Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social

$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,300
Prize Pool
$2,090,700
Entries
1,818
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
30,300,000
Total Chips
90,900,000
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
371
Players Left
45

Admon Tops Huge Day 1c as $1 Million Guarantee Met

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Salim Admon
Salim Admon

The Inaugural Texas State $1 Million GTD Main Event continued its rip-roaring ride on Day 1c as 371 entries reached the $1 Million guarantee on only the third starting day of five. Those 371 competed for 14 hours to make the final 45 players to advance to Day 2.

At the end of the day it was Salim Admon who topped all runners with an astounding chip stack of 1,416,000, which is more than 3,000 clear of the next closest player. Admon gathered a large amount of his chips late in the day when he hit a queen on a four-bet pot to overcome kings and shoot him up. He would continue to amass chips as the night came to an end and finished in commanding position.

Drake Roetker finished the day in second place with 1,136,000 in chips as used pocket aces to carve a lot away from Chan Pelton late in the day, who also finished fifth in chips himself, which beats his bag from Day 1b. Logan Hewett finished the day in third place with 981,000.

Big name players Darren Elias and Greg Raymer both scored bags to advance to Day 2. Elias spent much of the evening on the feature table where he would gain chips after winning several pots from a variety of players at his table to finish with a nice stack of 916,000. Raymer finished the day with 437,000.

A few other well known players to end the day with chips included; Daniel Lowery (653,000), David Jackson (394,000), Adam Hendrix (181,000) and Viet Vo (158,000).

The 45 who survived will join the 16 from Day 1a and the 25 from Day 1b for a total of 86 advancing to Day 2 so far,

PokerNews will pick up coverage for Day 1d tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time.

Tags: Adam HendrixChan PeltonDaniel LoweryDarren EliasDavid JacksonDrake RoetkerGreg RaymerLogan HewettSalim AdmonViet Vo

Admon's Ladies Take Out Rountree in Huge Pot

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Salim Admon
Salim Admon

Action was intense preflop as the under the gun player raised to 15,000. Salim Admon three-bet to 45,000 from the cutoff. Collin Rountree four-bet to 160,000 from the big blind.

The initial raiser folded and Admon thought for a while before calling the four-bet to create a massive pot between the two large stacks.

The flop came down {5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Rountree jammed and was snap called.

Rountree saw the bad news as he turned over the {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} only to be destroyed by the {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} of Admon.

The turn was the {2-Clubs} and the river the {3-Spades} to end Rountree's night and give Admon a stack very close to a million.

Player Chips Progress
Salim Admon us
Salim Admon
995,000 995,000
Collin Rountree us
Collin Rountree
Busted

Tags: Collin RountreeSalim Admon

Quad Alert For Rountree

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Collin Rountree (in a previous event)
Collin Rountree (in a previous event)

Action was picked up on the river with the board reading {2-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{a-Hearts}.

Collin Rountree made a bet of 37,000 into a pot of around the same amount.

William Smith had the decision on him and thought for about 20 seconds before calling.

Rountree show the table his monster and turned over the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for quad aces and collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Collin Rountree us
Collin Rountree
212,000
William Smith us
William Smith
160,000

Tags: Collin RountreeWilliam Smith

Raymer on the River

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante
Greg Raymer
Greg Raymer

Action was picked up on with the dealer dealing the river to complete the board to read {k-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{a-Hearts}.

The boisterous Evans Walker confidently announced a bet of 40,000 over to Greg Raymer who called quickly and turned over the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for a rivered set.

Walker put his head down on the table in disgust and claimed that he had king-jack and that the river did him, while Raymer collected his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
95,000 95,000
Evans Walker us
Evans Walker
48,000 48,000

Tags: Greg Raymer

Berkey Decimated Early

Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante
Matt Berkey
Matt Berkey

Matt Berkey, who had just entered the field shortly after the break, raised to 1,300 from middle position. Kenny Duong three-bet to 4,100 and Berkey called.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. Berkey check-called a bet of 7,200 from Duong.

The turn was the {k-Diamonds}. Berkey bet 10,000. Duong raised all in and Berkey beat him to the middle with the chips with an immediate snap call and the cards were turned over.

Berkey had the flush with the {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} while Duong had trips with the {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}.

The river was bingo for Duong as the {a-Clubs} came off to give him a full boat and take down the flush of Berkey to leave him with pebbles.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Duong us
Kenny Duong
92,000 92,000
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
800 800

Tags: Matt Berkey

Day 1c of the $1 Million GTD Texas State Main Event Starts at 11 a.m.

LSPS Belt Buckle and Plaques
LSPS Belt Buckle and Plaques

After two exciting days of opening day play in the Texas State Main Event, Day 1c promises to be the largest and most intense yet as players continue to flock to Houston to join in the action.

A total of 335 entries have been accumulated so far, 129 from Day 1a and 206 from Day 1b. Of those entries 41 have survived, the biggest stacks belonging to Dmitri Nobles (1,153,000), Deborah Hinton (1,145,000) and Jimmy Tong (802,000).

The format of Day 1c follows the previous days, 40-minute levels with registration open until the start of Level 13 and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9.

PokerNews will provide the coverage and updates today as always.