Nov 20, 2016

Results - $75,000 Guaranteed Main Event - Event 9


Here are the final results from the 2016 Turlock Poker Room $75,000 Guaranteed Championship Series $550 Main Event.

11/17-20/16
$550 Main Event with $75,000 Guaranteed
$109,125 Prize Pool
225 Entries
Pays 28 Places

Place Name Payout
1 Rafael Gonzalez $23,144
2 Rick Peterson $20,000
3 Erik Matulis $11,589
4 Edward Miller $8,577
5 Adrian Espinosa $6,438
6 George Odihambo $5,151
7 Steven Weagal $4,278
8 Guadalupe Hernandez $3,427
9 Dondi Dismer $2,564
10 George Sandoval $1,877
11 Scotty Nguyen $1,877
12 John Bettencourt $1,877
13 Maritn Fletcher $1,539
14 Tim Weimer $1,539
15 Prab Thonduru $1,539
16 Nabil Esho $1,309
17 Simon Salas $1,309
18 Aram  Alexander $1,309
19 Russell Coffie $1,146
20 Dannie Green $1,146
21 Jerry Utke $1,146
22 Mark Johnson $1,026
23 Art Diaz $1,026
24 Cameron Bowman $1,026
25 Luc Le $906
26 Kelly Canelo $906
27 Ken Kajioka $906
28 Richard Gonzales $550

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1st Place - Rafael Gonzalez - $23,144


Rafael Gonzalez became a force in the 2016 Turlock Poker Room Championship Series $75,000 Guaranteed Main Event when he came from behind against Aram Alexander 88 v 99 and he turned an 8 for the knockout and a top-3 stack with 18 players remaining.

Gonzalez remained solid throughout the final table, going in to heads-up play with about a 1.2 million chip deficit to Rick Peterson. The two friends agreed to take $20,000 each and play heads-up for the remaining $3,144 in the prize pool and the Championship Trophy.

The lead went back and forth a few times, with Peterson and Gonzalez turning trips on one hand and Peterson getting a boat on the river. Gonzalez came out on top in the end, with Peterson taking second-place honors.

The two players end up 7th and 8th overall in the Player of the Series race as well, with Peterson one place higher than Gonzalez.

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2nd Place - Rick Peterson - $20,000


Rick Peterson came to the final table fourth in chips and within a few hands was the chipleader, as he knocked out both Geogre Sandoval in 10th and Dondi Dismer in 9th.

Peterson was dominant throughout the final table, going in to heads-up play with a 3.4m/2.2m lead over Rafael Gonzalez. The two players agreed to take $20,000 each and play heads-up for the remaining $3,144 in the prize pool and the Championship Trophy.

The lead went back and forth a few times, with Peterson and Gonzalez turning trips on one hand and Peterson getting a boat on the river. Gonzalez came out on top in the end, with Peterson taking second-place honors.

The two players end up 7th and 8th overall in the Player of the Series race as well, with Peterson one place higher than Gonzalez.

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HU 4 @TurlockPoker Rollz


Rick Peterson and Rafael Gonzalez are squaring off for the 2016 Turlock Poker Room Championship Series Main Event title. Peterson has the chiplead by about 3,400,000 to 2,200,000.

The players have agreed to take $20,000 each, leaving the remaining $3,144 on the table along with the Championship Trophy and bragging rights.


Blinds - 25,000/50,000
Antes - 5,000
Players Left - 2

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3rd Place - Erik Matulis - $11,589


In a blind v blind pot, Erik Matulis moves all in on the flop of Kc Kc Kc and Rick Peterson makes the call to put Matulis at risk.

Matulis - Kc Kc for two pair
Paterson - Kc Kc for the same two pair wiht a better kicker.

Really, they BOTH had a 4?

The turn is Kc and Matulis finishes 3rd, cashing for $11,589



Rick Peterson - 3,500,000

Blinds - 25k/50k
Antes - 5k
Players Left - 2

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4th Place - Ed Miller - $8,577


@edH8s2Looz Miller, Rafael Gonzalez and Rick Peterson all see a flop of Kc Kc Kc.

Miller - the shortstack - moves all-in and Gonzalez says "call," almost before Miller can finish saying 'All-in." Peterson gets out of the way.

Gonzalez - Kc Kc "huge call, this is a huge call," Gonzalez says as he turns over his cards to show a flush draw and a gutshow straight draw.

"You're way ahead of me," says Miller, who turns over Kc Kc for a the same straight draw and a backdoor flush draw that's a worse draw than Gonzalez has, so don't look at that flush draw for Miller, folks.

The turn is Kc, Miller is drawing to four outs to a chop and 3 FTW.

The river is Kc and Miller is the 4th place finisher, cashing for $8,577.

Rafael Gonzalez - 2,700,000

Blinds - 25k/50k
Antes - 5k
Players Left - 3

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4-Handed Chipcounts


Eric Matulis is 3/4 with 19BB remaining as 4-handed play resumes in the $75,000 guaranteed Turlock Poker Room Championship Series $550 Main Event.

