Other notable players to find bags also happen to be well-known inside the venue. Ian Steinman (157,000) and Noel Rodriguez (145,000) will enter the day second and third in chips, respectively. Rounding out the top three include a few familiar faces to the Thunder Valley Poker room. Less than two hours later, he found himself as the chip leader when eight hours and a dozen 40-minute levels of play had been completed. He continued to build from there, eclipsing a six-figure stack shortly after the last level of the night.
That was only the beginning of his day, however.Īs the day went on, he found himself over 60,000 moving into Level 9. Heshmati joined the tournament during the first two hours of play and chipped up slightly by the first break, taking his 40,000 starting stack to just over 46,000. Mike Heshmati found himself atop the leader board upon the conclusion of Day 1, finishing the day with 172,500 in chips. That number nearly tripled over the first two hours of play, and it reached a total of 35 entries by end of day. When the day started, just six players were registered.
The 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Thunder Valley $3,250 High Roller got a late-afternoon start time of 4 p.m.
