Event #14: $600 Lone Star Surprise Bounty II
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Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social
Event #14: $600 Lone Star Surprise Bounty II
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social
Buy-in
$600
Entries
93
Event #14: $600 Lone Star Surprise Bounty Underway
The Lone Star Surprise Bounty has just announced shuffle up and deal to begin the day with 39 entires at the start.
This tournament promises to be one of the most exciting and most fun of the series. Players begin with a 30,000 stack after a $600 buy in.
The bounty for this tournament is a surprise. Each player will receive an envelope at the close of registration, which is at the end of level 4, approximately 2:15 p.m. local time. These envelopes will have a surprise amount of money. Fifteen worth $100, ten worth $200, two worth $500 and the one jackpot bounty of $1000. Every other envelope will be $0.
PokerNews will cover this unique format as the day progresses.
VIP Bounties
While most of the bounties will not come into play until the close of registration, there are a few notable exceptions in the form of the VIP bounties.
These players are big names in the Lone Star Poker Series who have been selected to be VIP players. Their bounties are in play from the start and are worth $300 each to anyone who have knock them out.
List of the VIP Bounties
| # | VIP NAME | DESCRIPTION | ||||
| VIP 1 | LAURA HOPPE | $360 NL Holdem Bounty Champion Inaugural Lone Star Poker Series Season I | ||||
| VIP 2 | JOSH BURKHALTER | $400 Jacked Stack Champion Inaugural Lone Star Poker Series Season I | ||||
| VIP 3 | LOGAN HEWETT | $600 Lone Star Suprise Bounty I (LSPS Season II) | ||||
| VIP 4 | STEPHEN HART | $400 Super Stack Stack (Season II) | ||||
| VIP 5 | LINH DINH | $400 NLH Double Black Chip Bounty (Season II) | ||||
| VIP 6 | JIM ECHIVERRI | |||||
| VIP 7 | ROB VALDEN | $360 Triple Triple Draw Inaugural Lone Star Poker Series Season I | ||||
| VIP 8 | NIC VU | |||||
| VIP 9 | JEFF PLATT | |||||
| VIP 10 | James Duke | Supporter of the Lone Star Poker Series, Champions Poker Club & 4th place finisher on the Tournament Leaderboard | ||||
| VIP 11 | Ed Batinga | Supporter of the Lone Star Poker Series, Champions Poker Club & 5th place finisher on the Tournament Leaderboard | ||||
| VIP 12 | Isaac Trumbo | Executive Vice President of Champions Poker Group | ||||
| VIP 13 | ROY CHOI | President of Champions Poker Group | ||||
| VIP 14 | DEWEY TOMKO | "MULTI-BRACELET WINNER AT THE WSOP & WINNER OF MORE THAN $4.9 MILLION IN LIFETIME TOURNAMENT EARNINGS & PARTNER at Champions Poker Club | ||||
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| VIP 15 | KIM STONE | Co-Founder of the Lone Star Poker Series |
Nhan Scores First VIP Bounty
Level 2 (100/200/200)
Josh Burkhalter was all in preflop in good position for a double as he held 
against the 
of Ryane Nhan.
But the flop came 
to give Nhan the set and but Burkhalter on the brink. The turn was a 
and the river a 
to confirm Burkhalter as the first VIP victim of the day and give Nhan the $300 VIP bounty envelope.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
|
Busted |
Platt Rivers Straight to Leave Stone Short
Level 3 (200/300/300)
Jeff Platt was all in with 
against the 
of Kim Stone.
Stone had Platt slight covered so Platt would need some help to survive. The flop gave some help as it came 
to open up straight possibilities.
The turn was a but the river was a 
to bring home the straight for Platt and keep his bounty alive, while knocking Stone short in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
|
12,000 | 12,000 |
Surprise Bounty in Action
Level 4 Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | 5,000 |
|
70,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
33,000 | 21,000 |
|
22,000 | 22,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
18,000 | 18,000 |
Extended Break
The players are now on the first break of the day, which is an extended 30-minute break for the handing out of envelopes and for registration to go for the duration of the break as it will close when the break ends.
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Stone Collecting Bounties
Level 5 (300/600/600)
After being knocked down to a short stack earlier in the day, Kim Stone has since chipped up significantly since then,
She has scored three bounties, including one of the swag bags and one of the $200 bounty envelopes to add to her growing stack of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | 82,000 |