2014 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$3,175,200
Entries
1,323
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Final Three Tables (full)

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Table 47

SeatPlayerChips
1Rhett Trusler825,000
2Kyle Arora2,875,000
3Abdul Almagableh575,000
4Adam Foster375,000
5Jonathan Gaviao950,000
6David "ODB" Baker1,800,000
7Vasile Fabian1,700,000
8Kong Li625,000
9Cory Van Kleeck450,000

Table 56

SeatPlayerChips
1Phuong Phan550,000
2Sebastian Tejada850,000
3Esther Taylor885,000
4Primo Niyati675,000
5John Niccoli905,000
6Keith Carter825,000
7Jason Helder1,950,000
8Gil George650,000
9Rodeen Talebi900,000

Table 57

SeatPlayerChips
1Kevin Eyster1,650,000
2Pedro Palacio350,000
3Ichiro Takahata1,300,000
4Sean Hansen1,000,000
5Khoa Nguyen2,880,000
6Joseph Cheong1,240,000
7Travis Rice3,000,000
8Chris Drake1,900,000
9Bryan Campanello320,000
Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
3,000,000 1,100,000
Khoa Nguyen
Khoa Nguyen
2,880,000 1,030,000
Kyle Arora
Kyle Arora
2,875,000
Jason Helder
Jason Helder
1,950,000 -350,000
Chris Drake
Chris Drake
1,900,000 -400,000
David "ODB" Baker
David "ODB" Baker
1,800,000 50,000
Vasile Fabian
Vasile Fabian
1,700,000
Kevin Eyster
Kevin Eyster
1,650,000 200,000
Ichiro Takahata
Ichiro Takahata
1,300,000 1,095,000
Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong
1,240,000 -70,000
Sean Hansen
Sean Hansen
1,000,000 158,000
Jonathan Gaviao
Jonathan Gaviao
950,000 205,000
John Niccoli
John Niccoli
905,000 554,000
Rodeen Talebi
Rodeen Talebi
900,000 695,000
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor
885,000 135,000
Sebastian Tejada
Sebastian Tejada
850,000 335,000
Keith Carter
Keith Carter
825,000 325,000
Rhett Trusler
Rhett Trusler
825,000 620,000
Primo Niyati
Primo Niyati
675,000 292,000
Gil George
Gil George
650,000 451,000
Kong Li
Kong Li
625,000 25,000
Abdul Almagableh
Abdul Almagableh
575,000 125,000
Phuong Phan
Phuong Phan
550,000 467,000
Cory Van Kleeck
Cory Van Kleeck
450,000 278,000
Adam Foster
Adam Foster
375,000 -175,000

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Kang Loses Race To Bust in 28th Place

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Webber Kang moved all in over the top of Khoa Nguyen's reraise and Nguyen would make the call with {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. He was racing against Kang's {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and would win the race easily when the board ran out {J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Spades} to give him a full house. Kang was eliminated in 28th place. They are redrawing to three tables -we'll have the updated seating and chip counts shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Webber Kang
Webber Kang
Busted

Esther Taylor Hits Gutshot to Double

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor

A short-stacked Esther Taylor moved all in first to act for her last 335,000 from the cutoff and Travis Rice moved all in from the button. The blinds folded and Taylor would be taking {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} up against Rice's {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}.

The flop came {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} to give Rice top pair and Taylor a gutshot. She would hit that draw on the {9-Clubs} turn and the river would be the {6-Clubs}. Taylor more than doubled up to 750,000 while Rice dropped to 1,900,000.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
1,900,000 -300,000
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor
750,000 500,000

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Fabian Over Cheong

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Joseph Cheong raised to 70,000 from late position and Vasile Fabian cut out a three-bet to an unknown amount from the small blind. The big blind folded and Cheong flatted the three-bet.

The flop came down {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Fabian checked to Cheong. He rapped the table back, allowing the {10-Clubs} to hit the felt on the turn. Two more checks occurred and the {8-Clubs} finished off the board. Fabian fired 225,000, Cheong called, and Fabian showed {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} for sevens full of tens. Fabian took down the pot and brought his stack to about 1.7 million.

Player Chips Progress
Vasile Fabian
Vasile Fabian
1,700,000 600,000
Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong
1,310,000 -340,000

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Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Chris Drake Doubles Up With Aces

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Chris Drake
Chris Drake

We didn't catch the action but all the money was in pre-flop with Chris Drake holding {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} against his opponent's {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. Drake would end up hitting an unneeded set to score the massive double up to 2,300,000. His opponent was left with just under half a million after the cooler.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Drake
Chris Drake
2,300,000 1,910,000

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Recent Eliminations

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Songkane Traymany
Songkane Traymany
Busted
Sudhakara Kattamuri
Sudhakara Kattamuri
Busted
Orlando Romero
Orlando Romero
Busted
Darrell Hopkins
Darrell Hopkins
Busted
Atm Kibria
Atm Kibria
Busted
Frank Patti
Frank Patti
Busted
Thomas Ackerman
Thomas Ackerman
Busted
Austin Lewis
Austin Lewis
Busted

Lewis Can't Lay Down Top Pair

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Travis Rice
Travis Rice

We got to the table with 275,000 already in the pot and Austin Lewis facing an all in reraise from Travis Rice after he had raised to 250,000. The board was {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{A-Clubs} and Rice sat motionless, looking down at his stack.

Lewis stood up muttering "crazy" to himself. He took his hat off and ran his hands through his hair.

"I think I know exactly what you have," said Lewis to a non-responsive Rice. "I'm 88%... 90% sure... I know exactly what you have. I hope I don't fold this."

"I want to fold it but I don't think I can," Lewis continued. A sigh. "Brutal. This is painful. What would a good player do right now?"

No longer able to take the agony, Lewis said the words... "I call."

He wished he hadn't as Rice turned over {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a turned flush. Lewis had {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} and would need an ace or six on the river to stay alive. The river was neither as it was the {4-Hearts}.

"Nice hand," said a disappointed Lewis as he shook Rice's hand. Rice moved to 2,200,000 with that sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Travis Rice
Travis Rice
2,200,000 1,924,000
Austin Lewis
Austin Lewis
Busted

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Baker Drags Nice Pot

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
David "ODB" Baker
David "ODB" Baker

David "ODB" Baker was facing a raise to 50,000 and bumped it up light to 75,000. It was folded back to the original raiser who called. The flop came {9-Spades}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Baker would have his 75,000 bet check-called by his opponent. The turn was the {6-Spades} and again Baker would get check-called with his bet being 100,000 this time.

The river was the {7-Spades} and Baker's foe checked once again. This time Baker put out a bet of 270,000 and was quickly called. Baker tabled {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a full house with a sheepish grin saying "I misclicked pre-flop." His opponent turned over {K-Spades}{9-} for top pair that had turned into a king high flush on the river.

Baker is up to 1,750,000 after the hand, a far cry from where he was earlier in the day when he was down to 125,000.

Player Chips Progress
David "ODB" Baker
David "ODB" Baker
1,750,000 250,000

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