Main Event Day 2 | 2016 WinStar River Poker Series

09-05-2016 18:39 UTC-5

Ray Qartomy on a Heater, Does Ric Flair Strut

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

The board was . Ray Qartomy bet 100,000, Maxx Coleman moved all in for 343,000 and Kevin Eyster surprised the table by calling from the button. Qartomy thought before he announced he was all in for 326,000.

Qartomy:
Eyster:
Coleman:

Qartomy was ahead but his opponents had a ton of outs to knock him out of the event. The board completed . Qartomy's set held and he celebrated. While the stacks were counted, Qartomy did a bit of the Ric Flair strut between tables, celebrating his run from 70,000 to now over a million in an hour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Qartomy	1,200,000 850,000	850,000
Kevin Eyster	645,000 -155,000	-155,000

Maxx Coleman	32,000 -368,000	-368,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

09-05-2016 18:45 UTC-5

Defending Champ Falls, Vo Follows

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Maxx Coleman put his last 31,000 in under the gun and Daniel Fuhs made it 60,000 in the next seat. Brian Reinert called, and Viet Vo shoved from the big blind for 303,000 total. Fuhs called, as did Reinert. The flop fell and Fuhs bet 325,000 into the dry side pot. Reinert quickly mucked.

Fuhs:
Vo:
Coleman:

Vo had some outs with a straight draw but it was Fuhs improving to a boat on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Fuhs	1,875,000 675,000	675,000

Maxx Coleman	Busted

Viet Vo	Busted

Tags: Danny Fuhs Maxx Coleman Viet Vo

09-05-2016 19:02 UTC-5

Brown Magic Snuffed

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

We found Zo Karim all in with from early position against the of Ray Qartomy. According to the players at the table, Karim opened and then called for what looked like about 400,000 when Qartomy put him all in from the big blind. The tens held, eliminating Karim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Qartomy	1,450,000 250,000	250,000
Zo Karim	Busted

Tags: Ray Qartomy Zo Karim

09-05-2016 19:10 UTC-5

Andy Hwang Finds Gamble's Right Price

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Hwang opened, Nathan Gamble called and the flop came . Gamble check-called 63,000. The turn came the and both players checked again. The river was the . Gamble checked and Hwang bet 150,000.

Gamble called and snap-mucked when Hwang showed the [Ac 5h}.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	1,120,000 -630,000	-630,000

Andy Hwang	1,000,000 500,000	500,000

09-05-2016 19:13 UTC-5

Wang Forces a Redraw

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Brant Hale jammed for the second straight hand, this time on the button for about 340,000. Mike Wang called in the big blind.

Wang:
Hale:

A board of meant Hale was done in 28th and the remaining players are redrawing for the final 27 seats.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brant Hale	Busted

Tags: Brant Hale Mike Wang

09-05-2016 19:29 UTC-5

Final 27 Redraw (full)

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Table 1

Seat	Player
1	Edgar Perez
2	Dean Bobel
3	Gordon Vayo
4	Chino Rheem
5	Grant Hinkle
6	Ryan Rogers
7	Andy Philachack
8	Ray Qartomy
9	Mike Wang

Table 54

Seat	Player
1	David Hudson
2	Brian Reinert
3	Layne Flack
4	Jeff Duvall
5	Vlad Mezheritsky
6	Todd Weers
7	Hoan Nguyen
8	Nathan Gamble
9	Kevin Eyster

Table 55

Seat	Player
1	Brandon Steven
2	Long Duc Nguyen
3	Daniel Fuhs
4	Judd Morris
5	Jake Bazeley
6	Ben Ector
7	Andy Hwang
8	Gary Knowles
9	Hugo Perez

Player	Chips	Progress
Layne Flack	1,920,000 370,000	370,000

Mike Wang	1,850,000 350,000	350,000
Gordon Vayo	1,770,000 70,000	70,000
Daniel Fuhs	1,700,000 -175,000	-175,000

Brian Reinert	1,490,000 390,000	390,000
Ray Qartomy	1,360,000 -90,000	-90,000
Nathan Gamble	1,350,000 230,000	230,000

Vlad Mezheritsky	1,277,000 -323,000	-323,000
Ben Ector	1,070,000 70,000	70,000
Jake Bazeley	1,000,000 -280,000	-280,000
Chino Rheem	1,000,000

Long Duc Nguyen	1,000,000 485,000	485,000
Andy Hwang	975,000 -25,000	-25,000
Kevin Eyster	750,000 105,000	105,000

Brandon Steven	677,000 -423,000	-423,000
Andy Philachack	650,000 -275,000	-275,000
Judd Morris	650,000 150,000	150,000
Hugo Perez	625,000 -15,000	-15,000
Todd Weers	600,000 -80,000	-80,000
Grant Hinkle	575,000 -145,000	-145,000

Dean Bobel	520,000 -60,000	-60,000
David Hudson	500,000 -115,000	-115,000
Jeff Duvall	500,000 76,000	76,000
Ryan Rogers	460,000 -255,000	-255,000
Edgar Perez	420,000 -680,000	-680,000

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09-05-2016 19:38 UTC-5

Ray Qartomy vs. Mike Wang

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

On the first hand after the redraw, find Ray Qartomy and Mike Wang seated next to each other on the feature table on the stage. They got heads-up on a flop of , Qartomy checked and Wang bet 110,000.

This is where things got a little strange - Qartomy started refering to himself as "Mike's daddy" and said "He didn't want to cross daddy." He check-raised to 280,000 and told him not to call. Wang took some time and called, to Qartomy's dismay.

The turn came the , Qartomy bet 230,000 and again started talking an excessive amount about how not to play against "Daddy."

Wang remained motionless, Qartomy told him had no chance of winning and Wang called. Qartomy told the dealer that he would check dark and give Wang a chance to eliminate himself. The river was the , action was on Wang. Qartomy kept telling him that there was no way he could win and should check to save chips.

Wang did check back, Qartomy tabled the , Wang mucked and Qartomy celebrated his win.

Chino Rheem spoke up from across the table and essentially told Qartomy to tone it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Qartomy	1,900,000 540,000	540,000
Mike Wang	1,300,000 -550,000	-550,000

09-05-2016 19:41 UTC-5

Brandon Steven Eliminated in 27th Place ($9,843)

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Hwang bet 72,000 on a flop and got called by Brandon Steven on the button and Daniel Fuhs in the big blind. Action checked to Steven on the turn and he jammed for about 500,000. Fuhs snap-called and Hwang folded.

Fuhs:
Steven:

Steven's aces were stone dead and he pushed his stack to Fuhs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Fuhs	2,650,000 950,000	950,000

Brandon Steven	Busted

Tags: Brandon Steven Danny Fuhs Andy Hwang

09-05-2016 19:43 UTC-5

Hugo Perez Eliminated in 26th Place ($9,843)

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Hugo Perez got his last 400,000 or so in on a board of holding for two pair. He was leading the of Long Duc Nguyen but an river gave Nguyen a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Long Duc Nguyen	1,700,000 700,000	700,000
Hugo Perez	Busted

Tags: Long Nguyen Hugo Perez