Philip Bosco called JP Phan's all-in shove with the . Phan had the , but he received a very favorable flop when the rolled out to give him a flush draw on top of his two live cards.
The on the turn gave Phan even more outs to a straight, and then the came in on the river to complete that straight and double him up.
David Baker was all in against Raymond Moss. Moss had Baker covered and held . Baker had . The board ran out and Baker won the hand with an ace-high straight. Baker doubled to 159,000 and Moss was left with 43,000. Moss busted shortly after this hand.
Allen Carter, winner of the $1 million top prize at the 2009 Southern Poker Championship in Biloxi, just doubled through Jose Montes.
Carter was all in with against Montes' pocket jacks. Thanks to an ace on the flop, Carter was able to double and moved to 350,000 in chips. Montes was left with 240,000.
On the flop, Jeff Gibraltar check-raised to 66,000 after Jeff Helberg bet 32,000. Heiberg called, and the turn was the . Gibraltar led out with a bet of 52,000, and Heiberg raised all in for about 375,000. Gibraltar gave it some thought, but folded in the end, and Heiberg won the pot.
From early position, Jose Montes raised to 12,000. Tom Gray reraised out of the big blind to 36,000, and then Monte made it 84,000 to go. Gray called, and the dealer placed out the flop.
On the flop, Gray announced that he was all in. Monte quickly called to put himself at risk for 130,000, and he had the . Gray had the .
The turn was the , followed by the on the river. Montes doubled up, and Gray was clipped all the way down to just 8,000 in chips. On the next hand, Gray was eliminated.
The 2015 WInStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event generated a prize pool of nearly $2.8 million. Of that, $1 million will be awarded to the winner. All 118 remaining players are in the money to start Day 2 and earning at least $4,000.
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