We found Kevin Eyster and Rodeen Talebi looking down at a completed board of . With about 45,000 already in the middle, Eyster came out with a river bet of 34,000. Talebi thought for about 30 seconds before flinging out a call.
Eyster rolled over for tens full of nines, prompting a muck from Talebi. Eyster picked up the pot and now has roughly 840,000 in chips to Talebi's 330,000.
Arthur Morris open-shipped all in for about 120,000 from middle position. Ronnie Pease re-shipped from two seats over and the action folded around the rest of the table.
Morris:
Pease:
Pease was in the lead heading to the community cards and retained that lead through a run out. Morris was eliminated from play and Pease brought his stack up to 330,000.
Welcome back to our coverage of the River Poker Series Main Event at WinStar World Casino and Resort! The three starting flights are complete and just 133 players remain in contention to take home the $1 million first-place prize. Darrell Hopkins is the player closest to achieving that goal, bagging the overall chip lead after the conclusion of Day 1c. Hopkins will bring a stack of 956,000 to Day 2.
Hopkins holds the largest stack by a significant margin, but as the day progresses and chips shift hands, players will soon begin to close the gap. Keith Carter is next in line behind Hopkins, holding 835,000. Kevin Eyster rounds out the top three with 819,000 to his name.
While these three players hold the largest stacks, they're surrounded by a sea of notable names and faces. Some of the returning players include Austin Lewis (652,000), Joseph Cheong (511,000), Lynn Samples (401,500), Scott Clements (386,000), Brandon Steven (308,000), Nate Kogel (296,000), Darren Rabinowitz (269,000), David "ODB" Baker (262,000), Noah Vaillancourt (233,000), and Andy Philachack (215,000).
Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time where the field is scheduled to play ten 60-minute levels. As always, be sure to keep your browsers locked to PokerNews for all of the latest.
. With about 45,000 already in the middle, Eyster came out with a river bet of 34,000. Talebi thought for about 30 seconds before flinging out a call.
for tens full of nines, prompting a muck from Talebi. Eyster picked up the pot and now has roughly 840,000 in chips to Talebi's 330,000.
run out. Morris was eliminated from play and Pease brought his stack up to 330,000.
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