Sun, May 21 - Thu, May 25
Buy-in: $400
Guarantee: $100,000
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The final three players in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 in the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – agree to adjust the remaining payouts and bring the event to its conclusion.
Chipleader Alvis Alvarado takes the top cash payout of $16,605 and the Atlas Trophy.
Check the Results tab for the official results.
Level 20 . 32:21 Left . Ante 25k . Blinds 15k.25k . Entries 9.439
The elimination of Jessica Richards in 10th place ($2,350) sends the remaining nine players on a 30-minute break to prepare for the livestream final table of the 4100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston.
Here’s your layout for the final table, with verified chipcounts. The stream is on a 30-minute delay, so we’ll be on air at about 9 pm for your viewing pleasure.
Level 17 . Ante 12k . Blinds 6k.12k . Entries 18.439
Here’s the players earning a Day 2 tournament cash by finishing in 30-44th place in Event 4 of the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday.
Each payout is added to the $600 or $1,500 Day 1 cash each player received for Bagging-a-Stack.
$1,050 Payouts:
$880 Payouts:
$770 Payouts:
Level 16 . Ante 10k . Blinds 5k.10k . Entries 27.439
Down to the final three tables in Day 2 of the $100k GTD $400 PLO Payday, let’s take a look at the new table layout and chipcounts.
Table 6
Table 7
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Level 15 . Ante 8k . Blinds 4k.8k . Entries 29.439
Here’s the players earning a Day 2 tournament cash by finishing in 30-44th place in Event 4 of the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday.
Each payout is added to the $600 or $1,500 Day 1 cash each player received for Bagging-a-Stack.
$650 Payouts:
30. Joshua Thibodaux; 31. Lawrence Wayne; 32. Joshua Clanton; 33; DNR; 34. Rovert Valden: 35. Jason Fitzpatrick; 36. Phu Duong
$540 Payouts:
37. Sanjeev Vora; 38. Robert McDaniel; 39. Adrian Banda; 40. Jake White; 41. Joe Castandea; 42. Corey Wade; 43. David Shaw; 44. William Ohagan
Level 14 . Ante 6k . Blinds 3k.6k . Entries 44.439
We’ve reached the stage of today’s PLO Payday festivities where payouts begin, with 10 percent of the field remaining.
The final 44 players add to the $600 or $1,500 Bag Bonus payouts as today progresses.
Level 11 . Ante 3k . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 57.439
OK, I get it, y’all ain’t that big on showing up on time for the start of a tournament, but this is a Day 2, so c’mon down because your stack is being blinded off.
There’s 57 players back for Day 2 of the PLO Payday and 13 have not shown up yet.
Well, apparently all I needed to do was to start typing this, for three players just now showed up, leaving 10 “dead stacks” being blinded off right now.
Level 11 . Ante 3k . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 57.439
There’s 57 players back for the Day 2 Final in Event 4 of the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday. We’re playing down to a winner today, the final nine appearing on a livestream at TCH Live.
The final 10 percent of the Day 2 Crew earn additional payouts, everyone making Day 2 earned a $600 Bag Bonus, while the 10 who earned more than one bag picked up a $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus.
Tour TD Justin Hammer is on the action today, we’ll be following along from the sidelines.
Level 11, 22:41 Left . Ante 3k . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 57.439
The inaugural $100,000 Guarantee $400 PokerAtlas Tour PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston draws a 439-entry field, the players creating a prizer pool valued at $144,870, paying the final 68 participants.
There’s 58 $600 Bag Bonus payouts and 10 $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus payouts, with 575 players returning for Day 2, playing for an the remaining $95,070.
Here’s the scheduled payouts.
Level 12 . Ante 4k . Blinds 2k.4k . Entries 20.133
From a starting field of 133 entries, Flight G moves 20 players on to Day 2 in the $100k GTD $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston.
