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

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Bobel Doesn't Shy Away from De Silva

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Upeshka De Silva has been on a pretty good run this year. He cashed in five events at the WSOP, including winning his first gold bracelet for $424,577 and finishing 36th in the Main Event for $211,821. He also recently finshed 11th at WPT Choctaw for $50,466. All together, De Silva is having a career year with over $700,000 in live tournament earnings.

In one recent hand, De Silva placed a bet of 6,250 on the board of {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. Dean Bobel called, and the turn was the {10-Hearts}. De Silva fired again, this time for 9,250, and Bobel took his time before he decided to raise to 16,500. De Silva didn't make a quick decisions, but eventually folded, and Bobel won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dean Bobel us
Dean Bobel
57,000
57,000
57,000
Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
38,000
-54,000
-54,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Dean BobelUpeshka De Silva

Chin Doubles Up

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Debbie Hinton made it 2,000 to go, and the player in Seat 1 reraised to 5,500. Michelle Chin shoved all in for her last 31,750, and then the action moved back to Hinton. She took a bit of time to make her decision, but eventually folded. The other player called with the {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} and was up against Chin's {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}.

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} to give Chin an ace-high flush.

"Thank you all for giving me so much time to decide," Hinton said.

"What did you have?" a player asked.

"None of that," she replied.

Player Chips Progress
Michelle Chin
Michelle Chin
45,200
45,200
45,200

Tags: Debbie HintonMichelle Chin

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
118,400
118,400
118,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
110,000
80,000
80,000
Hunter Cichy us
Hunter Cichy
84,000
84,000
84,000
Ben Stroh us
Ben Stroh
73,500
47,800
47,800
Darwin German
Darwin German
70,300
8,300
8,300
Danny Fuhs us
Danny Fuhs
62,000
37,000
37,000
Jesse McVicker us
Jesse McVicker
60,300
20,300
20,300
Austin Peck us
Austin Peck
44,400
19,400
19,400
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar
43,500
30,875
30,875
TJ Cloutier us
TJ Cloutier
43,100
23,800
23,800
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Steve Turner
Steve Turner
39,000
-4,500
-4,500
Aaron Gustavson us
Aaron Gustavson
37,350
13,300
13,300
EPT 1X Winner
Debbie Hinton us
Debbie Hinton
36,150
12,650
12,650
Bobby Hempkins us
Bobby Hempkins
35,675
24,100
24,100
Wade Townsend us
Wade Townsend
31,600
31,600
31,600
Ben Keeline us
Ben Keeline
21,150
-7,550
-7,550
Jack Duong us
Jack Duong
20,500
-3,950
-3,950
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Legocki us
Sam Legocki
19,300
-2,875
-2,875
James Mordue us
James Mordue
19,025
19,025
19,025
Shawn Rice us
Shawn Rice
16,575
-11,025
-11,025
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
12,180
-23,520
-23,520

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Engel Doubles One Up

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

From middle position, John Newcombe raised to 1,100. Andy Philachack made the call from the next seat, Ari Engel called from the cutoff seat, and then the player on the button reraised all in for 6,600. Play folded all the way back to Engel, and he called with the {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}. The all-in player had the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}.

The flop, turn, and river ran out {Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, and Engel sent over the chips to pay off his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
74,000
49,000
49,000
John Newcombe us
John Newcombe
52,000
27,000
27,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
22,000
-11,400
-11,400
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Andy PhilachackAri EngelJohn Newcombe