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
Entries
96
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
1,280,000
Total Chips
3,840,000

Nguyen Triples Up

Level 12 (2,000/4,000/4,000)

The flop read {5-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Loi Nguyen was all in for about 55,000. Blake Barousse re-shoved his larger stack. The decision was on Brandon Guzman who thought it over long and hard before calling.

Loi Nguyen: {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Blake Barousse: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Spades}
Brandon Guzman: {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river the {6-Clubs} to secure the triple up for Nguyen and give Barousse the side pot vs Guzman while Guzman was left with a decimated stack.

Player Chips Progress
Loi Nguyen us
Loi Nguyen
195,000 110,000
Blake Barousse us
Blake Barousse
70,000 -35,000
Brandon Guzman us
Brandon Guzman
25,000 25,000

Lazar Raises River and Gets Paid

Lawrence Lazar
Lawrence Lazar

Level 11 (1,500/3,000/3,000)

Action was on the river with the board reading {7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Spades}. Lawrence Lazar was facing a bet of 35,000 from his opponent. Lazar raised to 100,000 and waited for a decision from his opponent.

After about 20 seconds, his opponent called. Lazar flipped over the {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Spades} for sevens full which caused his opponent to muck in frustration and ship the pot over to Lazar.

Player Chips Progress
Lawrence Lazar us
Lawrence Lazar
455,000 265,000

Level 10 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Paul Espinoza us
Paul Espinoza
380,000 200,000
James Burrell us
James Burrell
215,000 115,000
Mehmet Cetinkaya us
Mehmet Cetinkaya
190,000 120,000
Lawrence Lazar us
Lawrence Lazar
190,000
Neil Ho us
Neil Ho
120,000 75,000
Blake Barousse us
Blake Barousse
105,000
Badr Imejjane us
Badr Imejjane
100,000 58,000
Loi Nguyen us
Loi Nguyen
85,000 38,000
Kenneth Po us
Kenneth Po
80,000 15,000
Ronnie A us
Ronnie A
80,000 -135,000
John Clark us
John Clark
75,000 10,000
Joe Castaneda us
Joe Castaneda
65,000 65,000
Jason Lang us
Jason Lang
64,000 19,000
David O'Brien us
David O'Brien
35,000 -35,000

Espinoza Rivers Boat to Sink Three Players

Paul Espinoza
Paul Espinoza

Level 8 (600/1,200/1,200)

There was a flurry of action at the table as the board was showing {8-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. 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 {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}, while one of his opponents had the {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{9-Spades} for the queen high straight. Another player also had a queen high straight, and the fourth all in player held the {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}.

Alan Middleton and Steve Lykins were two of the three players at risk.

The turn was the {3-Diamonds} to change little but the river came the {10-Clubs} 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
Paul Espizona
Paul Espizona
405,000 405,000
Steve Lykins us
Steve Lykins
Busted
Alan Middleton us
Alan Middleton
Busted

Tags: Paul Espinoza

Level 7 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ronnie A us
Ronnie A
215,000 105,000
Paul Espinoza us
Paul Espinoza
180,000 50,000
Blake Barousse us
Blake Barousse
105,000 10,000
James Burrell us
James Burrell
100,000 45,000
Drake Roetker us
Drake Roetker
85,000 32,000
David O'Brien us
David O'Brien
70,000 -5,000
Mehmet Cetinkaya us
Mehmet Cetinkaya
70,000 25,000
Kenneth Po us
Kenneth Po
65,000 65,000
Steve Lykins us
Steve Lykins
60,000 60,000
Arturo Lopez us
Arturo Lopez
55,000 55,000
Bruce Walters us
Bruce Walters
51,000 51,000
Jason Lang us
Jason Lang
45,000 45,000
Badr Imejjane us
Badr Imejjane
42,000 42,000
Anthony Mender us
Anthony Mender
35,000 35,000
Pedro Rios us
Pedro Rios
11,000 11,000