Players in the Trailblazer Poker Tour Title Event went through the three-table redraw as they returned from their third break of the day.
Players were coming back to blinds of 30,000/60,000/60,000 and the blind levels have now increased to 60 minute levels instead of 40 minute levels.
Shortly after Max Yang was eliminated in 27th place, Mason Vieth opened to 150,000 and Andriy Kovalchuk went all-in for roughly 1,650,000 from the big blind. Vieth snapped.
Vieth: K♥K♦
Kovalchuk: J♥J♠ (all-in)
Board: 9♦8♥6♠8♠T♦
Vieth walked away from the table as the board was runout. He was expecting to lose somehow and didn't want to watch. Vieth returned to the table after a clean runout. Kovalchuk was eliminated in 26th place for $6,430.
Vieth opened the next hand. Action folded around to Jeremy Sparkman in the big blind. Sparkman jammed and Vieth snap-called again. Vieth was dealt kings again!
Vieth: K♠K♣
Sparkman: 7♠7♣ (all-in)
Board: K♥T♥2♣7♥J♥
The flop came king high for the best hand to improve further. Sparkman turned a set of sevens but needed to hit quads on the river. couldn't find the running quads and was eliminated in 25th place for $6,430.
Vieth and the remaining 24 players will play down to a final table tonight. The final nine players will return to play down to a winner tomorrow night at 7:00 PM on TCH Live!
Title Event Payouts
Total Prize Pool: $1,252,650
| 1st | $203,400 |
| 2nd | $142,670 |
| 3rd | $92,020 |
| 4th | $68,080 |
| 5th | $52,010 |
| 6th | $41,190 |
| 7th | $34,090 |
| 8th | $27,110 |
| 9th | $20,350 |
| 10th-12th | $16,850 |
| 13th-15th | $13,400 |
| 16th-18th | $11,090 |
| 19th-21st | $9,080 |
| 22nd-24th | $7,720 |
| 25th-27th | $6,430 |
| 28th-36th | $5,280 |
| 37th-45th | $4,600 |
| 46th-54th | $4,070 |
| 55th-63rd | $3,670 |
| 64th-72nd | $3,360 |
| 73rd-81st | $3,040 |
| 82nd-90th | $2,760 |
| 91st-96th | $2,500 |
| Double Bag | $5,000 |
| Day One Payouts | $117,000 |