WSOP Main Event Final Tablist Andreas Kniep Wins 2nd Circuit Ring in Thunder Valley

One other World Sequence of Poker Circuit cease has wrapped up, this one at Thunder Valley On line casino Resort in Lincoln, California, which ran Sept. 25-Oct. 6. A well-known face emerged because the winner of the $1,700 WSOPC Thunder Valley Essential Occasion on Monday as Germany’s Andreas Kniep gained his second Circuit ring and $185,458.

The WSOPC Thunder Valley cease consisted of 13 ring occasions with buy-ins starting from $400 to $3,250. Different occasions included the $600 Huge O, $600 2-7 Triple Draw and $400 No-Restrict Maintain’em Monster Stack.

2025 WSOP Circuit Thunder Valley Essential Occasion Last Desk Outcomes

One other Ring for Kniep

The eccentric and all the time brightly dressed Kniep, who earned his second piece of WSOP {hardware} by besting heads-up opponent Benjamin Primus, is finest recognized for a pair of deep summer season runs. He completed 18th within the 2021 Essential Occasion for $305,000 and fourth within the 2023 Millionaire Maker for a career-best $501,182.

Sacramento’s Primus was additionally after a second ring after successful his first just a little over a month in the past within the WSOPC Graton $400 H.O.R.S.E. occasion, which earned him $7,667. His runner-up end within the Thunder Valley Essential Occasion earned him $123,603, greater than double his earlier finest rating on The Hendon Mob.

The ultimate desk included eight-time Circuit ring winner finisher Scott Stewart (seventh – $23,696), who’s coming off a breakout 12 months that noticed him successful the 2024 WPT World Championship for $2,563,900 and getting a World Poker Award nomination for “Greatest Last Desk Efficiency.” It additionally included Anthony Swift, who noticed the destiny of Ophelia as he went out in ninth place for $13,962.

Kniep earned his first ring simply over a 12 months in the past as he took down a $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Handed occasion at WSOP Graton for $15,907. He’s presently a Google software program engineer and a former SpaceX engineer.

Different gamers who gained rings at Thunder Valley embody this 12 months’s Eighth-place Essential Occasion finisher Jarod Minghini, who gained his fifth ring in $600 PLO, and three-time bracelet winner Frankie O’Dell, who gained his sixth ring in $600 H.O.R.S.E.

The WSOP Circuit is presently stationed at Deerfoot Inn & On line casino in Calgary, Canada, in addition to Horseshoe Baltimore in Maryland. Subsequent up can be a cease at Harrah’s Pompano Seashore in Florida operating Oct. 9-20 and headlined by the $1,700 WSOPC Pompano Seashore Essential Occasion.

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Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outdoors Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for 3 World Poker Awards for his writing.