2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$38,220
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
208
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Alex Foxen Shoves

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Alex Foxen (early position) and Christopher Choy (button) each committed about 7,600 to see a flop of {J-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}.

Foxen bet 6,200, Choy called, and the {K-Hearts} fell on the turn. Foxen shoved for effectively 21,000-ish, sending Choy into the tank for about three minutes before the clock was called. Choy mulled it over, but folded as the time ran out.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
56,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Christopher Choy
Christopher Choy
21,000
21,000
21,000

Tags: Alex Foxen

Matthew Wantman Chipping Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Picking up the action after the turn of a {K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} board, Matthew Wantman (middle position) was facing a bet of 2,200 from his opponent on the button. Wantman check-raised to 6,300 and his opponent called.

The river was the {9-Spades} and Wantman bet 13,000. His opponent called.

Wantman flipped over his hand and revealed the {8-Diamonds}, but his second card was not visible. The dealer slid the card to find the second, but it still was not visible. Wantman then reached for it and separated his two stuck cards to reveal {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for a flush. His opponent mucked and Wantman collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Wantman us
Matthew Wantman
47,000
22,000
22,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Matthew Wantman

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Sewnig us
Daniel Sewnig
62,000
14,000
14,000
Matthew Wantman us
Matthew Wantman
50,000
3,000
3,000
WPT 1X Winner
Tyson Apostol us
Tyson Apostol
50,000
26,000
26,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
50,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Nick Aguilera us
Nick Aguilera
46,600
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
46,000
1,000
1,000
Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
40,400
15,400
15,400
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
40,000
15,000
15,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
31,500
Rob Mariano us
Rob Mariano
24,000
Terrance Eischens us
Terrance Eischens
21,500
Michael Gagliano us
Michael Gagliano
19,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jose Serratos us
Jose Serratos
16,200
2,200
2,200
Alex Queen us
Alex Queen
15,200
Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
10,000
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
2,000
-23,000
-23,000

Randy Lew Slips

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

John Tavss raised to 1,025 from the button, the player in the small blind called, and Randy Lew three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind. Only Tavss called.

The flop came down {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and Lew continued for 3,700. Tavss called.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and Lew bet 7,800. Tavss raised all in for about 30,000 and Lew folded.

Player Chips Progress
John Tavss us
John Tavss
56,000
56,000
56,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
26,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: John TavssRandy Lew

Pahuja Can't Muck

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We found Vinny Pahuja checking and calling a bet of 1,700 in a battle of the blinds on a board of {j-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}. On the {a-Clubs} river, Pahuja checked and Zhaoxing Wang put in his last 6,150. Pahuja called quite quickly, and Wang showed him {j-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flush. Pahuja tried to muck, but the floor was called and the ruling was that Pahuja's hand must be exposed: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
29,000
2,600
2,600
Zhaoxing Wang cn
Zhaoxing Wang
18,600

Tags: Vinny PahujaZhaoxing Wang

Eischens, Mariano Bust

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Boston Rob Mariano
Boston Rob Mariano

Manuel Perito bet 3,000 from the big blind on a board of {2-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{8-Spades}{a-Spades} and Terrance Eischens made it 8,300 to go. Perito wasted no time before calling and then came out firing with what looked like 13,600 on the {k-Clubs} river. Eischens hesitated only briefly before jamming for a few thousand more, and Perito snap-called with {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. Eischens showed he'd been coolered with a nasty river: {2-Clubs}{2-Spades} for a set on the flop.

At another table, "Boston" Rob Mariano of Survivor fame got his remaining chips in with {q-}{6-} at some point on a board of {4-}{3-}{5-}{q-} but did not improve against the {4-}{3-} of Nick Palma.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Perito ar
Manuel Perito
95,000
95,000
95,000
Rob Mariano us
Rob Mariano
Busted
Terrance Eischens us
Terrance Eischens
Busted

Tags: Manuel PeritoNick PalmaRob MarianoTerrance Eischens

Tyson Apostol vs. Randy Lew

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Following a flop of {K-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, Randy Lew checked from under the gun and Tyson Apostol bet 1,400 from the button. Lew called.

The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and Lew checked to Apostol again who bet 3,000. Lew called.

The river was the {A-Hearts} and both players checked.

Lew tabled {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for trip kings, Apostol mucked, and Lew took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tyson Apostol us
Tyson Apostol
60,000
-5,000
-5,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
42,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Randy LewTyson Apostol