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There was a three-way preflop all-in hand in progress, and when the dust settled all three hands were tabled.
Matthew Dalka
Richard Lopez
Khaled Nassief
Dalka had the largest stack and was in prime position to balloon up the counts.
However, the flop came down to zoom Lopez into the lead with a set of kings.
The turn sewed it up as the came off to give Lopez quads, and after the meaningless river was run out, he pulled in a big pot while also ending Nassief's night in the process.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matthew Dalka
|
445,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
Richard Lopez |
370,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Khaled Nassief | Busted |
It was a battle of big stacks as the flop read .
Josh Burkhalter check-called a bet of 75,000 from Jimmu Lujan.
The turn came the . Lujan bet again, this time for 125,000 and Burkhalter came along again.
The river was the . Burkhalter checked again and Lujan put together some chips and made a hefty bet of 225,000.
Burkhalter went into the tank and played with his chips while thinking it out. He eyed Lujan and after over a minute he called.
Lujan showed and Burkhalter tabled the winner with his to gather the massive pot to put him well over a million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Burkhalter |
1,290,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
Jimmy Lujan |
265,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Registration is now complete in the Texas State Main Event with a grand total of 1,818 entries, creating a whopping prizepool of $2,090,700.
The top 220 spots will be paid and first place will get $355,420.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jimmy Lujan | 690,000 | |
Joon Park |
650,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Christopher Doan |
610,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Brian Wilkins |
470,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
Rafael Marcordes Dos Reis
|
450,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Stephen Song |
165,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
||
Patricia Goolsby
|
160,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
David Pham |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
Jake Bazeley |
110,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Josh Burkhalter has been building up a nice stack over the last few levels and he was able to add more.
In a preflop all in his opponent held against the of Burkhalter.
The flop came and the turn gave Burkhalter broadway as a came off. The river was a and Burkhalter added more chips to his growing stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Burkhalter |
705,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Dana Olson was in a preflop all in and had a chance to take out his opponent in a classic flip. Olson holding against .
The flop brought an ace and a king as it came . The turn was a and the river a and Olson collected his fallen opponent's chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dana Olson | 315,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Christopher Doan was spotted with a large stack after he won a couple of hands consecutively.
On the second hand he made a raise that his opponent couldn't match as he sent the chips over to Doan who added a few more to his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Doan |
660,000
330,000
|
330,000 |