$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day 1e Started
Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social
$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 1e
Final Opening Day of Main Event Set to Kick Off on Wild Saturday
It is time for the fifth and final opening day of the Texas State Main Event to get underway today at 11 a.m. local time. Today promises to be the largest starting day yet and will swell the field even more.
So far there have been 1,178 entries over the first four flights with 141 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. James Crowshaw is the high water mark so far as he has bagged the largest stack with 1,571,00. Six players in total have bagged over a million in chips and two players have bagged twice so far.
PokerNews will provide the updates as this hue Saturday of poker action in Houston unfolds.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Day 1E is underway with a packed house of 400 registered already.
Top 10 Chip Counts From First Four Flights
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Flight | Player | Chip Count |
| D | James Crowshaw | 1,571,000 |
| C | Salim Admon | 1,416,000 |
| B | Dmitri Nobles | 1,153,000 |
| B | Deborah Hinton | 1,145,000 |
| D | Trace Henderson | 1,141,000 |
| C | Drake Roetker | 1,136,000 |
| C | Logan Hewett | 981,000 |
| C | Darren Elias | 916,000 |
| C | Chan Pelton | 860,000 |
| A | Jimmy Tong | 802,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Faces in the Field
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
Lone Star Poker Series Winners
Level 2
: 200/300, 300 ante
| 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 |
| Saturday, April 24 | $400 | Event #14: Lone Star Surorise Bounty | 93 | $47,430 | Jason Fitzpatrick | $13,518 |
| Saturday, April 24 | $500 | Event #15: Tag Team Partner Tournament | 29 | $12,180 | Collin Rountree | $4,872 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Williams Gets Pot With Better Flush
Level 3
: 200/400, 400 ante
The board read 
on the turn. Benton Williams bet 2,000 over to his opponent who raised to 4,500 and Williams called.
The river came the 
to put four spades on board. Williams checked and his opponent bet 6,000. Williams called and showed the winning hand with the 
. His opponent mucked and flashed the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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73,000 | 73,000 |