Main Event Day 1b | 2015 WinStar River Poker Series

09-05-2015 17:54 UTC-5

Hill Flexes His Short Stack

Brentharrington

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

A player in middle position raised to 1,450 and the next player to act called. John Hill shoved all in and the action folded back to the original raiser who called. The next player to act, who called the original raise, shoved all in. The original raiser then folded, leaving Hill heads up against a player with . Hill had and won the pot when the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hill	27,700 27,700	27,700

Tags: John Hill

09-05-2015 17:59 UTC-5

A Massey Flop

Brentharrington

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Four players saw the flop of . There was 6,000 in the pot and the first two players checked before the third player bet 3,000. Aaron Massey raised to 8,000. The first player to act, who originally checked, shoved all in. That prompted the next two players, including the original bettor to fold.

Massey snap called and turned over a king-high straight, showing . His opponent had for an ace high flush draw. The turn, , and the river, , didn't complete the flush and Massey won with a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Massey	82,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Aaron Massey

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

09-05-2015 18:01 UTC-5

Straight for Panesis

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

On the final board of , Evan Panesis bet 3,000 and got raised by Jordan Morgan to 7,000. Panesis called with for a straight, and Morgan mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Morgan	37,000

Evan Panesis	34,000

Tags: Jordan Morgan Evan Panesis

09-05-2015 18:03 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Montes	130,000
Dwyte Pilgrim	95,000 14,000	14,000

Aaron Massey	79,000 -3,000	-3,000
James Calderaro	68,000 42,000	42,000

Ari Engel	62,000 37,000	37,000

James Mordue	40,000 15,000	15,000
Barry Hutter	40,000 -39,000	-39,000

Ross Bybee	40,000 15,000	15,000
Jimmy Tran	38,000 13,000	13,000
Steve Karp	29,000 4,000	4,000
Danny Fuhs	22,000 22,000	22,000
John Dolan	20,000 -50,000	-50,000
Matt Stout	Busted

09-05-2015 18:15 UTC-5

Lapossie Busts Steven

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

On the flop, Matt Lapossie checked to Brandon Steven, who bet 2,500. Lapossie check-raised to 20,000, and that sent Steven into the tank for a bit. After a minute or so, Steven reraised all in for only a little over the 20,000. Lapossie quickly called the extra little bit with the , and he was ahead of Steven's .

The turn was the , and the river was the . Lapossie's jacks stayed in the lead to win him the pot and send Steven to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Lapossie	100,000 68,000	68,000
Brandon Steven	Busted

Tags: Brandon Steven Matt Lapossie

09-05-2015 18:23 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dwyte Pilgrim	140,000 45,000	45,000

Tommy Vedes	95,000

Chris Tryba	49,000 21,700	21,700

Ray Henson	43,000 11,000	11,000
TJ Cloutier	39,500 8,500	8,500

Joe Ebanks	26,000 -13,000	-13,000

Layne Flack	16,000 4,900	4,900

09-05-2015 18:25 UTC-5

De Silva Accidentally Runs It Up

donpeters

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,600 and three players called before the action fell on Upeshka De Silva. With most of his stack in his hand, he reached out and called by dropping two yellow T1,000 chips before he pulled back the rest of his stack. A player at the table and the dealer pointed out that he had to put the money he had in his hand into the pot, since the rules of the venue state that the betting line must be enforced. Because he had all but 2,000 of his chips in his hand when he called and they all went over the line, they were all considered part of his bet, and thus a raise.

The original raiser then shoved all in for 11,800. Two of the callers folded and the action folded to the player on De Silva's right, who called. De Silva put in his remaining 2,000 chips and was all in.

"I think this was the better play anyway, I almost shoved in that spot," said De Silva, who turned over . He was up against and .

The board ran out and De Silva won the main pot bringing his stack up to 17,500. On the very next hand, there was a raise and a call before De Silva shoved all in, this time on purpose. Both players folded and he moved up to 22,000.