2015 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j4
Prize
$775,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,793,600
Entries
1,164
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Tommy Is Back

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

On the {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop, Tommy Vedes was all in with the {J-Spades}{8-Spades} against his opponent's {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. The turn was the {2-Clubs}, and the river was the {6-Hearts}. Cedes kept the lead and doubled to over 300,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
330,000
140,000
140,000
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Tommy Vedes

Eddleman Gets Some Back By Sending Pilgrim to the Rail

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ben Lehman raised to 12,000 from the hijack seat. Mark Eddleman called from the cutoff seat, and then Dwyte Pilgrim shoved all in for his last 100,000 from the big blind. Lehman folded, but Eddleman called with pocket eights — {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Pilgrim turned over the {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}, and that was the end for Pilgrim's Day 1b run.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Eddleman us
Mark Eddleman
275,000
140,000
140,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dwyte PilgrimMark Eddleman

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Garcia Not Slowing Down

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Not only has Cord Garcia worked his way back into the chip lead, but the 2015 World Series of Poker $565 Colossus champion doesn't look like he is satisfied yet, as he keeps the pressure on his table with aggressive play. Garcia has worked his stack to over 600,000 in chips.

On a recent hand, Garcia raised from under the gun to 21,000. Jay Bishop called from the next seat, Jeff Kester called from the hijack seat, and everyone else folded.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs}, and Garcia fired 28,000. Bishop and Kester folded, and Garcia won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
630,000
160,000
160,000
Jeff Kester us
Jeff Kester
300,000
-65,000
-65,000
Jay Bishop us
Jay Bishop
215,000
77,000
77,000

Tags: Jay BishopJeff KesterCord Garcia

Eddleman Busts Massey on Last Hand of the Night

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey

The flop was {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Mark Eddleman checked to Aaron Massey, who bet 25,000. Then, in lightning-fast succession, Eddleman shoved all in and Massey called. Massey showed {q-}{q-}, and Eddleman showed the {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

Massey couldn't fade the backdoor flush draw for Eddleman after the {K-Clubs} hit the turn and the {6-Clubs} hit the river.

At the same time, another player busted on another table to bring the field down to 42 and signal the end of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Eddleman us
Mark Eddleman
310,000
35,000
35,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
Busted

Tags: Aaron MasseyMark Eddleman

Done for the Night

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With 42 players remaining, 10% of the starting field has been reached and that means play has ended for the night here on Day 1b. Stay tuned for end-of-day chip counts and a recap.

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
642,000
12,000
12,000
Mark Eddleman us
Mark Eddleman
555,000
245,000
245,000
John Song us
John Song
555,000
150,000
150,000
Jeff Heiberg us
Jeff Heiberg
445,000
243,000
243,000
Ivan Primera
Ivan Primera
427,000
340,000
340,000
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
393,000
73,000
73,000
WPT 2X Winner
Michael Merz
Michael Merz
393,000
393,000
393,000
Scott Squyres us
Scott Squyres
356,000
139,000
139,000
Dean Baranowski us
Dean Baranowski
324,000
84,000
84,000
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
307,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
StakeKings
Jeff Kester us
Jeff Kester
302,000
2,000
2,000
Jose Montes us
Jose Montes
282,000
-20,000
-20,000
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco
271,000
271,000
271,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
262,000
-80,000
-80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brian Ray us
Brian Ray
260,000
260,000
260,000
David Conway gb
David Conway
260,000
260,000
260,000
Lou Barlow us
Lou Barlow
252,000
4,000
4,000
Ben Lehman
Ben Lehman
250,000
-65,000
-65,000
Ben Perez us
Ben Perez
245,000
245,000
245,000
Christopher Staats us
Christopher Staats
236,000
236,000
236,000
David Nicholson us
David Nicholson
221,000
71,000
71,000
Charles Witherspoon
Charles Witherspoon
213,000
213,000
213,000
Tony Paydar
Tony Paydar
207,000
207,000
207,000
Jay Bishop us
Jay Bishop
205,000
-10,000
-10,000
Erik Christensen us
Erik Christensen
203,000

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