Players are now on a 15-minute break. 120 players remain for the night. Play will cease when 77 remain.
Players are now on a 15-minute break. 120 players remain for the night. Play will cease when 77 remain.
There was a three-way preflop all-in hand in progress, and when the dust settled all three hands were tabled.
Matthew Dalka ![]()
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Richard Lopez ![]()
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Khaled Nassief ![]()
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Dalka had the largest stack and was in prime position to balloon up the counts.
However, the flop came down ![]()
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to zoom Lopez into the lead with a set of kings.
The turn sewed it up as the
came off to give Lopez quads, and after the meaningless river was run out, he pulled in a big pot while also ending Nassief's night in the process.
It was a battle of big stacks as the flop read ![]()
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.
Josh Burkhalter check-called a bet of 75,000 from Jimmu Lujan.
The turn came the
. Lujan bet again, this time for 125,000 and Burkhalter came along again.
The river was the
. Burkhalter checked again and Lujan put together some chips and made a hefty bet of 225,000.
Burkhalter went into the tank and played with his chips while thinking it out. He eyed Lujan and after over a minute he called.
Lujan showed ![]()
and Burkhalter tabled the winner with his ![]()
to gather the massive pot to put him well over a million.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Registration is now complete in the Texas State Main Event with a grand total of 1,818 entries, creating a whopping prizepool of $2,090,700.
The top 220 spots will be paid and first place will get $355,420.
Josh Burkhalter has been building up a nice stack over the last few levels and he was able to add more.
In a preflop all in his opponent held ![]()
against the ![]()
of Burkhalter.
The flop came ![]()
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and the turn gave Burkhalter broadway as a
came off. The river was a
and Burkhalter added more chips to his growing stack.
Dana Olson was in a preflop all in and had a chance to take out his opponent in a classic flip. Olson holding ![]()
against ![]()
.
The flop brought an ace and a king as it came ![]()
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. The turn was a
and the river a
and Olson collected his fallen opponent's chips.
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Christopher Doan was spotted with a large stack after he won a couple of hands consecutively.
On the second hand he made a raise that his opponent couldn't match as he sent the chips over to Doan who added a few more to his stack.