Rick Peterson 1,995,000 40BB
Rafael Gonzalez 1,920,000 38BB
Eric Matulis 955,000 19BB
Ed Miller 775,000 16BB

Blinds - 25k/50k
Antes - 5k
Players Left - 4

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Armando Perez - 2016 Series Champion


Two wins and five cashes later, Armando Perez takes down the 2016 Championship Series Player of the Year title. Perez takes home a trophy, a custom Turlock Poker Room jacket, has a photo shoot coming for a banner of him to hang in the poker room .. and the biggest prize of all ... one complimentary entry in to every Turlock Poker Room tournament from Dec. 1, 2016 through Nov. 30, 2017 - a YEAR'S worth of tournament entries.

Perez had a Main Event sweat, however, as Tim Weimer, Ken Kajioka, Mike Jobe and Brent Bixby could all have taken the title with a Main Event win and Perez not cashing in the Main. Well, Perez left teh toor slightly ajar when he busted a few shy of the money, but the win was secured when Weimer was teh last challenger to be knockedout, in 14th place.

Weimer finished as runner-up in the chase, while Kajioka cashed in 7 of the 9 tournaments he played in, securing third place in the Player of the Series race. Here are the top 3 in points for the series.

Armando Perez 302
Tim Weimer 225.7
Ken Kajioka 205.3



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Main Event a Family Affair


@TurlockPoker Main Event was won in 2014 and 2015 by the Xiong Family - Mai in '14 and brother Tou in '15 - and now Rafael Gonzalez is playing the Family Card 4-handed as his rail consists of (from left) his wife, his mother and his sister.

Any coincidence that he took the chiplead as soon as they showed up?

Family first ....

Blinds - 20k/40k
Antes - 5k
Players Left - 4

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5th Place - Adrian Espinoza - $6,438


Rafael Gonzalez knocks out Adrian Espinosa (above) in 5th place, Espinoza cashing for $6,428 and Gonzalez - the 2016 WPTDeepStacks Turlock Player of the Series - moves to the chiplead 4-handed. Here are the chipcounts


Rafael Gonzalez 1,900,000
Rick Peterson 1,500,000
Eric Matulis 1,500,000
Ed Miller 700,000

Blinds - 20k/40k
Antes - 5k
Players Left - 4

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6th Place - George Odihambo - $5,151


Erik Matulis makes it 100,000 on the Kc Kc Kc flop and George Odihambo (above) flats, leaving him about 370,000 behind - with the pot at 400,000 now.

Matulis moves all in on the Kc turn and Odihambo snap-calls.

Matulis turns over Kc Kc and Odihambo is almost unable to act or react, so he's most likely drawing dead. He takes about 15 seconds, and turns over Kc Kc and he is drawing dead.

Odihambo finishes 6th, cashing for $5,151.

Erik Matulis - 1,400,000

Blinds - 20k/40k
Antes - 5k
Players Left - 5

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AA v. KK, Almost


Rick Peterson opens for 75,000 and Ed Miller Calls from the BB. Miller leads out for 100,000 on the Kc Kc Kc flop, and Peterson (above) makes it 225,000 by sliding seven 25k chips right at Miller, then looking over his glasses to see the reaction.

Peterson looks incredibly strong with that move - you know what they say, when a player spreads a bet directly at the opponent its i a sign of strength and when spread away it's a sign of weakness.

Miller (below) looks pained, and says he should have shoved preflop and now he's glad he did not, as he mucks face down while saying he had KK.

Peterson shows Kc Kc for what would have been the end of Miller had he shoved preflop. Peterson's final-table-long heater continues and he's now to 2,000,000


There's been a LevelUp and action now is at

Blinds - 20000/40000
Antes - 5000
Players Left - 6

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6-Handed Chipcounts


Knocking out the first two players from the final table pushed Rick Peterson (above) to a big chiplead. Here are the 6-handed chipcounts.

1,550,000 - Rick Peterson
1,000,000 - Erik Matulis
900,000 - Rafael Gonzalez
800,000 - George Odihambo
800,000 - Ed Miller
600,000 - Adrian Espinosa

Level - 26
Blinds - 15000/30000
Antes - 5000
Players - 6

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7th Place - Steven Weagal - $4,278


Short-stacked much of Day 2, Steven Weagal managed two double-ups to propel himself to teh final table, where he placed 7th, a $4,278 cash.

Level - 26
Blinds - 15000/30000
Antes - 5000
Players Left - 6

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8th Place - Junior Hernandez - $3,427


One hand after knocking Dondi Dismer out in 9th, Rick Peterson eliminates Junior Hernandez (above) from the Main Event in 8th place.

Hernandez was a no-show for the first two hours today, letting his Day 2 chipleading stack of 288,500 speak for itself as shortstacks busted out. He played his stack all the way to the final table, earning $3,427 for 8th place.

Level - 25
Blinds - 12000/24000
Antes - 4000
Players Left - 7

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9th Place - Dondi Dismer - $2,564


Dondi Dismer moves all in for his last 360,000 and Rafael Gonzalez gets a count. Gonzalez finds a fold, but Rick Peterson does call and he's off to the races with Dismer (above) whio is at risk.

Dismer - Kc Kc
Peterson - Kc Kc

Peterson claps had when he sees the Kc in the wondow, but it is followed out by Kc Kc and Ed Miller quickly points out that Dismer has the flush draw.

The turn is Kc and the Kc gives Peterson a boat over the two pair of Dismer.

D0ndi Dismer - 9th Place - $2,564

Level - 25
Blinds - 12000/24000
Antes - 4000
Players Left - 8

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