Travis Egbert Tops 5-Hour Heads-Up Play Battle to Win WSOPC Thunder Valley Main Event

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The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Thunder Valley Casino (Northern California) series ended on Monday. Travis Egbert of Windsor, CA was the lucky winner, taking home his third WSOPC ring of 2024.

Egbert’s previous two rings were also won at Thunder Valley in January 2024 as part of the previous WSOPC season’s Northern California leg.

The $1,700 buy-in WSOPC Thunder Valley Main Event attracted 812 entries, generating a $1,230,180 prize pool and putting $214,565 up top for Egbert to win.

Five Hours of Heads Up Play

Before Egbert could get his hands on the Main Event first-place prize, he had to fight his way through the final table for ten grueling hours against players like Brock Wilson and Colton Blomberg.

Around half of the ten-hour final table was spent on the head-up phase of the game alone. For five hours Egbert and Xiong Thao traded chips back and forth. Eventually — with blinds rising and the hour growing late — Egbert and Thao were forced to gamble, putting it all in on a coin flip.

“It was frustrating," Egbert told WSOP.com. “It was mentally consuming because Thao was putting on a really good fight. Obviously, we played for a really long time. … It was tough. I had to get lucky a few times.”

Thao won $142,540 for his second-place finish. For both players, their performance in this tournament represented a career-best cash.

WSOP Thunder Valley Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Travis Egbert	$214,565
2	Xiong Thao	$142,540
3	Gregory Pincombe	$100,065
4	Brock Wilson	$71,070
5	Thomas Morris	$51,905
6	Kirk Acevedo	$38,380
7	Jared Smith	$28,640
8	Colton Blomberg	$21,800
9	Michael Rossitto	$16,875

History (Almost) Repeats Itself

Mehran Moeinzadeh The WSOPC Thunder Valley ran from September 18 to October 7, with 13 players winning rings across as many events.

Among the highlights of the series were Mehran Moeinzadeh winning the $2,200 High Roller Event and William ‘Skip’ Ferguson winning his third ring in the $400 Opener.

Perhaps the most notable story of the series was the Seniors Event where things almost shaped up for a rematch. Last year’s winner and runner-up made it all the way to the final four in this year’s edition of the Seniors Event.

Unfortunately, last year’s runner-up Dennis Shirron busted in fourth, putting paid to that dream. Robert Garvin who won the event last year, then went on to take second place, falling just short of a back-to-back win and allowing William Suoja to win the ring this time around.

WSOP Circuit Hammond Full Series Results

EVENT	ENTRANTS	WINNER	PRIZE
Event #1: $400 No-Limit Hold’em - The Opener	1,458	William “Skip” Ferguson	$66,782
Event #2: $400 No-Limit Hold’em	277	Ryan Awwad	$19,950
Event #3: $600 Omaha 8	89	Ed Smith	$12,715
Event #4: $400 Monster Stack	520	Greg Feirman	$31,000
Event #5: $600 H.O.R.S.E.	79	Ariel Shefer	$11,800
Event #6: $600 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw	65	Yoshiaki Kasugahara	$10,255
Event #7: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha	123	Man Pham	$16,055
Event #8: $400 Seniors Event	239	William Suoja	$17,957
Event #9: $1,700 MAIN EVENT	812	Travis Egbert	$214,565
Event #10: $400 Thirty Thirty Accelerator	184	Bui Le	$14,405
Event #11: $600 Big O	88	Joseph Genova	$45,320
Event #12: $2,200 High Roller	111	Mehran Moeinzadeh	$58,150
Event #13: $400 Series Finale	86	Ben Primus	$28,380

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