2015 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Some Updated Counts

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
357,000 257,000
Karen Norman
Karen Norman
200,000 126,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
198,000 115,000
Andy Andrejevic us
Andy Andrejevic
145,000 63,000
David Gritz us
David Gritz
145,000 80,000
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
92,000 76,000
John Newcombe us
John Newcombe
92,000 -5,000
Sandeep Vasudevan us
Sandeep Vasudevan
51,000 -2,800
Darwin German
Darwin German
Busted
Michael Sanders us
Michael Sanders
Busted
Ray Kilpatrick
Ray Kilpatrick
Busted
Jimmy Tran us
Jimmy Tran
Busted
Tyler Morris us
Tyler Morris
Busted

Heavy-Hitting Hutter

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Barry Hutter
Barry Hutter

In what could turn out to be the hand of the tournament, Barry Hutter and Steve Buckner just clashed in a big way that resulted in Hutter vaulting up to 700,000 in chips.

When we saw Buckner hop out of his chair and yell for his hand to hold, we knew something big was going down, as he was one of the larger stacks in the room. When we arrived on the scene, it was bigger than we ever could have imagined, as Buckner was involved with Hutter on the {J-Hearts}{10-Spades}{3-Hearts} flop for all of his chips. The pot was well over 600,000 in chips, and it was Hutter's {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} up against Buckner's {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

The turn was a black {4-}, but the {Q-Diamonds} on the river landed Hutter with a winning pair of queens and he won the massive pot. Hunter had Buckner covered, sending Buckner to the rail and shooting Hutter way up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
WSOP 1X Winner
700,000 402,000
Steve Buckner us
Steve Buckner
Busted

Tags: Barry HutterSteve Buckner

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Shadows of Mordue

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
James Mordue
James Mordue

According to James Mordue, Upeshka De Silva made it 9,000 preflop, and Mordue called. The next player to act reraised to 40,000, De Silva folded, and Mordue called.

The flop was {j-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, and Mordue tanked for a minute before he shoved all in. His opponent, who only had 70,000 left, sighed and called. Mordue had the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} and his opponent had the {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. The turn was the {a-Spades}, giving his opponent a flush draw, but the river was an off-suit {2-} and Mordue won the hand with a pair of aces and his king kicker.

Player Chips Progress
James Mordue us
James Mordue
340,000 150,000

Tags: James MordueUpeshka De Silva

Straight Outta Chips

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Upehska De Silva raised to 9,500 and the player to his left reraised to 20,000. De Silva asked how much his opponent had behind and called.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}, and both players checked. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}, and De Silva bet 27,500. His opponent called.

The river was the {3-Hearts}, and shortly after the river hit, De Silva shoved all in. His opponent didn't take very long at all to call. De Silva showed the {4-Spades}{5-Hearts} for a flopped straight and his opponent showed the {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

De Silva, who had 400,000 before the hand, had his opponent well covered and added the 100,000 to his stack.

"When does this table break?" asked a player at the table in reference to wanting to get away from De Silva.

Player Chips Progress
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
WSOP 3X Winner
510,000 100,000

Tags: Upeshka De Silva

Buckner Flops a Straight

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

From middle position, Calaeb Roland raised to 9,500. Barry Hutter called out of the small blind, and Steve Buckner called out of the big blind.

The {10-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop was checked by all three players to see the {A-Diamonds} land on the turn. After Hunter checked, Buckner bet 12,000. Roland called, and Hutter folded.

The river was the {J-Spades}, and Buckner bet 21,000. Roland made the call, but couldn't beat the {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} that Buckner turned up for a flopped straight.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Buckner us
Steve Buckner
370,000 -20,000
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
WSOP 1X Winner
298,000 -12,000
Calaeb Roland us
Calaeb Roland
120,000 41,000

Tags: Barry HutterCalaeb RolandSteve Buckner

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Break Time

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

It's time for another 15-minute break. There are 97 players remaining and play will continue until only 49 remain.