Main Event Day 2 | 2016 WinStar River Poker Series

09-05-2016 14:53 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Hwang	1,000,000 822,000	822,000
Mike Wang	1,000,000 340,000	340,000
Clint Baker	1,000,000 643,000	643,000
Cameron Rezaie	815,000 554,000	554,000
Andy Philachack	715,000 15,000	15,000
Zo Karim	715,000 156,000	156,000
Ryan Rogers	640,000 275,000	275,000
Vinh Huynh	620,000
Layne Flack	550,000 117,000	117,000

Brian Reinert	550,000 -70,000	-70,000
Grant Hinkle	520,000 172,000	172,000

Maxx Coleman	510,000 -37,000	-37,000

Daniel Fuhs	500,000 391,000	391,000

Chino Rheem	500,000

Nathan Gamble	460,000 301,000	301,000

Patrick Eskandar	420,000 337,000	337,000
Austin Lewis	340,000 214,000	214,000
Kane Kalas	320,000 62,000	62,000

Viet Vo	300,000 21,000	21,000
Kevin Eyster	260,000 95,000	95,000

Brant Hale	230,000 -46,000	-46,000
Greg Jennings	200,000 -9,000	-9,000
David Lopez	170,000 -155,000	-155,000
Chris Staats	Busted

Hoan Nguyen, Largest of Three Short Stacks

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Hoan Nguyen and two other short-stacked players went to a flop of and all three players moved all in.

Nguyen:
Player A:
Player B:

The board completed , Nguyen's ace-high was best and he knocked out two short stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hoan Nguyen	450,000 284,000	284,000

09-05-2016 15:04 UTC-5

Break Time

[user196975]

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The first two levels are in the books and the field is on their first break of the day.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

09-05-2016 15:26 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Kheim Ngo	Busted
Tony Brozek	Busted
Zach Donovan	Busted
John NIccoli	Busted
Casey Diener	Busted
Asif Idrees	Busted
Gabe Davis	Busted
Charles Pettit	Busted
Cody Burleson	Busted
Matt Wilson	Busted
Kelli Shields	Busted
Kristopher Tong	Busted
Rickey Rushing	Busted
Jim Shaw	Busted
TJ Cloutier	Busted

Long Nguyen	Busted
Geffrey Klein	Busted

Jeff Sowell	Busted
Alexander Greenblatt	Busted
Frank Berry	Busted
Bobby Hempkins	Busted
Bozkurt Ekrem	Busted
Stephen Tackett	Busted
Gary Adams	Busted
John Misirian	Busted

Hale Eliminates Nguyen

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We found Nancy Nguyen all in for her last 130,000 in the big blind against Brant Hale, who was under the gun. Hale held and needed help against Nguyen's . The flop was clean for Nguyen but an turn sent her packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brant Hale	555,000 325,000	325,000
Nancy Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Brant Hale Nancy Nguyen

09-05-2016 15:54 UTC-5

Long Duc Nguyen Flips a Penny to Call

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Long Duc Nguyen opened from under the gun, action passed to Cameron Rezaie and he raised to 100,000. Another player tank-folded to slow up the action and Nguyen flipped the penny he uses as a card protector to call or fold.

He liked the result, called, holding , Rezaie sighed and tabled . The board ran , Nguyen's queens held and doubled to about 680,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Long Duc Nguyen	680,000 172,000	172,000
Cameron Rezaie	223,000 -592,000	-592,000

09-05-2016 16:02 UTC-5

Rheem Cracks Aces

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Chino Rheem opened in the hijack to 25,000 and called a three-bet to 63,000 from Rex Clinkscales in the next seat. Both checked the flop and the board read on the turn. Rheem fired 62,000 and Clinkscales called. On the river, Rheem, crossed his arms and thought for about 90 seconds before announcing he was all in.

"What do you got?" Clinkscales asked.

"What do you got?" Rheem said with a laugh.

"I've got it."

"Well if you had it you would have snap-called," Rheem said.

"Probably not folding," Clinkscales said.

Clinkscales thought about 30 more second and dropped in some chips, and Rheem flipped over for two pair.

"Nice hand," Clinkscales said, showing .

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	1,200,000 700,000	700,000

Rex Clinkscales	Busted

Tags: Chino Rheem Rex Clinkscales

09-05-2016 16:15 UTC-5

Morris Semi-Bluff Shoves

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With the a flop of on the felt, Judd Morris checked in the blinds and Noah Nodine fired 65,000. A player on the button called, and Morris said he was all in. He covered both opponents, and they folded. Morris tossed in, an open-ended straight draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Judd Morris	775,000 328,000	328,000

Tags: Judd Morris

09-05-2016 16:18 UTC-5

Even Seats from the Odd Tables

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wang	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Andy Hwang	1,000,000
Chino Rheem	1,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

Grant Hinkle	980,000 460,000	460,000

Judd Morris	880,000 105,000	105,000
Andy Philachack	850,000 135,000	135,000
Ryan Rogers	715,000 75,000	75,000
Jared Ingles	680,000 456,000	456,000
Randi Lister	675,000 347,000	347,000
Maxx Coleman	565,000 55,000	55,000

Cary Jones	560,000 225,000	225,000
Nathan Gamble	520,000 60,000	60,000

Brant Hale	510,000 -45,000	-45,000
Kane Kalas	500,000 180,000	180,000

Edgar Perez	435,000 -68,000	-68,000
Jeff Duvall	420,000 -100,000	-100,000
Layne Flack	400,000 -150,000	-150,000

Richard Perry	280,000 -111,000	-111,000
Ben Zamani	240,000 240,000	240,000
Jake Bazeley	205,000 -235,000	-235,000
Brandon Steven	200,000 -90,000	-90,000
Noah Nodine	74,000 -266,000	-266,000