Be sure to check out the live reporting portal for more tournament action. That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's coverage of the RGPS Thunder Valley Golden Ticket $575 Main Event. Villaneuva was next out after getting his stack in the middle in a flush-versus-flush hand against Men. Sabbaghian, who has been playing poker for around a decade, said the five-figure score isn't his biggest ever, but 'it's close.'ĭay 2 action lasted around 12 hours and all three of the Day 1 chip leaders made deep runs, including Day 1a chip leader Randy Gil, who was eliminated in sixth place when he ran pocket sevens into the pocket kings of Day 1c leader Victor Villaneuva. He laughed thinking about how he almost busted on his first orbit of the tournament when he ran pocket fours into pocket kings and got there. Sabbaghian added that winning small pots and getting re-jams through helped him get through the final table. poker and other card games) capable of being played as a card of any value US The. 'Honestly, that was like the only big one,' Sabbaghian said when asked what hands helped him to his victory. room crazies planned to rent planes and fly over the Rose Bowl dropping. Sabbaghian, who told PokerNews he is mainly a cash grinder but takes the occasional stab at tournaments, was propelled to the victory by a massive hand where he sent Shahin Shojaeyan out in fourth place when Sabbaghian's pocket nines made a straight against the set of tens of Shojaeyan.