Caesar Hinojosa Tops Largest Field in Event #4: Mystery Bounty
After almost exactly 8 hours of play, Day 1f of the Champions Club Winter Poker Open Event #4: $400- $300k GTD Mystery Bounty wrapped up with 17 players in the money and advancing to Day 2.
Leading the charge is Caesar Hinojosa who caught fire early in the day and kept up the momentum, leading to a pile of chips being put into a bag. Hinojosa and Kris Burchfield were the only players to cross half a million chips from the field of 137 entries, with Hinojosa finishing the day with 573,000.
Bagging second in chips is Mary Jo Olsavsky who was a force throughout the day, steadily building her stack and folding in key spots. Burchfield follows in third with 364,000 while Nicholas Toralba (320,000) and Viet Vo (291,000) round out fourth and fifth.
Day 1f Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caesar Hinojosa | 573,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Mary Jo Olsavsky | 481,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Kris Burchfield | 364,000 | 46 |
| 4 | Nicholas Toralba | 320,000 | 40 |
| 5 | Viet Vo | 291,000 | 36 |
| 6 | William Smith | 281,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Thomas Weatherstone | 275,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Edward Sebesta | 268,000 | 34 |
| 9 | Steven Vaum | 249,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Anthony Mender | 218,000 | 27 |
The fifth starting flight field of players built $45,210 toward the $300,000 guaranteed prizepool for this event with four starting flights still to go this weekend before Day 2 on Monday.
Action of the Day
By the first break of the day, It was Levi Peters who had taken a big early lead with around 140,000 chips while no one else had even 85,000. Unfortunately, he ran into some tough spots and lost most of his stack when he got it in with a pair and second-nut flush draw against the nut-flush draw of Hinojasa. The flush hit on the river to score Hinojosa the big pot, starting his meteoric run on the day while Peters was left crippled and busted soon after.
Later on, Aashir Aggarwal took the lead from Hinojosa when he beat him in a massive pot by hitting a big combo draw against Hinojosa's flopped set of jacks. This did not last long, however, as Hinojosa got it all back when he bet huge on the river with a pocket pair of fours and Aggarwal tossed in the hero call with just ace-high in a 500,000 pot. Meanwhile, Burchfield and Olsavsky were on the neighboring table building mountains of there own and finished in the top three.
Among the notables who took their shot today but failed to advance were David Shaw, Jessica Richards, Lawrence Wayne, Jason Fitzpatrick, Drake Roetker, and Kamoru Yusuf.
Up Next
An even larger field is expected for the four scheduled weekend flights so there is plenty of opportunity to get the prize pool over the $300,000 guarantee. PokerNews will be on deck providing coverage every step of the way until a champion is crowned on the aptly-named Champions Club live stream on Monday.