DJ Traps Pham for Everything
Kevin Pham has a top 5 stack in Flight G of the $100K GTD Multi-Day and he is definitely trying to put it to use. He chose the wrong time for aggression against DJ Alexander.
On blinds of 2,500/5,000/5,000, Alexander defended his big blind against a hijack open from Pham.
The flop came paired with Q♠Q♦J♣. Alexander checked. Pham continued for 6,000 and Alexander raised to 13,000. Pham took some time before calling.
The turn was the 6♦. Alexander checked to Pham again. Pham grabbed a 20-stack of 5,000 chips and pushed them forward. Alexander quickly called off for his tournament life.
Pham: K♣4♣
Alexander: Q♣J♦ (all-in)
Board: Q♠Q♦J♣6♦
Pham rolled over king-high while Alexander tabled the nuts. The 9♦ completed the board as Pham cut out 36,500 to pay off Alexander.
Alexander: 121,500
36 players remain in the flight. 22 players will finish in the money with 14 advancing to Sunday's Day Two Restart.
Updated Chip Counts (through Flight F)
Prize pool: $106,720
Average stack: 363,921
Lowest blind level: 4,000/8,000/8,000 13:15
| Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
| Curtis Cavazos | 646,000 | 81 |
| Erin Parisien | 639,000 | 80 |
| Mark Hennessy | 620,000 | 78 |
| Ravee Sundara | 571,000 | 71 |
| Brian Joseph Gaspard | 522,000 | 65 |
| Matt Bandini | 514,000 | 64 |
| William Wyler | 505,000 | 63 |
| Rahil Gaulani | 504,000 | 63 |
| Derek Normand | 496,000 | 62 |
| David Medlin | 482,000 | 60 |
| Jeff Nowling | 466,000 | 58 |
| Christian Aguilar | 463,000 | 58 |
| Rahul Batra | 462,000 | 58 |
| Andre Maurice Owens | 455,000 | 57 |
| Kris Burchfield | 453,000 | 57 |
| Dara Taherpour | 447,000 | 56 |
| Ethan Doan | 439,000 | 55 |
| Mark White | 405,000 | 51 |
| Ming Liang | 364,000 | 46 |
| Burgess Sparacino | 350,000 | 44 |
| William Bradshaw | 326,000 | 41 |
| James Martin | 317,000 | 40 |
| Jonathan Park | 292,000 | 37 |
| Naafay Nadim | 275,000 | 34 |
| Juan Campbell | 271,000 | 34 |
| Stephen Johnston | 254,000 | 32 |
| Flavio Palalon | 245,000 | 31 |
| Sang Ngo | 241,000 | 30 |
| Hongying Shen | 238,000 | 30 |
| John Hinrichs | 230,000 | 29 |
| Floyd Fernandes | 217,000 | 27 |
| Zvi Eisenberg | 190,000 | 24 |
| Vlad Shovkovyi | 183,000 | 23 |
| Samuel Adamo | 176,000 | 22 |
| Samuel Beard | 167,000 | 21 |
| Dedric Williams | 141,000 | 18 |
| Vanessa Grossman | 132,000 | 17 |
| Alex Robin | 131,000 | 16 |
Upcoming Flights
| Flight | Day | Start | Late Reg. | Blind Lvls. |
| G | Fri. Oct. 17th | 5:00 AM | 8:50 PM | 25-min |
| H - Turbo | Fri. Oct. 17th | 9:00 AM | 11:15 PM | 15-min |
| I | Sat. Oct. 18th | 12:00 PM | 3:50 PM | 25-min |
| J | Sat. Oct. 18th | 5:00 AM | 8:50 PM | 25-min |
| K - Turbo | Sat. Oct. 18th | 9:00 PM | 11:15 PM | 15-min |
| L | Sun. Oct. 19th | 9:00 AM | 11:15 AM | |
| DAY TWO | Sun. Oct. 19th | 2:30 PM | - |