Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 2 of the 2015 WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event.
2015 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,793,600
Entries
1,164
Level
31
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Day 2 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | Lang Nguyen | 151,000 |
| 2 | John Song | 555,000 | |
| 3 | Adrian Garduno | 550,000 | |
| 4 | Chris Tryba | 262,000 | |
| 5 | Sammy Rosenzweig | 164,000 | |
| 6 | David Conway | 260,000 | |
| 7 | Andy Andrejevic | 177,000 | |
| 8 | Kong Li | 169,000 | |
| 9 | --empty-- | -- | |
| 26 | 1 | --empty-- | -- |
| 2 | Hunter Cichy | 60,500 | |
| 3 | Upeshka De Silva | 368,000 | |
| 4 | Ken Grech | 95,000 | |
| 5 | Danny Fuhs | 194,000 | |
| 6 | Kevin Rund | 156,000 | |
| 7 | Ralph Westbrook | 124,000 | |
| 8 | Viet Vo | 193,000 | |
| 9 | Ivan Primera | 427,000 | |
| 27 | 1 | Matt Lapossie | 255,000 |
| 2 | Tommy Vedes | 393,000 | |
| 3 | Austin Lewis | 70,000 | |
| 4 | Ryan Milisits | 178,000 | |
| 5 | Geno Hueber | 351,000 | |
| 6 | Ben Lehman | 250,000 | |
| 7 | Zelong Dong | 147,000 | |
| 8 | W.J. Bell | 133,000 | |
| 9 | --empty-- | -- | |
| 35 | 1 | Ray Henson | 159,000 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Trudeau Jr. | 309,000 | |
| 3 | Karen Norman | 114,000 | |
| 4 | Cord Garcia | 642,000 | |
| 5 | Jeff Kester | 302,000 | |
| 6 | Ben Perez | 245,000 | |
| 7 | Jim Willerson | 161,000 | |
| 8 | Michael Merz | 393,000 | |
| 9 | --empty-- | -- | |
| 36 | 1 | --empty-- | -- |
| 2 | Jose Montes | 282,000 | |
| 3 | James Mordue | 566,000 | |
| 4 | Jay Bishop | 205,000 | |
| 5 | Keith Carter | 500,000 | |
| 6 | Allen Carter | 215,000 | |
| 7 | Fadi Masaad | 322,000 | |
| 8 | Tom Gray | 306,000 | |
| 9 | Gregg Merkow | 87,000 | |
| 37 | 1 | Dean Bobel | 28,000 |
| 2 | Isaac Do | 80,000 | |
| 3 | Blue Rannefeld | 83,000 | |
| 4 | David Nicholson | 221,000 | |
| 5 | Jason Daly | 447,000 | |
| 6 | Drew Dumanski | 395,000 | |
| 7 | Adam Jezek | 66,500 | |
| 8 | Mark Eddleman | 555,000 | |
| 9 | Jake Haller | 175,000 | |
| 38 | 1 | Erik Christensen | 203,000 |
| 2 | Steve Melton | 135,000 | |
| 3 | Clint Tolbert | 220,500 | |
| 4 | Rajeev Artiwal | 101,000 | |
| 5 | Robert Wilson | 63,000 | |
| 6 | Nikola Mircetic | 462,000 | |
| 7 | Greg Jennings | 89,000 | |
| 8 | Lou Barlow | 252,000 | |
| 9 | --empty-- | -- | |
| 44 | 1 | Mstr Lynch | 113,000 |
| 2 | Douglas Claybrook | 258,000 | |
| 3 | Justin Oliver | 225,500 | |
| 4 | John Deckard | 238,000 | |
| 5 | Jeff Gibraltar | 270,000 | |
| 6 | Nathan Bjerno | 96,000 | |
| 7 | M.D. Wyde | 116,000 | |
| 8 | Jeff Heiberg | 445,000 | |
| 9 | --empty-- | -- | |
| 45 | 1 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 385,000 |
| 2 | Ronald Phipps | 237,000 | |
| 3 | Raymond Moss | 142,000 | |
| 4 | Keith Copp | 158,000 | |
| 5 | Orlando Romero | 92,000 | |
| 6 | David "ODB" Baker | 144,500 | |
| 7 | Bobby Chance | 75,000 | |
| 8 | Tony Paydar | 207,000 | |
| 9 | Maria Ho | 125,000 | |
| 46 | 1 | JP Phan | 323,000 |
| 2 | Paul Baffi | 156,000 | |
| 3 | Philip Bosco | 271,000 | |
| 4 | Toby Floyd | 606,000 | |
| 5 | Jay Merchant | 213,000 | |
| 6 | Marco Palacios | 51,000 | |
