Event #11: Spring Series PLO Championship in the Lone Star Poker Series gets underway today at 2.p.m. The buy in is $600 and each entry will receive 40,000 in chips.
Levels are 30 minutes in length. Registration is open until the start of Level 9, roughly 6:30 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will provide chip counts and updates from this event as the day goes on.
Level 8 (600/1,200/1,200)
There was a flurry of action at the table as the board was showing 
. Four players were all in as the dealer was counting the chips and setting aside side pots.
Paul Espinoza had the largest stack and held a set of queens with the 
, while one of his opponents had the 
for the queen high straight. Another player also had a queen high straight, and the fourth all in player held the 
.
Alan Middleton and Steve Lykins were two of the three players at risk.
The turn was the 
to change little but the river came the 
to pair the board and give Espinoza the full boat, besting the straights and knocking out all three of his opponents in one fell swoop to grow his stack even larger
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Final Table
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Joe Castaneda | 105,000 |
| 2 | Loi Nguyen | 260,000 |
| 3 | David O'Brien | 290,000 |
| 4 | Paul Espinoza | 405,000 |
| 5 | Jason Fitzpatrick | 245,000 |
| 6 | Lawrence Lazar | 890,000 |
| 7 | Pom Cha | 540,000 |
| 8 | Brandon Guzman | 420,000 |
| 9 | William Mattison | 475,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
890,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
540,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
475,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
420,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
405,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
290,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
260,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
245,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
105,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 15 (5,000/10,000/10,000)
The flop read 
. Lawrence Lazar made a large bet of about 275,000, Brandon Guzman raised all in and Lazar called.
Lazar held the 
with a chance to knock out Guzman who had the 
.
The turn was the and the river came the 
to pair the board and eliminate Guzman as the first final table victim.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 16 (6,000/12,000/12,000)
The flop read 
. Jason Fitzpatrick was all in showing the 
against the 
of Pom Cha.
The turn came the and the river was the to send Fitzpatrick away in 8th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,075,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 17 (10,000/15,000/15,000)
Joe Castaneda was depleted to a single chip after a previous hand where he folded rather than putting the rest in the middle. He was all in preflop.
Paul Espinoza and Loi Nguyen would play out the resulting hand, exchanging bet and calls on the turn and river as the board was fully fleshed out to read 
.
Espinoza and Nguyen chopped it up, after both had identical jacks full of aces full boats and Castaneda was eliminated in 7th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
540,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 18 (10,000/20,000/20,000)
Loi Nguyen moved his short stack all in preflop. Lawrence Lazar re-shoved and everyone else folded.
Nguyen held the . Lazar had the 
.
The board ran out and Nguyen was gone in 6th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 19 (15,000/30,000)
Paul Espinoza was eliminated by Lawrence Lazar as his 
could not best the hand of Lazar with the board reading 
as the cards were swept away with Lazar having trip sixes to bring the field down to four players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 20 (20,000/40,000/40,000)
William Mattison was all in preflop with his short stack against Pom Jun.
Mattison held the 
against the 
of Jun.
The flop was good for Jun as it came down . The turn was the 
and the river the to eliminate Mattison
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
965,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Pom Jun finished in second place after having slightly more chips than Lawrence Lazar.