That's A Wrap From the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series

Three full days of play ended with the final five players agreeing to an equity chop, as Josh Moua took home the top cash prize of $36,341 in the 2015 WPT DeepStacks Turlock Main Event.

The $1,100 buyin drew a Turlock-record 175 entries that spanned two Day-one entries and a full 10 hours of play on the final day on May 17. There were 68 entries on May 15 for Day 1A, followed up with 107 more entries on Day 1B. Turlock Poker Room ran satellites far in advance of the series, with 95 players winning seats into the Main Event.

Dana Muse was final table chipleader 6-handed when players came back from dinner break. Moua and Adrian Bolanos clashed in a huge hand that left Bolanos out in 6th. A few hands later, with Moua having about half of all chips in play, the players agreed to chop up the prize pool, then play it out for the WPT DeepStacks prize package including an entry into the WPT DeepStacks Championship event in Calgary, Alberta.

Moua and Muse ended up heads-up for the prize package, trophy and series championship points, with Moua, from Merced, earning the trip to Canada and the series championship trophy.

I was being patient all day, my pocket aces held up and I figured that was a pretty good sign,” said Moua about his chances to run deep on the final day. “I am thinking about going to World Series (of Poker) this year so this is a pretty good start.”

Among the players who came out for the main event were WSOP bracelet winner Tristan Wade from WPT DeepStacks, Brian Devonshire - 25th in last year’s WSOP Main Event, Joe Nguyen - runner-up in the 2013 WPT Bay101 Shooting Star and former HPT Fresno Champ along with last year’s WPT DeepStacks Turlock Main Event runner-up Eric Estoque, Turlock 10th Anniversary Main Event Champ Mia Xiong and Turlock 10th Anniversary Series Champ Todd Machado.

A big clash late on Day 1A between Ed Miller and Mark Johnson – where Miller flopped top-two and Johnson flopped an open-ended straight that got there on the turn – propelled Johnson to a huge chiplead that he carried well into Sunday’s Day 2 while Miller was eliminated two from the money. Johnson, however, ended up on the wrong end of a few different hands involving Miguel Lopez and finished the day in 9th place for $3,252. Lopez was just 2 big blinds shy of Aram Alexander for the chiplead as final table play began. Lopez was eventually eliminated in 7th place ($6,170), while Alexander took 4th place money ($21,068) in the equity chop.

Cheri Svensen won Event 2, the $100 Hold’em and then capped off her series with a second-place finish in Event 8, the $150 Turbo to win the Series Championship title, earning an entry into the Turlock Poker Room Memorial Day tournament along with a variety of WPT DeepStacks-related items.

“The only reason I came tonight was to try to win the series championship,” said Svensen, who added she looked at the points standings and wanted to take one last chance to win.

Main Event players were treated to a Players Party on Saturday night, with hors d’oeurves from 10 East in Turlock, and a drawing was held with one player winning a seat in the WPT DeepStacks $300,000 guarantee later this year at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.

The WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series drew a total of 648 entries for the 8 events. Side event winners included Floro Bayongan, who took the kickoff event, the $335 deepstack, for $10,196; Svensen in Event 2, the $100 Hold’em ($1,439); George Sandoval in Event 4, the $150 with $25 bounties ($979); Jimmy Alvarez in Event 5, the $125 Omaha 8OB ($1,762); Efrain Ayala in Event 6, the $225 with $50 bounties ($3,770) and Jose Esparza in Event 8, the $150 Turbo ($1,555).

-- By Dan Ross
HoldemRadio.com

Event 7 - $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event - Results

Here are the results for Event 7 - the $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event - in the @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series.

WPTDeepStacks Main Event Champ Josh Moua, with tournament directors Chris Spears and Adam Sanchez

5/15-17/15
$166,750 Prize Pool
175 Entries
Paying 19 Places
First Place also receives $3000 WPTDS Prize Package including entry in 2016 WPTDS Championships.
(Note: 5-way cash chop, played out for series points, places listed were final finish places and chop amounts)

