Today's schedule for the PokerAtlas Tour events here at Texas Card House in Houston. You can find more coverage from our pal Kyle Miller over at the TCH Tournament Blog. You can also see all the clocks for these events over at PokerAtlas or in the PokerAtlas app.
Latest Events
Event #25 - $800 Title Event
Event #26 - $250 CloserEvent #22 - $2,500 NLH High RollerEvent #21 - $250 Double Board PLO Bomb PotEvent #20 - $300 NLH - Freezeout
833 Entries$583,100 Prize Pool$102,790 for First
Buyin: $250Registration Open
26 Entries$58,500 Prize Pool$24,120 for First
84 Entries$126,000 Prize Pool$3,710 for First
83 Entries$20,335 Prize Pool$6,055 for First
Live Reporting
Darrel Hopkins emerged victorious tonight after a long short-handed battle in the Big O event, claiming $5,360 and the beautiful Atlas trophy that is awarded to the winners of all the events in the PokerAtlas Tour. Hopkins is an expert Big O player, with three of his eight outright wins coming in Big O events. This win will put him over the $400,000 mark in lifetime winnings and give him a nice addition to his trophy case.
We have reached the final table of the Bounty Round Up event here at Texas card House in Houston and that means the bounty has been won. $1,500 goes to Dzhordzh Beshara, who collected an impressive 14 bounties on his way to the final table and had a mountain of chips to show for it. We will be back soon with a winner's photo and the full set of payouts. Good luck players!
Phu "Bad Boy" Vo hails from Katy, Texas, and has been making waves in the poker world since 2022. Vo's introduction to the game began with home games, but he quickly transitioned to tournament play, where his aggressive style has earned him significant success. His first major result came in 2022 at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, where he placed 5th out of 6,134 entries in a $400 buy-in event, earning $136,000.
Since then, Vo has continued to build on his success with two more six-figure cashes in Houston. In April 2025, he secured another 5th place finish, taking home $100,000 in an event with a $2 million guarantee. He followed this up in May 2026 with a 2nd place finish, pocketing $160,000. Outside of poker, Vo is a business owner, and his table presence has earned him the nickname "Bad Boy," a moniker that started from his habit of warning opponents not to bluff him.
The prize pool is now posted for the Bounty Round Up event here at Texas Card House in Houston. This event is so much fun!
The Bounty Round Up event here at Texas Card House is a new format for us, and players seem to love it. Each player has a bounty chip and when you bust a player, you get their bounty chip. When the tournament reaches the final table, the player or players who have the most bounty chips wins 10% of the prize pool.
This makes for some interesting strategy choices as the final table approaches. If you have a significant lead in bounty chips approaching the final table, folding aces preflop is a snap if the stack is big enough to hurt or bust you. And if you have the player with the most bounty chips covered, and you have the second most bounty chips, it might be correct to go all-in every time they play a pot. This unique payout structure would have ICM calculators smoking and shorting out from all the permutations!
Faces Of TCH - Round Em Up!
We had a nice turnout in the Big O event today, and some fun pics.
Faces Of TCH - Big O Action
Registration is now closed in the Big O event here at Texas Card House in Houston where we are reporting on the PokerAtlas Tour event. 31 runners is a solid field for a regional event with a $500 buy-in and a non-holdem game, which creates a nice $13k prize pool.
Jonathan Park took down the single draw event after some wild swings in the final five that included some monster pat hands getting all-in pre-draw and some very close matchups. One of the big hands included T7653 vs T7652, notched by one for all the chips!
Park is an experienced tournament player from nearby Temple, TX, with over half a million dollars in tournament winnings, mostly in the Houston and Austin areas.
Walter Lynch took second place the night after his twenty-year-old son Owen won the $100k Single Day event here at Texas Card House.
Joseph Cappuccio won the $25,000 Guaranteed Super Sunday event at Texas Card House in Houston yesterday for $6,770. Cappuccio is a seasoned player with almost half a million in live tournament winnings and millions in tournament winnings online.
Event #16 - $140 Super Sunday Optional Add-on — Wrap Up
The $25K Super Sunday at TCH Houston delivered on its promise and then some, clearing the guarantee during the final break and closing at 137 total entries to create a $26,400 prize pool. With 127 players taking the optional add on, stacks stayed deep for much of the day and the average hovered around 90 big blinds when late registration ended, setting the stage for a long, technical grind to the finish.
As the field narrowed, a mix of local regulars and traveling talent pushed into the money, with notable cashes including Mesut Dundar in ninth for $690 and T L Parasuram, Elmo Mitra, and Matthew Marvin all earning $580. The final table featured a balanced lineup with Manoop Dawar, Phu Vo, and Charles Sims all making runs, but the late stages belonged to Joseph Cappuccio, who navigated the pressure spots and kept his stack trending upward as pay jumps increased.
Cappuccio ultimately closed it out in a heads up battle against Jared Talarico, denying Talarico the trophy and locking up the top payout. Cappuccio earned $6,770 for the win and the Atlas trophy, while Talarico collected $4,500 for second. Daniel Wu rounded out the podium in third for $3,000, capping a one day event that combined deep stack play early with a sharp, high leverage finish late.
Today's schedule for the PokerAtlas Tour events here at Texas Card House in Houston. You can find more coverage from our pal Kyle Miller over at the TCH Tournament Blog. You can also see all the clocks for these events over at PokerAtlas or in the PokerAtlas app.
Ethan Doan, hailing from Houston, Texas, has been a poker player for five years, but has only been serious about tournament play for a year and a half. He began his poker journey in 2021, playing in home games with friends at modest stakes. Known to his poker circle as "E," Ethan made a significant impact early in his tournament career by securing second place at the Trailblazer Main Event at TCH Austin, earning over a hundred thousand dollars. This achievement was pivotal in his decision to pursue poker professionally. Ethan is now focused on achieving his next goal: winning a WSOP bracelet.
