2016 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$587,120
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
1,054
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
63,600
13,600
13,600
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
57,300
3,300
3,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Adam Krach us
Adam Krach
51,800
-21,200
-21,200
Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
47,300
Greg Himmelbrand us
Greg Himmelbrand
44,000
Jake Bazeley us
Jake Bazeley
44,000
31,000
31,000
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
38,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Jose Montes us
Jose Montes
37,000
-3,000
-3,000
TJ Cloutier us
TJ Cloutier
30,600
600
600
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
27,500
2,500
2,500
WPT 2X Winner
John Reading us
John Reading
16,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
4,600
-31,400
-31,400

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Berry Gets Paid Big

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

We found Will Berry firing a bet of 8,000 with about 13,000 in the middle on a completed board of {3-Spades}{9-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. Chris Luna, on Berry's right, thought long and hard about his decision. Finally, he tossed in a call. Berry rolled over {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for a set and Luna winged his cards muckward.

Players are on break for 15 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Will Berry us
Will Berry
67,000
44,000
44,000
Chris Luna
Chris Luna
16,075
-21,525
-21,525

Tags: Chris LunaWill Berry

Jose Montes Pressures, Builds Stack

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jose Montes was in the small blind against a lone opponent in the big blind. The flop was {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{10-Spades}, Montes fired out a bet and the big blind quickly called before we could count it. The turn came {Q-Spades}, 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
Jose Montes us
Jose Montes
40,000
18,000
18,000

Comisso Busted

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Mike Comisso bet a board of {9-}{10-}{a-}{q-} and had an opponent shove all in on him. He sighed and called for his last few thousand and was shown {j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a straight. Comisso was still drawing live with {a-}{10-} but the river was a {j-}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Comisso us
Mike Comisso
Busted

Tags: Mike Comisso

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Mermelstein vs Reason

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Ben Reason
Ben Reason

Ben Reason is seated directly to Aaron Mermelstein's left and it seems that they've been avoiding each other most the day. But we just found them locked up in a hand with Reason on the button. There was around 10,000 in the pot heading to the river with the board showing {J-Hearts}{4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

The river came {9-Spades}, Mermelstein bet 4,500 after a long thought process and Reason took some time of his own to consider his action. He tossed in a call, Mermelstein tabled pocket eights and Reason rolled over {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} for top pair and stacked the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Reason
Ben Reason
45,000
29,000
29,000
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
25,000
-20,000
-20,000
WPT 2X Winner