Place	Name	City	Payout
1	Josh Moua	Merced, CA	$36,341
4	Francisco Loera	San Lorenzo, CA	$28,215
2	Dana Bader Muse	Fremont, CA	$23,037
3	Aram Alexander	Manteca, CA	$21,068
5	Robert Huff	Los Banos, CA	$15,052
6	Adrian Bolanos	Fresno, CA	$7,921
7	Miguel Lopez	Ceres, CA	$6,170
8	Jashti Kumar	San Ramon, CA	$4,586
9	Mark Johnson	Hilmar, CA	$3,252
10	Simon Salas	Modesto, CA	$2,585
11	Poloc Babamirza	Turlock, CA	$2,585
12	Maas Wells	Delhi, CA	$2,585
13	Roger Estrella	Modesto, CA	$2,167
14	Adrian Silvescu	Arlington, VA	$2,167
15	Tony Le	Modesto, CA	$2,167
16	George Sandoval	Patterson, CA	$1,917
17	Ira Berry	Turlock, CA	$1,917
18	James Atwood	Las Vegas, NV	$1,917
19	Jimmy Leonis	Oroville, CA	$1,100

  

Event 8 - $150 Turbo - Results

Here are the results for Event 8 - the $150 Turbo - in the @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series.

5/17/15
$4,320 Prize Pool
32 Entries
Paying 4 Places

Place	Name	City	Payout
1	Jose Esparza	Tracy, CA	$1,555
2	Cheri Svensen	Tracy, CA	$1,555
3	Steven McAllister	Copperopolis, CA	$734
4	Todd Machado	Merced, CA	$475

  

Event 8 - $150 Turbo - Payouts

Here are the payouts for Event 8 - the $150 Turbo - in the @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series.

5/17/15
$4,320 Prize Pool
32 Entries
Paying 4 Places

Place	Payout
1	$1,945
2	$1,166
3	$734
4	$475

  

LiveStream of Day 2

Follow along here the LiveStream of the Final Table WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event, via Twitch and the team at WPT DeepStacks.


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Series Winners, By Event

Here are the winners of each @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series event through Thursday. We still have tonight's Event 8 $150 Turbo .. and we're 22 away from crowning a Main Event Champ.

Floro Bayongan, Event 1, $335 DeepStack

Cheri Svensen, Event 3, $100 Hold'em

George Sandoval, Event 4, $150 w/$25 Bounties

Jimmy Alvarez, Event 5, Omaha 8OB

Efrain Ayala, Event 6, $225 w/$50 Bounties

Play Our Turbo Tonight

The 2015 WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series concludes tonight with Event 8, the $150 Turbo, featuring 150,000 starting stacks and 15-minute blinds. Come close out your weekend and the series with us, plus earn Series Championship points

Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event

We are all set for Day 2 of the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event, 42 players returning for a shot at the top prize of $51,693, to represent Turlock Poker Room in the WPT DeepStacks Championships and more.

Follow all of today's action at wptdslive.com, where you can find chipcounts for the players who advanced to Day 2, their seat assignments, and updates throughout the day.

For those of you looking for a tournament to play today, we have the wrapup event for the series, our $150 Turbo, 15,000 chips and 15-minute blinds kicking off at 6pm.

Day 2 Seat Assignments

Here are the seat assignments for Day 2 of the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
6	1	Minh Nguyen	69,500
	2	Joe Nguyen	123,800
	3	Quoc Dhong	100,500
	4	Justo Avalos	35,800
	5	open	open
	6	Tony Le	144,300
	7	Damion Underwood	65,100
	8	Prabhakar Thonduru	20,300
	9	Mark Johnson	281,700
Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
7	1	David Triggs	41,200
	2	open	open
	3	Frank Fernandez	85,300
	4	Ed Miller	121.200
	5	Ira Berry	130,700
	6	Dee Timmons	93,300
	7	Francisco Loera	163,400
	8	Thomas Riggs	41,000
	9	Roger Estrella	57,600
Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
8	1	Jim Leonis	106,600
	2	William Steadman	51,400
	3	Mina Invathong	69,500
	4	Frank Coelho	74,800
	5	Simon Salas	139,900
	6	Dana Muse	101,900
	7	Poloc Babamirza	210,000
	8	George Sandoval	153,000
	9	Josh Moua	48,200
Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
9	1	Shayne Heine	54,700
	2	Brian Devonshire	89,200
	3	Brandi Boehme	83,800
	4	Jim Atwood	87,600
	5	open	open
	6	Aram Alexander	167,200
	7	Adrian Silvescu	93,100
	8	Kapil Karki	158,300
	9	Adrian Bolanos	171,900
Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
10	1	Richard Gonzales	22,000
	2	Peter Pensa	167,400
	3	Kyle Steinfelt	25,300
	4	Sida FIlipinas	42,600
	5	Jashti Kumar	221,500
	6	Maas Wells	229,200
	7	Miguel Lopez	155,200
	8	Curtiss DeOliviera	31,200
	9	Robert Huff	101,000