| 7 | Charles Witherspoon | 213,000 | |
| 8 | Kevin Eyster | 200,000 | |
| 9 | Joe Kuether | 234,500 | |
| 54 | 1 | Jon Bennett | 109,000 |
| 2 | Alex Keating | 466,000 | |
| 3 | Kevin Lam Nguyen | 214,000 | |
| 4 | Numit Agrawal | 76,000 | |
| 5 | Olivier Busquet | 246,000 | |
| 6 | John Wilden | 245,000 | |
| 7 | Rueben Nixon | 438,000 | |
| 8 | Jason Gooch | 156,000 | |
| 9 | Michael Wang | 307,000 | |
| 55 | 1 | Patana Pradith | 350,000 |
| 2 | Dave Cunningham | 182,000 | |
| 3 | David Gritz | 26,000 | |
| 4 | Jitendra Patel | 174,000 | |
| 5 | Joe Ebanks | 50,000 | |
| 6 | David Williams | 147,000 | |
| 7 | Lonny Hardcastle | 374,000 | |
| 8 | Scott Squyres | 356,000 | |
| 9 | Greg Burns | 150,000 | |
| 56 | 1 | Brian Ray | 260,000 |
| 2 | Kelli Shields | 14,000 | |
| 3 | Andrew Watson | 204,000 | |
| 4 | Christopher Staats | 236,000 | |
| 5 | Dean Baronowski | 324,000 | |
| 6 | Venkatar Ganne | 145,500 | |
| 7 | Bronson Tucker | 443,000 | |
| 8 | Aaron Clark | 672,000 | |
| 9 | Maury Solano | 511,500 | |
| 57 | 1 | Antonio Garcia | 132,000 |
| 2 | Paul Kim | 199,500 | |
| 3 | Maxx Coleman | 463,500 | |
| 4 | Barry Hutter | 1,066,000 | |
| 5 | Zo Karim | 327,500 | |
| 6 | Riley Fuller | 145,000 | |
| 7 | Joseph Skinner | 275,000 | |
| 8 | Nic Vita | 202,000 | |
| 9 | --empty-- | -- |
Barry Hutter Leads 118 Remaining Players Into Day 2
Welcome back to Day 2 of the 2015 WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event. The remaining 118 players have all reached the money from the field of 1,164 entries. Although the payouts haven't been released to us yet, we do know that the $2.5 million guarantee was surpassed and there will be $1 million up top for the winner.
The man best positioned to claim that seven-figure first-place prize is Barry Hutter with 1.066 million in chips. Hutter failed to get anything going o Day 1a or 1b, but his Day 1c was one heck of a turbocharged ride. He has over 1.5 times his closest competitor, as no other player holds more than 700,000 in chips.
In second place is Aaron Clark with 672,000, and then Cord Garcia rounds out the top three with 642,000.
Other notables still remaining are James Mordue (566,000), Tommy Vedes (393,000), Marvin Rettenmaier (385,000), Upeshka De Silva (368,000), Zo Karim (327,500), Chris Tryba (262,000), Olivier Busquet (246,000), Clint Tolbert (220,500), David "ODB" Baker (144,500), and Maria Ho (125,000).
Of note, Tolbert is making his fifth cash in this event since the tournament first began in 2008. His first cash in the River Poker Series Main Event came in 2009 when he took 32nd for $11,200. In 2010 he had his best finish from the four previous cashes, placing sixth for $100,520. In 2011 he took 43rd for $5,962, and in 2012 he ended in 27th for $13,940.
The cards are scheduled to be in the air at 12 p.m. local time, and it appears as though the plan will be to play 10 levels before calling it quits. The levels from here on out have been increased to one hour in length.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for continued coverage as the tournament works its way down to a new $1 million champion.
Main Event
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