Registration has ended in Event #13: Pot Limit Big O, with 32 entries to create a prizepool of $10,400.
Payouts:
1st: $4,160
2nd: $2,808
3rd: $1,976
4th: $1,456
Lone Star Poker Series Champions Social
Lone Star Poker Series Day 8
Day: 1
Level 15 (15,000/30,000/30,000)
Nearing the money bubble, Event #6: Limit Omaha 8 Championship winner Pedro Rios held the 
against the 
of Logan Hewett who had flopped a set as the board read 
.
The chips got all in the middle and the river was brutal for Hewett as the 
came off to give Rios the straight and move his chip stack well above a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,325,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | |
|
840,000 | |
|
|
790,000 | |
|
|
780,000 | |
|
700,000 | |
|
|
650,000 | |
|
625,000 | |
|
|
520,000 | |
|
510,000 | |
|
|
500,000 | |
|
|
500,000 | |
|
|
470,000 | |
|
|
410,000 | |
|
380,000 | |
|
330,000 | |
|
200,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
645,000
645,000
|
645,000 |
|
|
640,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
|
570,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
540,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
250,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
230,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
220,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
| Date | Buy-in | Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
| Sunday, April 18 | $215 | Event #1: Spring Series Kick-Off | 409 | $150,000 | Gerald Stogner | $23,742 |
| Sunday, April 18 | $400 | Event #2: $15K Deepstack Almost Freeze Out | 38 | $15,000 | Nick Chin | $3,634 |
| Monday, April 19 | $400 | Event #3: NLH Senior's Event | 27 | $10,000 | Scott Sanford | $3,500 |
| Monday, April19 | $400 | Event #4: Manic Monday Double Stack Turbo | 29 | $10,000 | Giovanni Musachio | $3,300 |
| Monday, April 19 | $400 | Event #5: Limit Horse Deeper Stack Turbo | 28 | $10,000 | Dean Joe | $3,049 |
| Tuesday, April 20 | $500 | Event #6: Limit Omaha 8 Championshio | 24 | $10,200 | Pedro Rios | $4,080 |
| Tuesday, April 20 | $400 | Event #7: NLH 6 Max | 26 | $10,000 | Kevin Kaylor | $4,000 |
| Wednesday, April 21 | $400 | Event #8: The Monster NLH | 110 | $35,750 | Mark Cortez | $10,010 |
| Wednesday, April 21 | $400 | Event #9: Big Bet 8 Game Mix | 27 | $8,000 | Bryan Evans | $3,510 |
| Thursday, April 22 | $400 | Event #10: NLH Black Chip Bounty | 39 | $15,000 | Derek Norman | $3,885 |
| Thursday, April 22 | $600 | Event #11: Spring Series PLO Championship | 96 | $48,960 | David O'Brien | $9,874 |
Registration has ended in the Ultimate Monster NLH. It attracted a total of 102 entries to create a prizepool of $33,150. The top 12 will be paid.
Payouts:
1st: $9,447
2nd: $6,133
3rd: $4,475
4th: $2,984
5th: $2,403
6th: $1,906
7th: $1,492
8th: $1,160
9th: $912
10-12th: $746
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
85,000 | |
|
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
In the Lone Star Poker Series, players are vying for not only cash prizes but also for specially made belt buckles that go to the wnner of certain events.
David O'Brien took one home last night as he valued the prize very highly as a commemoration of his win.
The belt buckles are made with real sterling silver by Max Lang Belts & Buckles right here in Houston and have been valued at as high as $3,000.
Derek Normand took down Event #10: NLH Black Chip Bounty after erasing a massive chip deficit heads up and eventually overcoming Charlie Nguyen on Thursday night to win $3,885.
He overcame 39 entries in a field that produced a prizepool of $15,000
| Place | Player | Prize Money |
| 1 | Derek Normand | $3.885 |
| 2 | Charlie Nguyen | $2,775 |
| 3 | Pete Torres | $1,998 |
| 4 | Mitchell Brizuela | $1,443 |
| 5 | Winston Djonli | $999 |