The player in the cutoff opened with a raise to 4,000 only to have La Sengphet three-bet to 8,000 from the button. The blinds released their hands and the cutoff four-bet shipped for approximately 25,000. Sengphet called and the hands were turned on their backs.
Sengphet:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Sengphet's queens were unable to improve. She shipped double up chips to the next seat over and her stack has been reduced to around 38,000.
We didn't catch the action but all the chips were in between three players on a flop of and Nate Kogel was looking good with his against the that Aaron Massey held and the of the third player involved in the hand. Kogel would still have to fade the flush draw to triple up and he would do just that when the turn was the and the river was the .
Massey congratulated Kogel and headed off, sure to return tomorrow. Kogel in the meantime now has one of the bigger stacks in the room with 125,000.
Allen Kessler got the last of his chips in with and was racing against a slightly bigger stack holding . An ace would flop, a king would hit the turn, and Kessler was unable to spike the two outer on the river to stay alive. He'll have one more shot tomorrow to make a deep run.
The 2014 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event is looking as if it will crush the $2.5 million guarantee. After 366 entrants took part in Day 1a, the tournament had another 455 entrants today bringing the two day total to 821. With still one more flight to come, the prize pool could approach or top the $3 million mark before all is said and done.
The 455 entrants today means they will play down to the final 46 before calling it a night.
Long time poker professional Shawn Rice is getting short after losing a race against a shorter-stacked player. Rice's opponent opened for a raise and Rice reraised enough to set him all in. He would get called and Rice's was unable to outdraw the his foe held when the board ran out . Rice had 12,000 at the completion of the hand.,
A player in early position opened for 1,500 and was reraised to 4,000 by a player in middle position. A short-stacked player moved all in for approximately 9,000 and it was folded around to Aaron Massey who also moved all in. The original raiser folded and the player in middle position made the call with . The shortest stacked player held and was in prime position to triple up as Massey held .
The flop would come safe for the player with kings but the river was a jack to give Massey a set. The river changed nothing and Massey scored a much needed triple up. He would win the next hand to move his stack to 50,000. The 2012 champion of this event is fresh off a six figure tournament win in Chicago and is looking to continue his impressive 2014 results thus far.
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and Sengphet's queens were unable to improve. She shipped double up chips to the next seat over and her stack has been reduced to around 38,000.
and Nate Kogel was looking good with his 
of the third player involved in the hand. Kogel would still have to fade the flush draw to triple up and he would do just that when the turn was the 
and the river was the 
.
. An ace would flop, a king would hit the turn, and Kessler was unable to spike the two outer on the river to stay alive. He'll have one more shot tomorrow to make a deep run.
was unable to outdraw the 
. Rice had 12,000 at the completion of the hand.,
