Jackson Claims Event 1 Title

All in with a flush draw, Rayo Kniep is at risk for his #TVWSOPCircuit tournament life as Devin Jackson has a pair of Sevens.

The turn is a blank. The river repeats the turn and Kniep is eliminated in second place, cashing for $48,503.

Jackson collects his second WSOP Circuit Ring - his first in HORSE a few years ago in Lake Tahoe. $78,199 goes to the champ.

An all-time TVPokerRoom single-flight record 629 entries came through the doors on Saturday for the fifth and final flight of the kickoff event for the January 2018 WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Series.

The 1,511 entries topped last September's first-ever WSOP Circuit event at Thunder Valley that drew 1,406 entries and had 561 for the final flight. Both of those numbers from last September were the previous records for TVPokerRoom for that size of buy-in.

Jackson, Kniep and the entire final table players battled for more than 3 hours after cutting the field from 222 who came back Sunday, down to the last 10.

Two women - Hiaxia Zhang and Lorena Chiquillo - made the final table. Chiquillo, a local player, finished 8th and Zhang, 2014 WSOP Ladies Event bracelet winner - finished 4th.

When Hafiz Kahn was eliminated in 3rd place, the heads-up match was set, the players each holing more than 7,000,000 chips.

Jackson refused to call off his stack with pocket Fives early in the match with Kniep, getting his chips in the middle about 20 hands later with pocket Sevens and dodging the flush draw to win.

Here's the final results from Event 1.

