2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
$249,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,000,000
Entries
807
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joe Elpayaa us
Joe Elpayaa
458,000
108,000
108,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Jim Carroll us
Jim Carroll
455,000
65,000
65,000
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
265,000
55,000
55,000
Adam Mirliss us
Adam Mirliss
152,000
77,000
77,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
128,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Pham us
David Pham
113,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
90,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP 7X Winner
Abraham Araya us
Abraham Araya
83,000
-47,000
-47,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
75,000
-10,300
-10,300
Chris Staats us
Chris Staats
65,000
10,000
10,000
Will Berry us
Will Berry
45,000
-62,000
-62,000

Nguyen Chops a Brutal Pot

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

There was just shy of 25,000 in the middle preflop and the dealer fanned the flop of {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. Men Nguyen was facing a bet of 20,300 and he shoved all in for around 70,500. His opponent went into the tank for a couple of minutes before calling it off.

Nguyen turned over {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for top two pair while his opponent held {a-Spades}{k-Spades}. The turn was the {k-Hearts} which gave Nguyen's opponent a bigger two pair but the river was the {10-Diamonds}. Both players played the straight on board and took their money back.

Player Chips Progress
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
82,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 7X Winner

Tags: Men Nguyen

Updated Chip Counts

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Lou Garza us
Lou Garza
296,000
11,000
11,000
Dean Baranowski us
Dean Baranowski
241,000
-5,000
-5,000
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
155,000
25,000
25,000
Mike Wang us
Mike Wang
143,000
83,000
83,000
Brian Green us
Brian Green
131,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jay Lee us
Jay Lee
103,000
WPT 1X Winner
Orlando Romero us
Orlando Romero
100,700
10,700
10,700
Chengce Jiang us
Chengce Jiang
80,000
-85,000
-85,000
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
79,800
-1,200
-1,200
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
40,100
19,600
19,600
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Ben Mintz us
Ben Mintz
20,800

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Rettenmaier Stays Alive

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

The action folded to Marvin Rettenmaier in the hijack who shipped all in for his last 19,200. The small blind went into the tank for nearly two minutes before finally making the call. Rettenmaier flipped over {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} while his opponent showed {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

Rettenmaier held two live cards and smashed the flop of {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. The {9-Diamonds} on the turn meant his opponent was drawing dead to the {q-Spades} on the river. Rettenmaier doubled up to keep his tournament hopes alive but still has plenty of work to do.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
43,500
43,500
43,500
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier

Cervantes Binks River, Denies Minkin 450K Stack

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Kelly Minkin (L) and Kevin Eyster
Kelly Minkin (L) and Kevin Eyster

A massive pot of 140,000 was built up between three players after a {3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop. A player on the button was already all in and small blind Salvador Cervantes and big blind Kelly Minkin were left contesting the pot. On the {j-Hearts} turn, Cervantes jammed for 84,000. Minkin got a count, tanked a little over a minute, and called.

Kelly Minkin: {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Salvador Cervantes: {j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
Third player: {5-Spades}{3-Spades}

Minkin was in command with so many pairing cards dead, and she mainly needed to fade a diamond. She did so, but the {j-Clubs} on the river gave Cervantes jacks full for the whole pot.

Player Chips Progress
Salvador Cervantes us
Salvador Cervantes
322,000
190,000
190,000
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
130,000
-148,800
-148,800

Tags: Kelly MinkinSalvador Cervantes

Minkin Rising in a Hurry

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

With around 28,000 in the middle and the flop reading {q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, three players were still alive in the hand. The action checked to the button who bet 5,000 only to have the big blind check-raise to 25,000. Kelly Minkin flat-called from middle position and the button folded.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and the big blind led out for another 15,000. Minkin went into the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call. The {3-Diamonds} paired the board on the river and the big blind checked this time. Minkin slid in a bet of around 50,000 and her opponent quickly mucked {5-Spades}{4-Hearts} face up after being counterfeit. The pot was shipped toward Minkin as she has sky-rocketed up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
278,800
123,800
123,800

Tags: Kelly Minkin

Spinning Up a Double

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

David Pham opened under the gun to 4,500 and a player a couple of seats over called. Anthony Spinella shoved all in from middle position for about 31,500 and action folded back to Pham. He thought briefly then shook his head and folded, but the caller put Spinella at risk with {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}. Spinella nodded and showed {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}.

The {2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop was all Spinella but the {5-Hearts} gave a big turn sweat. The river was red but it was the {5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
74,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Anthony Spinella