Photos: WinStar River Poker Series Main Event Day 1a
![Mike Comisso](https://s.pnimg.net/ezv_wW8WGzmzW5uuyF45ErDG0XETBm0tuXuI-LH9uzc/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3hmMjI5/N2QwODJkLmpwZw.webp)
![WinStar River Poker Series Main Event Day 1a](https://s.pnimg.net/SKdvBndOcegySpchAaD1gNHLafr0rhHS1GxoUvZDBbs/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3g0OGJh/NzUyNTlhLmpwZw.webp)
![Brandon Steven](https://s.pnimg.net/-B2c7xHQWSwjQOZ1xwVrLDBLLAJrP8URonGo9dzQGG4/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3g1OTUz/MWM4Njk0LmpwZw.webp)
![Pete Lockwood](https://s.pnimg.net/KrAhhlFynDoyOjSvFZETF6MXC1JbzHeW1569nPPaGrQ/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3gyMmNl/ZjYzZTMzLmpwZw.webp)
![Clint Tolbert](https://s.pnimg.net/84rd1cfbmrZ97nmSD8tvG26xHGdLe1Io4uhXW3vINdI/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3hmNDEy/ZGQyYjUyLmpwZw.webp)
![Johanssy Joseph](https://s.pnimg.net/MTtW9DuQoBBqhbNjpYQnlpSiffIEn1OVndlQ4jpEuYc/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3hmNzU0/NTk5M2RkLmpwZw.webp)
![Jose Montes](https://s.pnimg.net/-m9n8wKTkSiuo9AcGh6MjOQRLE8HyU4Yz8pr7KBeCsI/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3gwM2M4/MzE5MWUxLmpwZw.webp)
![Aaron Mermelstein](https://s.pnimg.net/EzwRoeVfRs9VUS-Yr2vMfZ_t8UyvhBtLSoe_pbnuCnU/pr:reporting-gallery-thumbnail/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/OTE1LzIzL3hlNTM4/Njc3YzI1LmpwZw.webp)
Jose Montes was in the small blind against a lone opponent in the big blind. The flop was , Montes fired out a bet and the big blind quickly called before we could count it. The turn came
, Montes bet 3,500 and the big blind thought for a bit before mucking his cards.
Montes quickly doubled his stack since we passed by him an hour ago.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000
18,000
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18,000 |
We found Will Berry firing a bet of 8,000 with about 13,000 in the middle on a completed board of . Chris Luna, on Berry's right, thought long and hard about his decision. Finally, he tossed in a call. Berry rolled over
for a set and Luna winged his cards muckward.
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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67,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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16,075
-21,525
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-21,525 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
We found Brandon Steven firing 4,500 on a completed board of from early position. An opponent in middle position splashed in a call, and Steven showed
for flopped quads.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000 | |
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63,600
13,600
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13,600 |
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57,300
3,300
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3,300 |
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51,800
-21,200
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-21,200 |
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47,300 | |
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44,000 | |
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44,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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38,500 | |
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37,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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30,600
600
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600 |
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27,500
2,500
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2,500 |
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16,000
-9,000
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-9,000 |
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4,600
-31,400
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-31,400 |
We found a dealer counting down stacks, moving chips around the table and making a side pot on a flop of . Two players were nearly even and Scot Koiner had them both covered. After the pot was right the cards were tabled.
Lech:
Barker:
Koiner:
Lech was all in for the main pot and Barker had a small side pot he could win.
The board completed - giving Barker and Lech the queen-high straight and chopped the main pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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28,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
After an under-the-gun limp, a player next to act made it 7,500 to go. Austin Lewis jammed 16,000 on the button, and the limper shoved 27,000 in. The original raiser called.
UTG:
Lewis:
Third player:
The flop came ace-high, and the pair of aces stood for a triple up for Lewis while the player with kings collected a side pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000 |
We found Wei Zhang and Edgar Perez on a flop with nearly 10,000 in the pot already. The board was , Zhang checked from the big blind, Perez bet 3,300 and Zhang check-raised to 10,000.
Perez thought for a bit and then called. The turn came , Zhang snap-shoved all in for a little more than 36,000 and Perez went deep into the tank. After a stretch, but not an outrageous amount of time, a player not involved in the hand called for the clock.
About halfway through his minute count down Perez let his hand go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000 | |
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25,000
-45,000
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-45,000 |