After the field was cut to three the remaining players agreed upon a three-way chop.
Gerald Stogner was awarded the top prize for $23,742 for having the largest chip stack at 5,420 which was slightly more than
Duc Le in second place with 4,780,000, while
Clinton Phillip sat in third place.
Stogner, a native of Kokomo, Mississippi, will also take home the shiny championship belt buckle and plaques for his victory. I drove seven and a half hours to come play this tournament and it was definitely worth it, he told
PokerNews. I just had a feeling I had a chance when I saw the entry numbers on the first few flights
From
Lone Star Poker Series (LSPS) will be at Houstonâs
Champions Poker Club for a 19-event festival with over $1.5 million in guaranteed prize pools. The stop will culminate with the
$1,300 buy-in Inaugural Texas State $1 Million Guaranteed Main Event, a tournament that will run from
April 27-May 3 and feature five starting flights.
âSeveral card rooms have had some decent sized prize pools in the past, but Champions Poker Club and the Lone Star Poker Series will be the first to take the risk of announcing and guaranteeing a solid $1,000,000 prize pool,â said
Kim Stone, who co-founded the tour with
Hayden Fortini.