Day 1B Chipcounts

Here are the XX players who advanced from Saturday's Day 1B of the WPT DeepStacks Main Event to Sunday's Day 2

Name	Chipcount
Maas Wells	229,200
Jashti Kumar	221,500
Poloc Babamirza	210,000
Peter Pensa	167,400
Aram Alexander	167,200
Kapil Karki	158,300
Tony Le	144,300
Simon Salas	139,900
Ira Berry	130,700
Joe Nguyen	123,800
Dana Muse	101,900
Dee Timmons	93,300
Adrian Silvescu	93,100
Brian Devonshire	89,200
Frank Fernandez	85,300
Brandi Boehme	83,800
Frank Coelho	74,800
Mina Invathong	69,500
Damion Underwood	65,100
Shayne Heine	54,700
Sida Filipinas	42,600
David Triggs	41,200
Tom Riggs	41,000
Justo Avalos	35,800
Kyle Steinfelt	25,300
Richard Gonzales	22,000
Prabhakar Thonduru	20,300

Day 2 by Chipcount

Here are the 42 players in Day 2 of the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event, by chipcount

Name	Chipcount
Mark Johnson	281,700
Maas Wells	229,200
Jashti Kumar	221,500
Poloc Babamirza	210,000
Adrian Bolanos	171,900
Peter Pensa	167,400
Aram Alexander	167,200
Francisco Loera	163,400
Kapil Karki	158,300
Miguel Lopez	155,200
George Sandoval	153,000
Tony Le	144,300
Simon Salas	139,900
Ira Berry	130,700
Joe Nguyen	123,800
Ed Miller	121,200
Jim Leonis	106,600
Dana Muse	101,900
Robert Huff	101,000
Quoc Dhong	100,500
Dee Timmons	93,300
Adrian Silvescu	93,100
Brian Devonshire	89,200
Jim Atwood	87,600
Frank Fernandez	85,300
Brandi Boehme	83,800
Frank Coelho	74,800
Minh Nguyen	69,500
Mina Invathong	69,500
Damion Underwood	65,100
Roger Estrella	57,600
Shayne Heine	54,700
William Steadman	51,400
Josh Moua	48,200
Sida Filipinas	42,600
David Triggs	41,200
Tom Riggs	41,000
Justo Avalos	35,800
Curtiss DeOliviera	31,200
Kyle Steinfelt	25,300
Richard Gonzales	22,000
Prabhakar Thonduru	20,300

Last Break Chipcounts

Here are updated chipcounts from some of the 36 remaining players as they go on their last 15-minute break of the night

Name	Chipcount
Poloc Babamirza	246,400
Simon Salas	158,600
Aram Alexander	137,800
Richard Gonzales	120,600
Brian Devonshire	111,800
Mina Invathong	109,500
Jashti Kumar	105,600
Joe Nguyen	78,900
Frank Coehlo	68,500
Tristan Wade	53,200
Roy Armstrong	52,200
Chris Gonzales	46,600
Prabhakar Thonduru	44,900
Brandi Boehme	40,600
Dana Muse	38,600
Justo Avalos	29,700
Dee Timmons	27,200
Shayne Heine	25,600
Lisa Jacobs	out
Todd Machado	out
Hugo Sanchez	out
Eric Estoque	out
James 'Rick' Colson	out
Rick Peterson	out
Jerry Utke	out
Victor Paredes	out
Mia Xiong	out
Ryan Smith	out
Brent Bixby	out
Thomas Tran	out

39 Remain, Playing Down to ...

15 minutes left until the next break, there are 39 players still in Day 1B of the WPT DeepStracks Turlock Series Main Event. We are playing down to 11:30 left in Level 14, where play ended last night with 15 players bag-n-tagging ...

Off to the Bike

Edward Kiryakous (right) with WPT DeepStacks CEO Chris Torina

Edward Kiryakous won his way tonight to the WPT DeepStacks $300,000 guaranteed Main Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles in a drawing during the Players Party for WPTDeepStacks Main Event players here in Turlock.

Tristan Wade is the winner of the Monster Sport headphones ... wait, he works for WPT DeepStacks, and he's donating them BACK for someone else to win....and the winner is ...

Hugo Sanchez scores the Monster Sport headphones.

Event 7 - $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event - Payouts

Here are the payouts for Event 7 - the $100,000 Guaraanteed Main Event - in the @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series.

5/15-17/15
$169,750 Prize Pool
175 Entries
Paying 18 Places
First Place also receives $3000 WPTDS Prize Package
including entry in 2016 WPTDS Championships.

