,000
Paul Da Silva -- 155,000

Brandi Boehme - 7th Place

A short-stacked Brandi Boehme has moved all-in a few times this level and did not draw a call. She gets a bit healthier for a few hands, but then the 23,000-chips-per-orbit knocks her back down.
She moves all in this time and gets a call from Scotty Nguyen.
a WOW goes up as the flop is 9-2-5 for a set for Boehme.
The 3 on the turn has everyone on the rail starting to step back, but there is a J on the river, set over set and Boehme is eliminated in 7th place, cashing for $5,670.

Massive Pot to Drake

We pick up the action on a flop of 5♠2♥3♣ and both Sean Drake and Paul Da Silva going at it.
Drake eventually is all in and Da Silva works and works but can't convince himself Drake has a hand and calls with KJ.
Drake has A♥A♠ and is in shape to double up.
The board runs out 3♠3♥ and Drake gets 184,000 of Da Silva's chips over into his stack, moving him back to almost what he started the final table with.

Steve Silva - 8th Place

Steve Silva moves all in after Sean Drake leads out for 17,000 with blinds at 400/8000. Drake asks for a count and learns Silva has 96,000, slightly less than half of Drake's stack.
Drake makes the call and tables JQ and Silva let out a small groan as he showes33 and chuckles.
The flop is 9♦J♦2♦ giving both players a flush draw, but Drake's Q is bigger than Silva's 3 so Silva needs a LOT of help.
An Ace on the turn does not help and the river iss a blank. Silva is eliminated in 8th place, cashing for $4,410.

Steve Silva - 8th Place - $4,410

David Stubblefield - 9th Place

Sean Drake is all in and David Stubblefield has called, both players pretty close to 110,000 in chips.
Drake shows KK and Stubblefield groans as he turns over 33
The board blanks and Stubblefield is out in 9th place, as his stack is a few thousand shy of Drakes .. he collects $3,465

David Stubblefield - 9th Place - $3,465

9 to the Break

We are on a 10-minute break, staff coloring up the black 100 chips, Paul Da Silva's KK just doubled through the AK of Steve Silva in a 420,000 chip pot a few hands before break.
Mai Xiong and Hug Sanchez are both at or above 500,000 right now as your chipleaders.
Da Silva got his 400k stack back and Silva slipped back to about 140k

Raj Kapoor - 10th Place

Raj Kapoor raises to 16,700 and Mai Xiong makes the call
The flop is 6♠4♦T and Xiong moves all in, with Kapoor calling off his stack
Xiong shows A♦5♦ for top pair and Kapoor has K♦Q♦ for a flush draw ... but Xiong has a bigger flush draw as well
Kapoor leaves in 10th place, earning, $2,835

Raj Kapoor - 10th Place - $2,835

Your Main Event Final Table Chipcounts

Here are the chipcounts for the Final 10 players in the October 2014  #tpr10year Main Event

Seat	Name	Chipcount
1	Brandi Boehme	93,100
2	Steve Silva	380,000
3	Drew Caseri	159,000
4	Sean Drake	340,700
5	Raj Kapoor	217,100
6	Hugo Sanchez	140,000
7	Paul Da Silva	403,100
8	David Stubblefield	82,900
9	Scotty Nguyen	364,800
10	Mai Xiong	357,500

Roger Bailey - 11th Place

Talk about a cooler, the board is 6♥J♦2♣4♣J♥ and Mai Xiong bets out for 30,000.
Rober Bailey bumps it up to 70,000 and Xiong moves all-in.
Bailey snap-calls and tables K♥J♣ for trips.
Xiong, however, is one kicker better, showing A♦J♠
When Matt The Dealer counts the stacks down, Xiong does have Bailey covered and he is the final table bubble, earning $2,250.

Roger Bailey - 11th Place - $2,520

Tony Vasquez - 12th Place

Scotty (not the WSOP Champ) Nguyen limps from the 1 seat and Tony Vasquez moves all in from seat 4 for his last 35,600. Both Paul Da Silva and Nguyen make the call.
The flop is 4♣A♥9♥ and Da Silva drypot bets to 70,000, getting Nguyen to fold.
Vasquez turns over A♠J♠ and he is ahead of the A♣7♠ of Da Silva ... until the 7♥ comes on the turn, giving Da Silva two pair and drawing quite a few groans from those on the rail and at the table.
The river Q♦ means the end of the day for Vasquez in 12th place, earning him $2,520.

