Main Event Day 2 | 2015 WinStar River Poker Series

09-07-2015 15:54 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Andrejevic	890,000 713,000	713,000
Keith Carter	837,000 290,000	290,000
Bronson Tucker	780,000 80,000	80,000
Michael Wang	770,000 55,000	55,000

Numit Agrawal	760,000 165,000	165,000
David Cunningham	580,000 65,000	65,000
Lonny Hardcastle	405,000 117,000	117,000
Erik Christensen	399,000 196,000	196,000
Viet Vo	390,000 197,000	197,000
Drew Dumanski	380,000 55,000	55,000
Kevin Lam Nguyen	378,000 258,000	258,000
Patana Pradith	370,000 110,000	110,000
John Song	275,000 125,000	125,000
Greg Burns	250,000 20,000	20,000
Ivan Primera	189,000 51,000	51,000
Chris Tryba	186,000 54,000	54,000

David Nicholson	108,000 113,000	113,000
Kong Li	Busted
JP Phan	Busted
Antonio Garcia	Busted
Philip Bosco	Busted

So Long, Solano

Donnie Peters

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Day 1a chip leader Maury Solano has been eliminated. He was out at the hands of 2011 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event champion Bronson Tucker.

Tucker won this event in 2011 for $640,400. That year he topped a field of 1,355 entries to earn the title and the largest score of his career.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bronson Tucker	860,000 417,000	417,000
Maury Solano	Busted

Tags: Maury Solano Bronson Tucker

09-07-2015 15:44 UTC-5

Rund and Mircetic Chop It Up

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Donnie Peters

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Play folded to David "ODB" Baker in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 24,000. Nikola Mircetic called from the small blind, and Kevin Rund called out of the big blind.

The trio took the flop, and play checked to Baker. He bet 24,000, and Mircetic and Rund both called.

The turn was the before all three players checked to see the land on the river. Mircetic checked, Rund bet 64,000, Baker folded, and Mircetic called.

Mircetic showed the , and Rund had the . Both players two pair, aces and nines, with the king kicker on the board and chopped up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikola Mircetic	860,000 35,000	35,000
Kevin Rund	850,000 20,000	20,000
David Baker	150,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: David "ODB" Baker David Baker Kevin Rund Nikola Mircetic

09-07-2015 15:41 UTC-5

Dong Folds After Clock Called

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Donnie Peters

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

From the cutoff seat, Zelong Dong raised to 24,000. Nikola Mircetic reraised to 64,000 from the big blind, and Dong made the call to see the flop roll out. After Mircetic bet 24,000, Dong raised to 64,000. Mircetic called.

The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Mircetic fired 45,000, and Dong went into the tank for a couple of minutes. Eventually, Danny Fuhs called the clock. After about a half a minute more of thought, Dong folded, and Mircetic won the pot.

"Good bluff," said Dong.

"I don't bluff," responded Mircetic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikola Mircetic	825,000 238,000	238,000
Zelong Dong	680,000 228,000	228,000

Tags: Danny Fuhs Nikola Mircetic Zelong Dong

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

09-07-2015 15:29 UTC-5

Rettenmaier Out

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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

09-07-2015 15:26 UTC-5

More Chips for Rund

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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 15:22 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

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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 15:20 UTC-5

Barlow Finds Aces for a Double

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Donnie Peters

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 15:06 UTC-5

Wang Busts Gooch

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Donnie Peters

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 .