Oziel Zuniga Wins Lone Star Poker Series Main Event ($45,960)

Oziel Zuniga is the inaugural Lone Star Poker Series Main Event Champion and $45,960 richer after two long days of play.

Understandably, Zuniga was grinning ear to ear after the win: "I was exhausted when I walked in tonight. I was out too late partying last night. I have done nothing but drink coffee all day long."

Coffee was the key to keeping Zuniga tuned in and ready to play. He was caught bluffing when he jammed with while four-handed but he made a pair and held. Throughout the final hour or so of play, Zuniga would loudly say "deuce-trey" as his rallying cry.

Zuniga took home the $45,960 top prize, an engraved money clip, and the specially-designed sterling silver trophy belt buckle from Max Lang Belts and Buckles.

Lone Star Poker Series Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Oziel Zuniga	$45,960*
2	Long Nguyen	$40,365*
3	Kent Kvaal	$42,960*
4	Charlie Dawson	$21,910
5	Min Zhang	$16,510
6	Andrew Dartez	$12,580
7	Raymond Martin	$9,710
8	Justin Phillips	$7,580
9	Edward Sebesta	$5,990

Others to cash the tournament were Flavio Palalon (12th - $4,800), Ray Henson (15th - $3,190), Lisa Fleishman (17th - $2,650), Josh Burkhalter (26th - $1,910), Blake Barousse (28th - $1,910), Chris Staats (29th - $1,910), Hayden Fortini (31st - $1,910), Paul Strohm (33rd - $1,650), and William Lahti (37th - $1,650).

It was an especially brutal Day 2 for Lahti , who began the day as chip leader. He and Long Nguyen engaged in a preflop raising war that resulted in Lahti getting his stack in with pocket kings only to see Nguyen roll over aces. The board ran out seven-high and Lahti took an unexpected early exit from the tournament.

_{*Denotes three-handed deal.}

Lone Star Poker Series Winners

Tournament	Winner	Prize	Entrants	Prize Pool
$360 NLH Kickoff Event	Lisa Fleishman	$30,820	555	$166,500
$400 NLH	Min Zhang	$9,650	88	$29,920
$250 NLH Turbo	Derrick Contreras	$2,640	31	$6,200
$360 NLH	Ramon Chavez	$5,990	63	$18,900
$360 Triple Triple Draw	Robert Valden	$4,030	36	$10,800
$250 NLH Turbo	Sebastiaan F De	$2,500	23	$5,000
$360 NLH Bounty	Laura Hoppe	$5,410	84	$25,200
$360 PLO8	Marshall Silvestein	$3,260	53	$15,900
$250 NLH Turbo	Jason Lang	$2,600	31	$6,200
$250 NLH	Chy Ling	$6,480	108	$21,600
$360 HORSE	Matthew Rasco	$2,400	48	$14,400
$360 PLO Bountry	Oscar Montemayor	$3,810	56	$16,800
$400 NLH Jacked Stack	Josh Burkhalter	$11,950	119	$40,460
$500 PLO Championship	Mehmet Cetinkaya	$10,770	85	$36,550
$580 Main Event	Oziel Zuniga	$330,000	660	$45,960