A double bustout from the same table on the final hand sends Jason Fitzpatrick out as the bubble and Drake Roetker – winner of last weekend’s $200,000 Guarantee $600 Mystery Payday – as the first Day 2 mincash and he’s also eliminated from the tournament
Karim Bevans (637,000) bags the top stack. Here’s the 20 moving on and their verified chipcounts. Day 2 starts Thursday at 2 pm.
Level 11 . Ante 3k . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 21.133
Tour TD Justin Hammer pauses the play clock with 5:38 remaining in Level 11, peeling two minutes per hand until one more finds the rail and 20 earn a $600 Bag Bonus, advancing to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston.
We’ll return soon with final chipcounts for the 20 moving on to Day 2.
The final Day 2 payouts post in the morning, watch EARLY in the morning for Day 2 Seat Assignments.
Level 8 . Ante 1200 . Blinds 600.1200 . Entries 110
The final PLO Payday flight is already the largest, and there’s still 45 minutes remaining in registration.
The scoreboard shows 110 entries, pushing the overall field size so far to more than 415 and the prize pool to more than $130,000.
Six of Seven flights are complete in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO payday at Texas Card House Houston. here’s a quick look at the chipcounts, the qualifiers, and those who already own a $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus.
Day 2 Cards go in the air Thursday at 2 pm. check here early Thursday morning for Day 2 Seat Assignments.
Level 13 . Entries 6.40
From a starting flight of 40 entries, there’s six players advancing to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart in the $100k GTD $400 and Texas Card House Houston.
Eric Crews (284,000) bags the top stack.
Here’s the six players and their respective chipcounts.
Level 4 . Ante 500 . Blinds 300.500 . Entries 45
We’re through the first three 30-minute levels in the final PLO Payday opening flight and the scoreboard shows 45 entries, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until 9:30 pm when Level 9 begins.
This is the final chance for those who already own a coveted Day2Bag to earn a $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus. Play your biggest bag tomorrow on Day 2, earn $1,500 per bag for smaller bags.
Level 1 . Ante 200 . Blinds 100.200 . Entries 9
This is the final chance for players who already own a PLO Payday Day2Bag to earn a $1,500 Bag Bonus for earning an additional stack.
Cards are in the air for flight seven in the seven-flight $100k GTD $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 of the PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and plays at 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9 at about 9:30 pm.
Play continues until 15 percent of the starting field remain, all those players moving on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed a $600 Bag Bonus for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips. Bag in more than one flight and the Bag Bonus increases to $1,500.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k.1500 . Entries 40
Registration is closed in Flight six of the seven-flight $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 in the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – and the scoreboard shows 40 entries.
The players contribute $13,200 to the prize pool, unofficially pushing the total prize pool to more than the $100k guarantee.
Play continues today until down to six players earning a $600 Bag Bonus – or $1,500 if a player already has one or more Day2Bags. All six players advance to Thursday’s 2pm Day 2 Final restart.
Level 7 . Ante 1200 . Blinds 600.1200 . Entries 34
I know a bit about Houston poker, you know I know a bit about Houston poker, and when it comes to the best HTown food around, you KNOW I know those lines.
THE man, however, when it come to the Houston Foodie Scene – within the poker community – is Jason Gooch.
Well, first off, he’s never met a PLO game he didn’t like. Secondly, follow him to the best food in any city he travels to.
He taught me why the Steak Tikka at Himalaya is something to fly into Houston for. We’ve hit amazing spots in cities all over, and he highly recommends Mezza Grill right next to Texas Card House Houston.
And now, he’s the most recent Flight F entry in the $100k GTD $400 PLO payday.
Level 5 . Ante 600 . Blinds 300.600 . Entries 15
There’s a $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday, and today offers the final tow chances for that extra bag-n-cash.
Just 15 entries so far in FLight F, with Flight G starting at 5 pm, so c’mon down y’all.
