Photos: WinStar River Poker Series Main Event Day 1a
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
1,054
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Jose Montes Pressures, Builds Stack
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Jose Montes was in the small blind against a lone opponent in the big blind. The flop was 
, Montes fired out a bet and the big blind quickly called before we could count it. The turn came 
, Montes bet 3,500 and the big blind thought for a bit before mucking his cards.
Montes quickly doubled his stack since we passed by him an hour ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Berry Gets Paid Big
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
We found Will Berry firing a bet of 8,000 with about 13,000 in the middle on a completed board of 
. Chris Luna, on Berry's right, thought long and hard about his decision. Finally, he tossed in a call. Berry rolled over 
for a set and Luna winged his cards muckward.
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
16,075
-21,525
|
-21,525 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Quite a Flop for Steven
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
We found Brandon Steven firing 4,500 on a completed board of 
from early position. An opponent in middle position splashed in a call, and Steven showed 
for flopped quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | |
|
||
|
63,600
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
57,300
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
||
|
51,800
-21,200
|
-21,200 |
|
47,300 | |
|
44,000 | |
|
44,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
38,500 | |
|
||
|
|
37,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
30,600
600
|
600 |
|
||
|
27,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
|
16,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
4,600
-31,400
|
-31,400 |
Three to a Flop, Three Shoves
Level 7
: 300/600, 75 ante
We found a dealer counting down stacks, moving chips around the table and making a side pot on a flop of 
. Two players were nearly even and Scot Koiner had them both covered. After the pot was right the cards were tabled.
Lech: 
Barker:
Koiner: 
Lech was all in for the main pot and Barker had a small side pot he could win.
The board completed 
- giving Barker and Lech the queen-high straight and chopped the main pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
28,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Lewis Triples Up in Bizarre Pot
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
After an under-the-gun limp, a player next to act made it 7,500 to go. Austin Lewis jammed 16,000 on the button, and the limper shoved 27,000 in. The original raiser called.
UTG: 
Lewis: 
Third player: 
The flop came ace-high, and the pair of aces stood for a triple up for Lewis while the player with kings collected a side pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 |
Zhang Applies Pressure to Perez
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
We found Wei Zhang and Edgar Perez on a flop with nearly 10,000 in the pot already. The board was 
, Zhang checked from the big blind, Perez bet 3,300 and Zhang check-raised to 10,000.
Perez thought for a bit and then called. The turn came 
, Zhang snap-shoved all in for a little more than 36,000 and Perez went deep into the tank. After a stretch, but not an outrageous amount of time, a player not involved in the hand called for the clock.
About halfway through his minute count down Perez let his hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
25,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |