Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darrell Hopkins | 956,000 | 166,000 |
Keith Carter | 835,000 | |
Kevin Eyster
|
819,000 | |
Matt Lapossie | 658,000 | |
Austin Lewis | 652,000 | |
Vasile Fabian | 610,000 | |
Sebastian Tejada | 567,000 | 2,000 |
Khoa Nguyen | 548,000 | 108,000 |
Joseph Cheong
|
511,000 | |
Christopher Neal | 498,000 | |
Barry Barron | 482,000 | |
Adam Foster | 476,000 | 51,000 |
Webber Kang | 475,500 | |
Jence Kelling | 462,500 | |
Alec Czitron
|
438,500 | |
Kevin Posey | 434,000 | |
Chris Drake | 427,500 | |
Kris Tong | 413,000 | 13,000 |
W.C. Churchwell
|
411,500 | |
Rodeen Talebi | 410,000 | -55,000 |
Gregg Merkow | 402,000 | |
Lynn Samples | 401,500 | |
Frank Patti | 391,000 | |
Scott Clements
|
386,000 | |
Primo Niyati
|
383,000 |
Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count | |
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30 | 1 | Kevin Eyster | 819000 | |
30 | 2 | Russell Floyd | 242000 | |
30 | 3 | Andy Philachack | 215000 | |
30 | 4 | Brady Bullard | 240000 | |
30 | 5 | Robbie Beck | 172000 | |
30 | 6 | Michael Capener | 58000 | |
30 | 7 | Brett Miller | 91000 | |
30 | 8 | Allen Hickman | 295000 | |
30 | 9 | Randy Ingle | 152000 | |
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31 | 1 | Bryan Campanello | 93500 | |
31 | 2 | Kevin Francis | 194500 | |
31 | 3 | Primo Niyati | 383000 | |
31 | 4 | Sammy Rosenzweig | 34500 | |
31 | 5 | Orlando Romero | 285500 | |
31 | 6 | Dennis Shaver | 337000 | |
31 | 7 | La Sengphet | 88000 | |
31 | 8 | Dave Cunningham | 248000 | |
31 | 9 | Ray Shackleford | 24000 | |
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39 | 1 | Jonathan Gaviao | 310000 | |
39 | 2 | Ichiro Takahata | 370000 | |
39 | 3 | Tuong Pham | 260500 | |
39 | 4 | Ryan Jaconetti | 256000 | |
39 | 5 | Val Wood | 158000 | |
39 | 6 | Seneca Easley | 59000 | |
39 | 7 | Raj Kattamuri | 100000 | |
39 | 8 | Darren Rabinowitz | 269000 | |
39 | 9 | Charles Read | 216000 | |
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40 | 1 | John Newcombe | 218000 | |
40 | 2 | Alec Czitron | 438500 | |
40 | 3 | Tommy Ackerman | 298000 | |
40 | 4 | Kenneth Dobbs | 183500 | |
40 | 5 | Doug Tran | 176500 | |
40 | 6 | Dov Fischman | 55000 | |
40 | 7 | Austin Lewis | 652000 | |
40 | 8 | Rodeen Talebi | 410000 | |
40 | 9 | Cory Van Kleeck | 172000 | |
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41 | 1 | Kevin Rasbury | 276500 | |
41 | 2 | Chengce Jiang | 79500 | |
41 | 3 | Pedro Palacio | 179000 | |
41 | 4 | Christopher Neal | 498000 | |
41 | 5 | Doug Lang | 98000 | |
41 | 6 | Trung Tran | 90000 | |
41 | 7 | Sam Ansley | 116500 | |
41 | 8 | Rhett Trusler | 205000 | |
41 | 9 | Barry Barron | 482000 | |
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42 | 1 | John Niccoli | 351000 | |
42 | 2 | Bryan Dillon | 79500 | |
42 | 3 | W.C. Churchwell | 411500 | |
42 | 4 | Atm Kibria | 300500 | |
42 | 5 | Jesse Rockowitz | 114000 | |
42 | 6 | Quang Ngo | 190000 | |
42 | 7 | Jence Kelling | 462500 | |
42 | 8 | Darrell Hopkins | 956000 | |
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47 | 1 | John Tannous | 270500 | |
47 | 2 | Khoa Nguyen | 548000 | |
47 | 3 | Vasile Fabian | 610000 | |
47 | 4 | Chris Yott | 164500 | |
47 | 5 | Jeff Gibralter | 172000 | |
47 | 6 | Christian Harder | 62000 | |
47 | 7 | David Soloman | 117000 | |
47 | 8 | Kris Tong | 413000 | |
47 | 9 | Todd McClure | 130000 | |
47 | 10 | Jonathan Hart | 81000 | |
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48 | 1 | Brandon Glenn | 152000 | |
48 | 2 | Arthur Morris | 126500 | |
48 | 3 | Webber Kang | 475500 | |
48 | 4 | Ronnie Pease | 265500 | |
48 | 5 | Kevin Posey | 434000 | |
48 | 6 | Dwight Sellers | 195000 | |
48 | 7 | Dmitry Shilnikov | 39000 | |
48 | 8 | Jason Helder | 327000 | |
48 | 9 | Frank Kirkpatrick | 303000 | |
48 | 10 | Shawn Rice | 318000 | |
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49 | 1 | Travis Rice | 276000 | |
49 | 2 | Joseph Cheong | 511000 | |
49 | 3 | Rep Porter | 122000 | |
49 | 4 | Nate Kogel | 296000 | |
49 | 5 | Mark Kehrees | 105500 | |
49 | 6 | Lynn Samples | 401500 | |
49 | 7 | Russell Ivy | 217000 | |
49 | 8 | Brandon Steven | 308000 | |
49 | 9 | Noah Vaillancourt | 233000 | |
49 | 10 | Wade Locklear | 317000 | |
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50 | 1 | Chris Drake | 427500 | |
50 | 2 | Gil George | 199000 | |
50 | 3 | Gerome Pruitt | 163000 | |
50 | 4 | Alex Greenblatt | 166500 | |
50 | 5 | Jeff Gamble | 167500 | |
50 | 6 | Josh Carrozza | 161500 | |
50 | 7 | Dan Cook | 198000 | |
50 | 8 | Gregg Merkow | 402000 | |
50 | 9 | Sam Merck | 72000 | |
50 | 10 | Abdul Almagableh | 300000 | |
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56 | 1 | Phuong Phan | 83000 | |
56 | 2 | Sebastian Tejada | 567000 | |
56 | 3 | Steve Vien Nguyen | 225000 | |
56 | 4 | Andrew Spradlin | 300500 | |
56 | 5 | Gary Lambert | 119500 | |
56 | 6 | Jakob Paulsen | 98000 | |
56 | 7 | Esther Taylor | 152000 | |
56 | 8 | Thanh Chau | 291000 | |
56 | 9 | Jeff Heiberg | 311000 | |
56 | 10 | John Rosanky | 340000 | |
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57 | 1 | Matthew Kelly | 93000 | |
57 | 2 | Peter Kaemmerlen | 327000 | |
57 | 3 | Andrew Robinson | 204500 | |
57 | 4 | Scott Clements | 386000 | |
57 | 5 | Kong Li | 380000 | |
57 | 6 | William Beverly | 167000 | |
57 | 7 | Adam Foster | 476000 | |
57 | 8 | David “ODB” Baker | 262000 | |
57 | 9 | Zach Kauffman | 249000 | |
57 | 10 | Steve Woody | 42000 | |
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58 | 1 | Justin Kruger | 82000 | |
58 | 2 | Keith Carter | 835000 | |
58 | 3 | Fadi Massaad | 64000 | |
58 | 4 | Jerry Randack | 210000 | |
58 | 5 | Grayson Ramage | 46500 | |
58 | 6 | Richard Moore | 82500 | |
58 | 7 | Jared Kawalsky | 129500 | |
58 | 8 | Gary Fuller | 327000 | |
58 | 9 | Gene Hueber | 102000 | |
58 | 10 | Lang Nguyen | 103000 | |
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59 | 1 | Sam Murphy | 67500 | |
59 | 2 | Frank Patti | 391000 | |
59 | 3 | Sean Hansen | 220000 | |
59 | 4 | Matt Lapossie | 658000 | |
59 | 5 | Kyle Arora | 77000 | |
59 | 6 | Lou Barlow | 194000 | |
59 | 7 | Jordan Dupuis | 107000 | |
59 | 8 | Jeff Hoffman | 279000 | |
59 | 9 | Jason Mann | 190000 | |
59 | 10 | Songkane Traymany | 148000 |
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.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Cards are officially in the air for Day 2 of the River Poker Series Main Event!
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ronnie Pease | 330,000 | 64,500 |
Arthur Morris | Busted |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Eyster
|
840,000 | 21,000 |
Rodeen Talebi | 330,000 | -80,000 |
Andy Robinson, the runner up in the 2012 WinStar World Casino River Poker Series Main Event, has been eliminated from play.
On Robinson's final hand, Zach Kauffman opened with a raise to 24,000 from early position. Action folded around to a late-positioned Robinson who three-bet shipped for approximately 100,000. The blinds folded and Kauffman instantly announced a call.
Robinson:
Kauffman:
Kauffman's pocket aces were in a commanding position and Robinson was unable to improve on the board. Kauffman scored the elimination and now has about 610,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zach Kauffman | 610,000 | 361,000 |
Andrew Robinson | Busted |
Three players including Khoa Nguyen and Kris Tong took a flop of in a raised pot. Nguyen was first to act and he checked. The second player followed suit, allowing Tong to fire 50,00-0 past the betting line. Nguyen called and the second player folded, leaving the two heads up to the turn.
The dealer produced the on fourth street and Nguyen checked again. Tong checked in reply, allowing the to finish the board. Nguyen checked one last time and Tong move 94,000 forward. Nguyen tanked for about a minute before flicking away his hand. Tong took the pot and now boasts about 580,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kris Tong | 580,000 | 167,000 |
Khoa Nguyen | 390,000 | -158,000 |