$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day 1b Completed
Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social
$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 1b
Nobles Bags Slim Lead Over Hinton
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Day 1b of the Lone Star 1 Million GTD Main Event has come to an end after nearly 14 hours of play with 26 players surviving to advance to Day 2 out of an original starting field of 206.
The largest baggers at the end of the day were Dmitri Nobles and Deborah Hinton, who both finished the night with with gargantuan stacks of over a million.
Both caught fire in the last levels of the night, taking out several opponents on the way the big stacks. Nobles brought the field to the end of the day as he eliminated the final three players on the bubble, including the bubble boy after just one hand of hand for hand play.
Also bagging big was Anthony "Stretch" Reynolds who finished with 719,000 who made a name for himself early in the day when he spiked a king on the turn to crack aces to launch himself to the chip lead.
WSOP Bracelet winner Michael Wang (645,000) and Braxton Dunaway who played several interesting hands on the feature table stream, (627,000), rounded out the top 5 chip stacks at the end of the night.
PokerNews will return to cover Day 1c tomorrow at 11 a.m which is bound to be the largest yet as the field just continues to grow and grow in this massive event.
Day 1b Final Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,153,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
|
1,145,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
719,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
|
645,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
627,000
-153,000
|
-153,000 |
|
||
|
505,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
496,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
468,000
468,000
|
468,000 |
|
445,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
405,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
374,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
361,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
340,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
328,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
321,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
310,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
259,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
259,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
|
238,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
|
220,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
157,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
|
146,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
|
138,000
-162,000
|
-162,000 |
|
120,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Dunaway Takes Out Rios
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Pedro Rios was all in holding the 
against the 
of Braxton Dunaway.
The board ran out 
and Rios was gone bringing the field down to 26, one away from bagging for the night as play enters hand for hand
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000
469,000
|
469,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Nobles Slays Two
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
There was a three-way preflop all-in in progress as Dmitri Nobles had the 
with a chance to take out Shawn Rice who had the 
and Eloy Rios who held the 
.
The flop came 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the to hold the board for Nobles and bring the field within two of the bubble as Nobles edged past a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,025,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Hinton First Player Above a Million
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Deborah Hinton became the first player to surpass a million in chips in any flights so far as she took out another opponent and was seen stacking all of her new winnings to add to her already gargantuan stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,080,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level 17 Chip Counts; Tables 4 and 9
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
710,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
480,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
|
435,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
345,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
|
320,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
250,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
220,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
145,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
100,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
80,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Friedlander Shows
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The board showed 
. Gary Friedlander moved all for about 130,000 into a pot of about the same size. Gabriel Abusada was taking a while to make a decision and the floor came over and started a count.
Abusada folded after more consternation and showed an 
. Friedlander showed the 
for nothing.
"I had your hand read perfect" said Abusada in frustration.
"Then you would've called!" said Friedlander as he stacked his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
190,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000