Dinner Time!
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$2,788,000
Entries
1,396
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Conrad Busts Moneymaker and Another
A player in middle position opened to 1,300 and Chris Conrad called from the next seat. Action folded to Chris Moneymaker in the big blind and he moved all in for 10,200. The raiser folded, Conrad called, and the hands were revealed.
Showdown
Conrad: 
Moneymaker: 
The board rolled out 
, ending Moneymaker's Day 1b.
The following hand, Conrad picked up 
and busted an opponent who called all in for about 20,000 with 
following Conrad's four-bet. The board fell 
as Conrad rivered the flush to collect the pot after falling behind on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Chip Counts and Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
59,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
54,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
29,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
25,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
17,500
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Pushing Back Against Ho
In a raised pot with the flop reading 
, the small blind checked and Maria Ho checked from the big blind as well. The original raiser continued out for 1,500 and the small blind quickly got out of the way.
Ho, however, dipped into her stack and came out with a check-raise to 3,400. Her opponent called and the 
paired the board on the turn. Ho bet 4,600 and her opponent responded by moving all in. Ho released her hand and watched as the pot was pushed to the other side of the table. She is currently sporting a stack of about 34,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Henson Five Outed
Ray Henson has been on a roll today and was cruising to a six-figure stack before suffering a minor setback.
There were two early position limpers before Henson and he limped in from the cutoff as well. The small blind called, the big blind checked, and a 
flop fell. The player in the small blind led out 3,000 and action folded around to Henson.
He promptly raised to about 20,000, covering his opponent's stack. After about 60 seconds in the tank, the player in the small blind called all in for 13,550 with 
. Henson had him beat with 
, but the 
landed on the turn to give his opponent two pair. The 
river was no help to Henson, now down to about 73,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Short Stack Doubles Through Jejelowo
The remnants of a hand were strewn across the felt when we arrived at AJ Jejelowo's table. A short stacked player was all in and at risk with against Jejelowo's 
.
The board fell 
and Jejelowo ended up with the second best hand, forcing him to ship over 5,235 of his chips to another player at the table. Jejelowo was left with only about 4,000 after this hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000
-4,400
|
-4,400 |
Kessler Runs Into Wheel
We caught up to find Allen Kessler heads up in a pot with an opponent. The flop read 
and Kessler bet out 2,200. His opponent called and the 
fell on fourth street, putting four to a straight on the board. Kessler bet 3,000 and his opponent called without any hesitation.
The came on the river and Kessler slowed down with a check. His opponent bet 3,000 and Kessler threw his arms up in the air.
"You called me with ace-high and now I have to fold this," said Kessler as he showed 
.
"How could I fold this?!" retorted his opponent who showed Kessler 
for the wheel. With this loss Kessler's stack is now at about 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Richey Doubles Through Jejelowo
AJ Jejelowo opened the action with a raise to 1,100 in early position. James Hoeppner called from the next seat, a player in middle position called, and Heath Herring called on the button.
Next to act was Brett Richey in the small blind and he squeezed all in for 5,625. Jejelowo four-bet iso-shoved all in for roughly 14,000, chasing away the rest of the players.
Richey tabled 
and held a slight lead against Jejelowo's 
. The board ran out 
, securing the pot for Richey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,900
9,200
|
9,200 |
|
|
8,400
-6,100
|
-6,100 |
Recent Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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