2014 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Chris Drake Doubles Up With Aces

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Chris Drake
Chris Drake

We didn't catch the action but all the money was in pre-flop with Chris Drake holding {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} against his opponent's {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. Drake would end up hitting an unneeded set to score the massive double up to 2,300,000. His opponent was left with just under half a million after the cooler.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Drake
Chris Drake
2,300,000
1,910,000
1,910,000

Tags: Chris Drake

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Fabian Over Cheong

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Joseph Cheong raised to 70,000 from late position and Vasile Fabian cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount from the small blind. The big blind folded and Cheong flatted the three-bet.

The flop came down {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Fabian checked to Cheong. He rapped the table back, allowing the {10-Clubs} to hit the felt on the turn. Two more checks occurred and the {8-Clubs} finished off the board. Fabian fired 225,000, Cheong called, and Fabian showed {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} for sevens full of tens. Fabian took down the pot and brought his stack to about 1.7 million.

Player Chips Progress
Vasile Fabian
Vasile Fabian
1,700,000
600,000
600,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
1,310,000
-340,000
-340,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Joseph CheongVasile Fabian

Esther Taylor Hits Gutshot to Double

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor

A short-stacked Esther Taylor moved all in first to act for her last 335,000 from the cutoff and Travis Rice moved all in from the button. The blinds folded and Taylor would be taking {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} up against Rice's {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}.

The flop came {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} to give Rice top pair and Taylor a gutshot. She would hit that draw on the {9-Clubs} turn and the river would be the {6-Clubs}. Taylor more than doubled up to 750,000 while Rice dropped to 1,900,000.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
1,900,000
-300,000
-300,000
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
750,000
500,000
500,000

Tags: Esther TaylorTravis Rice

Kang Loses Race To Bust in 28th Place

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Webber Kang moved all in over the top of Khoa Nguyen's reraise and Nguyen would make the call with {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. He was racing against Kang's {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and would win the race easily when the board ran out {J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Spades} to give him a full house. Kang was eliminated in 28th place. They are redrawing to three tables -we'll have the updated seating and chip counts shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Webber Kang
Webber Kang
Busted

Final Three Tables (full)

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Table 47

SeatPlayerChips
1Rhett Trusler825,000
2Kyle Arora2,875,000
3Abdul Almagableh575,000
4Adam Foster375,000
5Jonathan Gaviao950,000
6David "ODB" Baker1,800,000
7Vasile Fabian1,700,000
8Kong Li625,000
9Cory Van Kleeck450,000

Table 56

SeatPlayerChips
1Phuong Phan550,000
2Sebastian Tejada850,000
3Esther Taylor885,000
4Primo Niyati675,000
5John Niccoli905,000
6Keith Carter825,000
7Jason Helder1,950,000
8Gil George650,000
9Rodeen Talebi900,000

Table 57

SeatPlayerChips
1Kevin Eyster1,650,000
2Pedro Palacio350,000
3Ichiro Takahata1,300,000
4Sean Hansen1,000,000
5Khoa Nguyen2,880,000
6Joseph Cheong1,240,000
7Travis Rice3,000,000
8Chris Drake1,900,000
9Bryan Campanello320,000
Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
3,000,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
Khoa Nguyen us
Khoa Nguyen
2,880,000
1,030,000
1,030,000
Kyle Arora us
Kyle Arora
2,875,000
Jason Helder us
Jason Helder
1,950,000
-350,000
-350,000
Chris Drake
Chris Drake
1,900,000
-400,000
-400,000
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
1,800,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Vasile Fabian
Vasile Fabian
1,700,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
1,650,000
200,000
200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Ichiro Takahata us
Ichiro Takahata
1,300,000
1,095,000
1,095,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
1,240,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sean Hansen
Sean Hansen
1,000,000
158,000
158,000
Jonathan Gaviao us
Jonathan Gaviao
950,000
205,000
205,000
John Niccoli
John Niccoli
905,000
554,000
554,000
Rodeen Talebi us
Rodeen Talebi
900,000
695,000
695,000
Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
885,000
135,000
135,000
Sebastian Tejada
Sebastian Tejada
850,000
335,000
335,000
Keith Carter us
Keith Carter
825,000
325,000
325,000
Rhett Trusler
Rhett Trusler
825,000
620,000
620,000
Primo Niyati
Primo Niyati
675,000
292,000
292,000
Gil George us
Gil George
650,000
451,000
451,000
Kong Li
Kong Li
625,000
25,000
25,000
Abdul Almagableh jo
Abdul Almagableh
575,000
125,000
125,000
Phuong Phan
Phuong Phan
550,000
467,000
467,000
Cory Van Kleeck us
Cory Van Kleeck
450,000
278,000
278,000
Adam Foster us
Adam Foster
375,000
-175,000
-175,000

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Campanello Doubles Through Travis Rice

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Bryan Campanello moved all in over the top of Travis Rice for 545,000 total and Rice made the call with {A-}{6-}. Campanello held {10-}{10-} and the board would run safe for him to give him a much needed double up to over a million. Rice is still one of the big stacks in the room with 2.45 million.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
2,450,000
-550,000
-550,000
Bryan Campanello us
Bryan Campanello
1,150,000
830,000
830,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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