Tony Vasquez - 12th Place - $2,520

Adrian Espinoza - 13th Place

Sean Drake raises to 7,000 and Adrian Espinoza moves all-in, drawing a call from Drake
Drake tables J♠Q♦ and Espinoza shows Q♣9♣
The flop runs out T♠4♦8♣
The 9♦ comes on the turn and the river T♥ pairs the board, Drake's J kicker playing and Espinoza finishing as the first player in the money, 13th place, for $2,520.

Adrian Espinoza - 13th Place - $2,520

Zylstra Bubbles,

John Zylstra reraises Steve Silva, moving all-in for about 70,000 on a flop of 96J, and Silva calls
Silva shows top pair with JQ but Zylstra has two pair with J9.
The turn 8 gives Silva a gutshot and he gets there with the T on the river, sending Zylstra out in 14th as the money bubble.

Darrel Down

Sean @dababydrake Drake raises to 5,500 and Darrel @darreldier Dier calls to see a flop of 9♣Q♥Q♠
Drake leads out and Dier moves all in, with Drake making the call.
Dier shows KQ for trips and Drake has TT for two pair.
The turn is a T♠, giving Drake a full house and when the 6♥ hits the river, Dier is eliminated two from the money, putting us on the bubble and sending us to hand-for-hand play.

Darrel Dier and Sean Drake, from just before the bustout hand

2 From the Money

With the eliminations of Sargon Shiba (17) and Jeff Wakamiya (16) we are down to 15 players, just two away from the money. Shiba moved in with KK and ran in to the AJ of Roger Bailey as the flop came out 6JJ. We showed up to Wakamiya's table just as he was pushing his chair back.

Jacobs Doubles, Then Falls

Lisa Jacobs, a previous Team TPR Pro, doubled up earlier today when her 99 held against 88.
Now over at Table 3, David Stubblefield raises to 5,500, Steve Silva 3-bets to 16,000 and Jacobs 4-bets all-in for 46,200. Stubblefield gets out of the way and Silva calls
Silva shows A♠K♠ and Jacobs tables Q♦Q♠
Jacobs gets a Broadway draw on a flop of J♥A♦T♥, while Silva flops top-top.
The 8♠ turn and 7♥ river do not help, and Jacobs is eliminated in 18th, leaving us 4 players from the money.

Down to 18

Here are the final 18 players in #tpr10year Main Event

Table 3

1. Scotty Nguyen
2. John Zylstra
3. Steve Silva
4. Darrel Dier
5. Sean Drake
6. Lisa Jacobs
7. David Stubblefield
8. Adrian Espinoza
9. Paul Da Silva

Table 4
1. Mai Xiong
2. Raj Kapoor
3. Roger Bailey
4. Tony Vasquez
5. Hugo Sanchez
6. Drew Caseri
7. Jeff Wakamiya
8. Sargon Shiva
9. Brandi Boehme

One Break and Another Broke

We are on our first 10-minute break of the day, and we lost Connor Henderson on the last hand before break, so when we come back table 2 is being broken and we'll be at two 9-handed tables.
We'll have the new seat assignments in a few minutes when the players come back

Espinoza Getting Them Early

Adrian Espinoza has already knocked out two players this morning.

He took out Brandon Honig early on, then found himself in a 5-way pot a few hands later.
The flop came out 2♠A♥4♥

Evan Dahl opened for 13,000, both Espinoza and start-of-day chipleader Paul Da Silva called. The 7♦ turn brought an all-in from Dahl for 50,700 and Espinoza called, while Da Silva folded.

Dahl showed AJ and Espionza had AQ, the river didn't help and xx was out in 21st place, Espinoza moving up most likely to the chiplead and nearing 3a 00,000 stack.

Players Championship is Over, Machado Wins

The day's short stack, John Daport, was the first player out, in 26th place, followed by Leslie Hartman in 25th Place.
A few hands later, over at Table 2, Sean Drake raises to 4500, Roger Bailey moves all in and Warlito Merafuentes undershoves for his 15,000-ish stack, and Drake makes the call.
Drake shows 33
Bailey shows 88
Merafuentes shows A♣Q♣
The board runs out J♥6♠9♥K♦6♣ and Bailey almost triples up.

With that elimination, Merafuentes finishes second in the Series Championship race, securing the win for Todd Machado.
Machado earns, among other prizes, one full year of free tournament entries at Turlock Poker Room, an estimated $14,000 value.
We'll have more from Todd and on the Series Championship later today.

Cards Are in the Air

We are ready for Day 2 of the #tpr10year Man Event, 26 players remain with 13 cashing and $37,800 up top.
Steve Da Silva starts the day as chipleader with 233,900, followed closely by Hugo Sanchez, Brandi Boehme and Steve Silva all with more than 200,000 stacks.
The day starts with 2 minutes remianing in Level 14, blinds of 800/1600 with a 200 ante.
Follow here for all our Live Updates clear through to the final hand of the tournament.

Main Event Seat Assignments

Here are the seat assignments for Day 2 of the October 2014 #tpr10year Main Event

Table 2

Seat	Name	City	Chipcount
1	John Daport	Turlock, CA	11,100
2	Brandi Boehme	Turlock, CA	207,900
3	Sean Drake	Sacramento, CA	187,300
4	Roger Bailey	Modesto, CA	15,500
5	David Stubblefield	Fresno, CA	97,000
6	Leslie Hartman	Turlock, CA	43,100
7	Scotty Nguyen	Ripon, CA	92,800
8	Michael Sanfilippo	Merced, CA	93,700
9	Darrel Dier	Sacramento, CA	80,700

Table 3

Seat	Name	City	Chipcount
1	Warlito Merafuentes	Oakdale, CA	18,300
2	John Zylstra	Turlock, CA	141,300
3	Steve Silva	Turlock, CA	200,300
4	Evan Dahl	Truckee, CA	82,800
5	Jeremy Siemiller	Los Banos, CA	21,300
6	Lisa Jacobs	Turlock, CA	32,300
7	Brandon Honig	Sacramento, CA	78,100
8	Adrian Espinoza	Merced, CA	107,700
9	Paul Da Silva	Escalon, CA	233,900

Table 4

Seat	Name	City	Chipcount
1	Mai Xiong	Merced, CA	108,800
2	Raj Kapoor	Patterson, CA	116,400
3	Connor Henderson	Turlock, CA	70,900
4	Tony Basquez	Merced, CA	65,100
5	Hugo Sanchez	Merced, CA	219,900
6	Drew Caseri	Merced, CA	96,400
7	Jeff Wakamiya	Sacramento, CA	59,400
8	Sargon Shiba	Cupertino, CA	42,800

Chipcounts from Top to Bottom

Here are the 26 players advancing to Day 2 of the October 2014 #tpr10year Main Event. Play continues Sunday at 11 a.m. with 2:20 left in Level 14, blinds at 800/1600 with a 200 ante.

Seat assignments will be available Sunday morning.

Place	Name	City	Chipcount
1	Paul Da Silva	Escalon, CA	233,900
2	Hugo Sanchez	Merced, CA	219,900
3	Brandi Boehme	Turlock, CA	207,900
4	Steve Silva	Turlock, CA	200,300
5	Sean Drake	Sacramento, CA	187,300
6	John Zylstra	Turlock, CA	141,300
7	Raj Kapoor	Patterson, CA	116,400
8	Mai Xiong	Merced, CA	108,800
9	Adrian Espinoza	Merced, CA	107,700
10	David Stubblefield	Fresno, CA	97,000
11	Drew Caseri	Merced, CA	96,400
12	Michael Sanfilippo	Merced, CA	93,700
13	Scotty Nguyen	Ripon, CA	92,800
14	Evan Dahl	Truckee, CA	82,800
15	Darrel Dier	Sacramento, CA	80,700
16	Brandon Honig	Sacramento, CA	78,100
17	Connor Henderson	Turlock, CA	70,900
18	Tony Vasquez	Merced, CA	65,100
19	Jeff Wakamiya	Sacramento, CA	59,400
20	Leslie Hartman	Turlock, CA	43,100
21	Sargon Shiba	Cupertino, CA	42,800
22	Lisa Jacobs	Turlock, CA	32,300
23	Jeremy Siemiller	Losa Banos, CA	21,300
24	Warlito Merafuentes	Oakdale, CA	18,300
25	Roger Bailey	Modesto, CA	15,500
26	John Daport	Turlock, CA	11,100

13 More to Day 2

Here are the 13 players from Day 1B moving on to Day 2 of #tpr10year Main Event and their official chipcounts.
Play resumes at 11 a.m. Sunday for these players and the 13 who advanced Friday from Day 1A.

Place	Name	City	Chipcount
1	Hugo Sanchez	Merced, CA	219,900
2	Brandi Boehme	Turlock, CA	207,900
3	Raj Kapoor	Patterson, CA	116,400
4	Adrian Espinoza	Merced, CA	107,700
5	David Stubblefield	Fresno, CA	97,000
6	Michael Sanfilippo	Merced, CA	93,700
7	Evan Dahl	Truckee, CA	82,800
8	Darrel Dier	Sacramento, CA	80,700
9	Brandon Honig	Sacramento, CA	78,100
10	Jeff Wakamiya	Sacramento, CA	59,400
11	Sargon Shiba	Cupertino, CA	42,800
12	Lisa Jacobs	Turlock, CA	32,300
13	Jeremy Siemiller	Los Banos, CA	21,300

Bag 'em and Tag 'em

We have reached 13 players just 13 minutes before the end of Level 12.
Watch here for chipcounts from Day 1B and a full list of chipcounts from Days 1 A and B combined in just a few moments.
Seat assignments are being drawn Sunday morning.
Play resumes at 11 a.m. for the final 26 players, 13 are going to cash and there is $37,800 up top.

