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

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Campanello's Opponent Lets it Go

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

An early positioned player limped and a second player followed suit. Action came over to Bryan Campanello who made it 4,500 to go. The button and blinds released only to have the original limper slide out a re-raise to 17,000. The next limper folded and action was back to Campanello. He moved all in, putting his opponent to a decision for his last roughly 10,700.

Campanello's opponent went into the tank for quite some time and after a while the clock was called by another player at the table. Campanello's opponent let his cards go, allowing the WSOP bracelet winner to take down the pot before the flop. He now has roughly 61,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Campanello us
Bryan Campanello
61,000
25,500
25,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bryan Campanello

Lapossie Felts Three in One Hand

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Matthew Lapossie
Matthew Lapossie

We didn't catch the hand but saw Cord Garcia walking away from his table yelling "showers" to a friend. When we arrived, Matthew Lapossie was stacking a massive pot to add to his already overwhelming chip lead. We asked Lapossie what happened and he said that it started out with a player moving all in for approximately 15 big blinds with {7-}{7-}. The player after him also moved all in with {10-}{10-}. Then there was yet another all in, this time the player held {A-Spades}{K-Spades}. The action was on Lapossie who had all three covered and he made the call with {Q-}{Q-}.

The board was a good one for Lapossie was it came {Q-Spades}{10-}{3-Spades} to give him top set. He would still have to fade the flush and straight draw the player holding {A-Spades}{K-Spades} had though if he were to win the pot. The turn was the {6-} and the river would come the {K-Clubs} and Lapossie would eliminate the other three with his set of queens. His stack was at an impressive 340,000 — which leads the field by a large margin at this stage of the tournament.

"That was one of the more interesting hands I've ever dealt," said the dealer as Lapossie could only shake his head in disbelief along with the rest of the table.

Lapossie recently took 7th place at the Little One for One Drop tournament at the World Series of Poker and would love to top that performance with a deep run here. He's certainly in position to do just that so far.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Lapossie ca
Matthew Lapossie
340,000
175,000
175,000
WPT 1X Winner
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
Busted

Tags: Matthew Lapossie

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Chip Counts

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
105,000
15,000
15,000
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
92,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Pete Kaemmerlen
Pete Kaemmerlen
90,000
39,000
39,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
70,000
Matthew Colvin us
Matthew Colvin
47,000
30,650
30,650
Sam Panzica us
Sam Panzica
45,000
9,000
9,000
Clint Tolbert us
Clint Tolbert
35,000
-5,000
-5,000
TJ Cloutier us
TJ Cloutier
29,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
25,000
4,000
4,000
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
24,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
21,000
1,000
1,000

Campanello Doubles Opponent

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

The board read {K-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs} when we found Bryan Campanello and an opponent heads up in a hand. Campanello was first to act and shot out a bet of 3,000. His opponent stuck around and the {Q-Hearts} fell on the river. Campanello bet 5,000 and his opponent instantly moved all in over the top for what looked to be 13,200 total.

Campanello let out a low laugh, shook his head, and flung forward a call. His opponent showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for a winning set of sixes. Campanello flashed {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for top two before tossing his cards into the muck. This hit brought his stack down to about 35,500.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Campanello us
Bryan Campanello
35,500
-11,500
-11,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bryan Campanello

Lapossie Continues to Build

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Despite folding to a flop bet from Cord Garcia to lose a pot, Matthew Lapossie is continuing to add to his stack and looks to be the chip leader with 165,000 as we approach the 60-minute dinner break in less than half an hour.

At a nearby table, David Tuthill was eliminated at the hands of Aaron Massey.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Lapossie ca
Matthew Lapossie
165,000
15,000
15,000
WPT 1X Winner
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
90,000
10,000
10,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
20,000
2,000
2,000
David Tuthill us
David Tuthill
Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100