Sambangi Takes First Place in Kickoff Event

A few minutes after taking their 10-minute break, players reached a three-handed ICM deal with Bobby Sambangi taking first place!

Players were coming back to blinds of 50,000/100,000/100,000. Austin Heddin was short-stacked with about 23 big blinds and he was initially holding out from making the deal. Heddin eventually agreed to the numbers and the prize pool was adjusted as listed below.

Congratulations to all of the players on an amazing Kickoff Event! Action is still underway in the opening flight of the $300K GTD Multi-Flight Opener and there are five more starting flights before Sunday's Day Two Restart. Check PokerAtlas for the full schedule and structures of this season's first stop of the Trailblazer Poker Tour!

ICM Deal
1st: Bobby Sambangi - $11,080 - 4,225,000
2nd: Edward Fuller - $10,630 - 3,625,000
3rd: Austin Heddin - $9,320 - 2,275,000

Event #1 Payouts
Prize pool: $67,600
1st: $14,400
2nd: $10,120
3rd: $6,510
4th: $4,190
5th: $3,230
6th: $2,670
7th: $2,240
8th: $1,840
9th: $1,440
10th-12th: $1,220
13th-15th: $1,040
16th-18th: $860
19th-21st: $710
22nd-24th: $580
25th-27th: $500
28th-36th: $420
37th-43rd: $350