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title: Stietz Eliminated on Money Bubble in Seniors
description: Jonathan Stietz is eliminated on the stone money bubble of the Trailblazer Poker Tour's $300 Seniors Event. Players will play down to a winner tonight.
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# [Stietz Eliminated on Money Bubble in Seniors](https://blog.texascardhouse.com/trailblazer-season-ii/stietz-eliminated-on-money-bubble-in-seniors)

 Written by [Kyle M](https://blog.texascardhouse.com/trailblazer-season-ii/author/kyle) | Feb 18, 2026 12:07:05 AM

On the first hand of hand-for-hand, there was an all-in and a call on table 10.

The blinds were 5,000/10,000/10,000 and Jonathan Stietz was one of the shorter stacks remaining in the field with 93,000 in the lojack. Stietz moved all-in.

Action folded around to Craig Ruggeberg in the small blind and Ruggeberg announced all-in. The big blind folded.

Ruggeberg: Q♠Q♦  
Stietz: A♦J♥ (all-in)  
Board: 8♥7♦4♣3♦5♣

Stietz went unimproved on the eight-high runout and was eliminated on the stone bubble.

The remaining 23 players are now in the money with $410 locked up. There will be multiple pay jumps before the final table secures $1,130 each. The winner is set to take home $11,270 for 1st place!

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 about the $500K GTD Multi-Flight that just kicked off today! There will be nine starting flights with daily flights at both Texas Card House Dallas and TCH Social Las Colinas.

 

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