After a bit of negotiation, the final three players agreed to a chop, with chip leader Sanjeev Vora taking a bit more than the others and earning the beautiful Atlas trophy, provided by PokerAtlas. The chop didn't happen until 2:45 am, but play was aggressive right up to the end. The action was also recorded on the livestream table here at Texas Card House in Houston, and should be available on TCH Live within a few days.
Vora is a local with over $200,000 in live tournament winnings, most of it in Houston or Austin, including a $65,000 win here in Houston just two months ago.
Wrap Up
The PokerAtlas Valuetown event at Texas Card House Houston delivered on its name, drawing 1,230 entries for a $246,000 prize pool and setting up a packed Day 2 with 76 players returning to chase a $39,380 top prize. David Shaw began the restart as the monster stack after bagging 1,285,000 in the final turbo flight, with major pedigree also in the mix as David 'The Dragon' Pham advanced as well.
The most talked about moment of the event came in an earlier flight when an all-in preflop moment turned into pure pain. Pocket kings got it in against Ace-King of spades that flopped a royal flush, leaving the kings drawing stone dead.
When the dust settled, it was Sanjeev Vora who conquered the huge field, and a long Day 2 grind, to lock up the trophy and $29,090 after a three-way chop. Pham made a deep run and finished runner up for $27,000, while Nicholas Pupillo also banked $27,000 in third. Giang Nguyen took fourth for $12,090, and Daniel Stavinoha rounded out the top five, earning $8,820. Houston really showed up for this event with local standouts and familiar names all over the payout list.
Highlight Moments
• All in preflop versus ends with a royal flush in spades, leaving the kings dead immediately.
• Chip leader momentum shifts when David Shaw bags 1,285,000 to top the Day 2 counts after surviving the final turbo flight, btu the cards turn against him on day two.
• David 'The Dragon' Pham runs deep and agrees to a three-way chop, adding to his impressive lifetime winnings of over eleven million dollars.Wrap Up
Full Payouts
1. SANJEEV VORA — $29,090
2. DAVID PHAM — $27,000
3. NICHOLAS PUPILLO — $27,000
4. GIANG NGUYEN — $12,090
5. DANIEL STAVINOHA — $8,820
6. RAYMOND GARCIA — $6,860
7. ERIKA DE LOS SANTOS — $5,720
8. VIJAI SANTHANAM — $4,740
9. MY VINCENT DI NGUYEN — $3,920
10. RANDALL CAMPBELL — $3,310
11. ALAN PEREYRA — $3,310
12. LEONID SHTEYN — $3,310
13. BENJAMIN HENDIN — $2,760
14. KELLER HOUSTON — $2,760
15. WILLIAM NGUYEN — $2,760
16. DOUGLAS KOEBBE — $2,270
17. JEFFREY JOHNSON — $2,270
18. MOHAMMAD BAGHERI — $2,270
19. STEVEN UCHIDA — $1,940
20. RAHIL GAULANI — $1,940
21. MING LIANG — $1,940
22. ROLAND JACKSON SR — $1,630
23. ANDREAS MICHELMANN — $1,630
24. LICH BUI — $1,630
25. ANTHONY MENDER — $1,340
26. JAMES CRAVEN — $1,340
27. DANIEL WAMWIRI — $1,340
28. RAHUL BATRA — $1,170
29. JOSEPH GOLIAS — $1,170
30. THAO TRAN — $1,170
31. CYNTHIA LUU — $1,170
32. JEFFREY NOWLING — $1,170
33. KATHERIN BECERRA — $1,170
34. SANG NGO — $1,170
35. KIMBERLY LEEANN PRICE — $1,170
36. WILLIAM PREECE — $1,170
37. EMMANUEL MCKENZIE — $1,000
38. DERRICK EVANGELISTA — $1,000
39. GERALD RHYMER — $1,000
40. JUSTIN HOLMQUIST — $1,000
41. VIVEK SHINGALA — $1,000
42. ROBERT COTE — $1,000
43. BENOIT VALLIERES — $1,000
44. JOSE ARAMAYO — $1,000
45. GEFFREY KLEIN — $1,000
46. MARTIN GARZA — $840
47. NEIL VORA — $840
48. RICHARD ZHANG — $840
49. KEVIN KENDRICK — $840
50. JIAN LEVINE — $840
51. RANDALL CROUCH — $840
52. AKBAR SHABAZZ — $840
53. JIMMY ADAMS — $840
54. CHRISTOPHER CUMMINGS — $840
55. BRANDON LLOYD — $700
56. CLAYTON OLVERA — $700
57. DAVID SHAW — $700
58. MICHAEL PETER BALLAS — $700
59. ETHAN DOAN — $700
60. JOSHUA HILL — $700
61. MARIO ANDRADE — $700
62. LUKE BREEDLOVE — $700
63. MARK HENNESSY — $700
64. MATTHEW MOLSBERRY — $620
65. TIMOTHY BANDINI — $620
66. THUY BELTRAN — $620
67. THOMAS VINAS — $620
68. NICHOLAS VITA — $620
69. DANIEL DOAN — $620
70. WALTER LYNCH — $620
71. JAMES DEAN — $620
72. MALOU LOWREY — $620
73. KAMORU YUSUF — $560
74. VENU GOPALA RAJU GADHIRAJU — $560
75. REITTA SEIDEL — $560
76. RANDALL TANNER — $560
77. DAVID SHAW — $2,000 (Double Bag Bonus)
78. ROLAND JACKSON SR — $2,000 (Double Bag Bonus)
