Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
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
Mike Wang Tops Day 1B Field with 39 Advancing Players
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Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
The second of three starting flights for the Winstar World Casino River Poker Series Main Event kicked off at noon and drew a large field of 388 entrants. Coupled with a professional bull riding event, Winstar was stretched to capacity. Saturday's flight finished in the 18th level with Mike Wang leading the field with 660,000.
Sitting in second and third respectively are BCP members Jake Bazeley and Zo Karim where the former edged out the later by 8,000. The top ten was loaded with notables with Chris Staats, Hugo Perez and Grant Hinkle all making Day 2. Brandon Steven, Andy Hwang and Daniel Fuhs also advance to Monday but with more moderate stacks.
Ryan Tepen, Jordan Smith and Larry Wright all played deep into the flight but were unable to bag up chips. Tepen bubbled the event in a three-way all in where he had the best hand preflop but lost to a player that made Broadway.
Maria Ho, Ray Henson, Aaron Massey, Chino Rheem, Kevin Eyster, David Paredes David ODB Baker, Jason Gooch and Nick Palma all fired at least one bullet on Saturday but ultimately found the rail.
Sunday is the last chance for players to advance to Day 2 and organizers expect it to be the largest of all three. Cards are in the promptly at noon and they'll finish when they reach 10% of the field. Day 2 is set to begin Monday at 1 pm and play down to the final table. Follow all the action right here on PokerNews.
Day 1B Survivors & Chip Counts
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000 | 60,000 |
|
567,000 | -18,000 |
|
559,000 | 139,000 |
|
514,000 | 14,000 |
|
503,000 | -22,000 |
|
411,000 | |
|
|
391,000 | |
|
365,000 | 155,000 |
|
348,000 | -52,000 |
|
|
328,000 | -97,000 |
|
318,000 | -32,000 |
|
290,000 | -10,000 |
|
285,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
284,000 | |
|
|
261,000 | 46,000 |
|
|
259,000 | 49,000 |
|
|
258,000 | 258,000 |
|
252,000 | |
|
245,000 | |
|
231,000 | |
|
224,000 | |
|
|
215,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
200,000 | |
|
178,000 | -72,000 |
|
178,000 | -32,000 |
Randi Lister KOs Two Players to End the Night
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
On the third round of hand-for-hand play, Randi Lister, Ryan Tepen and an unknown player got all the chips in the middle preflop with Lister covering them both.
Lister: 
Tepen: 
Player: 
The board ran 
, Lister made Broadway and ended play for the night.
Players will now bag and tag for Monday's Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Hand for Hand
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
There are 41 players remaining, just two players off the end of the night. They're starting hand-for-hand play until they hit 39 survivors. Then they'll bag and tag for Day 2 on Monday.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
White Flops the Nuts, Bazeley Spikes the River
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Jake Bazeley opened on the button and John White called from the big blind. The flop came 
, both players checked and the turn came 
. White bet 20,000, Bazeley raised to 45,000, White shoved and Bazeley called.
White: 
Bazeley:
White was ahead after flopping Broadway, but Bazeley's set was drawing live - and a came on the river. White's day was done and Bazeley nears 600,000 as the end of play draws closer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
585,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted |
Day 1B Pace Much Quicker than Day 1A
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The field is already trimmed to 43 remaining players with the end of play set at 39 players. There are many more short stacks than Friday's field at similar points throughout the entire day. It seems that variance played a large part in the extremely long first day of action.
The Top Top
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
525,000 | 75,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
425,000 | |
|
|
420,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
400,000 | 340,000 |
|
|
365,000 | -55,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
300,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
210,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
210,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
200,000 | -50,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500