Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1f Completed
Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1f Completed
Day 1f of Event #9: 750K GTD NLH has reached conclusion after nearly ten hours of play. The final flight added an additional 344 entries, which played down to just 41 players (12%) at the end of the night.
The end-of-day chip leader was Raul Garza who bagged a whopping 806,000 chips. Garza picked up a large portion of his chips by using his already large stack to bully other players as the bubble drew near. One player took a stand against him when Lukas Brazdeikis called his all-in shove with . Garza had pocket sevens that hand and they held to begin his explosion to the top of the leaderboard. Garza is also our overall chip leader going into tomorrow's final day.
Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
1 | Raul Garza | Alton, TX | 806,000 | 100 |
2 | Jordan Mandel | Smithville, TX | 660,000 | 82 |
3 | Payam Saleh | Leander, TX | 581,000 | 73 |
4 | Blake Whittington | Cleveland, TN | 529,000 | 66 |
5 | Kristen Bicknell | Las Vegas, NV | 499,000 | 62 |
6 | Mason Barrell | Eugene | 481,000 | 60 |
7 | Kevin Garosshen | Las Vegas, NV | 472,000 | 59 |
8 | Rudy Cadenas | Las Vegas, NV | 381,000 | 48 |
9 | Trilok Ghanshyam | Katy, Tx | 357,000 | 45 |
10 | McNeil Smith | Austin, TX | 355,000 | 45 |
Not far behind him is Kristen Bicknell, who bagged 499,000 chips herself. She made all the right moves as the day went on to build a healthy stack. Alex Foxen and their dog, Riley were on the rail supporting her all evening. "Riley has brought her some run good this week," Foxen shared. We'll see if Riley shows up tomorrow to continue the run.
Kevin Garosshen was one of two players responsible for getting players through the bubble and on to day two. He flopped a set of tens against bubble person #1, Daniel Jones. Jones couldn't hit his combo draw on the river and was left just shy of a bag. Garosshen will carry 472,000 chips into Day 2.
Conrad Simpson busted bubble person #2, Jeremy Moore. Moore was forced to play when the big blind caused him to put all his remaining chips in the middle. Simpson isolated by shoving his relatively short stack in as well. In the end, Simpson's bested the blind hand of Moore, which was . Simpson will start Day 2 with 130,000 chips and oozing confidence in his ability to run that up.
42 players were scheduled to bag from this flight as that would have made 12% of the field. However, since both Jeremy Moore and Daniel Jones busted at the same time during hand-for-hand play, they missed out on a bag for Day 2 and any piece of the prize pool. So, then, 41 players have punched their ticket to tomorrow's final day.
The 41 players will move on to Day 2, joining the other 95 players that bagged from the previous five flights.
PokerNews will continue the coverage tomorrow at 2:00 pm when the remaining players will play down to a winner and decide who will take home the largest cut of the over $750,000 prize pool.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raul Garza |
806,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
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Jordan Mandel |
660,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
Payam Saleh |
581,000
261,000
|
261,000 |
Blake Whittington |
529,000
491,000
|
491,000 |
Kristen Foxen |
499,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
||
Mason Barrell |
481,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Kevin Garosshen | 472,000 | |
Rudy Cadenas |
381,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
Trilok Ghanshyam |
357,000
357,000
|
357,000 |
McNeil Smith |
355,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
Felix Weis |
338,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
Ryan Braselman |
301,000
301,000
|
301,000 |
Sergei Petrushevskii |
297,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Kimberly Stone |
280,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
David Solomon |
269,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
Deniel Zambrano |
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
Jose Montes |
259,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
Micheal Williams |
257,000
-133,000
|
-133,000 |
Alain Bauer |
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
Leonardo Valenzuela |
228,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
Ivan Hallal Castillo |
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Eric Afriat |
218,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
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Matthew Bray |
196,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
Benjamin Perez |
195,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Michael Wang |
176,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
Play has ended for the day. A full recap and final chip counts for the day will be published shortly.
During a grueling hand-for-hand session that refused to see any all-in player busts, suddenly two different players were all in at the same time.
On the first table, Jeremy Moore had waited as long as he could to get the chips in the middle, quite literally. He found himself in the big blind and was forcibly all in with less that the total owed. He was going to have to survive a flop.
One player limped before Conrad Simpson moved all in from middle position for 100,000. Multiple other players tanked as Moore awaited his fate. Ultimately, Simpson's raise did give him protection as the rest of the table folded and they took a flop heads up.
Moore flipped over for his blind hand. Simpson had him in big trouble with the . The board ran out all low cards until the landed on the river and eliminated Jeremy from the tournament. He wouldn't be the only elimination, though.
On a nearby table, Daniel Jones shoved less than ten big blinds and was called Kevin Garosshen. Everyone else at the table got out of the way.
After the first table had completed their hand, the tournament director moved to this hand. "Alright, let's see the hands."
Jones had and Garosshen showed the . The window card delivered a blow to Jones' hopes as the flopped Garosshen a set. Jones still had his hopes resting on a gutshot.
The , though, brought even more hope to Jones as his gutshot had added a flush draw.
One card left to secure a bag for day two, the river card wasn't what he was looking for as the fell and sent him to join Moore on the outside looking in.
Neither player got paid as only those who bag will make Day 2 and are in the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Garosshen |
472,000
472,000
|
472,000 |
Conrad Simpson |
130,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Daniel Jones | Busted | |
Jeremy Moore | Busted |
13 hands in on the bubble and still no busts. Blinds have gone up and players are that much closer to a bag.
43 players remain, but only 42 players will make tomorrow as the bubble has arrived.
Kristen Bicknell has slowly but surely been picking up chips as the bubble draws near.
Alex Foxen and their adorable Yorkie, Riley, sit nearby and support her from the rail.
"Riley has been on the rail for the last few days in a good week for her," said Foxen as they prepare for their trip to Vegas.
Bicknell will look to carry her momentum to a large stack in preparation for Day 2 tomorrow and notch a tournament cash before they leave Austin.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kristen Foxen |
420,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Rudy Cadenas opened on the button to 23,000, nearly three big blinds. Conrad Simpson shoved over the top of his open to 160,000 from the small blind. The big blind contemplated getting involved but decided against it and folded.
Back on Cadenas, he folded pretty quickly as well and Simpson raked more chips in an attempt to carry himself into a bag for Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conrad Simpson |
162,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Rudy Cadenas |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |