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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
2014 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2014 WinStar River Poker Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$3,175,200
Total Entries
1,323
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 1,323
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The board read 
when we found Jim Willerson all in and at risk for his last approximately 35,000 against a lone opponent. Willerson's opponent called and the hands were turned on their backs.
Willerson: 
Opponent: 
Willerson was in the lead with his top two pair, but his opponent had four to a club flush and could eliminate the WSOP bracelet winner from play with a fifth club on the river.
The river was the 
, ensuring that Willerson would find continued life in today's flight. His stack now sits right around 85,000.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Sam Panzica and an opponent were heads up on a completed board of 
. Panzica's opponent was first to act and fired out a bet of 3,300. Panzica came over the top for what looked to be 8,800 total, sending his opponent into the tank.
After about a minute, Panzica's opponent dished his cards into the muck. Panzica picked up the chips and now has around 36,000 to his name.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
We get to the table with the chips flying into the middle on a flop of 
. John Holsonback moved all in for approximately 25,000 total over the top of a raise and a call. Both players made the call creating a main pot of close to 90,000.
The turn was the 
and the remaining two players checked.
The river was the 
and the player in Seat Two checked. His opponent, however, did not, as he moved all in for his last 38,800. After a few moments of thought the player in Seat Two folded and his opponent proudly turned over 
for a flopped set of nines. To his dismay, however, Holsonback had also flopped a set and it was one notch higher than his as he had 
for a set of tens.
"Not a bad pot," said table mate Brandon Steven as Holsonback stacked his newly acquired chips. He was up to approximately 90,000 after the hand.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
A middle positioned player opened to 1,200 and found calls from Joseph Cheong in the small blind as well as the player in the big blind.
The three watched as 
hit the felt. Cheong and the big blind checked, allowing the original raiser to continued for 1,800. Cheong stuck around and the big blind folded. The two were heads up to the 
turn, where two checks prompted the dealer to finish the board with the .
Cheong checked for a third time and his opponent followed suit. Cheong rolled over a winning 
and took down the pot.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Noah Vaillancourt and an opponent took a monotone flop of . Vaillancourt checked, his opponent fired, 2,000, and Vaillancourt called to see fourth street.
The dealer produced the on the turn and Vaillancourt checked for a second time. His opponent knuckled the table back, allowing the 
to complete the board. Vaillancourt checked, his opponent checked it back once more, and Vaillancourt tabled 
for a king-high flush. His opponent mucked and Vaillancourt picked up the pot.
Vaillancourt's stack now sits around 82,000.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Tom Marchese has been eliminated. As he told Maria Ho... "I couldn't help myself. Bluffed it off in a 120K pot."
He'll be back in action tomorrow.
