Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social

Event #11: $600 2021 Spring Series PLO Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$48,960
Total Entries
96
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
1,280,000
Total Chips
3,840,000
Players Left 3 / 96
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Straight to the Nine Gets Big Double for O'Brien

David O'Brien
David O'Brien

Level 16 (6,000/12,000/12,000)

In the last hand before the break, action was picked up on the turn with the board reading {8-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. David O'Brien bet 160,000 and Lawrence Lazar called.

The river came the {5-Hearts}.

O'Brien announced all in. Lazar asked for a count which the the dealer counted out to be 265,000. Lazar called.

O'Brien announced "Straight to the Nine" and turned over the {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}, Lazar mucked, the dealer turned it over briefly in an all in situation before putting the cards into the muck and shipping the huge pot to O'Brien.

Tags: David O'BrienLawrence Lazar

Jason Fitzpatrick Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,714)

Jason Fitzpatrick
Jason Fitzpatrick

Level 16 (6,000/12,000/12,000)

The flop read {7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Jason Fitzpatrick was all in showing the {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{j-Spades}{2-Diamonds} against the {7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades} of Pom Cha.

The turn came the {q-Spades} and the river was the {k-Clubs} to send Fitzpatrick away in 8th place.

Tags: Jason Fitzpatrick

Brandon Guzman Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,346)

Brandon Guzman
Brandon Guzman

Level 15 (5,000/10,000/10,000)

The flop read {j-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Lawrence Lazar made a large bet of about 275,000, Brandon Guzman raised all in and Lazar called.

Lazar held the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} with a chance to knock out Guzman who had the {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Spades}.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and the river came the {4-Hearts} to pair the board and eliminate Guzman as the first final table victim.

PLO Championship Final Table

Final Table
Final Table

Final Table

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Joe Castaneda105,000
2Loi Nguyen260,000
3David O'Brien290,000
4Paul Espinoza405,000
5Jason Fitzpatrick245,000
6Lawrence Lazar890,000
7Pom Cha540,000
8Brandon Guzman420,000
9William Mattison475,000

Lazar Forces Out O'Brien

Level 15 (5,000/10,000/10,000)

Action was picked up on the turn with a pot of about 240,000 in the middle with the board reading {7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}. David O'Brien bet 60,000. Paul Espinoza folded and Lawrence Lazar called.

The river was the {a-Hearts}. Lazar quickly moved a large stack of chips forward for a bet f 150,000. O'Brien sighed before folding his hand and sending the big pot over to Lazar who added chips to near a million in chips.

Tomko and Cetinkaya Eliminated Simultaneously on Bubble

Dewey Tonko and Mehmet Cetinkaya were eliminated on the same hand on two different tables to bring the field from 14 to 12 without the need for hand for hand play as the remaining twelve players are all in the money.

Final Two Table Chip Counts

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