Break
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
1,054
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Foxen Loses Huge Pot to Eskandar
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Brian Reinart opened the action to 10,000, Alex Foxen three-bet to 26,000 and Patrick Eskandar moved all in. Reinart mucked, Foxen called and the cards were put on their backs.
Foxen: 
Eskandar: 
The board ran 
, Foxen didn't improve sent nearly 100,000 chips across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
45,000
-97,000
|
-97,000 |
|
||
Himmelbrand Busto
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Busto bullet 1. Grinded all day to run Kings into Aces to cripple then bust 25 off the $/bag. Try again tomorrow even tho Im pretty drainedFollow @GregHPoker
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Wang Eliminates Berry
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Will Berry shoved in for 50,000 under the gun, and Mike Wang reshipped in the small blind. The big blind folded.
Wang: 
Berry: 
Wang flopped a third ace and had Berry dead on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
142,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
138,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
130,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
|
107,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
95,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
85,000 | |
|
76,200
-61,800
|
-61,800 |
|
|
75,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
75,000
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
|
50,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
50,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Lech Runs Out of Steam
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Michael Lech open-shoved his stack in early position and action folded around to Scott Koiner in the big blind. He thought for some time, called holding 
and Lech showed 
.
The board ran 
, Koiner made a straight and is closing in on the 200,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
Alexander Picks Off a Big Bluff
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Dejuante Alexander was tanking on a final community of 
. His opponent in the small blind had fired 46,800, a rather large bet into a pot of around 55,000. Alexander would have to commit most of his stack to call, and he decided to do so after another couple of minutes. His opponent shook his head and flicked 
into the middle for a six-high missed straight, and Alexander showed 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
192,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
Hale Pays Off Buckley
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
With a pot of about 50,000 in the middle, Adrian Buckley shoved all in from the cutoff for 54,100 on a board of 
. Brant Hale, who had checked in the small blind, slid in calling chips.
Buckley: 
Hale: 
Hale had just two outs and the river wasn't one of them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
91,000
-77,500
|
-77,500 |
Realization of a Long Night Setting In
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The conversation at many of the tables has shifted to how long they expect to play tonight. The field is scheduled to play down to 24 players and with 58 remaining, they're in for a long night.
The next two starting flights will play the schedule that today's field will and a walk around the field revealed there aren't many short stacks hanging on. Another 32 players have to hit the rail before they bag and tag.