Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
2015 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,793,600
Entries
1,164
Level
31
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Busquet Fires Turn and River
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
From early position, Maxx Coleman raised to 8,000. Omar Zazay called from the hijack seat, and Olivier Busquet called out of the small blind.
The trio saw the flop come down 
, and action checked around to see the 
come out on the turn. Busquet led with a bet of 16,000, Coleman folded, and Zazay called.
After the dealer put out the 
on the river that paired the board, Busquet bet 25,000. Zazay took a little bit of time, then folded, and Busquet won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
317,000
181,600
|
181,600 |
|
||
|
180,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
||
|
140,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
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Solano Uses Chip Lead To Catch a Bluff
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Maury Solano is over 400,000 after a hand with Joe Ebanks.
Solano raised to 8,500 preflop and Joe Ebanks called. The flop was 
and Ebanks checked to Solano who bet 11,500. Ebanks called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the 
and Ebanks bet out 16,000. Solano took about a minute to call and Ebanks mucked his hand without showing it. Solano took down the pot and also didn't show his hand.
On the very next hand, Ebanks was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
402,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Engel Gets Berry'd
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Will Berry raised preflop and Ari Engel shoved all in for around 75,000. Berry snap called and turned over two tens 
, while Engel turned over 
. Engel couldn't win the race when the board ran out 
, giving Berry a flush and eliminating Engel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
198,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Two Pair for Baker
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
From the hijack seat, David Baker raised to 10,000. Riley Fuller called from the button, and Joseph Skinner called out of the big blind. The flop came down 
, and Skinner checked. Baker bet 15,000, Fuller called, and Skinner folded.
The turn was the , and Baker fired 30,000. Fuller studied, then called.
The river was the 
, and both players checked.
Baker turned over the for two pair, and Fuller mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
200,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
Happy Cappy
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Mike "Cappy" Yaw waited and waited for the right moment to shove his last 16,000. In this hand he got it in with 
against two players. His two opponents held, 
and 
respectively. Yaw tripled up when the board ran out 
. One player was eliminated during the hand because Jeff Gibraltar was also in the hand and had both players covered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Skinner Flushes Fuller
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Joseph Skinner and Keith Carter checked the 
flop before Riley Fuller bet 19,000. Skinner made the call, and Carter folded.
The 
landed on the turn, and both players checked to see the land on the river. Skinner bet 31,000, and Riley tank-called.
Skinner tabled the 
, and Fuller mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
280,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
|
140,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Updated Chip Counts; Stout Out
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
290,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
270,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
230,000 | |
|
123,000
-123,500
|
-123,500 |
|
112,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
74,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
|
Busted | |