Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 100
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 100
Following a trio of limps, Alejandro Armas sweetened the pot with a raise to 700 from the small blind. Everyone called, including the big blind and five players went to the flop.
It came K♠9♦8♠ and Armas immediately led out for 3,500. Only Michael Zelaya called in the hijack to see the 7♣ fall on the turn.
Armas now fired out a bet of 10,500, which represented just under half of Zelaya's remaining stack.
He thought briefly and then folded to sent the pot across the table to Armas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
26,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
While the PLO Championship continues at Champions Club Texas, several side events are already in the books.
The opening event on Friday, $400 Monster Stack saw 305 entries create a prizepool of $100,650, more than doubling the $50,000 guarantee.
Thai Ha of Houston took home the trophy and the $21,000 first-place prize after a deal was struck four-handed.
| PLACE | NAME | HOMETOWN | PAYOUT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THAI HA | HOUSTON, TX | $21,000* |
| 2 | JODY THERIOT | NEW IBERIA, LA | $13,875* |
| 3 | MICHAEL STONER | MISSOURI CITY, TX | $13,875* |
| 4 | RICHARD SEMANDER | WILLIS, TX | $5,400* |
| 5 | SANG N NGO | SUGAR LAND, TX | $4,930 |
| 6 | SURRINDER AHLUWALIA | HOUSTON, TX | $4,100 |
| 7 | KALEB HARWELL | HOUSTON, TX | $3,460 |
| 8 | TONG MU | SUGAR LAND, TX | $2,860 |
| 9 | BASSEL ASI | HOUSTON, TX | $2,300 |
| * denotes four-way deal |
In a five-way limped pot to the J♠6♥2♠ flop, following a check from the small blind, Mason Vieth bet 1,500 and got calls from Brenda Threadgill under the gun and Tony Lam in the cutoff.
The dealer placed the K♥ on the turn and Vieth bet 6,000 which got calls from both opponents before the 8♣ came in on the river.
Vieth now bet 5,000 which got a quick call from Threadgill and a fold from Lam.
Vieth showed K♣J♣5♥Xx for top two pair, but Threadgill showed A♦9♦6♦6♠ for trip sixes and the winner, as she's come back from an early short stack to build one of the biggest in the room so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
84,000
77,900
|
77,900 |
|
|
33,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 200
The second event of the 2024 Winter Poker Open at Houston's Champion's Club saw 35 entries mix it up for the $250 Round of Each No-Limit Hold 'em / Pot-Limit Omaha mixed event.
It saw Robert Cote of Houston take home the bulk of the $7,000 prizepool, earning $2,800 and the champion's trophy for the win.
Four players cashed the event with the following results as such:
| PLACE | NAME | HOMETOWN | PAYOUT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Cote | Houston, TX | $2,800 |
| 2 | Chander Jain | Houston, TX | $1,960 |
| 3 | James Lomax | Sugar Land, TX | $1,260 |
| 4 | Roberto Flores | Pasadena, TX | $980 |
Picking action up on the turn with about 15,000 in the middle and a board of Q♣7♥5♥8♠, Liam McDonough checked from the small blind, Kai Yang did likewise in middle position, and Ravee Sundara allowed a free river card from the button.
On that river, the A♠ fell, prompting a bet of 3,500 from McDonough. Yang folded, but Sundara now raised to 20,000.
McDonough thought for a moment and then folded, telling Sundara, "sneaky, good check back on the turn" as the pot was pushed to Sundara.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
103,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
39,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
With 34 entries on the tournament clock, of which 24 players remain, those runners have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
176,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
119,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
77,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
74,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
46,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
41,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
39,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
38,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
35,500
500
|
500 |
|
|
35,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
32,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
28,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
28,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
21,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
20,000
13,000
|
13,000 |