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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 A♦8♦ and Faircloth actually considered a fold with 9♥9♦ and exactly the same stack as Burchfield. when Faircloth made the call he was in good shape, but a runout of A♠6♦5♠6♥J♠ 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

Title Event Final Table: Peter the Killer Strikes Again

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 A♦9♦, and Peter reraised from the button with Q♠Q♣. Then June (Randall Cummins) woke up with A♠K♥ 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

Title Event Final Table: Serial Killer

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 A♣T♦, and Peter woke up with Q♣Q♥ 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

Title Event Final Table: Double Bustout

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 A♣K♣ and the bigger stack, while Alexander had A♠T♦ and Mahdi had Q♥Q♣. 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

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Title Event Final Table!

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!

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: The Closer Photo Gallery

Great turnout for the closer and some great shots!

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Tour - The Closer

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Payouts For The Closer

This event drew a really nice field of 180 entries, bigger than expected. A lot of our day two bust outs jumped in, which helped juice the prize pool.

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Early Day Two Bustouts In The Title Event

We have some big names on the bustout list already, including Jonathan Park, Tong Mu, Joseph Cappuccio, and Dara Taherpour. Mujltiple event winners from the previous few weeks and millions of dollars in winnings just among those four players.

Notable players remaining include TrailBlazer POY Leader Kris Burchfield, day two chip leader Richard Zhang, early event winner Sanjeev Vora, and local legend David Shaw.

The next payout jump will be at 27th, where players will be paid $3,480 for a few spots.

Blinds: 20,000/40,000/40,000

PokerAtlas Tour Title Event @TCH Houston: Day Two Gallery

A bunch of happy players who are all in the money!

Our first photo features a tournament director, weeks into a long summer of listening to players argue. The dead eyes, the thousand-floor-call stare, tell you that this one has seen things. Too many things. A tournament director can only handle so much before they go insane, but this one, the one they call The Hammer, comes back again and again. Where others falter, he just picks up another cup of coffee and wades into the fray, never cowed. Another day, another tournament. The TD perseveres.

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Title Event Day Two

PokerAtlas Title Event @TCH Houston: Day Two Starting Stacks

We have 73 players returning for day two of this monster field in the PokerAtlas Title Event. Player names, starting stacks, and seat assignments are below.

Blinds: 5,000/10,000/10,000

PokerAtlas Title Event @TCH Houston: Full Day Two Payouts

Flight 1H is complete and we finally know who makes day two, how many remain, and we have a final prize pool distributions. The prize pool is $583,100, generated from 833 entries, with 73 moving on to day two. We will continue to update as they play down to the final table and bag chips for tomorrow.

Full chip stacks and seat positions to start day two will be available in a few minutes.

May 25th - PokerAtlas Tour - TCH Houston