Level 1 . Ante 200 . Blinds 100.200
Off they go in Flight F of the seven-flight $100k GTD $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 of the PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and plays at 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9 at about 4 pm.
Play continues until 15 percent of the starting field remain, all those players moving on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed a $600 Bag Bonus for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips. Bag in more than one flight and the Bag Bonus increases to $1,500.
Level 11 . 9:33 Left . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 12.39
Flight D in the PLO Payday wraps up with 12 players advancing to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston.
Phu Duong (480,500) bags the top stack.
Here’s the 12 moving on to Day 2 from this flight, including verified chipcounts.
Level 11 . Ante 3k . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 13.76
PokerAtlas Tour TD Justin Hammer pauses the play clock with 22 minutes remaining in Level 11 and instructs players he’s pulling two minutes per hand until one more finds the rail, sending 12 home with a $600 Bag Bonus.
He also moves 12 on to Thursday’s 2pm Day 2 Final restart.
We’ll return soon with all 12 Day 2 Qualifiers, respective chipcounts and we’ll note if anyone earns a $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k.1500 . Entries 76
Registration is closed in Flight E of the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston and the scoreboard shows 76 entries.
The players contribute $25,0800 to the overall prize pool that is now estimated at about $88,000 with three flights remaining.
Play continues today until down to s12 players earning both a $600 Bag Bonus and an entry in Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final. Players already in possession of a Day2Bag earn a $1,500 Bag Bonus should they bag in this or any remaining flight.
Level 1 . Ante 200 . Blinds 100.200 . Entries 8
Off they go in Flight E of the seven-flight $100k GTD $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 of the PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and plays at 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9 a wee bit after 9:30 pm.
Play continues until 15 percent of the starting field remain, all those players moving on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed a $600 Bag Bonus for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips. Bag in more than one flight and the Bag Bonus increases to $1,500.
Level 11 . 22:41 Left . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 6.39
Flight D in the PLO Payday wraps up with 22:41 in Level 11, setting the new Day 2 Start-line.
Last night’s Omaha 8 winner – Marco Filho – bags today’s top stack of 286,500.
Here’s the six moving on to Day 2 from this flight, including erified chipcounts.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k . 1500 . Entries 39
Registration is closed in Flight D of the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston and the scoreboard shows 39 entries.
The players contribute $12,870 to the overall prize pool that is now estimated at close to $63,000 with three flights remaining.
Play continues today until down to six players earning both a $600 Bag Bonus and an entry in Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final. Players already in possession of a Day2Bag earn a $1,500 Bag Bonus should they bag in this or any remaining flight.
Level 4 . Ante 500 . Blinds 300.500 . Entries 37
Scott Dulaney (441,000) is the top stack among the 23 players with a Day2Bag for Thursday’s 2 pm Restart in the $100,000 GTD $400 PLO Payday.
There’s 24 bags, Sanjeev Vora, however, has bagged twice so he’s the first player to receive a $1,500 bomus for more than one bag.
Vora plays his 216,500 stack, cashing out the smaller bag. Vora and all players can bag and earn $1,500 Double Bag Bonuses.
Click on the Chip Count tab to see all players with a Day 2 Stack through all completed flights.
Level 5 . Ante 600 . Blinds 300.600 . Entries 19
The first four 30-minute registration-era levels are complete and the scoreboard shows there’s 19 entries in FLight D of the PLO Payday – with registration and the unlimited-entry period open until the start of Level 9 – that’s 4pm today.
Today’s $4way00 Stud 8 / Omaha 8 is about to begin, mixed-game-Tuesday underway at TCH Houston
Level 1 . Ante 200 . Blinds 100.200
After a 30-minute delay, we’re off and running in Flight D of the seven-flight $100k GTD $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 of the PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and plays at 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
Play continues until 15 percent of the starting field remain, all those players moving on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed a $600 Bag Bonus for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips. Bag in more than one flight and the Bag Bonus increases to $1,500.