No More Joe

Joe Nguyen lost a big pot right before the end of level 10, slipping down to about 27,000 chips.

Ten minutes in to Level 11 he moved all-in holding AJ, is called by the player on his right holding 99. A Nine on the flop put Nguyen -- 2nd Place at the 2013 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star for more than $666,000 -- out in 16th place, leaving us three eliminations from the end of the night.

The Post-Dinner Break Food Coma Phenomenon

Each of the last two nights we've watched a larger-than-normal number of players bust out in a single level.
What level was that?
The one right after dinner break ... Level 9 ...  the Food Coma Level.
On Friday night, Day 1A of the Main Event, we came back from dinner with 32 players, and lost 9 in just 35 minutes.
Tonight, on Day 1B we came back with 27 players and lost 5 in Food Coma Level Number Nine.
Here's how the numbers break out. Combining the two nights, we lost 22 percent of the field in that one level.
Really? 22 percent??
There may be something to watching what you eat on dinner break, folks ...

So Much for Those Chipcounts

OK, so, we post updated chipcounts and a LOT of action takes place right after, including Brandi Boehme flopping a set of nines to bust a player, so ignore our last Live Update and go with this one on the break between levels 10 and 11.

Hugo Sanchez -- 183,000
Brandi Boehme -- 134,000
Brandon Honig -- 122,000
Jeremy Siemeller -- 65,000
Darrel Dier -- 64,000
Jeff Wakamiya -- 60,000
Sargon Shiba -- 46,000
Joe Nguyen -- 27,000

There are 18 players left as we get ready for Level 11. We play until the end of LEvel 12, or when 5 more players have been eliminated, whatever comes first. Day 1A on Friday ended with 2 minutes left in Level 11, when we hit 13 players.

Updated Chipcounts

Two players have distanced themselves from the rest of the field with 19 players remaining tonight in Day 1B of the #tpr10year Main Event.
Hugo Sanchez has been chipleader most of the day, hovering around 140,000 chips at this point.
Close behind now is Brandon Honig of Sacramento with 135,000. Honig's most recent big cash was a runner-up finish at the 2013 HPT Event 1 at Thunder Valley for $32,000.
Many in the field after this are hovering around the 60,000-chip count, including Joe Nguyen, Darrel Dier, Brandi Boehme and Jeff Wakamiya.

Brandon Honig

Hugo Sanchez

22 Remain After 9 Levels

There are 22 players in Day 1B the #tpr10year Main Event at the end of Level 9.
Among the players still in the field are Joe Nguyen, Darrel Dier, chipleader Hugo Sanchez, Sargon Shiba, Lisa Jacobs, Jeff Wakamiya and Brandi Boehme.

Main Event Prizepool

Here are the payouts for the October 2014 #tpr10year Anniversary Series 126-entry Main Event with a $126,000 total prizepool.

Place	Payout
1	$37,800
2	$22,680
3	$15,120
4	$11,151
5	$8,379
6	$6,930
7	$5,670
8	$4,410
9	$3,465
10	$2,835
11	$2,520
12	$2,520
13	$2,520

Dinner Break

The remaining 27 players have left for a 45-minute dinner break .. and we're heading off food food too.
We'll post the overall payout structure when we come back

Wakamiya KO's Chao

Four players -- including Jeff Wakamiya, Victor Paredes and Will Chao -- see a flop of A♦K♥4♠ and everyone checks. The J♦ turn gets a leadout bet of 2,800 from Chao, a fold, Paredes calls and Wakamiya reraises to 7,200. Chao hesitates, then calls and Paredes gets out of the way.

Chao checks the 6♥ on the river, and after asking for a count of Chao's chips (18,600), Wakamiya moves all-in for 19,000, barely having Chao covered.

"Wow," Chao exclaims as he thinks, rethinks, and thinks more about whether to cal off his stack. He eventually tosses his stack in and Wakamiya immediately says "Nuts," and shows QT for Broadway. "What did you have, a set," asks Wakamiya, "No, two pair," says Chao as he heads out.

Jeff Wakamiya, 2nd place, Card Player Cruises $200k guaranteed Sept 2014 Thunder Valley

How to Beat Overpairs

Two players end up all in and one calling to cover both on a flop of 338.
Dan Haywood, who has both players covered, table TT for an overpair and the player to his left shows JJ for a bigger overpair.
Brandi Boehme, however, shows how to handle overpairs in a BIG way, as she shows 33 for flopped quads, a triple up and elimination of the player with JJ.

124 For Main Event

Registration has closed for #tpr10year Main Event and the total field hit 124, with 64 entries Friday and 62 more today.
The full prize pool shall post here soon.

Recent Eliminations

Shayne Heine and Jisa Jacobs, both past TeamTPR Pro members, have both been eliminated during Level 6 of the #tpr10year Main Event.

Jacobs was all-in at Table 9 with AT, called by the other player's 77. She did flop a gutshot broadway draw when KQ hit the felt, but the board ran out 34 and she was sent to the rail.

Heine fell to 77 at Table 4 a few hands later, leaving him with just a single 25 chip, only one-half of an ante. he opted to toss the chip in and head to the parking lot rather than see the hand play out.

Hugo vs the Field

Hugo Sanchez, the first player today to more than 100,000 in chips, is 40,000 clear of anyone else in Day 1B of the Main Event, creating a Hugo v. the Field scenario here with 30 minutes left in Level 6. Everyone is chasing yesterday's Day 1A chipleader Paul Da Silva of Escalon, who bagged 233,900.

Massive 3-way Pot Creates a Chipleader

We picked up the action on a flop of 4♠K♦3♦ and a whole lot of betting going on. -- Hugo Sanchez had raised preflop to 1,100 and drew calls from Eric Estoque and George Odhiambo, we learned later on
Sanchez led out for 2,200 and drew a call from Estoque, then Odhiambo 3-bet to 6,200. Sanchez calls and Estoque moves all-in for his last 4,550, creating a 36,050 pot.
Odhiambo asks floor if he can raise, and floor correctly rules Estoque's shove was for more than a full bet, and Odhiambo adds an extra 10,000 with his 5-bet. Sanchez quickly calls.
The turn 9♦ draws a bet of 10,000 from Odhiambo and Sanchez snap-shoves for an additional 12,500 more, sending Odhiambo into the tank.
"Oh my, oh my ... wow 12?" he says, "What do you got, man?" as he counts out the 12,500 and sees he still has about 22,000 behind.
"He has two cards, and I have two cards," says Estoque, sweating his all-in play. "What do you have, man?"
Odhiambo tosses out the bet to call and Sanchez quickly shows A♦J♦ for the nut flush and Estoque shows he had it in best --on the flop, that is -- with 44 for middle set. Odhiambo shows K♠9♠ for top two pair and calling for the board to pair his K or 9 to survive -- pairing the 4 would give Estoque quads.
The river 2♣ gave Sanchez the massive 101,050 pot, left Odhiambo with a few more chips than starting stack and sent Estoque (2nd place in last May's WPT Deepstack Main Event here) to the rail.

Who Joins These 13 on Sunday?

Play in today's Day 1B #tpr10year Main Event goes until then end of Level 12, or when we are down to 20 percent of the starting field. Registration is open through the next two levels, and a 10-minute break -- so the full field numbers shall be available shortly after 4:30 p.m.

Here are the 13 players moving on to Day 2 of the Main Event and their official chipcounts. Players completed the night with 2:20 left in Level 14, blinds at 800/1600 with a 200 ante.

Play resumes at 11 a.m. Sunday for these players and those who advance today from Day 1B.

Place	Name	City	Chipcount
1	Paul Da Silva	Escalon, CA	233,900
2	Steve Silva	Turlock, CA	200,300
3	Sean Drake	Sacramento, CA	187,300
4	John Zylstra	Turlock, CA	141,300
5	Mai Xiong	Merced, CA	108,800
6	Drew Caseri	Merced, CA	96,400
7	Scotty Nguyen	Ripon, CA	92,800
8	Connor Henderson	Turlock, CA	70,900
9	Tony Vasquez	Merced, CA	65,100
10	Leslie Hartman	Turlock, CA	43,100
11	Warlito Merafuentes	Oakdale, CA	18,300
12	Roger Bailey	Modesto, CA	15,500
13	John Dapont	Turlock, CA	11,100

Former Series Champion Eliminated

Ken Myers flopped top pair and a gutshot wheel draw with his A3 on an A45 board, managed to get all his chips in the middle on the flop as he was called by the 22 of the other player who was holding 4th pair and also a gutshot draw.

The river 3 gave Myers two pair .. but that hit the other player's gutshot and the 2009 Series Champion hit the rail.

Players are now on a 10-minute break as we have reached the end of Level 4. There are two more 50-minute levels and one more 10-minute break before late registration and the re-entry period ends.

Ken Myers

Nguyen a Late Arrival

Joe Nguyen, winner of 2013 HPT Fresno and runner up in the 2013 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, has just arrived at the #tpr10year Main Event

Faces in the Crowd: Day 1B Main Event Part II

Jeff Wakamiya, 2nd place, Card Player Cruises $200k Thunder Valley

Ryan Smith

Lisa Jacobs

Ken Myers, 2009 Series Champion

Tracey Myers, 2008 Series Champion (and Ken's daughter)

AA Mean Rail for Heine

"That's the first time I've had Aces in three days," said Shayne Heine as he moved away from his table.

Heine was in against the pocket Jacks of another player, only to see a four-card flush run out, busting Heine and sending him to the cashier's cage to fire another bullet in the $1,100 Main Event.

Kings Don't Hold For Hinchcliffe

On the last hand before break, Chris Hinchcliffe moves all-in on a flop of J♠7♠8♥, draws two callers, then Rick Patterson Sr. also moves all-in for slightly more than Hinchcliffe and the other two players call.

Patterson almost turns his cards over while standing up, and the floor reminds him there is still action pending from the other two players. Both players check the A♦ and Hinchcliffe almost gets the river card he calls for, the 4♦, as the 5♦ is peeled off by the dealer.

Hinchcliffe tables KK for the overpair, while the first caller show A♠5♠ for a busted flush draw and the next caller shows JT for flopped top pair.

Patterson, however, shows J♣8♣ for a flopped two pair and a scoop of the pot, moving him to about 36,000 chips and sending Hinchcliffe -- 3rd in the Series Championship points race -- to the rail.

Series Champion Title Could go Down to Wire

With his 9th place finish in today's Event 9 Turbo Mega Satellite, series points leader Todd Machado has an unbeatable lead .. or does he?

Warlito Merafuentes has already bagged 18,300 chips for Sunday's Day 2 .. and he is second overall with 160 points, so Merafuentes can win the Series Championship by winning outright the Main Event.

Chris Hinchcliffe -- in today's Day 1B field -- also has to win the Main Event to overtake Machado and win the Series Championship. Hinchcliffe, however just busted the Main Event so he does have until the start of Level 7 today to buy back in and make a run at the Main Event title and the Series Championship.

Manny Covarrubias -- the WPT Deepstacks Series Champion -- is 4th overall in the standings and he also can win the Series Championship by winning outright the Main Event. He has not -- yet -- registered for Day 1B.

Machado also has until the start of Level 7 today -- about 4:30 p.m. -- to come down and late register for the Main Event and battle to gain enough leaderboard points to hold off Merafuentes, Hinchcliffe and Covarrubias. A final table finish for Machado would lock up the Series Championship title no matter if one of the other three players wins the Main Event.

The prize package -- including one FREE entry into every Turlock Poker Room tournament for a full YEAR -- is valued at more than $14,000, so follow along with our Live Updates today and cyber-rail the points battle.

Faces in the Crowd: Main Event Day 1B

Darrel Dier - WPT Deepstacks

Will Chao - 5th Place, 2013 HPT Fresno

Victor Paredes - 2nd place 2013 WSOP Circuit Lake Tahoe

Chris Hinchcliffe - 3rd place 2004 WPT Party Poker $441,000

Eric Estoque - 2nd place 2013 WPT Deepstacks Turlock $22,000

Jim Atwood - 2nd Place Deepstack III Las Vegas Seniors, $30,000

Shayne Heine - 6th Place, 2013 WPT Deepstack Turlock

Prize Pool Tops $100k, Late Registration Open

The prize pool for Event 10 of #tpr10year, the Main Event, has topped $100,000, and registration is open until the start of Level 7, about 4:30 p.m. today.

More than 50 players are in so far with more than 4 hours left for late registration and re-entries.

49 in as We Move Through Level 1

Among the 49 players already in for Day 1B are Darrel Dier from WPT Deepstacks, Will Chao, Chris Hinchcliffe of TeamTVPoker, Lisa Jacos, Victor Paredes, Eric Estoque, Jim Atwood and Shayne Heine.

Blinds start out at 25/50 for the first 50 minutes, moving to 50/100 here in 18 minutes.

Day 1B is Live

Cards are now in the air for Day 1B of #tpr10year Main Event, 44 players seated for the $1,100 Event 10 here at Turlock Poker Room.
Players start with 20,000 chips and play 50-minute levels.
There is a 10-minute break after each two levels, with a 45-minute dinner break after Level 8. Twenty percent of the field advance to Day 2 at 11 a.m. Sunday ... or when we complete Level 12 today, whatever comes first.
Friday's Day 1A advanced 13 players to Sunday's Day 2.

91 Satellite in to Main Event

With 3 more seats given away in today's 9 a.m. Event 9 Turbo Mega Satellite, players have won a total of 91 seats into the #tpr10year Anniversary Series Main Event.

There were 34 entries for this morning's $125 satellite, paying 3 seats into the Main Event and a cash payout for fourth place.

Blinds in this turbo mega satellite are now at 500/1000 with a 100 ante and go up every 10 minutes.
Stay tuned for our Main Event coverage starting at 11 a.m. with cards in the air.

Last Chance Mega Satellite Time

Here is one final time to qualify for the #tpr10year Main Event as a $125 Turbo Mega Satellite kicks off at 9 a.m. featuring 10,000-chip starting stacks and 10-minute levels.

Late registration and re-entries for this Event 9 of the Anniversary Series is open for six levels.

Day 1B of the Main Event gets underway at 11 a.m.

They're Moving on to Day 2

Here are the 13 players moving on to Day 2 of #tpr10year Main Event and their official chipcounts. Players completed the night with 2:20 left in Level 14, blinds at 800/1600 with a 200 ante.

Play resumes at 11 a.m. Sunday for these players and those who advance Saturday from Day 1B.

Place	Name	City	Chipcount
1	Paul Da Silva	Escalon, CA	233,900
2	Steve Silva	Turlock, CA	200,300
3	Sean Drake	Sacramento, CA	187,300
4	John Zylstra	Turlock, CA	141,300
5	Mai Xiong	Merced, CA	108,800
6	Drew Caseri	Merced, CA	96,400
7	Scotty Nguyen	Ripon, CA	92,800
8	Connor Henderson	Turlock, CA	70,900
9	Tony Vasquez	Merced, CA	65,100
10	Leslie Hartman	Turlock, CA	43,100
11	Warlito Merafuentes	Oakdale, CA	18,300
12	Roger Bailey	Modesto, CA	15,500
13	John Dapont	Turlock, CA	11,100

Double Elimination Puts us on Bubble

With one short stack already all-in, Paul Da Silva put a second player all-in on a 8Q♣4♣3x board. He got the call, tabling 33 for a set, while the other player had 9♣T♣ for a flush draw.
The river was a blank, Da Silva had a double-knockout and we are now one player away from the end of the night. Da Silaa, with the 2x-KO, moves to more than 200,000 in chips.

Big Pot to Chipleader

Steve Silva 3-bet to 15,200 and Fred Coleman hesitated before moving all-in for an additional 37,200. The chipleader went into the tank, wondering aloud to Coleman, "So, you have a good hand?"

Not getting any response at all, Silva paused almost another minute before tossing the chips in the middle for a call.

Coleman flipped over A♣K♦ and Silva tabled QQ and they were off to the races for a 80k-plus pot.

A Queen in the window almost closed things out, but there was a Ten also, giving Coleman a Broadway draw. The turn brought a 3, and when the A♥ landed on the river, Coleman had top pair, but Silva's set made him the first player to crack the 200,000-chip mark.

Brandon Wong was eliminated shortly before Coleman, and we are at 16 players, 3 away from bagging chips tonight .. or the end of Level 12, another 65 minutes from now.

And the Breaks Go On

Steve Silva

Players are on a 10-minute break, and the remaining players all hit the breaks about 40 minutes ago.
Why?
Floor announced we were down to two tables, 20 total players, and we'd play down to 13 players or the end of Level 12, whatever came first.
What had become a mass exodus with 12 players (35 percent of the total remaining field) busting out in barely more than one 50-minute level turned into a long slow grind as not one of the 20 players busted in the next 40 minutes.
Among those still in as we prepare for Level 11 -- blinds of 800/1600 with 200 antes -- are WSOP bracelet winners Brandon Wong and Sean Drake, along with Warlito Merafuentes, Connor Henderson and Fred Coleman ... plus overall chipleader Steve Silva of Turlock at about 162,000

Are We Going to Make Level 12?

There were 32 players in the running on Day 1A #tpr10year Main Event when we went on dinner break at the end of Level 8. The general thought was play would run until the end of Level 12, rather than once 20 percent of the field remained (13 players).

