2016 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Hiren Patel Busts a Short Stack

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

A short-stacked player shoved in late position holding {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and Hiren Patel called from the small blind holding {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The board ran {J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}, Patel made trips and eliminated the unknown player.

Player Chips Progress
Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
56,000
56,000
56,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Maria Ho & Anonymous Chop Up Short Stack

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Anonymous
Anonymous

An anonymous player moved in with a short stack holding {A-Hearts}{5-Spades}, Maria Ho committed her chips holding pocket queens and a third player was all in with nines.

The board ran {K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{A-Spades}{K-Spades}, the player with nines was eliminated, Anonymous chipped up and Ho slid a little.

The players are on another 15-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
115,000
-9,000
-9,000

The Even Ends from the Odd Seats

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Lopez us
David Lopez
210,000
-10,000
-10,000
Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
200,000
Kevin Grable
Kevin Grable
200,000
Rob Salaburu us
Rob Salaburu
170,000
Ray Qartomy us
Ray Qartomy
160,000
60,000
60,000
Su Kahn
Su Kahn
145,000
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
144,000
44,300
44,300
Ryan Tepen us
Ryan Tepen
135,000
71,800
71,800
Ben Reason
Ben Reason
135,000
78,000
78,000
John Gordon us
John Gordon
127,000
97,000
97,000
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
100,000
-59,000
-59,000
WPT 2X Winner
Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph
90,000
33,000
33,000
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
85,000
51,000
51,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
35,000
-19,000
-19,000

Grabel Doubles Through Lopez, Busts Palma

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Nick Palma was all in when we got to his table for about 33,000 in the small blind. David Lopez called in the big, and Kevin Grabel reshoved in middle position for 29,700 more.

"I guess at this point, I can't fold, no?" Lopez mused.

Lopez: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Grabel: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Palma: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Palma was looking solid for a triple up but that changed in a hurry as {5-Clubs}{k-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flopped, giving Grabel a big lead with kings. The {5-Spades} turn and {7-Spades} river helped nobody, and Grabel raked in the whole pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Lopez us
David Lopez
220,000
-34,000
-34,000
Kevin Grabel us
Kevin Grabel
165,000
Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
Busted

Tags: Nick PalmaKevin GrabelDavid Lopez

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Joseph Doubles

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Johanssy Joseph shoved from early position for 26,400 and got a call from the player in the cutoff. Joseph held {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} and was racing against {a-}{k-}, but he survived when the board ran out jack-high.

Player Chips Progress
Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph
57,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Johanssy Joseph

Flack Collects Another Stack

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Layne Flack has been hot the past few levels and is now challenging for the chip lead after busting another opponent. He shoved all in for about 50,000 effective from early position into a pot of around 65,000, and his opponent called with jacks on a {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades} board. Flack had him in bad shape with {q-}{q-}, and the river {3-Clubs} was a blank.

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
270,000
165,400
165,400
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Layne Flack