Level 12 . Ante 4k . Blinds 2k.4k . Entries 9.59
From a starting field of 59 entries, Flight C of the PLO Payday is down to nine players earning a $600 Bag Bonus and advancing to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart.
Sanjeev Vora earns his second Day 2 Bag of the event, so his Bag Bonus is $1,500 tonight.
There’s four flights remaining – 11 am and 5 pm starts tomorrow and Wednesday.
Here’s the nine participants, with verified chipcounts included.
Level 12 . Ante 4k . Blinds 2k.4k . Entries 10.59
IainTheTd pauses the play clock with a single hand remaining in Level 11, Flight C of the PLO Payday down to 10 participants and nine receiving a $600 Bag Bonus by advancing on to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart.
Welcome to the Bag Bonus Bubble, baby.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k.1500 . Entries 59
Registration is closed in the third of seven flights of the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday at Texas Card House Houston and the scoreboard shows 59 entries.
The players contribute $19,470 to the prize pool. This unofficially moves the prize pool to $49,830.
Play continues tonight until down to nine players who receive a $60 Bag Bonus and advance to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart. Bag more than once and the Bag Bonus jumps to $1,500.
Level 4 . Ante 500 . Blinds 300.500 . Entries 27
The first three registration-era 30-minute levels are complete in FLight C and the scoreboard shows 27 entries.
Registration and the unlimited-entry period is available until a few minutes after 9:30 pm when Level 9 begins.
Level 12 . Ante 4k . Blinds 2k.4k . Entries 5.30
Play concludes in Flight B of the PLO Payday with five players earning a $600 Bag Bonus, advancing on to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart.
Bag again in one of the five remaining flights and any of these five earn a $1,500 Bag Bonus.
Here’s the five players and their respective Day2Stacks.
Level 1 . Ante 200 . Blinds 100.200 . Entries 6
Cards are in the air for Flight 4C in the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – $10,000 Guarantee $400 Omaha 8.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels the entire one-day event. Registration and the unlimited-entry period is available until Level 9 begins a few minutes after 9:30 pm.
Play continues until down to the final 15 percent of the field who all earn a $600 Bag Bonus and advance to Thursday’s 2p pm Day 2 Final restart.
Mixed Games Midweek continues Tuesday at 2 pm with a $10,000 Guarantee $400 EO, a Stud 8 / Omaha 8 Mix; and Wednesday’s 2 pm tournament is a $10,000 Guarantee $400 HORSE. There’s also the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday with 11 am and 5 pm starting flights Monday through Wednesday.
Saturday features an $1,100 PLO with a $50,000 Guarantee, and don’t forget Sunday’s $10,000 Guarantee $400 10-Game Mix.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k.1500 . Entries 30
Rob Valden is the only player to break through the 200k glass ceiling after eight Flight B PLO Payday levels.
Valden (209,000) leads Sanjeev Vora (156,000) and the remaining competitors.
Check the chip counts tab for a full review.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k.1500 . Entries 30
Registration is closed in the second of seven scheduled flights in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday – Event 4 of the PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – and the scoreboard shows 30 entries.
The players contribute $9,900 to the prize pool.
Play continues tonight until down to five players who all receive a $600 Bag Bonus today, and advance to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final restart.
Here’s the schedule for the remaining flights
Level 5 . Ante 600 . Blinds 300.600 . Entries 17
The first four 30-minute registration-era levels are complete and the scoreboard shows 17 entries – including the like of Rob Valden, Jason Fitzpatrick and David Shaw – in FLight B of the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday.
Registration and the unlimited-entry period is available until the start of Level 9, that’s going to be 4 pm today, for there was a slight delay is kicking things off this Monday morning.
Cards go in the air today at 11 am for the second of seven starting flights of Event 4 in the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday with a $1,500 Double-Bag Bonus.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and plays at 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
Play continues until 15 percent of the starting field remain, all those players moving on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed a $600 Bag Bonus for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips. Bag in more than one flight and the Bag Bonus increases to $1,500.