Can't say we anticipated 9 players busting out in the next 35 minutes, leaving just 23 as we now move to the start of Level 10, with blinds of 600/1200 and a 100 ante.

So ... tell us in the comments section .. do you think we get to 13 players before we reach the end of Level 12 tonight?

We're Baaaaaack

Players are back from dinner break and we've lost two in the first few minutes, so we are down to three tables and 30 players as we go into Level 9 of the night.
Play is scheduled to go until the end of Level 12, or when the field is down to 13 players, whatever comes first.

Dinner Break

The 32 remaining Day 1A #tpr10year Main Event players are off for a 45-minute dinner break ... and so is the Live Update crew. We'll be back after break with updated chipcounts and more.

Chipped Up Early, Railed Late

Ed 'NotTheAuthor' Miller fired strong out of the gate in today's #tpe10year Main Event, up to a near triple-up in just two Level 1 hands to about 58,000 in chips. The next few hours, however, were mostly a downward spiral for the January 2014 HPT Thunder Valley Runner-up, and he is out as Level 8 begins.

With just 4,800 in chips remaining, Miller moved all in with A5, called by a player with QT. Miller's hopes raised when there was an Ace in the window, but as the dealer spread KJ right after, those hopes went down (to) Broadway.

Ed Miller

Don't Forget the Turbo Satellite

There's still one more chance to satellite your way in to #tpr10year Main Event, with Event 9, the Turbo Mega Satellite kicking off at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Players start with 10,000 chips and play 10-minute levels in a turbo-format to qualify for a seat into that day's Day 1B of the Main Event. Late registration and re-entries are open through the first six 10-minute levels for this event.

Cards for Day 1B go in the air at 11 a.m.

Chipleader Relaxes, and Other Chipcounts

Current chipleader after 6 levels in #tpr10year, Kelly Canelo, looks nice and relaxed with a 91,000-chip stack this afternoon. Players are just starting up Level 7, blinds of 300/600 with a 75 ante. 

The registration period has closed and there are 64 entries for Day 1A. 

Here are some of the other chipleaders after Level 6 and counts for other players in the field.

Sean Drake - 67,000

Fred Coleman - 62,000

Connor Henderson - 40,000

Other stacks include:

Dana Muse - 38,000

Shayne Heine - 32,000

Jeff Lennon - 22,000

Ed Miller - 17,000

Kathy Stahl - 16,000

Jim Atwood - 13,500

63 in, and a Few Out

With 63 entries, the field size for Day 1A #tpr10year Main Event, and a few players have already been eliminated.

Among those out are Brandon @IBWONG Wong, Thomas Tran, Greg @zarrdogg White and Todd Machado. Sean @dababydrake Drake bought back in after running in to a straight flush earlier in the day, and Wong is back in for a second bullet also.

Updated Chipounts after 2nd Break

Here are some (un)official chipcounts in Level 5 of #tpr10year Main Event

Ed Miller -- 50,000
Shayne Heine -- 35,000
Dana Muse -- 33,500
Sean Drake -- 32,000
Todd Machado -- 30,000
Kathy Stahl -- 26,000
Greg White -- 26,000
Jeff Lennon -- 15,000
Jim Atwood -- 15,000
Brandon Wong -- 13,000
Thomas Tran -- 5,800

Player Profile: Brandon Wong

Joining the #tpr10year Main Event field during Level 3 is Brandon Wong, 2013 WSOP Event 50 winner. Wong -- with more than three quarters of a million in career earnings -- took down the $2,500 10-game mix for a $220,000 cash. The field he made it through included quite the list of names. 

Among those who cashed were Mike Wattel (10th) Greg Raymer (11th) Bruno Fitoussi (13th) Robert Williamson III (17th) Konstantin Puchkov (18th) Scotty Nguyen (22nd) Shawn Buchanan (25th) Kenna James (26th) Gavin Smith (28th) Marcel Luske (30th) Dan O'Brien (36th).

Wong was runner-up in the 2007 WSOP $3,000 Limit event for $135,000, finishing 2nd to Alex Borteh at a final table that also included Shawn Keller and David Pham and Vivek Rajkumar.  Wong also final tabled the 2008 and 2009 WSOP $1,500 Shootout events, finishing 4th in '08 ($69,000) and 6th in '09.($40,000)

Faces in the Crowd Part II: Main Event Day 1A

Brandon Wong, 1st Place, 2013 WSOP Event 50, $220,000

Sean Drake, 3rd place, 2014 WSOP Monster Stack, $619,000

Greg White, Team Blue Shark Optics, Team Grinder Gear, TeamHoldemRadio

Kathy Stahl

Dana Muse