Trailblazer Tour Season II

Smith Leads Kick Off Event; Prize Pool Verified

Written by Kyle M | Feb 15, 2026 11:13:29 PM

The $100K GTD Kick Off Event received a total of 497 entries and generated a prize pool of $164,010!

Leading the remaining 217 players is Dusti Smith with 321,000 (161 BBs). Players are returning to blinds of 1,000/2,000/2,000 and players will play down to a winner tonight!

Expect Smith to put her chip stack to use. Shortly after returning from break she faced an UTG limp and raised to 10,500 from UTG+1.

Evan Burns moved all-in from the cutoff for 12,000 and Abraham Araya also moved all-in from the small blind for 36,500.

"I meant to raise to 6,500," Smith told the table. Smith eventually called off the all-ins after giving it some thought.

Smith: J♦8♦
Araya: A♥K♥ (all-in)
Burns: A♣8♠ (all-in)

Araya was in great shape but it was short-lived. Smith flopped a straight on T♠9♣7♥. Araya needed to pickup a backdoor draw while Burns was drawing at a chop that never came. Smith scored a double elimination to extend her chip lead.

Board: T♠9♣7♥9♦6♦

200 players remain and all eyes are on the $31,950 up top. The min cash is set at $580 with 63 places being paid.

The final table will be livestreamed on TCH Live. Tune in to see who takes down the first trophy event of the Trailblazer Poker Tour's return to Texas Card House Dallas!

Don't forget about the 5:00 PM $150 Deep Stack and upcoming trophy events. This is just the first of 16 days and over $2M in guarantees!

Total Prize Pool $164,010
1st $31,950
2nd $22,510
3rd $14,470
4th $10,030
5th $7,700
6th $6,520
7th $5,380
8th $4,280
9th $3,210
10th-12th $2,660
13th-15th $2,110
16th-18th $1,780
19th-21st $1,500
22nd-24th $1,250
25th-27th $1,080
28th-36th $930
37th-45th $800
46th-54th $670
55th-63rd $580