There’s five more starting flights – playing at 5 pm today, plus 11am and 5 pm Tuesday and Wednesday.
Level 11 . 6:16 Left . Ante 3k . Blinds 1500.3k . Entries 10.62
Play in Flight A of the PLO Payday comes to a close with the final 10 players advancing on to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final. Each of the 10 players receives a $600 Bag-Bonus payout.
Every player from Flight A is eligible to play every one of the seven PLO Payday flights for Texas Card House is a Best Stack Forward house. The Bag Bonus jumps to $1,500 for everyone who earns more than one Day2Bag.
Here’s the 10 players and their respective verified chipcounts.
Level 9 . Ante 1500 . Blinds 1k.1500 . Entries 62
Registration is closed in the first of seven flights in the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday with a $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus at Texas Card House Houston, and the scoreboard shows 62 entries. The players contribute $20,460 to the prize pool.
Play continues tonight until the money bubble pops, sending the final 10 players on to Thursday’s 2 pm Day 2 Final.
All players making Day 2 receive a $600 mincash tonight once they bag up their chips.
All players are eligible to play and bag in all seven flights, for Texas Card House is a Best Stack Forward house. bag more than once and earn a $1,500 bonus for each smaller bag, play the BigBag when Thursday’s Day 2 begins.
The remaining flights are at 11 am and 5 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Level 5 . Ante 600 . Blinds 300.600 . Entries 36
Players in Flight A of the PLO Payday are back from first break and it is Genc Govori (123,400) leading the way, followed by Xavier Guzman (87,600), Tony Bunch (81,000) and the rest of the field.
Registration and the unlimited-entry period is open until 9:30 pm.
Check the Chip Count tab after each break for updated full-field counts.
Level 2 . Ante 300 . Blinds 200.300 . Entries 13
The first 30-minute registration-era level is complete and the scoreboard shows 13 entries in Flight A of the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday with a $1,500 Double-Bag Bonus.
Registration and the unlimited-entry period is available until 9:30 pm when Level 9 begins in this first of seven flights.
Level 1 . Ante 200 . Blinds 100.200 . Entries 8
Cards are in the air for the first of seven starting flights of Event 4 in the May 2023 PokerAtlas Tour series at Texas Card House Houston – $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday with a $1,500 Double-Bag Bonus.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and plays at 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.
Play in each of the seven flights continues until the money bubble pops, advancing 15 percent of the starting field on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed $600 for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips, with additional payouts taking place on Thursday based on where y’all bust out.
There’s six more starting flights – playing at 11am and 5 pm the next three days.
Houston poker players know PLO, we know Houston poker players know PLO, that’s why we’re offering the $100,000 Guarantee $400 PLO Payday. There’s seven starting flights running from this evening through Wednesday evening, with the Day 2 Final on Thursday.
There’s a $1,500 Double Bag Bonus in this one, encouraging the PLO fan to bag in more than one flight.
Play in each starting flight opens with 30,000 stacks and 30-minute competition levels, with registration and the unlimited-entry period available until the start of Level 9.
Play in each of the seven flights continues until the money bubble pops, advancing 15 percent of the starting field on to Thursday’s Day 2. Everyone is handed $600 for making Day 2 when they bag-up their chips, with additional payouts taking place on Thursday based on where y’all bust out.
Here’s the schedule for the event.
Final Day 2 Chip Counts – Scroll Down for Day 1 Flights
Flight G Chipcounts – Scroll Down for Flights A-F
Final Flight F Chip Counts – Scroll Down to see Flights A-E
Flight E Chipcounts – Scroll Down for Flights A-D
Final Flight D Chipcounts – Scroll Down to see Flights A/B/C
Flight C Chip counts – Scroll Down to See Flights A/B
Final Flight B Chipcounts – Scroll Down for Flight A
Final Flight A Chipcounts
