Austin Tournaments

Widener Flops Best

Written by Kyle M | Nov 10, 2025 1:07:31 AM

On blinds of 1,000/2,000/2,000, Cory Smith opened under the gun to 5,500. Lorraine Widener called in the hijack and Robert French defended his big blind.

The flop came paired with 443. French and Smith checked. Widener bet 10,000. French folded and Smith called.

The turn provided the 6. Smith check-called Widener again - this time for 20,000.

The 5 completed the board. Smith checked. Widener bet 30,000 and Smith called. Widener tabled 33 for a flopped full house. Smith opened his aces as he tossed them towards the muck.

30 players remain. 11 players will advance into the money for Monday's 2:30 PM Day Two Restart.

Widener: 236,000

Chip Counts (through Flight 4/6)
Current prize pool: $275,925 of $500,000 guaranteed
Average stack: 307,378
Blinds: 1,500/2,500/2,500 00:42

Name Chips BBs
Caleb Levesque 837,500 335
Matt Bond 640,000 256
Matthew Cosentino 621,500 249
Tony Love 602,000 241
Lazar Hausman 539,000 216
John Montgomery 507,000 203
Nathan Speas 500,000 200
Alex Vo 436,500 175
Shane Raikes 391,500 157
Mstr Lynch 383,000 153
Tanner Smith 378,500 151
Christian Duranleau 358,000 143
Richard Cervantes 305,000 122
Brendon Kaufman 292,000 117
Travis Miller 290,000 116
Eric Tang 262,000 105
Dmytro Soloviov 260,000 104
Gavin Smith 251,000 100
Zeeshan Alam 248,500 99
Michael Hillin 248,000 99
Eli Katzman 242,500 97
Jason Hickey 240,500 96
Thien Tri Nguyen 239,000 96
Kevin Avila 229,000 92
Langdon Miller 224,500 90
Paul Jagodik 224,500 90
Stephen Hesse 203,000 81
Rickey Petry 196,500 79
John Fahlgren 195,000 78
Pasquale Priolo 188,500 75
Joseph Olivieri 159,500 64
James Tsou 143,500 57
John West 140,500 56
Vijayan Shanmugam 129,500 52
Jason Brewer 116,000 46
Jonathan Dull 104,000 42
Christopher Velasquez 46,000 18

 

Schedule

Flight Day Start Late Reg. Blind Lvls.
1 Thu. Nov. 6th 3:00 PM 9:45 PM 40-min
2 Fri. Nov. 7th 3:00 PM 9:45 PM 40-min
3 Sat. Nov. 8th 11:00 AM 5:45 PM 40-min
4 Sat. Nov. 8th 5:00 PM 11:45 PM 40-min
5 Sun. Nov. 9th 11:00 AM 5:45 PM 40-min
6 Sun. Nov. 9th 5:00 PM 11:45 PM 40-min
Day Two Mon. Nov. 10th 2:30 PM - 40-min
Final Table Tue. Nov. 11th 6:00 PM - 60-min