Champlin Already Starting to Climb Early
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Spencer Champlin has taken a seat here on Day 1e and is off to a hot start, having already tripled his starting stack. Champlin is fresh off a heads-up chop in 2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series $1,500 Main Event in which he took the smaller end of the deal for an immense $234,887.
That is Champlin's biggest cash to date, bringing his career earnings well over a million. He will be looking to add another healthy score to his resume here in Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
on the flop, hitting Reese with a pair of johnnies as he took the lead. As 
turn and 
river changed nothing as Reese scooped in the pot with his fish hooks.
and Ward's nines held on for the pot, grabbing a double through his opponent.
and Humphrey's aces looked like a winner. A 
peeled off on the turn, sealing the deal for Humphrey who now had his opponent drawing dead to the 
river card. Humphrey pulled in the pot with his bullets, eliminating his opponent in the process.
, the under-the-gun player in Seat 7 checked over to Allan Rabinovich (middle position). He took a few moments, then tossed out a stack of 30,000, which almost covered his opponent, but not quite. 