Place	Payout
1	$51,693
2	$30,015
3	$19,176
4	$13,507
5	$10,423
6	$7,921
7	$6,170
8	$4,586
9	$3,252
10-12	$2,585
13-15	$2,167
16-18	$1,917

  

175 for the Main Event

Registration is now closed and the board shows a two-day total of 175 entries for the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event. The field size blew right through the $100k guarantee,as the total prize pool is coming in at just shy of $170,000.

Full payouts are going to post shortly.

Play has resumed with 60 remaining at Level 10, blinds of 500/1000 with 100 antes. We are playing down to 11:30 left in Level 14, the same place where play stopped last night.

Visions of Players Parties

Here are some photos from tonight's WPTDeepStacks Main Event Player Party

Jacob, Shayne and Jim bellying up to one of the tables

Players were fine being sent to The Rail for this night

Danna being a bit Deatherageous

The folks at 10 East Kitchen and Tap Room provided great hors d'ouerves

Mia Xiong, Dee Timmons

The WPT DeepStacks crew, including Ryan Lucchesi, Jeannine Deeb, Chris Torina, Tristan Wade (no, really, he's there, behind Devo's head), and Brian Devonshire

10th Anniversary Series Champion Todd Machado and our host for the night, Mario ALvarez

Dinner Break Chipcounts

Here are updated chipcounts for players who have headed off on an hour-long dinner break in Day 1B of the WPT DeepStacks Main Event

Name	Chipcount
Poloc Babanoza	141,000
Brian Devonshire	99,400
Aram Alexander	97,000
Mina Invathong	83,700
Chris Gonzales	72,700
Rick Colson	68,800
Richard Gonzales	56,300
Dee Timmons	52,700
Jashti Kumar	47,200
Shayne Heine	45,100
Jerry Utke	40,600
Dana Muse	39,700
Eric Estoque	36,800
Hugo Sanchez	31,100
Lisa Jacobs	30,100
Roy Armstrong	26,900
Prabhakar Thonduru	26,500
Todd Machado	26,300
Ryan Smith	21,100
Justo Avalos	17,300
Joe Nguyen	9,700
Brandi Boehme	out
Tristan Wade	out
Victor Paredes	out
Brent Bixby	out
Thomas Tran	out
Mia Xiong	out
Rick Peterson	out

Recent Eliminations

Among the players eliminated recently during Day 1B of the WPTDeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event are:
Brandi Boehme
Jerry Utke
Hugo Sanchez

Utke has been knocked out three times over the two days.
Sanchez has bought back in.

There is still almost 2 hours left in late registration

HeGone, SheNot

There was just all-in action on side-by-side tables and we managed to pick up most of what took place at both tables.

Hugo Chavez moved all in over a raise and two calls. The original raiser calls with A9 and sees Chavez, who is down to 10,700 chips, has A7, the boar runs out KKJ34 and Sanchez is eliminated.

At the other table we look over just in time to see and AQ being mucked from an all-in player and the AK of Dana Muse held, with the chips being swept her way. Muse, who was down to about 10,000 on first break, is now up to about 60,000

Hugo Squeezes, Doubles

Hugo Sanchez, 5th place in the 10th Anniversary Main Event last October, is in the big blind and he sees the cutoff raise to 1500, with flat calls from the button and small blind.

Sanchez has an additional 8700 behind if he calls, but he puts all the chips in the middle instead. He can almost double up without a call, but after more than a minute, he does get a call from the player in the small blind who says it is going to be a weak call.

Sanchez has A♠5♠ while the SB has Q♣T♥.

The board runs our 6-5-8-3-J and Sanchez moves up to 24,225

2nd Break Chipcounts

Here are chipcounts on some of the field in today's WPT Deepstacks Turlock Series Main Event as players head out on their second 15-minute break of the day. Players return in Level 7 to Allen Kessler-approved blinds of 250/500 with a 75 ante..

Name	Chipcount
Rick Colson	68,500
Victor Paredes	66,200
Aram Alexander	61,000
Brian Devonshire	43,800
Chris Gonzales	41,000
Jashti Kumar	39,900
Tristan Wade	38,775
Shayne Heine	34,200
Ryan Smith	34,000
Eric Estoque	30,450
Dee Timmons	29,500
Todd Machado	28,200
Richard Gonzales	26,375
Roy Armstrong	25,075
Rick Peterson	24,700
Prabhakar Thonduru	23,625
Lisa Jacobs	19,200
Mina Invathong	19,175
Dana Muse	17,850
Brandi Boehme	12,450
Hugo Sanchez	10,300
Joe Nguyen	6,475
Jerry Utke	out
Brent Bixby	out
Thomas Tran	out
Mia Xiong	out

Run It Up

We've just entered Level 6 today, blinds of 200/400 with a 50 ante.
The board shows 90 entries so far today, with 74 remaining and about 4 hours left in late registration.