	1/11-14/18	Event 1	WSOP Circuit
	$365	$300,000 GTD
	1,511	Entries
	$453,300	Prize Pool
	153	Places Paid
Place	Name		City	Payout
1	Devin	Jackson	Palo Alto, CA	$78,199
2	Rayo	Kniep	SF, CA	$48,503
3	Hafiz	Khan	Stockton, CA	$35,543
4	Haixia	Zhang	Los Gatos, CA	$27,021
5	Eric	Matulis	Modesto, CA	$20,571
6	Denis	Lee	Fremont, CA	$15,843
7	Shayne	Crum	Chico, CA	$12,343
8	Lorena	Chiquillo	Elk Grove, CA	$9,728
9	Xiong	Thao	Sacramento, CA	$7,756
10	Rudy	Herrera	Vallejo, CA	$6,256
11	Travis	Moore	Sacramento, CA	$6,256
12	Jimmy	Zeledon	San Jose, CA	$6,256
13	Joshua	Prager	Yuba City, CA	$5,100
14	Steven	Geralis	Stockton, CA	$5,100
15	Duane	Wilson	Roseville, CA	$5,100
16	Angelo	Astorga	Pleasant HIll, CA	$4,202
17	Dylan	Moon	Mtn View, CA	$4,202
18	Phuc	Nguyen	Davis, CA	$4,202
19	David	Valdez	Vacaville, CA	$3,504
20	David	Cook	SF, CA	$3,504
21	Ray	Villaman	Truckee, CA	$3,504
22	Victor	Paredes	Modesto, CA	$2,951
23	Cris	Dingle	Manteca, CA	$2,951
24	Robert	Hernandez	Sacramento, CA	$2,951
25	Jasthi	Kumar	San Ramon, CA	$2,511
26	Rifki	Yakid	n/a	$2,511
27	Rodney	Liepold	Boring, OR	$2,511
28	Laurence	Cruz	n/a	$2,162
29	Vijay	Ramani	Redwood City, CA	$2,162
30	Michael	McCoy	Citrus Hts., CA	$2,162
31	Michael	Curran	Clayton, CA	$1,881
32	Joseph	Ranciato	Granite Bay, CA	$1,881
33	Randall	Correa	Rio Oso, CA	$1,881
34	Andy	Pham	Sacramento, CA	$1,655
35	Bernadine	Trujillo	SSF, CA	$1,655
36	Minh	Huynh	Tracy, CA	$1,655
37	Michael	Capener	San Mateo, CA	$1,469
38	Andy	Witek	Nevada City, CA	$1,469
39	Lewis	Hudnell	NY, NY	$1,469
40	Clinton	Ronsse	Rocklin, CA	$1,469
41	Jeffrey	Topacio	Fairfield, CA	$1,469
42	Thomas	Heally	Elk Grove, CA	$1,469
43	Ryan	Bowen	Sacramento, CA	$1,469
44	Peter	Truong	Sacramento, CA	$1,469
45	Glen	Chileski	Grass Valley, CA	$1,469
46	Tarik	Sims	Elk Grove, CA	$1,319
47	Raymond	Wong	SF, CA	$1,319
48	Jose	Hernandez	Chico, CA	$1,319
49	Scott	Grindstaff	Elk Grove, CA	$1,319
50	Lynnore	Goldfarb	SF, CA	$1,319
51	Jordan	Henegar	Chico, CA	$1,319
52	James	Hoeppner	Las Vegas, NV	$1,319
53	Yun-Hong	Peng	Crescent City, CA	$1,319
54	Jeffrey	Davis	Oakland, CA	$1,319
55	Sriram	Varanasi	Folsom, CA	$1,197
56	Kasey	Blis	Folsom, CA	$1,197
57	Jae	Pak	El Dorado Hills, CA	$1,197
58	Deryl	Taylor	Auburn, CA	$1,197
59	Thomas	Emerson	Roseville, CA	$1,197
60	Rafael	Gonzalez	Modesto, CA	$1,197
61	Michael	Husa	Lincoln, CA	$1,197
62	Amanda	Khamprasong	Sacramento, CA	$1,197
63	Mitchell	Bailey	Modesto, CA	$1,197
64	Caleb	Levesque	Chico, CA	$1,092
65	Ian	Steinman	Carson City, NV	$1,092
66	Lay	Saelee	Oroville, CA	$1,092
67	Jose	Alvarez	San Jose, CA	$1,092
68	James	Worthington	Sacramento, CA	$1,092
69	Kathy	Stahl	Manteca, CA	$1,092
70	Marco	Pantelic	Burlingame, CA	$1,092
71	Arish	Nat	Elk Grove, CA	$1,092
72	Walter	Robertson	San Jose, CA	$1,092
73	Ana	Gutierrez	San Leandro, CA	$1,006
74	Steven	To	Castro Valley, CA	$1,006
75	Dominic	Oaxaca	Lodi, CA	$1,006
76	Matthew	Torio	San Jose, CA	$1,006
77	Steve	Nevius	Reno, NV	$1,006
78	Stephen	Worland	Reno, NV	$1,006
79	Steve	Keeter	Vacaville, CA	$1,006
80	Michael	Mobley	Rocklin, CA	$1,006
81	Farzad	Abbaszadeh	Santa Clarita, CA	$1,006
82	Ali	Hamidizadeh	Mill Valley, CA	$925
83	David	Madrona	Grass Valley, CA	$925
84	Jon	Wallace	S. Lake Tahoe, CA	$925
85	Loc	Hoang	Sacramento, CA	$925
86	Teng	Vang	Sacramento, CA	$925
87	Brad	Grossmith	Willows, CA	$925
88	DNR			$925
89	Daniel	Evans	Chico, CA	$925
90	Jed	Hoffman	Reno, NV	$925
91	Darren	Bortmas	Roseville, CA	$852
92	Tan	Lam	Sacramento, CA	$852
93	Dylan	Morris	SF, CA	$852
94	Wilson	Sam	Milpitas, CA	$852
95	James	Matuszewski	Napa, CA	$852
96	Deborah	Wall	Citrus Heights, CA	$852
97	Marc	Mestrovich	Groveland, CA	$852
98	Chen	Balteriski	San Jose, CA	$852
99	Khoi	Luong	Berkeley, CA	$852
100	Nate	Bolinger	Turlock, CA	$784
101	Edward	Chan	Logan, UT	$784
102	Chet	Sickle	Manteca, CA	$784
103	Max	Mendelson	Elk Grove, CA	$784
104	Kirk	Rexford	Folsom, CA	$784
105	Billy	Casey	Reno, NV	$784
106	James	Viglizzo	San Mateo, CA	$784
107	Igor	Guberman	Foster City, CA	$784
108	Kenneth	Jorgensen	Rancho Crdv, CA	$784
109	Eliseo	Campos	Sacramento, CA	$721
110	Herman	Chang	Saratoga, CA	$721
111	David	Olson	n/a	$721
112	Angelo	Kratsas	SF, CA	$721
113	Terry	Wheeler	Granite Bay, CA	$721
114	Adam	Curchack	Petaluma, CA	$721
115	Jeffrey	Schuler	Oakland, CA	$721
116	Danil	Zvyagintsev	Cupertino, CA	$721
117	Justo	Avalos	Elk Grove, CA	$721
118	Adam	Barker	Bonney Lake, WA	$662
119	John	Sheehan	Novato, CA	$662
120	Jose	Lopez	Roseville, CA	$662
121	Justin	Moore	Waterford, CA	$662
122	Jeremy	Priest	Pleasant Hill, CA	$662
123	Joshua	Robertson	Fair Oaks, CA	$662
124	Isaac	Leong	San Jose, CA	$662
125	Charles	Beitelspacher	San Jose, CA	$662
126	Marko	Carluen	Lathrop, CA	$662
127	Arsalan	Najmabadi	SF, CA	$662
128	Martin	Carrico	Sacramento, CA	$662
129	William	Chao	Elk Grove, CA	$662
130	Larry	Green	Deer Park, TX	$662
131	Hoang	To	Elk Grove, CA	$662
132	Theresa	Cummings	Nevada City, CA	$662
133	Anthony	Iacolino	Citrus Hts., CA	$662
134	Anthony	Winters	Livermore, CA	$662
135	Jeffrey	Farnes	Dallas, OR	$662
136	Theodore	Otto	San Ramon, CA	$607
137	Dennis	Fox	Antelope, CA	$607
138	Darrel	Dier	n/a	$607
139	Meng	Lu	Santa Clara, CA	$607
140	Christopher	Johnson	Reno, NV	$607
141	Henrieto	Acain	Stockton, CA	$607
142	Warren	Asher	Tahoe City, CA	$607
143	Frank	Schipono	Eureka, CA	$607
144	Robert	Zeidman	Cupertino, CA	$607
145	Justin	Mackey	Newark, CA	$607
146	Travis	Outlaw	Goldsboro, NC	$607
147	Jordan	Meltzer	Delray Bch, FL	$607
148	Thanh	Nguyen	Sacramento, CA	$607
149	Hieu	Le	n/a	$607
150	Jason	Moe	Roseville, CA	$607
151	David	Larson	San Jose, CA	$607
152	John	Leal	San Jose, CA	$607
153	Albert	Sanchez	Penryn, CA	$607

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