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title: Seniors Event Smashes Its $20K Guarantee
description: With 178 entries in the Trailblazer Poker Tour's $300 Seniors Event, the prize pool generated more than twice its $20,000 guarantee with $43,610!
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# [Seniors Event Smashes Its $20K Guarantee](https://blog.texascardhouse.com/trailblazer-season-ii/seniors-event-smashes-its-20k-guarantee)

 Written by [Kyle M](https://blog.texascardhouse.com/trailblazer-season-ii/author/kyle) | Feb 17, 2026 9:20:21 PM

With 178 entries in the Trailblazer Poker Tour's $300 Seniors Event, the prize pool generated more than twice its $20,000 guarantee with $43,610!

74 players remain in the field and return to blinds of 1,000/2,000/2,000. Jonathan Steitz is the current chip leader with 355,000 (178 BBs).

Players have plenty of play before they approach the money bubble. 23 players will finish in the money with $410 set as the min cash and $11,270 for 1st place!

Stay tuned to see who makes the final table and takes down Event 5 of the Trailblazer Poker Tour at Texas Card House Dallas and TCH Social Las Colinas!

Top 5 Stacks

| Player | Chips | BBs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| JONATHAN STEITZ | 355,000 | 178 |
| DORI COYLE | 268,000 | 134 |
| LYDIA BLAIR | 213,000 | 107 |
| DARRYL SAMPLE | 181,000 | 91 |
| BILL BRYDEN | 178,500 | 89 |

 

Event 5 Payouts

| Total Prize Pool | $43,610 |
| --- | --- |
| 1st | $11,270 |
| 2nd | $7,580 |
| 3rd | $4,470 |
| 4th | $2,720 |
| 5th | $2,100 |
| 6th | $1,740 |
| 7th | $1,480 |
| 8th | $1,300 |
| 9th | $1,130 |
| 10th-12th | $960 |
| 13th-15th | $810 |
| 16th-18th | $680 |
| 19th-21st | $550 |
| 22nd-23rd | $410 |

Don't forget that there is a $500K GTD Multi-Flight starting today at 5:00 PM at Texas Card House Dallas and flights at TCH Social Las Colinas will run daily at 10:00 AM Thursday through Saturday!

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