Remember to Party With Us Tonight

Join us this tonight inside our new bar, The Rail, for food, drinks, a chance to win a @WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat, @MonsterProducts DNA Headphones and more at the Player Party for our $100,0000 Guaranteed Main Event.

The Player Party - starting at 730pm Saturday - is open to everyone who is entered in our $1100 Main Event. Come out and enjoy the following ...

-- A chance to win an entry into the $300,000 Guaranteed WPTDeepStacks Main Event at The Bike in Los Angeles, courtesy of WPT DeepStacks
-- A chance to win a set of Monster DNA Headphones, courtesy of WPT DeepStacks.
-- Free Hors d'oeurves from 10 East Kitchen and Tap House in Turlock
-- A Free VIP Bag with a variety of specialty items courtesyt of Turlock Poker Room

See The Shock Top Beer Girls on site handing out some special items as well.

Jashti Gets Roughed Up

Jashti Kumar sees a player move all-in in front of him for about 12,000 chips, and to his great surprise, Kumar looks down and sees he is holding AA. That was a snap-call, for sure, but seeing an 8 on the flop didn't make for a good outcome for the Thunder Valley Poker Room regular.

He did chip back up throughout the first three levels, however, and is back up to 36,750 as we get underway in Level 4, blinds of 100/200 and a 25 ante. The board shows 86 entries today, 154 total for the two days and 5 hours left in late registration.

First Break Chipcounts

Here are chipcounts on some of the field in today's WPT Deepstacks Turlock Series Main Event.

Name	Chipcount
Roy Armstrong	43,825
Rick Colson	39,000
Victor Paredes	38,000
Jashti Kumar	36,750
Rick Peterson	36,000
Richard Gonzales	33,975
Prabhakar Thonduru	30,325
Mia Xiong	30,250
Chris Gonzales	29,350
Todd Machado	28,275
Dee Timmons	27,700
Joe Nguyen	25,000
Eric Estoque	25,000
Lisa Jacobs	24,275
Hugo Sanchez	24,200
Brian Devonshire	22,400
Brandi Boehme	21,475
Tristan Wade	21,250
Shayne Heine	17,650
Thomas Tran	15,475
Dana Muse	13,725

We've Hit 150

82 entries so far today, along with the 68 from Day 1A and we've hit 150 total in the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event, crushing the $100,000 guarantee and there's still SIX hours for late registration.

Richard Gonzales, Jerry Utke and Floro Bayongan have already been eliminated - Gonzales has re-entered and Utke is debating it.

Among the late arrivals are Dana Muse and Thomas Tran

Tough Table Draws

Here are some of the table draws as we approach Level 3 of the WPT Deepstacks Turlock Series Main Event.

Table
1. Tristan Wade, Brian Devonshire, Todd Machado, Jerry Utke
4. Brandi Boehme, Roy Armstrong, Chris Gonzales
6. Prabhakar Thonduru, Dana Muse, Mia Xiong, Lisa Jacobs
7. Rick Peterson, Rick Colson
8. Victor Paredes, Hugo SAnchez, Brent Bixby
10. Shayne Heine, Jashti Kumar

Turlock Spotlight: Day 1B

Here are some of the faces in the crowd at Day1B of the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event.

Tristan Wade of WPT DeepStacks and Brian Devonshire, 25th in 2014 WSOP Main Event

Chris Spears, WPTDeepStacks TD for this event

Victor Paredes

Hugo Sanchez

Brent Bixby

Dee Timmons

Ryan Smith

Prabhakar Thonduru

Lisa Jacobs

Mia Xiong

Rick Peterson

James 'Rick' Colson

Shayne Heine

Jashti Kumar

Brandi Boehme

Roy Armstrong

Floro Bayongan

Tristan and Devo again, we liked the photo so much we ran it twice

Jerry Utke

Todd Machado

8 Tables and Growing

Day 1B is off and running, there are 8 tables going and staff is prepped to open more up if needed. The board shows 65 entries at this point, just 3 shy of the overall entry number for all of Day 1A

Welcome to Day 1B of the Main Event

We kick off in 30 minutes with Day 1B of the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Series Main Event, our $1100 buyin with a $100,000 guarantee that the players absolutely destroyed.

