2014 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$3,175,200
Entries
1,323
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

O'Donnell Folds River

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

An early positioned player raised to 8,000 and found calls from Travis Rice in the cutoff and Kevin O'Donnell in the big blind. The flop came down {4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts} and O'Donnell checked. The early positioned player continued for 10,000, Rice called, and O'Donnell came along as well.

The board paired with the {3-Clubs} on the turn and O'Donnell checked a second time. The original raiser kept up his aggression with 20,000, eliciting a fold from Rice. O'Donnell called and the {3-Hearts} put three treys on the board on the river. O'Donnell checked for a third time and his opponent moved out 35,000.

O'Donnell went deep into the tank as over 90 seconds passed.

"Just one second, guys," O'Donnell said as he pondered his action.

Ultimately, he flashed the {10-Clubs} to the table for a full house of treys full of tens before throwing his cards into the muck. His opponent was pushed the pot and O'Donnell was left with about 82,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
300,000
-15,000
-15,000
Kevin O'Donnell us
Kevin O'Donnell
82,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Kevin O'Donnell

Twenty More

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The tournament is down to 57 players meaning only 20 more eliminations until play concludes for the evening.

Ramage Takes Some From Cheong

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Joseph Cheong opened the action with a raise to 8,000 and was reraised by Grayson Ramage to 19,000. The rest of the table folded and Cheong made the call. The two would see a flop of {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Cheong check-called a 16,500 Ramage bet. The turn was the {4-Spades} and both players checked. Cheong would check-fold to a bet from Ramage on the river to send the pot Ramage's way. Cheong still sits atop the chip counts with 505,000 while Ramage chips up slightly to 195,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
505,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
195,000
100,000
100,000

Tags: Grayson RamageJoseph Cheong

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Baker Hits the Rail

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We arrived in time to see David "ODB" Baker all in and at risk for approximately 85,000 before the flop against Atm Kibria. Baker held {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and was in need of help against Kibria's {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}.

The board fell down {9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{k-Spades}, ensuring Baker would be eliminated from play late in level 15.

Player Chips Progress
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: David "ODB" Baker

Late Night Counts

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
450,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Lapossie ca
Matthew Lapossie
430,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Lynn Samples
Lynn Samples
370,000
100,000
100,000
Ron Pease
Ron Pease
370,000
Andy Robinson us
Andy Robinson
320,000
40,000
40,000
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
315,000
10,000
10,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
285,000
212,000
212,000
John Niccoli
John Niccoli
250,000
20,000
20,000
Jonathan Gaviao us
Jonathan Gaviao
180,000
-60,000
-60,000
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
135,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
120,000
50,000
50,000
Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
95,000
-7,000
-7,000
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
90,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Massey and Campanello Fall

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Aaron Massey moved all in with {9-}{9-} for his last roughly 10 big blinds and was called by an opponent with {A-}{q-}. Massey's opponent got there, eliminating the 2012 champion from play. He will return on later starting flights for another chance at glory.

Soon after, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Bryan Campanello was also eliminated from play in unknown action.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
Busted
Bryan Campanello us
Bryan Campanello
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aaron MasseyBryan Campanello

O'Donnell's Shove Succeeds

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The player in Seat Two opened for a raise to 2,400 and Kevin O'Donnell flatted one to his left. It was folded to Esther Taylor-Brady on the button who made it 8,000 to go. The original raiser folded and O'Donnell grabbed the amount to call and then announced he was all in as he matched the 8,000 raise Taylor-Brady had made. It was for an additional 72,000 and Taylor-Brady would mutter to herself and think for nearly a minute before letting her hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Esther Taylor-Brady us
Esther Taylor-Brady
110,000
Kevin O'Donnell us
Kevin O'Donnell
97,000
12,000
12,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500