2016 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Mezheritsky Eliminates Lewis; Other Assorted Busts

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Vlad Mezheritsky woke up with tens in the big blind and won a race against cutoff Cameron Rezaie's {a-}{k-} for all of Rezaie's stack, which looked to be around 300,000.

Players are on break for 15 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Vlad Mezheritsky us
Vlad Mezheritsky
1,600,000
400,000
400,000
David Coker us
David Coker
Busted
Jared Ingles us
Jared Ingles
Busted
Rama Nalla
Rama Nalla
Busted
Cameron Rezaie us
Cameron Rezaie
Busted
Austin Lewis us
Austin Lewis
Busted

Tags: Vlad MezheritskyCameron Rezaie

Hwang Piling Up Chips

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Andy Hwang and Randi Lister each put 40,000 in preflop to see the {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop. Lister checked, Hwang bet 20,000 and Lister check-raised to 70,000. Hwang called, the turn came {10-Hearts} and both players checked. The river came {Q-Hearts}, Hwang bet 100,000 and Lister took a good long time to fold - even showed an ace.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Hwang us
Andy Hwang
1,580,000
280,000
280,000
Randi Lister
Randi Lister
600,000
-75,000
-75,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Duvall Doubles Through Bazeley

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Jeff Duvall shoved in for 185,000 from the cutoff after Jake Bazeley opened the hijack to 45,000. Bazeley shook his head and called after counting out the requisite chips.

Duvall: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Bazeley: {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{q-Spades}{j-Spades}{q-Hearts}, no help to Bazeley.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Duvall us
Jeff Duvall
424,000
4,000
4,000
Jake Bazeley us
Jake Bazeley
275,000
-200,000
-200,000

Tags: Jacob BazeleyJeff Duvall

Luck Box Baze

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jake Bazeley
Jake Bazeley

Cary Jones opened in early position and Jake Bazeley moved all in for 268,000. Action folded back to Jones and he called holding {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}. Bazeley tabled {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}, the board ran {J-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Bazeley doubled.

The very next hand, Jones and Bazeley went to a flop of {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Jones moved all in. Bazeley called and had pocket kings for the second hand in a row. Jones was beside himself and tabled {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. The board completed {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Jones was eliminated and Bazeley chipped up significantly in back-to-back hands.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Bazeley us
Jake Bazeley
815,000
540,000
540,000
Cary Jones
Cary Jones
Busted

Flack Doubles Through Hwang

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Andy Hwang
Andy Hwang

Andy Hwang fired 56,000 from middle position on an {8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop and Layne Flack made it 140,000 to go on the button. Hwang called and Flack immediately jammed the {5-Clubs} turn when checked to. It was right around 380,000 and Hwang thought about 90 seconds and dropped in a call.

Hwang: {a-}{2-}
Flack: {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

Flack was ahead but had some cards to dodge, as Hwang could hit two pair, trips or a straight to beat him. The {9-Spades} was a safe river for the six-time bracelet winner.

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
1,100,000
700,000
700,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Andy Hwang us
Andy Hwang
800,000
-780,000
-780,000

Tags: Andy HwangLayne Flack

Ray Qartomy's 'Double Double'

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ray Qartomy
Ray Qartomy

We found Ray Qartomy open-shoving his 68,000 stack and action folded all they way around to Brian Reinert in the big blind. He asked for the total and called blind. Qartomy showed the {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} and Reinert turned over the {10-Spades}{6-Clubs} one at a time. Qartomy hit a king on the flop, his hand held and he doubled up.

Two hands later, Maxx Coleman opened to 40,000 and Qartomy moved all in from the big blind. Coleman thought for a bit and called holding the {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}. Qartomy tabled the {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} and said, "You know I only play the premiums."

The board ran {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{A-Diamonds}, Qartomy made Broadway and now has a stack of 350,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Qartomy us
Ray Qartomy
350,000
220,000
220,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Nathan Gamble us
Nathan Gamble
1,750,000
1,230,000
1,230,000
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
1,700,000
450,000
450,000
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
1,550,000
450,000
450,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike Wang us
Mike Wang
1,500,000
240,000
240,000
Jake Bazeley us
Jake Bazeley
1,280,000
465,000
465,000
Daniel Fuhs us
Daniel Fuhs
1,200,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
1,100,000
460,000
460,000
Grant Hinkle us
Grant Hinkle
720,000
-260,000
-260,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Todd Weers
Todd Weers
680,000
500,000
500,000
Andy Hwang us
Andy Hwang
500,000
-300,000
-300,000
Judd Morris
Judd Morris
500,000
-380,000
-380,000