Players start with 25,000 chips, playing 40-minute levels, with late registration open through the end of dinner break, about 8:30pm tonight. Play is scheduled to run no later than the end of Level 15, about 12:30 am. Qualifying players return at 1pm Sunday for Day 2.

There were 15 players who advanced last night from Day 1A into Sunday's Day 2, here are their names and chipcounts.

Day 1A Final Chipcounts

Here are the chipcounts for the 15 players who advanced from Day 1A in the WPT DeepStacks Turlock Main Event on to Sunday's Day 2.
We reached the hard stop of 15 players when Jerry Utke turned a straight, only to see Ed Miller catch a boat on the river.

Name	Chipcount
Mark Johnson	281,700
Adrian Bolanos	171,900
Francisco Loera	163,400
Miguel Lopez	155,200
George Sandoval	153,000
Ed Miller	121,200
Jim Leonis	106,600
Robert Huff	101,000
Quoc Dhong	100,500
Jim Atwood	87,600
Minh Nguyen	69,500
Roger Estrella	57,600
William Steadman	51,400
Josh Moua	48,200
Curtiss DeOliviera	31,200

We're Don, um, Nevermind

That's a wrap for Day 1A as we, um, uh, hold on there.

William Steadman moves all in for his last 18,900 and Jerry Utke goes over the top for his last 52,500. Frank The Bank becomes Frank The Tank as he hesitates, chirps and mucks, declaring it was a bad fold. "Watch, there will be an ace on the flop."

Steadman shows KK and Utke 33.

No Ace, but the 3♥Q♦T♦ flop smacks Utke, giving him a set. The J♣ gives Steadman a few outs, and he gets there when the card DaBank called for gets there as the A♦ pops up, filling out Broadway for Steadman .. and we continue one player away from calling it a night.

Utke slips to fewer than 35,000 chips. He won multiple satellite seats, however, so watch for him to be all in a few more times before we call it a night.

Miller Gets Some Back

Ed Miller leads out from UTG+1 for 4500, called by both Jerry Utke and Mark Johnson. The flop comes out T♣9♠6♠ and Miller checks. Utke makes it 11,000 and both players call.

The J♥ hits on the turn and Miller snap-shoves his last 44,600 into the middle. Utke asks for a count, looks over at Johnson, mumbles to himself and after about 90 seconds he tosses his cards into the muck.

Johnson takes about 50 seconds, asks again for the count, and is talking out loud whether to make the call or not. "I'm not gonna risk it," he says and tosses his cards into the muck, putting Utke on tilt.

"Are you kidding me," he exclaims. "I had QQ," he says as he leans over the table and looks over at Miller. "I would have called you if (Johnson) was not behind me."

Miller moves back up to 81,000

Miller Meltdown

60,000 chips clear of the field at the start of Level 13, Ed Miller has been on the wrong end of three big pots in the last 25 minutes, the latest taking a huge portion of his stack.

Miller flopped top two pair with KJ on a K8J board, but Mark Johnson was open-ended with 9T. Miller knew he was in trouble, said "here goes the meltdown," and moved all in on the turn when the 7 peeled off.
Johnson made the call and Miller asked "You have the straight?"
Sure enough, the 7 gave Johnson the straight, leaving Miller drawing to 4 outs.
The river was a T and Johnson moved up to more than 200,000 in chips, leaving Miller now with 58,000

Atwood Doubles

Jim Atwood moves all in for his last 32,200 chips and Roger Estrella moves in over the top for 59,900. Everyone gets out of the way until Jerry Utke in the Big Blind, who asks for a count, hesitates, and then mucks.

Atwood shows 99 and Estrella shows A♥K♦

The board runs out Q♥2♥5♠6♠Q♠ and Estrella moves 32,200 in chips over to Atwood, leaving Estrella with 13BB.

Updated Chipcounts

Here are (un)official chipcounts from across the room, all 19 players remaining, as we enter Level 13 in Day1A of the Main Event.

Name	Chipcount
Ed Miller	254,500
Adrian Bolanos	195,000
Mingh Nguyen	166,000
Frank The Bank	138,000
Quoc Dong	114,900
Jim L	110,200
Jerry Utke	106,400
Mark Johnson	106,200
Robert Huff	93,000
Mia Xiong	75,500
Miguel Garcia	75,400
Roger Estrella	59,200
Curtis D	53,300
Brent Bixby	45,500
Josh Moua	40,800
Jim Atwood	33,700
Bill L	31,200
Adan Barajas	21,300
George Sandoval	20,500

Estoque is Out, um, In, um ...

