Main Event Day 2 | 2015 WinStar River Poker Series

09-07-2015 14:56 UTC-5

Haller Back

Brentharrington

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

There was a raise to 24,000 and two callers before Jake Haller shoved all in for his last 155,000. Maxx Coleman, who was already in for the 24,000 called Haller's all in and Barry Hutter and Antonio Garcia folded. That left Coleman heads up with Haller. Haller had and Coleman had slightly less with . The board ran out , giving Haller a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Coleman	474,000 -101,000	-101,000

Jake Haller	364,000 364,000	364,000

Tags: Jake Haller Maxx Coleman Barry Hutter

09-07-2015 14:57 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cord Garcia	1,600,000 -80,000	-80,000
Mark Eddleman	1,015,000 460,000	460,000
Christopher Staats	980,000 210,000	210,000
Matt Lapossie	920,000 355,000	355,000
Jeff Heiberg	830,000 30,000	30,000
Toby Floyd	690,000 165,000	165,000
Jose Montes	680,000 220,000	220,000
Adrian Garduno	635,000 -195,000	-195,000
Alex Keating	450,000 -105,000	-105,000

Maury Solano	450,000 35,000	35,000
Olivier Busquet	380,000 50,000	50,000

09-07-2015 14:57 UTC-5

Recent Eliminations

donpeters

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Upeshka De Silva	Busted

Kevin Eyster	Busted

09-07-2015 15:00 UTC-5

Haller Forth

Brentharrington

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Jake Haller has been pretty active the last few hands, including doubling up against Maxx Coleman. On this hand, he three bet Barry Hutter from the button, making it 58,000 to go. Hutter called. The flop was and Hutter bet 48,000. Haller called. Both players checked the turn, , and the river, . Hutter turned over and Haller mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Hutter	978,000 -132,000	-132,000

Jake Haller	223,000 223,000	223,000

Tags: Barry Hutter Jake Haller

09-07-2015 15:03 UTC-5

Keating Gone

donpeters

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Play folded to Alex Keating in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 25,000. In the small blind, Numit Agrawal reraised to 74,000.

"Alex," shouted Upeshka De Silva from the payout desk a few feet away from Keating's table. "I'm out."

"Aww, man, nice run," Keating said as they action at his table moved back to him.

"I got your stuff, do you want it?" De Silva asked.

"OK, nice," Keating said. "Yeah... I was going to ask if you could wait until the next break, but that's too long. Can you just bring it here and I'll keep it here?"

"Sure," De Silva said.

"How much is it?' Keating asking, turning his attention back to his table.

The dealer confirmed the three-bet amount as 74,000 to Keating.

"Actually, just wait because I might go out here," Keating said to De Silva.

Keating then thought about it for a few moments before he announced that he was all in for around 450,000. Agrawal quickly called.

"Yikes," reacted Keating with the .

Agrawal had the .

The board ran out , and that was it for Keating. Although the chips were very close, Agrawal had him covered and Keating was eliminated. He linked up with De Silva, collected his ticket, and headed out of the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Numit Agrawal	925,000 395,000	395,000
Alex Keating	Busted

Tags: Numit Agrawal Upeshka De Silva Alex Keating

09-07-2015 15:06 UTC-5

Wang Busts Gooch

donpeters

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From under the gun, Jason Gooch raised all in for 67,000. Michael Wang was in the next seat and called. Action then folded to Olivier Busquet on the button, and he gave it some thought for a little bit before he folded. It looked as though Busquet was contemplating a reshove with his stack of around 350,000. Everyone else folded, and it was Gooch's up against Wang's .

"Wow," said Busquet with a sigh of relief.

The board ran out , and Wang won the pot to bust Gooch.

"I almost played really bad and got there," said Busquet, hinting that if he had shove she would've cracked Wang's kings and won.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	825,000 100,000	100,000

Olivier Busquet	350,000 -30,000	-30,000

Jason Gooch	Busted

Tags: Jason Gooch Michael Wang Olivier Busquet

09-07-2015 15:20 UTC-5

Barlow Finds Aces for a Double

donpeters

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From early position, Antonio Garcia opened with a raise to 25,000. Jake Haller called from the next seat, Matt Lapossie called on the button, and Joseph Skinner called from the small blind, before Lou Barlow reraised all in from the big blind for 268,000. Garcia called, and everyone else folded.

Barlow showed the , but he was behind the for the at-risk Barlow.

The flop kept Barlow in front, but the on the turn gave Garcia a Broadway straight to put him in front. The on the river changed it back to that Barlow had the best hand, and that gave him the win to double him up over 600,000. Garcia was clipped back to 430,000 or so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Lapossie	720,000 -200,000	-200,000
Lou Barlow	620,000 368,000	368,000
Jake Haller	490,000 267,000	267,000
Antonio Garcia	430,000 294,000	294,000
Joseph Skinner	240,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Antonio Garcia Jake Haller Joseph Skinner Matt Lapossie Lou Barlow

09-07-2015 15:22 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

Brentharrington

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Montes	820,000 140,000	140,000
Fadi Massaad	720,000 144,000	144,000
Nikola Mircetic	587,000 -63,000	-63,000
Eugene Hueber	517,000 -78,000	-78,000
Jeff Heiberg	480,000 -350,000	-350,000
Justin Oliver	466,000 168,000	168,000

Zelong Dong	452,000 104,000	104,000
David Conway	390,000 130,000	130,000
Allen Carter	370,000 205,000	205,000

Douglas Claybrook	356,000 46,000	46,000
Ray Henson	275,000 -45,000	-45,000

Kong Li	217,000 -22,000	-22,000
David Baker	200,000 -82,000	-82,000

Jeff Gibraltar	164,000 -24,000	-24,000
Isaac Do	133,000 53,000	53,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	54,000 -271,000	-271,000

Brian Ray	Busted

09-07-2015 15:26 UTC-5

More Chips for Rund

Brentharrington

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Zelong Dong made a bet of 40,000 on a board. David Baker called and Kevin Rund didn't hesitate to shove all in for 460,000. Dong folded and Baker looked Rund over. After some consideration, Baker folded and Rund won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rund	830,000 490,000	490,000
Zelong Dong	452,000
David Baker	200,000

Tags: Kevin Rund David Baker Zelong Dong

09-07-2015 15:29 UTC-5

Rettenmaier Out

Brentharrington

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier was sitting at 54,000 during the most recent chip updates. Since then, he has busted and is now waiting to take his seat in the final event of the River Poker Series, a $1,000 Turbo Knockout with $500 bounties.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier	Busted

Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier