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The prize pool grows and we are close to making the guarantee after only two of the four flights in this event. First place should be well over $25,000 in this one. We will have 22 players advancing to day two, joining the 15 players who bagged yesterday. The next flight starts tomorrow at noon, and there is also a turbo flight on Sunday morning.
We have chips in bags for Flight 1A, with Stephen Hughes as our current chip leader at 477,000. That will be nearly 100 big blinds coming back to day two on Sunday, and maybe more if another flight finishes early. Come on in for another flight tomorrow as this enormous prize pool continues to grow.
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
| # | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Hughes | 477,000 |
| 2 | Blake Ellinghaus | 395,000 |
| 3 | Corey Zedo | 366,000 |
| 4 | Wendy Lu | 345,000 |
| 5 | Keith Romanovitz | 320,000 |
| 6 | Kyle Trammell | 305,000 |
| 7 | Ricardo Gonzalez | 301,000 |
| 8 | Christopher McNally | 270,000 |
| 9 | Carlos Pereira | 189,000 |
| 10 | Jie Liu | 178,000 |
| 11 | Steven Tournas | 119,000 |
| 12 | Justin Bold | 84,000 |
| 13 | Luke Fraga | 65,000 |
| 14 | Andrew Difeo | 61,000 |
| 15 | Nicholas Raio | 49,000 |
Great flight to get this $200k Title Event started! We have five more flights coming and satellites tonight and tomorrow night.
More fun photos today!
Faces Of bestbet: Title Event Flight 1A
After a fun day of shorthanded play, and some great photos, the players worked out a chop that made everyone happy. David Trager had a few more chips and walked away with the handsome PokerAtlas trophy as well.
Full Payouts
1st. David Trager — $4,118
2nd. Liang Zhao — $4,114
3rd. Dalip Madnani — $4,114
4th. Caleb Powell — $4,114
5th. Charles Campos — $1,569
6th. Mitchell McKinnon — $1,192
7th. Shannon Scalice — $944
8th. Corey Zedo — $781
9th. Rebecca Lindner-Like — $675
10th. Timothy Vollmer — $675
11th. Nicholas Costa — $612
12th. Glenn Strickland — $612
There was only one tournament today here in St. Augustine, and this was a fairly small field. Add that to the fact that six-max tables are easier to photograph (more space to shoot between players and less of other players getting into the photos) and our photographer decided to go crazy today and make an art project out of the photo gallery.
These photos are stunning!
Faces Of bestbet - Six Max
The Super Stack is always the most popular one day event here in Florida, and this trip was no different. With 275 entries, we expected the tournament to run well into the night, but the players worked out a chop just before 2 am, with Christopher Slay taking the big side and a trophy that left him beaming. The win was Slay's first significant tournament result, and the smile on his face made it clear that he was loving it. We're sure it won't be his last.
Full Payouts
1st. Christopher Slay — $7,900
2nd. Jeremy Paetsch — $6,500
3rd. Charles Campos — $4,500
4th. Wilbur Augenstein — $4,267
5th. Jason Neal — $3,700
6th. Tammer Ilcaffas — $2,008
7th. Jonathan Homem — $1,550
8th. Edwin Smith — $1,213
9th. Ariel Williams — $962
10th. Rashad Green — $962
11th. Alexander Griffin — $773
12th. Jesse Vicenty — $773
13th. Aaron Delp — $629
14th. Douglas Chan — $629
15th. Mervan Kizgin — $520
16th. Maher Bateh — $520
17th. Keith Romanovitz — $435
18th. Evan Hamstra — $435
19th. Steven Schween — $435
20th. Henry Jones Jr — $435
21st. Paul Barnett — $369
22nd. Anderson Premdas — $369
23rd. Emmanuel Rodriguez — $369
24th. Kelly Andrews — $369
25th. Ritesh Patel — $318
26th. Benjamin Jacobsohn — $318
27th. Angelo Lane — $318
28th. Richard MacMullen — $318
29th. Jerry Nackashi — $318
30th. Brian Hooser — $318
31st. Roy Vazquez — $318
32nd. Michael D'Agostino — $318
33rd. Derek Ramirez — $278
34th. Michael Mitchell — $278
35th. Roy Crews — $278
Final Table Faces
Today's events include the Six-Max No-Limit Holdem event and a milestone satellite into the $200,000 guaranteed Title Event. Come on down to bestbet and take your shot at these huge prize pools!
The numbers are in on this monster field!
This event always draws big numbers, and this one ran it all the way up to 275 entries, generating a prize pool of $44,000 and a first place prize of $9,618, impressive numbers for a single day tournament with a $200 buy-in!
Super Sized Gallery From The Super Stack
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.
Event #25 - $800 Title Event — Wrap Up
The PokerAtlas Title Event at Texas Card House Houston delivered on its $500,000 guarantee and then some, closing with 833 entries and a $583,100 prize pool. Across eight starting flights, big stacks emerged early, none bigger than Richard Zhang, whose aggressive line in a bubble bloater helped him bag 1,665,000 after a multiway pot swelled by two accidental raises. Day 2 began with 73 players in the money, and the rail quickly filled with notable exits that included Jonathan Park, Tong Mu, Joseph Cappuccio, and Dara Taherpour, while names like Kris Burchfield and Zhang remained in the mix.
At the final table, Than Lam, known as Peter on the livestream, seized the knockout spotlight. He scored a dramatic double bustout when his made a club flush by the river to eliminate Dejuante Alexander and Hasan Mahdi. Kris Burchfield briefly found a lifeline by cracking pocket nines with , but Peter ended Burchfield’s run soon after with .
