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Newcombe Eliminates Both Bubbles

Players in the sixth flight of the $250K GTD PLO Multi-Flight had a very quick money bubble and Day Two bubble. Both bubble eliminations were courtesy of Matthew Newcombe.

On the first and only hand of hand-for-hand, Matthew Newcombe and Douglas Drees got all the chips in the middle blind versus blind on a flop of K♣9♠3♥.

Newcombe: A♦K♠6♥3♦
Drees: A♣K♥6♦2♣

Newcombe had top and bottom pair. Drees couldn't draw to a better two pair since both players shared kings and sixes. Drees was trapped and calling for clubs. Drees got the redraw card he wanted with the 8♣ turn.

The river even completed the backdoor flush draw that Drees was calling for but the 3♣ also delivered a full house for Newcombe, the covering stack. Drees was eliminated as the money bubble.

Not even thirty minutes later, Newcombe found himself multiway to a flop of A♣7♦6♦. Fujita checked the small blind and Newcombe led out for 12,500. Jiayi Yao raised to a pot-sized bet of 66,000. Yao was nearly all-in with 6,000 behind.

Doc Hollywood reluctantly folded on the button and Fujita followed suit from the small blind.

Newcombe thought about it for a bit, but just called and checked the 3♥ turn. Yao put his remaining 6,000 in the middle and told Newcombe he couldn't fold now. Newcombe called.

Newcombe: A♥8♦5♥3♦
Yao: A♦Q♦Q♠2♦
Board: A♣7♦6♦3♥4♠

The 4♠ completed the board. Yao had flopped the diamond nut flush draw but bricked out. Newcombe had flopped top pair with an open-ender, turned top and bottom pair, and made his straight on the river. Yao was eliminated in ninth place for $875. Players began to bag up for Sunday's Day Two. Newcombe bags the overall chip lead with 786,500.

$154,020 of the guaranteed $250,000 prize pool has been generated with 302 entries so far. You still have a chance to jump in the action with two more starting flights on Saturday at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Don't miss out on your chance to win big this weekend!

Flight 6/8 Chip Counts 

Matthew Newcombe 786,500
Doc Hollywood 425,500
Huayi Zheng 273,500
Chase Fujita 239,000
Dien Le 211,500
Christopher Chronister 157,500
Ivonir Bento 149,000
Yafang Liu 96,000

Flight 6/8 Payouts
1st-8th: Day Two
9th: $875 - Jiayi Yao
10th: $875 - Ngoc Nguyen

Updated Chip Counts (through Flight 6/8)
Total entries: 302; 30 advancing to Day Two
Total prize pool: $154,020 of $250,000 GTD

Average stack: 306,467
Lowest blind level: 2,500/5,000/5,000 20:20

Name Chips Flight
Matthew Newcombe 786,500 6/8
George Abi-Zeid 600,000 3/8
Abraham Araya 511,000 1/8
Andrew Dinger 491,000 1/8
Adeeb Al- Nazer 481,000 2/8
Simon Britton 465,000 5/8
Ravi Patel 444,000 4/8
Doc Hollywood 425,500 6/8
Pamela Stiehler 399,500 4/8
Sihao Zhang 360,000 5/8
Simon Webster 330,000 2/8
Christopher Smith 329,000 5/8
Hunter Cichy 324,000 2/8
Nga Huynh 297,000 3/8
Huayi Zheng 273,500 6/8
Andrew Pham 271,500 4/8
Robert Gussoni 264,000 5/8
Chase Fujita 239,000 6/8
Charlie Keisling 216,000 5/8
Dien Le 211,500 6/8
Cristobal 211,000 3/8
Ricardo Alvarado 175,000 4/8
Russell Despain 167,500 3/8
Christopher Chronister 157,500 6/8
Chris Meza 155,000 2/8
Ivonir Bento 149,000 6/8
Joe Firova 136,000 5/8
Vu Dang 132,000 1/8
Jose Montes 96,000 1/8
Yafang Liu 96,000 6/8

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