Eyal Jancik does to Sonny Sundara what he did to each of the seven other players at the final table fo the Round-of-Each. he eliminates Sundara – that’s right, Jancik busted EVERY player at the final table FTW.
Jancik wins Event 16 in our 2023 PokerAtlas Tour Dallas Series – $25,000 Guaranteed $400 PLO/NLH Mix, taking the top prize of $10,040. Sundara receives the $6,020 runner-up cash.
Please refer to the Results tab for the Official Order of Finish.
The final two ROE players are on a short break, and Eyal Jancik severely chipped down Sonny Sundara with Aces and deuces the final hand before break, rivering an Ace agains the Sevens and Deuces of Sundara.
Jancik is at 2,565,000
Sundara is at 315,000
Coming back to playing NLH, Sundara at 6 bb, Jancik at 43 bb.
Following the elimination of Joe Napolitano in 3rd place ($3,800) by Eyal Jancik, Sonny Sundara jams the opening hand of heads-up play for 420,000 (10 bb) and Jancik calls
Threes for Jancik
for Sundara
Two pair for Jancik on the flop, he maintains his lead on the turn, and Jancik celebrates his apparent victory when there’s no River Queen.
Well, you see, what happened was
The river corrupted Jancik’s pair and Sundara’s Queen-high played.
“I thought you made a full house,” Sundara laughed.
After finding himself on the wrong end of numerous Eyal Jancik postlfop bets, Joe Napolitano is down to 95,000, and able to get that in the middle preflop, with Jancik and Sonny Sundara calling.
Jancik and Sundara check down the board
Napolitano is first to show, for a Queen-high flush
Sonny Sundara limps in, Richard Plotsky and Kenneth Donoghue limp along, then Raymond Speck goes 90,000. Sundara comes along, Plotsky and Donoghue depart.
The dealer fans , Sundara moves in for his last 105,000 and Speck calls
Sundara shows
Speck shows
Speck in front until the turn, and Sundara chips up with the river to 420,000. Speck is down to 325,000.
Ramin Soraya (9, $1,010) was eliminated in a NLH orbit.
From a starting field of 96 entries, today’s $25,000 Guaranteed $400 ROE – repeating orbits of PLO and NLH – is down to one single, final table of nine participants.
Here’s the players in seat-position order with chipcount estimated included.
Robert Smith ends up with his stack in the middle preflop, drawing three callers.
The dealer fans a flop and Rebecca Thompson is able to get the last of her stack in the middle as well. Kenneth Donoghue calls and three exposed their four-card hands
Smith has
Thompson reveals
Donoghue shows
Three players, five pairs, and Thompson outflops Kings and Aces.
The board runs out and Thompson more than doubles, with Smith out in 10th for a $920 cash.
Stay tuned for the final table layout and chipcounts
James Busoul (11, $860) was eliminated an orbit earlier.
The 1k chips disappear from view when action restarts with 10 players remaining in today’s $25,000 Guaranteed $400 Round-of-Each PLO/NLH.
We take a look at all counts on break and see Eyal Jancik (730,000) with a substantial lead on the field, and Ramin Soraya (425,000) holding down the No. 2 slot.
Please refer to the Chip Counts tab above for all counts.
Now, as for ChipCountMemes .. well, you see, what happened was … Ryan ‘Luccrazy’ Lucchesi has the night off, so MemeGuy and his bag of tricks shall reappear tomorrow at TCH Las Colinas for the $2,500 NLH High Roller.
Tung Truong is able to get his final 101,000 in the middle preflop, Joe Napolitano moves over the top for 179,000 and Sonny Sundara debates a bit about calling off a chunk of his stack, but he decides to muck Mom and Dad face-up.
Truong shows
Nines for Napolitano
The dealer fans and Truong doubles, leaving Napolitano with 75,000
There’s two flights daily – at 11 am and 4 pm through the weekend. That’s right, y’all, opening flights on SUNDAY also, offering 10 total starting flights. Day 2 is on Monday because that’s the Labor Day holiday, and the final table livestream takes place Tuesday.
Players open competition in this Best Stack Forward tournament with 40,000 stacks, playing 30-minute levels while registration is open, 40-minute levels when level 10 begins and registration closes, and moving to hour-levels on Day 2 when Level 19 begins.
Opening flights play until the money bubble pops, paying 1-in-8 entries. Play continues until the final 8 percent of each flight Bag-n-Tag, advancing to Monday’s Day 2 Restart at 2 pm.
Day 2 plays down to the final table, that action begins Tuesday at 6 pm.
Satellites
You can win your way in to the Title Event through one of MANY TCH Dallas $150 satellites, and here’s the remaining schedule of $150’s.
Rohith Sontireddy gets his stack in the middle preflop of the fifth money-bubble hand, and Tung Truong – who survived al all-in two hands earlier with a chop pot – makes the call, having Sontireddy barely covered.
Jacks for Sontireddy
Queens for Truong
Angie The Dealer fans and the money bubble pops, sending the final 12 into the money.
Kris Burchfield is eliminated on the first post-bubble hand, earning $790
A three-way all=in results in one elimination, sending the ROE field to 13, with Kerry Burger peeling two minutes per hand until one more finds the rail and the final 12 earn a tournament cash.