Peter’s run finally stopped in third when his jam ran into Chase’s (Randall Cummins) . Heads up, Vladyslav Shovkovyi turned the tables in a massive two pair versus top pair confrontation that left Chase nearly drawing dead, then finished the job the next hand to claim the title, the Atlas trophy, and $102,790.
Highlight Hands: • Than Lam’s completed a river club to double bust Dejuante Alexander’s and Hasan Mahdi’s in a three way all in. • Kris Burchfield shoved into Jason Faircloth’s and spiked the on the flop to score the elimination. • Three handed, Peter jammed and ran into Chase’s , with the board bricking out to send Peter out in third.
Full Payouts
1st. VLADYSLAV SHOVKOVYI — $102,790
2nd. RANDALL CUMMINS — $68,350
3rd. LAM TRAN — $46,130
4th. KRIS BURCHFIELD — $31,610
5th. JASON FAIRCLOTH — $23,060
6th. JUNE LARA — $17,940
7th. ZHARGAL TSYDYPOV — $14,950
8th. DEJUANTE ALEXANDER — $12,380
9th. HASAN MAHDI — $10,250
10th. KATHERIN BECERRA — $8,650
11th. TREVOR WILLIAMS — $8,650
12th. RICHARD ZHANG — $8,650
13th. JOSEPH CAPPUCCIO — $7,230
14th. SANJEEV VORA — $7,230
15th. NICHOLAS TORALBA — $7,230
16th. DALTON BRINKER — $5,930
17th. DAVID NGUYEN — $5,930
18th. DANIEL SCHMIECH — $5,930
19th. WILLIAM SMITH — $5,090
20th. THUAN LAM — $5,090
21st. VIJAI SANTHANAM — $5,090
22nd. TROY ZIMMERMANN — $4,270
23rd. RICARDO RODRIGUEZ — $4,270
24th. BILLY SEBER — $4,270
25th. DAVID SHAW — $3,480
26th. MARK SCACEWATER — $3,480
27th. DAVID BROWN — $3,480
28th. ROBERT VALDEN — $3,050
29th. GABRIEL ANDRADE — $3,050
30th. SCOTT GRIFFITHS — $3,050
31st. DARA TAHERPOUR — $3,050
32nd. WILLIAM GIVENS — $3,050
33rd. SALIM ISHIKOV — $3,050
34th. PHILIP CHOW — $3,050
35th. WILLIAM FARQUHAR — $3,050
36th. VIET VO — $3,050
37th. KEVIN LE — $2,600
38th. RYAN FREEMAN — $2,600
39th. DAVID KYTE — $2,600
40th. CEDRIC BECK — $2,600
41st. JOHN DOBSON — $2,600
42nd. KARIM BEVANS — $2,600
43rd. DUSTIN DOEGE — $2,600
44th. DUC NGUYEN — $2,600
45th. DAVID MZAREULOV — $2,600
46th. LOONG VOONG — $2,180
47th. CHARLES SIMS — $2,180
48th. BLAKE VOIGT — $2,180
49th. RAHIL GAULANI — $2,180
50th. JESSICA RICHARDS — $2,180
51st. JOLYNE THOMPSON — $2,180
52nd. BRIONGOS MENDEZ — $2,180
53rd. LISA FLEISHMAN — $2,180
54th. GIANG NGUYEN — $2,180
55th. ANDREA SAGER — $1,830
56th. TONG MU — $1,830
57th. RAFAEL HERRERA — $1,830
58th. JEROME MOON — $1,830
59th. SUSIE TREVATHAN — $1,830
60th. ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ — $1,830
61st. REJIN DALLAKOTI — $1,830
62nd. WILLIAM ZIMMER — $1,830
63rd. XINGUO WANG — $1,830
64th. MATTHEW BANDINI — $1,620
65th. RAUL SANCHEZ — $1,620
66th. BARTON REYNOLDS — $1,620
67th. NEIL VORA — $1,620
68th. JONATHAN PARK — $1,620
69th. ANGEL CASTROPINTO — $1,620
70th. DARRELL HOPKINS — $1,620
71st. EDUARDO GONZALEZ — $1,620
72nd. DEREK NORMAND — $1,620
73rd. RONALD HEMEN — $1,620
74th. ANDREW VODINH — $1,450
75th. AKASH MAZUMDAR — $1,450
76th. DAVID HUBBARD — $1,450
77th. BENJAMIN THOMAS — $1,450
78th. TERRY JACKSON — $1,450
79th. ETHAN DOAN — $1,450
80th. VINH TRAN — $1,450
81st. LAWRENCE WAYNE — $1,450
82nd. DANIEL WU — $1,450
83rd. REITTA SEIDEL — $1,450
84th. JEREMY BYRUM — $1,450
85th. DEREK NORMAND — $1,450
86th. CORNELIUS WILLIAMS — $1,450
87th. JUNE LARA — $1,350
88th. SIMON TAHTOUH — $1,350
89th. HAN FENG — $1,350
90th. PHU VO — $1,350
91st. JOSEPH COFFARO — $1,350
92nd. BILLY SEBER — $1,350
93rd. ROBERT VALDEN — $1,350
94th. JEFFREY JOHNSON — $1,350
95th. JOSEPH BARRUS — $1,350
96th. NILANKUSH SAHA — $1,350
97th. PHONG PHAM — $1,350
98th. JONATHAN WESLEY BROCK — $1,350
99th. DEJUANTE ALEXANDER — $1,350
100th. JAMES TRAN — $1,350
101st. KELVIN JONES — $1,350
102nd. AKBAR SHABAZZ — $1,350
103rd. WILLIAM NGUYEN — $1,350
104th. SANG NGO — $1,350
105th. ROBERT SMITH — $1,350
106th. CHUKWUEBUKA ONYEJIAKA — $1,350
107th. PHU VO — $1,350
108th. JOSEPH MCDERMOTT — $1,350