I know, a lot of Eric Estoque updates lately, but he's right in front of the Live Updates booth and he's been all in a LOT lately ... so, here we go again

All in for his final 14,800, Estoque is called by Vincent Filipinas, who turns over QQ and gets Estoque to stand up, trn over his AJ and slip in his backpack to make his exit.

The flop, however, comes out 23A and he's back in it .. or is he.

Two hands later and Estoque turns around to motion the Live Updates team over. He limps and entices the player in the 8 seat, Rodney Washburn, to raise to 8500.
Estoque pushes his newly-doubled-up stack into the middle and gets called.
Estoque turns over KK and Washburn has AQ.
The Flop is Q♦J♦7♠, but the Q♠ gives his Washburn trips, and the 3♠ closes out the night for last year's Main Event runner-up.
"I guess we're playing tomorrow again," he says into his cell phone as he walks away.

He May Not Be the Author, but ...

The flop is T♥A♦5♠ and Ed Miller calls a 3500 bet from the 2 seat, and the player in the 7 seat 3-bets to 9500, prompting a call from the 2 seat.
Miller, however, 4-bets to put the other players all-in. The 7 seat calls and the other player folds.
Miller shows AK and the shorter stack shows AJ.
The board runs out 4♠6♦ and Miller sweeps the 28,400 chips from the now-busted player.

Miller is not done getting into the action, however, as on the very next hand he's into it with Guy Davidson and Eric Estoque, and we pick up the action on the turn.

Estoque leads out for 7000 on a board of 8♥9♠J♥9♥ and Davidson moves in for 11700. Miller slides out a large stack of green 5000 chips, more than enough to put Estoque - who has 21500 left - all-in.
"Why did you have to do that, Ed," Estoque asks as he agonizes over making the call for his tournament life.
Estoque exposes A♥3♥ as he slowly moves his cards forward, finally tossing them into the muck.
Davidson turns over KJ for 2 pair, but Miller shows he flopped bottom two and turned a full house.
"Thanks for making me waste 7000, Ed," Estoque says, "Nobody else could lay that down, though?

Miller, 2nd place in the 2014 HPT Thunder Valley Main Event, is now up to about 180,000

33 Remain

We are down to 33 players with 20 minutes left in Level 10. Among the recent eliminations is Event 1 winner Floro Bayongan, who took down the $335 DeepStack for a little more than $10,000.

Updated Chipcounts

Here are chipcounts for some of the players returning from dinner break and playing Level 10, blinds of 500/1000 with 100 antes. Thanks to wptdslive.com for some of the counts.

Name	Chipcount
Adrian Bolanos	127,000
Jerry Utke	109,600
Guy Davidson	81,400
Mark Johnson	62,700
Mia Xiong	52,600
Jim Atwood	48,700
Ed Miller	39,700
Robert Huff	30,000
Eric Estoque	28,600
George Sandoval	10,300
Floro Bayongan	4,800

Estoque Adds More

Eric Estoque is all in again, a few hands after his tripe-up, and gets a call from the player in the 2 seat, while Ed Miller in the 4 seat debates a while before he lets it go.

Estoque shows A♣T♦ and the other player Q♠J♠.

The flop of 3♠2♣7♣ doesn't scare Estoque, and the 7♦ makes it look better. The K♦ moves Estoque to more than 30,000 chips for the first time all day.

Miller says he knew the other player was in trouble, indicating he folded Q♥J♥, taking a number of the outs away.

Eric Estoque, in one of his "don't take my picture yet," moments

That Was Ugly, Ed

We arrive to see a player undershoving the flop after Ed Miller bets out to 10,000, and Miller is calling for a chop as he guesses his kicker may be too small.
The dealer counts out the other player's stack and announces it as 7,450 as the player shows A7 and Miller shows he was right as he tables A6 on a flop of 33A.
Miller gets no help when the 2♥ falls on the turn, but there is a collective groan when the 6♦ hits on the river, giving Miller not the chop he called for but a full knockout.
Miller moves up to almost 40,000.

Runner-Up Triples Up

Runner-up in last year's Main Event, Eric Estoque is all in for his tournament life, on a draw against a pair and a set.

Estoque has A♦6♦ on a flop of 8♦3♦4♣ against two players, one holding 88 and the other holding 77.
The board is the 5♥, and Estoque calls for his straight and gets it as the 2♥ falls, giving him the triple up his micro-stack needed.