Level 15 . Ante 10,000 . Blinds 5,000.10,000 . Remaining Players 14 of 96
There was 40,000 in the, and the flop read when Pedro Fernandez Cavazos bet 25,000. Ramin Soraya raised to 100,000, and Cavazos reraised all in for a little over 200,000. Soraya called all in for 196,000 so the two players tabled their cards.
Soraya:
Cavazos:
Turn and River:
Soraya doubled up to survive with 432,000 after collecting the pot, and Cavazos was left with next to nothing after the hand with 17,000.
Level 14 . Ante 8,000 . Blinds 4,000.8,000 . Remaining Players 14 of 96
Raymond Speck was all in for 94,000 with from the button, and Ramin Soraya had him covered holding UTG+1. The final board read , and Speck doubled up to survive with 208,000. Soraya was at 285,000 after the hand.
Level 13 . Ante 6,000 . Blinds 3,000.6,000 . Remaining Players 15 of 96
The players are back from their third break of the day. There are now 15 players remaining in the tournament from 96 entries. Chip counts for every player will be available after the players return to their seats.
The chip leader is Eyal Janick with 433,000. Other notables include James Busoul (303,000), Ramin Soraya 303,000, Rebecca Thompson (236,00), and Robert Smith (212,000).
Level 11 . Ante 3,000 . Blinds 1,500.3,000 . Players Remaining 22 from 96
Rebecca Thompson was all in for 57,000 with in the hole from the cutoff, and Joe Napolitano had her covered holding from late position.
The final board read , and Thompson doubled up to survive with 121,500 after collecting the pot. Napolitano was still cruising with 283,000 after the hand.
Level 10 . Ante 2,000 . Blinds 1,000.2,000 . Players Remaining 25 from 96
The flop read when Raymond Speck got all in with from the cutoff, and Stuart Wilkinson had him covered holding . The turn and river were dealt to give Speck a flush, and that was good to score a double up worth 78,000. Wilkinson was left with next to nothing after the hand with a stack of 6,000.
Raymond Speck – 78,000 (39 bb)
Stuart Wilkinson – 6,000 (3 bb)
Level 9 . Ante 1,500 . Blinds 1,000.1,500 . Players Remaining 31 from 96
The total field size for Event 16 has been set at 96 entries, and 31 currently remaining in the hunt for the money. The bubble will burst when 12 players remain. The min-cash is good for $790, with the top prize paying out at $10,040. The total prize was set at $31,680 to top the $25,000 guarantee. Here is a look at the full payout structure for the tournament.
The players are back from their second break of the day. There are now 96 players in the tournament with registration closed. Chip counts for every player will be available after the players return to their seats.
The chip leader is Joe Napolitano with 353,000. Other top stacks are held by Eyal Jancik (234,000), Kris Burchfield (144,000), Ravee Sundara 141,500), and Ramin Soraya (135,500 bb). Ray Henson is also in the mix with a stack of 97,000, and Mstr Lynch is at 53,500.
During a hand of hold’em Joe Napolitano raised to 2,500 preflop from late position, and the button reraised all in short. Napolitano called to cover him so they flipped over their cards.
Napolitano:
Late Position:
Board:
Napolitano took out his opponent, and he stacked up 313,000 after collecting the pot.
There was 25,000 in the pot, and the board read during a hand of no-limit hold’em when Mstr Lynch moved all in for 17,500 from the button. Eric Price tanked for a minute before check-calling under the gun so the two players tabled their cards.
Lynch doubled up to survive with 37,500 after collecting the pot, and Lynch was at 17,000 after the dust settled.
The flop read when William Burford was all in holding , and Diego Mendoza had him covered holding . The turn and river were peeled off the deck to hit , and Burford doubled up to survive with 95,000, and Mendoza was down to 11,500 after the dust settled.
William Burford – 95,000 (118 bb)
Diego Mendoza – 11,500 (14 bb)
The players are going on the their first break of the day. There are now 56 players in the tournament, with registration open until the start of Level 9 in just over two hours from now. Chip counts for every player will be available after the players return to their seats.
The chip leader is Scott Rokita with 156,000. Other top stacks are held by Joe Napolitano (138,000), Eyal Jancik (123,300), Kenneth Donoghue (98,700), and James Procaccini (97,000).
Cards are in the air in 11 am at TCH Dallas for Event 15 – a $25,000 Guaranteed $400 PLO / NLH Mix.
Players open with 30,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels the entire single-day of competition. Registration and the unlimited-entry period is available until 3:30 pm when level 9 begins.
1-in-8 entries earns a tournament cash. Y’all are playing eight hands of PLO, then 8 hands of NLH, rinse repeat, all day. Remember, the ante in PLO does not count preflop as part of the pot.
There’s more PLO fun in Dallas at 5 pm, with a $10,000 Guaranteed $200 Double Board Bomb Pot with $100 Rebuys.
for Sundara
flop, he maintains his lead on the 
turn, and Jancik celebrates his apparent victory when there’s no River Queen.
corrupted Jancik’s pair and Sundara’s Queen-high played.
board
for a Queen-high flush
and Napolitano triples
.
turn or 
river, and Speck cashes for $2,460 in 4th place.
flop, and overwhelming chipleader Eyal Jancik makes the call.
for Thompson
for Jancik, who outflops Thompson.
, Sundara moves in for his last 105,000 and Speck calls
turn, and Sundara chips up with the 
and Thompson more than doubles, with Smith out in 10th for a $920 cash.
