Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social

$1,300 Texas State $1M GTD Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
218
Players Left
17

Vazquez Calls it Down

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The flop read {10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. Joel Vazquez bet 115,000 form the button. Michael Rossitto check-raised to 285,000. Vazquez called.

The turn was the {q-Hearts}. Action went check-check.

The river came the {8-Hearts}. Rossitto bet 200,000 and Vazquez called.

Rossitto showed the {j-}{4-} off-suit which was quickly turned over while Vazquez had the {10-}{9-} for the winner.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Vazquez us
Joel Vazquez
2,710,000
1,610,000
1,610,000
Michael Rossitto us
Michael Rossitto
1,100,000
-50,000
-50,000

Tags: Joel VazquezMichael Rossitto

Doan Doubles Up

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Christopher Doan was collecting a double up with his {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} showing as the winner vs the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} of Zachary Hammons.

The board was displayed reading {5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, Doan having turned a set.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Rice us
Shawn Rice
3,900,000
300,000
300,000
Jesse McVicker us
Jesse McVicker
3,700,000
2,400,000
2,400,000
Christopher Doan us
Christopher Doan
2,900,000
800,000
800,000
Dylan Armstrong us
Dylan Armstrong
1,430,000
980,000
980,000
Zachary Hammons us
Zachary Hammons
880,000
-2,520,000
-2,520,000
Trace Henderson us
Trace Henderson
830,000
80,000
80,000
Joshua Calvert us
Joshua Calvert
500,000
-420,000
-420,000

Potis Finds Aces at Right Time

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jared Hemingway had three-bet preflop to 600,000, Tony Potis moved all in over it.

Hemingway called the all in and saw the bad news.

Potis had the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} while Hemingway had the {a-}{k-}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Hemingway sent a chunk of chips over to Potis.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriel Andrade ec
Gabriel Andrade
3,550,000
940,000
940,000
Michael Steinbacher us
Michael Steinbacher
3,420,000
2,020,000
2,020,000
Jared Hemingway us
Jared Hemingway
1,950,000
-1,800,000
-1,800,000
Aaron McEvoy us
Aaron McEvoy
1,825,000
185,000
185,000
Chip Ervin us
Chip Ervin
620,000
-530,000
-530,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Rice Rising

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Shawn Rice
Shawn Rice

The board read {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. Joel Vazquez bet 325,000 which Shawn Rice called.

The river came the {9-Hearts}. Both players checked their hands.

Vazquez said ace-high and showed the {a-}{9-}. Rice had that beat with the {a-}{k-} to win the pot and add more to his stack as he continues to go up in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Rice us
Shawn Rice
5,350,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
Joel Vazquez us
Joel Vazquez
2,600,000
-110,000
-110,000

Farah Doubles

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Farah Farah was all in preflop and ahead with ace-king against the ace-jack of Michale Wang.

The board ran out {8-}{q-}{7-}{6-}{6-} and Farah grabbed an important double up and took some more from Wang who has slipped in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
3,320,000
-2,280,000
-2,280,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Farah Farah us
Farah Farah
2,100,000
1,600,000
1,600,000

Kester Doubles Up

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The flop read {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Joel Vazquez bet 280,000. Galen Kester moved all in for 745,000 total. Vazquez made the call.

Kester was ahead with the {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} while Vazquez had the inferior kicker with the {k-Spades}{j-Spades}.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and the river came the {4-Spades} to give Kester the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Joel Vazquez us
Joel Vazquez
1,850,000
-750,000
-750,000
Galen Kester us
Galen Kester
1,680,000
860,000
860,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Doan Back on Top

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Christopher Doan
Christopher Doan

Hand details retold to PokerNews after Christophr Doan was seen collecting another huge pot, the rest of Joel Vazquez's chips:

The flop read {10-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades}. All the chips ended up in the middle after a series of raises and an all in shove.

Doan had the {a-Spades}{4-Spades} while Vazquez had {7-}{4-} off suit.

The turn and river missed both draws and it was Doan's ace-high that held as the best hand to eliminate Vazquez and score the huge pot.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Doan us
Christopher Doan
8,150,000
5,250,000
5,250,000
Joel Vazuqez
Joel Vazuqez
Busted