Lone Star Poker Series Day 1
Day 1 Completed
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Lone Star Poker Series Day 1
Day: 1
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
4
345,000
9
165,000
10
161,000
That wraps up the PokerNews coverage for Day 1 of the Lone Star Poker Series. Coverage for Day 2 will begin at approximately 3 p.m. local time, which will be into the meat of Flight C in the $400 buy-in, $150K GTD Spring Series Kick Off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
348,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
|
317,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
255,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
174,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
|
161,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
93,500
-21,500
|
-21,500 |
With the field down to seven players in Flight B and after about an hour of chip jostling, just one more elimination was needed to end the day.
Jeff Platt was the short stack and moved all in preflop. Jonathan Milligan re-shoved his larger stack and everyone else folded.
Platt held the 
against the 
of Milligan.
The board ran out 
and Platt became the last victim of the night as the field was down to the final six to move on to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000 | |
|
|
185,000 | |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
115,000 | |
|
|
105,000 | |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
75,000 |
Duc Pham has had a great last couple of levels as he has siphoned off a good amount of chips from Jonatahan Milligan who is sitting on his direct left to become one of the chip leaders with only 13 players remaining in Flight B.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
Shortly after the most recent break, Jonathan Milligan was the winner of the$1,300 buy-in Inaugural Texas State $1 Million Guaranteed Main Event seat raffle, meaning he will have a guaranteed spot in the main event.
He has also had a good night at the table as his chip stack has swelled to around 160,000 and is currently one of the larger stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
After the break, registration to Flight B is now closed. The total number of entries was 45 and there are now 20 players remaining who have a change to bag for the night.
Play resumes at level 9 with blinds at 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. The average chip stack in the room is 67,500.
DJ Alexander was spotted collecting his things and standing up as he had just been busted by Jeff Platt. The cards showed with Platt having the 
against the of Alexander with a queen on a flop of 
. The turn and river were unable to help Alexander and he was busted shortly before the end of Flight B's registration period.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
60,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
57,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
42,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
26,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |