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 |