Just five of the starting 15 VIP Bounties remain with 18 players left in the field in total.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000 | 10,000 |
|
250,000 | 196,000 |
|
105,000 | -25,000 |
|
40,000 | -60,000 |
|
35,000 | -75,000 |
Level 11 (1,500/3,000/3,000)
Rob Valden has been on fire for the past few levels and added another bounty to his clutches after he flopped a flush with the 
to overcome the pocket queens of Kenneth Po.
The turn and river did not help Po and Valden added even more chips to his surging stack
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | 170,000 |
|
Busted |
| Date | Buy-in | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| Sunday, April 18 | $215 | Event #1: Spring Series Kick-Off | 409 | $150,000 | Gerald Stogner | $23,742 |
| Sunday, April 18 | $400 | Event #2: $15K Deepstack Almost Freeze Out | 38 | $15,000 | Nick Chin | $3,634 |
| Monday, April 19 | $400 | Event #3: NLH Senior's Event | 27 | $10,000 | Scott Sanford | $3,500 |
| Monday, April19 | $400 | Event #4: Manic Monday Double Stack Turbo | 29 | $10,000 | Giovanni Musachio | $3,300 |
| Monday, April 19 | $400 | Event #5: Limit Horse Deeper Stack Turbo | 28 | $10,000 | Dean Joe | $3,049 |
| Tuesday, April 20 | $500 | Event #6: Limit Omaha 8 Championshio | 24 | $10,200 | Pedro Rios | $4,080 |
| Tuesday, April 20 | $400 | Event #7: NLH 6 Max | 26 | $10,000 | Kevin Kaylor | $4,000 |
| Wednesday, April 21 | $400 | Event #8: The Monster NLH | 110 | $35,750 | Mark Cortez | $10,010 |
| Wednesday, April 21 | $400 | Event #9: Big Bet 8 Game Mix | 27 | $8,000 | Bryan Evans | $3,510 |
| Thursday, April 22 | $400 | Event #10: NLH Black Chip Bounty | 39 | $15,000 | Derek Norman | $3,885 |
| Thursday, April 22 | $600 | Event #11: Spring Series PLO Championship | 96 | $48,960 | David O'Brien | $9,874 |
| Friday, April 23 | $400 | Event #12: The Ultimate Monster NLH | 102 | $33,150 | Pedro Rios | $9,447 |
| Friday, April 23 | $400 | Event #13: Pot Limit Big O | 32 | $10,400 | Nick Chin | $3,700 |
Level 10 (1,000/2,000/2,000)
Ed Batinga and Andy Johnson were involved in a big all-in with the chip stacks very close.
Johnson had the 
against the 
of Batinga.
The flop basically sewed it up for Batinga as it came down 
, the turn was the 
and the river came the 
to knock Batinga down to only 5,000.
His $300 VIP bounty was collected a couple of hands later by Stephen Hart.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 135,000 |
|
90,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
175,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
145,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 130,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 75,000 |
|
|
125,000 | 5,000 |
|
120,000 | |
|
120,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 45,000 |
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
45,000 | 30,000 |
|
40,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
25,000 | -27,000 |
|
18,000 | -22,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The remaining 35 players are now on a 20-minute break.
The lone $1,000 bounty is now off the board in Level 8 of the Lone Star Surprise Bounty with Houston native Garrett Jones being the lucky recipient after he eliminated a player.
The two $500 bounties have also been collected and are off the board. Six $200 bounties are still out there as well as 11 of the VIP bounties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000 | 165,000 |
Nick Chin won his second event of the Lone Star Poker Series after taking down Event #13: Pot Limit Big O for $3,700 after a chop heads up with Conrad Higgs late on Friday night. The tournament attracted 32 entries and had a prizepool of $10,400
Chin also won Event #2: Deep Stack Almost Freeze Out last Sunday for $3,634
| 1 | Nick Chin | $3,700 |
| 2 | Conrad Higgs | $3,008 |
| 3 | Benjamin Perez | $1,876 |
| 4 | Corey Bradford | $1,356 |
| 5 | Jacob Seale | $400 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 80,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
130,000 | 75,000 |
|
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
110,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
60,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
54,000 | -16,000 |
|
|
52,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
40,000 | -75,000 |
|
|
15,000 | -5,000 |
Registration has ended with 93 total entries to create a prizepool of $47,430. The top 12 places will be paid and the winner will take home the grand prize of $13,518
1st: $13,518
2nd: $8,775
3rd: $6,403
4th: $4,269
5th: $3,439
6th: $2,727
7th: $2,134
8th: $1,660
9th: $1,304
10-12th: $1,067
