Event #25 - $800 Title Event

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 A♣ K♣ 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 A♦ 8♦, but Peter ended Burchfield’s run soon after with A♣ A♠.

Peter’s run finally stopped in third when his J♥ 9♦ jam ran into Chase’s (Randall Cummins) A♦ J♣. 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 A♣ K♣ completed a river club to double bust Dejuante Alexander’s A♠ T♦ and Hasan Mahdi’s Q♥ Q♣ in a three way all in. • Kris Burchfield shoved A♦ 8♦ into Jason Faircloth’s 9♥ 9♦ and spiked the A♠ on the flop to score the elimination. • Three handed, Peter jammed J♥ 9♦ and ran into Chase’s A♦ J♣, 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

Title Event Final Table: Vlad Wins Short Heads Up Battle

Title Event Final Table: Peter Finally Falls

After chip leader Chase opened the button three-handed, Peter felt like he had just the right stack to shove all-in with J♥9♦, but whether it was a bad choice, or just bad timing, Chase called with the dominating A♦J♣ 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

Title Event Final Table: Peter Claims Another Soul

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 A♣A♠ 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 K♣T♣. 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

Title Event Final Table: Burchfield Busts Faircloth

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: 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.

PokerAtlas Title Event @TCH Houston: Flight 1F Bags And Cashes

Another big field with 126 entries, pushing the event well past the guarantee with another flight left. The final turbo flight starts at 9 am tomorrow and day two starts at 3 pm.

Blinds: 6,000/12,000/12,000

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Flight 1G Photo Gallery

More great shots. It's been a fine day for photos here in Houston.

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1G

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Title Event Flight 1F Photos

Amazing shots today. Best gallery of the series so far. We love this room! We especially love the first photo of Jason Griffin looking VERY suspicious at his opponent with one eye closed. That look has to put fear into the soul of even the most calloused bluffers.

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Tour Title Event Flight 1F

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Title Event Flight 1E Bags And Cashes

We had 88 entries for this flight, with three more to go, including a morning turbo flight that runs on Monday morning. This was the earliest end for a flight so far, meaning that 5,000/10,000/10,000 will probably be the starting level for day two tomorrow afternoon.

The average stack going into day two will be over 300,000, so there will be lots of play. The biggest stack so far is Richard Zhang who bagged 1,665,000 in Flight 1A and will come back with at least 166 big blinds for day.

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

PokerAtlas Tour Title Event @TCH Houston: Flight 1E Photo Gallery

This is the best one yet, including some high speed action shots at the end. Enjoy!

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Tour Title Event Flight 1E

PokerAtlas Title Event @TCH Houston: Flight 1D Reg Close Update

Big field in this one, 132 runners means 17 players will cash and 11 will move on to day two on Monday. Still four more flights to go to get in on this monster prize pool!

Poker Atlas Tour Title Event @TCH Houston: Flight 1D Photo Gallery

Great looking bunch today, and some fun photos in this huge field.

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Title Event 1D

PokerAtlas Tour @TCH Houston: Bags And Cashes

We had 88 entries in Flight 1C, with 12 making the money and 8 players moving on to day two. Gabriel Andrade, who already has an Atlas trophy from earlier in the week, is our chip leader for the flight.

Main Event Trophy Revealed!

The PokerAtlas is known for their trophies. Early versions included an earth that split in two to reveal a USB drive with a replay of the winner's journey through the event and a place to stash whatever you liked inside the globe itself. This year's standard trophy (second photo) is a beautiful bronze Atlas and globe, but the main event is always something special, and this year's main event winner's will not be disappointed.

The main event trophy stands tall above the others, and features an aged bronze Atlas holding a medieval style cartographer's globe in a lighter shade adorned with vintage Zodiac symbols. A one of a kind trophy that will be the highlight of any trophy case.

PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1C: Reg Closed

We had 88 Entries in Flight 1C here at Texas Card House in Houston, which means 12 players will make the money and 8 will advance to day two.

Bags Cashes For PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1B

We had 89 entries here in Texas for Flight 1B of the PokerAtlas Title Event, with 8 players moving on to day two and four more cashing. Players return on Monday for day two and the final table will play out on a livestream on Tuesday.

Photo Gallery - PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1C @TCH Houston

We are at 78 players with late registration still open in Flight 1C with five more flights to go in the Title Event. We haven't kept track exactly, though that feature should be in play for the series we're covering for PokerAtlas in St. Augustine, Florida in a month, but the beta version of our series tracking tells us that this is probably the flight where the series crosses the one million dollar mark in cash awarded.

Given that the series was billed as "The Seven-Figure Series", we're pleased to see it live up to it's name and cross an enormous milestone. Texas Card House is always an amazing place to work, and we particularly love the room in Houston. The staff are as good any in the country, from the cleaning crew to the security guards to the very top management, everyone here has been great. This is really one of the best places in America to play poker, with the lowest rake and the softest games we've seen in years.

It's always nice to go home, but we'll also be sad to leave.

Oh, and that second photo? That's jacks vs kings vs queens, seated next to each other, all-in preflop. the kings flopped a set and held. You don't see three big pairs seated next to each other very often! Luckily, the players called our photographer over to get a quick shot of all three pairs laying on the table.

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1C

TCH Main Event Flight 1B: By The Numbers

Registration is now closed for Flight 1B, with 89 entries and 12 getting paid. Flight 1C is now in level 3, with late registration open for another three and a half hours.

Zhang Bags A Monster

Aggressive play paid off for Richard Zhang in a huge multi-way pot that was bloated by two misclicks on the bubble. You read that right. On the money bubble of a $500,000 guaranteed main event, two players in a row accidentally raised after there had already been a raise. both players meant to call.

The mistakes generated a pot big enough that local dealer Cici Payne called with a nut-flush draw for more than 400,000 chips after Zhang shoved all-in with top pair for nearly 700,000. Payne missed her flush and Zhang bagged an enormous stack of well over a million and a half.

Blinds: 8,000/16,000/16,000

Flight 1B Photo Gallery

Some more great shots from the $500,000 guaranteed PokerAtlas title Event here at Texas Card House in Houston.

Faces Of TCH: Title Event Flight 1B

PokerAtlas Title Event: Flight 1A Photo Gallery

Great field in this one and a lot of happy players. Early flights are always better for photos because players are feeling optimistic and no one has burned their bankroll yet.

Faces Of TCH: PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1A

Nice Field In PokerAtlas Title Event Flight 1A