Starting with 25,000 he is now back up to 15.150 after the triple.

Bump Up the Blinds

The remaining 41 players in Day 1A are now in Level 9, blinds of 400/800 with 100 antes. Late registration is open through the 60-minute dinner break after Level 9, giving you until 830pm(ish) to get here and join the MORE THAN $100,000 guaranteed prize pool Main Event.

Series Winners, By Event

Hey, who has won the side events leading up to the @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Main Event? Well, here they are.

Floro Bayongan, Event 1, $335 DeepStack

Cheri Svensen, Event 3, $100 Hold'em

George Sandoval, Event 4, $150 w/$25 Bounties

Jimmy Alvarez, Event 5, Omaha 8OB

Efrain Ayala, Event 6, $225 w/$50 Bounties

Lots of Aces Sends One Out

We arrive to see John Bettencourt all in for his last 10,450 on a board of A♣4♦3♦ and he gets two callers.
The turn is 3♠ and both players check.
The 5♥ hits the river, one player checks and the other turns over A8 for two pair, but his kicker isn't good enough as the other shows AT.
Bettencourt mucks, grabs his Turlock Poker Room goodie bag and packs up for the day.

Hey, What's in the Bag?

Check out all the cool stuff in the bags being handed out to players entered in our $100,000 guaranteed @WPTDeepStacks Main Event.

There's a VIP Pass to get you in our Player Party starting at 730pm Saturday night (that's when dinner break starts for Day 1B), two drink tickets for the VIP Party, a Turlock Poker Room hat, drink cover the cool bag and a player patch,

55 at First Break

The first three levels are in the books, and we have not lost ONE SINGLE PLAYER yet ... really, nobody has busted? that's right, 55 entered, 55 still in.

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day, coming back to blinds of 100/200 and a 25 ante.

late registration with a 25,000-chip stack is open until the end of dinner break, about 8:30pm. Start at the end of registration and you still have more than 20BB, lots of value to register at any time today.

Who Took This Down Last Year?

We do have @eric_estoque, last year's @WPTDeepStacks Turlock Main Event runner-up in the field today, but has anyone seen the defending champ, man-without-Twitter, Mr. Steve Foutty?

Foutty has been on a year-long tear ever since winning here last year, adding a Heartland Poker Tour Main Event title, two WSOP Circuit rings, a WSOP Cicuit Casino Championship, Main Event titles at other casinos and more, a total of almost $297,000 in cashes in the last 12 months.

Here, courtesy of the WPT DeepStacks Crew, is a look back at last year's Main Event in Turlock.

Party With Us Saturday Night

Join us this Saturday night @TurlockPoker for food, drinks, a chance to win a @WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat, @MonsterProducts DNA Headphones and more at the Launch Party for our $100,0000 Guaranteed Main Event.

The Launch Party - starting at 730pm Saturday - is open to everyone who is entered in our $1100 Main Event. Come out and enjoy the following ...

-- A chance to win an entry into the $300,000 Guaranteed WPTDeepStacks Main Event at The Bike in Los Angeles, courtesy of WPT DeepStacks
-- A chance to win a set of Monster DNA Headphones, courtesy of WPT DeepStacks.
-- Free Hors d'oeurves from 10 East Kitchen and Tap House in Turlock
-- A Free VIP Bag with a variety of specialty items courtesyt of Turlock Poker Room

See The Shock Top Beer Girls on site handing out some special items as well.

Paint No Good

Ed Miller raises from UTG+1 and is 3-bet by the player in the 1 seat. Blinds are at 75/150, Miller 4-bets it up to 2200, only to be 5-bet up to 6550.
Miller works the bet through his head, shuffles a stack of green 5000 chips in his hand, but doesn't look as though he wants to make the call.
He eventually kicks his cards over to the dealer, and the other player shows some frustration now getting a call, and he flips over KK.
Miller quietly mouths that he had JJ.

Late Arrivals

We are halfway through Level 2 and among the late arrivals are Eric Estoque - 5th place last night in Event 6, the $225 with $50 bounties - and George Sandoval, - winner of Event 4, the $150 with $25 Bounties

Turlock Spotlight: Day 1A

Here are some of the players who are entered and playing Day 1A of the @WPTDeepStacks Turclok Series Main Event.

A look at the field for today

John Bettencourt

Shayne Heine

Jim Atwood

Ed Miller

Mia Xiong, Turlock Poker Room 10th Anniversary Main Event Champion