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Lone Star Poker Series Day 8
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Lone Star Poker Series Day 8

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Pedro Rios Wins Event #12: The Ultimate Monster NLH for $9,447

Pedro Rios
Pedro Rios

Pedro Rios won his second event here at the Lone Star Poker Series on Friday night as he took down Event #12: The Ultimate Monster NLH for $9,447 to add to his title that he won in Event #6: Limit Omaha 8 Championship.

The Ultimate Monster attracted 102 entries and created a prizepool of $33,150. After almost 13 hours of play it was Rios who overcame a roller coaster final table to win the grand prize.

Heads up play vs Brandon Guzman was particularly rocky as both players looked to be down and out a couple of times before rallying. Rios at one point was down to his final card, before rivering a straight to stay alive and eventually overcoming Guzman.

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize Money
1Pedro Rios$9,447
2Brandon Guzman$6,133
3Troy Clogston$4.475
4Jonathan Ajlouny$2,984
5James Duke$2,403
6Robert Gonzalez$1,906
7Don Iyengar$1,492
8Diko Jopio$1,160
9Rory O'Brien$912

PokerNews will pick up coverage of the Lone Star Poker Series tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time for the exciting Surprise Bounty tournament.

Rios Finishes off Guzman

Level 22 (75,000/150,000/150,000)

Pedro Rios raised to 650,000 preflop and Brandon Guzman called.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. Guzman quickly lead jammed all in and was snap called by Rios.

Guzman had the [jh3j] while Rios was miles ahead as he had the {k-Hearts}{4-Clubs} for top pair.

The turn was the {5-Spades} to open up straight possibilities but the river extinguished those hopes as the {7-Clubs} came off to eliminate Guzman in 2nd place.

Player Chips Progress
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Pedro Rios
10,200,000
2,900,000
2,900,000
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Brandon Guzman
Busted

Rios Lives on the River Again

Level 21 (60,000/120,000/120,000)

Pedro Rios raised preflop. Troy Clogston moved all in and Rios called.

Rios had the {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} while Clogston had the {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}.

The flop came {5-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}, the turn was the {10-Hearts} but the river gave life to Rios once again as it came the {9-Spades} to eliminate Clogston in 3rd.

Player Chips Progress
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Pedro Rios
7,300,000
2,800,000
2,800,000
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Troy Clogston
Busted

Clogston Calls Whole Board

Level 20 (50,000/100,000/100,000)

Don Iyengar was all in with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} against the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} of Troy Clogston.

Clogston called for a 8-9-10 rainbow flop and sure enough the {8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs} came down.

Clogston called for the {4-Spades} on the river and lo and behold the dealer procured the {4-Spades} on the turn.

At this point the table was reacting wildly to Clogston's wild ability to call the board. And asked him what was coming next. With no hesitation he said the {2-Hearts}.

The river came the {2-Hearts} and the room erupted in disbelief, everyone saying they had never see the entire board called before. Iyengar was eliminated amongst the commotion.

Player Chips Progress
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Troy Clogston
2,100,000
800,000
800,000
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Don Iyengar
Busted

Ajlouny Spikes a Ten

Level 17 (25,000/50,000/50,000)

From the small blind Jonathan Ajlouny moved all in over the raise from Diko Jopio.

Jopio called and was ahead with the {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} against the {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} of Ajlouny.

The flop came down {7-Clubs}{k-Spades}{9-Spades} harmlessly. But the turn was the {10-Spades} to give Ajlouny the lead. The river was the {6-Clubs} and Jopio was eliminated in 8th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Ajlouny
2,300,000
1,340,000
1,340,000
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Diko Jopio
Busted

Clogston Takes Out O'Brien

Level 17 (25,000/50,000/50,000)

The flop came {4-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Rory O'Brien moved all in for 570,000. Troy Clogston considered it for a while before calling.

O'Brien had the {a-Spades}{3-Hearts} while Clogston had the lead with the {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and the river was the {10-Spades} and O'Brien was the first elimination of the final table.

Player Chips Progress
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Troy Clogston
2,300,000
800,000
800,000
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Rory O'Brien
Busted

Final Table Streaming

The Ultimate Monster final table is set to begin in about 20-minutes after the players take a break. The stream will be on a 30-minute delay following that, meaning the stream will begin at roughly 9:15 p.m. local time (CST).

You can watch all the final table action here, with commentator Jeff Platt covering the play.

PokerNews will have updates based on the stream.

Ultimate Monster Final Table (full)

Ultimate Monster Final Table
Ultimate Monster Final Table
SeatPlayerChip Count
1Pedro Rios2,365,000
2Don Iyengar925,000
3Rory O'Brien690,000
4James Duke700,000
5Robert Gonzalez975,000
6Jonathan Ajlouny960,000
7Brandon Guzman885,000
8Troy Clogston1,500,000
9Diko Jopio1,260,000
Player Chips Progress
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Pedro Rios
2,365,000
1,040,000
1,040,000
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Troy Clogston
1,500,000
710,000
710,000
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Diko Jopio
1,260,000
1,260,000
1,260,000
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Robert Gonzalez
975,000
565,000
565,000
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Jonathan Ajlouny
960,000
110,000
110,000
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Don Iyengar
925,000
300,000
300,000
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Brandon Guzman
885,000
45,000
45,000
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James Duke
700,000
370,000
370,000
Profile photo of Rory O'Brien us
Rory O'Brien
690,000
220,000
220,000

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