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We have reached the final table after four bust outs in the space of less than ten minutes. Our final table players include CSOP Vice President Brian Kip, Ted Way from our trophy sponsor Right Touch Engravers, actress Katie Morgan, and senior editor with PokerNews, Chad Holloway. This is gonna be a tough one!
1st: $2,500
2nd: $1,500
3rd: $1,000
4th - 10th: Various sponsors prizes and future CSOP entries.
Joey Gargiulo, known in poker circles as "Uncle Joey The Poker Wizard," hails from Bensonhurst, NY, and grew up on Long Island. He currently resides in North Las Vegas where he settled after spending a few years on the poker circuit. Joey has been playing poker since he was five years old, transitioning from home games to underground New York games, then becoming an online player and cash game specialist. He ventured into live tournaments four years ago and has amassed nearly three hundred thousand dollars in tournament winnings.
Gargiulo's most significant poker achievement to date was a forty-eight thousand dollar payday for a tenth place finish in the Choctaw WPT Main Event, after winning his way in via a $200 satellite. Outside of playing, Joey is a poker author, intuitive poker coach, and spiritual guide. Despite the challenge of going blind multiple times in his life, he continues to make his mark in the poker world.
What a stunning environment for a poker tournament. Millions of dollars of high end automobiles and hundreds of people dressed in their finest made for a target-rich environment for our photographer. The gallery includes -
Katie Morgan and Rebel Lynn posing in front of a line of Lamborghinis.
Rebel posing with her husband Sid Coca right after they announced that she is pregnant with their second child. Congrats Sid and Rebel!
The amazing catering table with incredible beef dip sandwiches made fresh with 100% grass fed organic beef and spicy berry pies (delicious).
Mikki Gunter in elaborate costume as always, selling 50/50 raffle tickets.
Stars like Jay Wasley (Ghost Adventures), "Fat Mike" Burkett (NOFX), and poker superstars Tyler Patterson, Matt Stout, Mikki Limo, and Tim Reilly.
There is also a bonus photo of the GOAT of tournament directors, Matt Savage, taking time out of his day to teach the rudiments of poker to a pair of young ladies who thought their game could use a touch up before playing.
Vladyslav Shovkovyi (just Vlad on the livestream) has won the PokerAtlas Title event for over $100,000. After a huge hand where Vlad flopped two pair and Chase flopped top pair, Chase was left with crumbs. He got it in the next hand and flopped middle pair, but Vlad flopped top pair, which held to win the tournament. Congratulations to Vlad and to all of the final table participants who all went home with a nice check.
After chip leader Chase opened the button three-handed, Peter felt like he had just the right stack to shove all-in with , but whether it was a bad choice, or just bad timing, Chase called with the dominating and the board ran out with no pairs for either player, sending Peter to the rail in third place for over forty thousand dollars. Chase and June will begin heads up play with Chase as a 3 to 1 chip leader.
Bustouts
3rd: Peter ($41,630)
| Player | Stack | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|
| Peter (Lam) | 0 | -3,900,000 |
| Chase | 25,000,000 | +8,400,000 |
| Vlad | 8,000,000 | 0 |
Seemingly unwilling to share the bust out duties with Kris Burchfield, Peter busted him instead. With blinds of 150,000/300,000, Peter raised to 800,000 with from under the gun. Burchfield, who knows Peter is aggressive and may have a wide range in this spot, shoved all-in for 2,475,000 from the big blind with . Peter called, the board ran out clean, and Burchfield is out in 4th.
Bustout
4th: Kris Burchfield ($31,610)
| Player | Stack | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|
| Peter | 7,800,000 | +2,700,000 |
| Kris Burchfield | 0 | -2,475,000 |
Current Trailblazer Poker Tour POY leader Kris Burchfield has been scraping along all day on a short stack, but with a lucky flop he has busted Jason Faircloth and is a bit more comfortable with about twenty-five big blinds.
Burchfield shoved for twelve big blinds from under the gun with and Faircloth actually considered a fold with and exactly the same stack as Burchfield. when Faircloth made the call he was in good shape, but a runout of gave Burchfield the pot and sent Faircloth to the rail in 5th place.
Bustouts
5th: Jason Faircloth ($23,060)
| Player | Stack | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|
| Kris Burchfield | 6,300,000 | +3,300,000 |
| Jason Faircloth | 0 | -3,025,000 |
Peter is responsible for all four bustouts at the final table, and his day has been filled with preflop premiums. He hasn't won with all of those premium hands, but he has managed to amass a solid second place stack of over nine million.
In this hand, Kris Burchfield (RGV Kris) raised from the cutoff seat with , and Peter reraised from the button with . Then June (Randall Cummins) woke up with in the small blind with about eight big blinds in his stack. It's pretty tough to fold Ace-King with eight big blinds, but Cummins seemed to consider before putting his stack in the middle.
Burchfield quickly folded, Peter called, and the board ran out pure for Peter and sent June to the rail in 6th.
Bustouts
6th: Randall Cummins ($17,940)
| Player | Stack | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|
| Peter | 9,100,000 | +2,200,000 |
| June | 0 | -1,580,000 |
Peter has busted another player, bringing the score to
Peter - 3
Everyone Else - 0
Georgie (Vladysla Shovkovyi) shoved under the gun for a little less than eight big blinds with , and Peter woke up with in the small blind. The baord ran out all under cards and Georgie was headed for the payout window. While Peter is still nowhere near the chip lead, he is certainly the knockout king so far.
Bustouts
7th: Georgie ($14,950)
| Player | Stack | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|
| Peter | 6,150,000 | +1,475,000 |
| Georgie | 0 | -1,175,000 |
After 45 minutes of big pots where the short stacks ran pure, Than Lam, who goes by Peter on the broadcast, has busted Dejuante Alexander and Hasan Mahdi. Peter had and the bigger stack, while Alexander had and Mahdi had . Alexander and Mahdi were both short enough that all-in was the only play. The flop brought two clubs and the last club fell on the river to send two players to the rail.
Bustouts
8th Place: Dejuante Alexandar - $12,380
9th Place: Hasan Mahdi - $10,250
| Player | Stack | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|
| Peter (Than Lam) | 4,600,000 | +2,100,000 |
| Hasan Mahdi | 0 | -850,000 |
| Dejuante Alexander | 0 | -1,325,000 |
We'll be waiting for tomorrow to do a final table photo, but the players are bagging chips as this update is written and the final table is set. We will be back tomorrow with bios and photos of your final table participants and regular updates as the final table plays out.
You can watch the livestream on TCH LIVE!
Great turnout for the closer and some great shots!
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