2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Cummins Gets Value from Pengelly

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Will Pengelly checked and called from the big blind on {10-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{4-Clubs} when Alan Cummins bet 100,000. On the {9-Diamonds} river, Pengelly checked and quickly called 175,000 more but he couldn't beat {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}.

"Nice value bet," Jeff Banghart said. "You looked like you knew where you were at."

Player Chips Progress
Alan Cummins us
Alan Cummins
1,420,000
610,000
610,000
Will Pengelly us
Will Pengelly
1,280,000
-120,000
-120,000

Tags: Alan CumminsWill Pengelly

Bozkurt Cracks Zhang's Kings

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Phil Osborne limped in from middle position and Ekrem Bozkurt bumped it up to 73,000 on the button. Wei Zhang shipped all in for around 160,000 in the small blind and both Osborne and Bozkurt called.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Osborne led out for 125,000. Bozkurt reluctantly called and the {9-Hearts} paired the board on the turn. Osborne checked this time and Bozkurt shoved all in. Osborne ditched his cards to the muck and the remaining two hands were tabled.

Bozkurt showed {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for trip nines while Zhang sighed before turning over his {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}. The river was the {2-Diamonds} and Zhang was sent to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Ekrem Bozkurt us
Ekrem Bozkurt
1,520,000
520,000
520,000
Phil Osborne us
Phil Osborne
850,000
-590,000
-590,000
Wei Zhang us
Wei Zhang
Busted

Tags: Ekrem BozkurtPhil OsborneWei Zhang

Fisher Doubles Through Cummins

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Matthew Bray made it 60,000 on the button, Alan Cummins called and Mark Fisher shoved for 332,000 in the big blind. Bray mucked but Cummins quickly called, revealing {7-Hearts}{7-Spades}. Fisher had the goods with {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} and he secured a double after flopping a set.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Cummins us
Alan Cummins
810,000
-140,000
-140,000
Mark Fisher us
Mark Fisher
752,000
312,000
312,000

Tags: Alan CumminsMark FisherMatthew Bray

Elpayaa Folds to River Blast from Bozkurt

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Joe Elpayaa bet 50,000 from early position on a {5-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop. Ekrem Bozkurt called out of the big blind. He check-called 120,000 more on the {7-Clubs} turn. On the {7-Hearts} river, Bozkurt fired out 300,000. Elpayaa sighed, double-checked his holding, and mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Ekrem Bozkurt us
Ekrem Bozkurt
1,000,000
240,000
240,000
Joe Elpayaa us
Joe Elpayaa
600,000
-295,000
-295,000
Day 1B Chip Leader

Tags: Ekrem BozkurtJoe Elpayaa

Rogers Doubles Through Brian Green

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Rodgers
Mike Rodgers

Mike Rogers limped in from the cutoff and Brian Green raised to 80,000 in the big blind. Rogers called to go heads-up to the flop of {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. Green led out for 30,000 and Rogers raised to 130,000. Green called and the {9-Clubs} landed on the turn.

Green checked this time and Rogers pushed all in for 175,000.

"There's too much in the pot for me to fold," Green said as he splashed chips into the pot.

Rogers turned over {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for two pair and Green was drawing dead with {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}. The river was the insignificant {6-Spades} and Rogers earned himself a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Green us
Brian Green
1,080,000
-370,000
-370,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Rogers us
Mike Rogers
785,000
588,000
588,000

Tags: Brian GreenMike Rogers

Bozkurt Turns Osborne

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

Phil Osborne limped in from the cutoff which invited the small blind and big blind to come along. The flop came {j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and Dean Baranowski checked from the small blind. Ekrem Bozkurt threw in a bet of 27,000 and Osborne raised to 70,000. Baranowski folded and Bozkurt made the call.

The turn was the {7-Spades} and Bozkurt check-called another bet of 85,000 from Osborne. The {a-Clubs} landed on the river and both players knuckled the table. Bozkurt turned over {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for trip sevens while Osborne showed {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Osborne us
Phil Osborne
1,440,000
-240,000
-240,000
Ekrem Bozkurt us
Ekrem Bozkurt
760,000
260,000
260,000

Tags: Dean BaranowskiEkrem BozkurtPhil Osborne