Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
We had a preflop all in between Hoan Nguyen and Brian Reinert.
Nguyen: 
Reinert: 
The board ran 
, Reinert's hand smashed the flop and Nguyen's day was done.
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
1,054
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1,054
Filter
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Players are on a one-hour dinner.
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Nathan Gamble was in the blinds and Layne Flack in middle position, and they got in a raising war on a 
flop with Flack shoving over Gamble's check-raise. Gamble called for 925,000, and his led Flack's 
. The board ran out 
giving both players flushes, but Gamble's was best, and he collected the monster pot before heading to break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,058,000
708,000
|
708,000 |
|
||
|
580,000
1,340,000
|
1,340,000 |
|
||
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Edgar Perez shoved from the small blind for about 300,000 and Gordon Vayo snapped him off with 
in the big. Perez had three outs with 
and failed to overtake the ace-king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Hugo Perez got his last 400,000 or so in on a board of 
holding for two pair. He was leading the 
of Long Duc Nguyen but an 
river gave Nguyen a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Andy Hwang bet 72,000 on a 
flop and got called by Brandon Steven on the button and Daniel Fuhs in the big blind. Action checked to Steven on the turn and he jammed for about 500,000. Fuhs snap-called and Hwang folded.
Fuhs: 
Steven:
Steven's aces were stone dead and he pushed his stack to Fuhs.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,650,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
On the first hand after the redraw, find Ray Qartomy and Mike Wang seated next to each other on the feature table on the stage. They got heads-up on a flop of 
, Qartomy checked and Wang bet 110,000.
This is where things got a little strange - Qartomy started refering to himself as "Mike's daddy" and said "He didn't want to cross daddy." He check-raised to 280,000 and told him not to call. Wang took some time and called, to Qartomy's dismay.
The turn came the , Qartomy bet 230,000 and again started talking an excessive amount about how not to play against "Daddy."
Wang remained motionless, Qartomy told him had no chance of winning and Wang called. Qartomy told the dealer that he would check dark and give Wang a chance to eliminate himself. The river was the 
, action was on Wang. Qartomy kept telling him that there was no way he could win and should check to save chips.
Wang did check back, Qartomy tabled the , Wang mucked and Qartomy celebrated his win.
Chino Rheem spoke up from across the table and essentially told Qartomy to tone it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
1,300,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Table 1
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Edgar Perez |
| 2 | Dean Bobel |
| 3 | Gordon Vayo |
| 4 | Chino Rheem |
| 5 | Grant Hinkle |
| 6 | Ryan Rogers |
| 7 | Andy Philachack |
| 8 | Ray Qartomy |
| 9 | Mike Wang |
Table 54
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | David Hudson |
| 2 | Brian Reinert |
| 3 | Layne Flack |
| 4 | Jeff Duvall |
| 5 | Vlad Mezheritsky |
| 6 | Todd Weers |
| 7 | Hoan Nguyen |
| 8 | Nathan Gamble |
| 9 | Kevin Eyster |
Table 55
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Steven |
| 2 | Long Duc Nguyen |
| 3 | Daniel Fuhs |
| 4 | Judd Morris |
| 5 | Jake Bazeley |
| 6 | Ben Ector |
| 7 | Andy Hwang |
| 8 | Gary Knowles |
| 9 | Hugo Perez |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,920,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,850,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
1,770,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,490,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
1,360,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
1,350,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,277,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
|
|
1,070,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
|
975,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
750,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
|
|
677,000
423,000
|
423,000 |
|
650,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
650,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
625,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
600,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
575,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
520,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
500,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
500,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
|
460,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
420,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Brant Hale jammed for the second straight hand, this time on the button for about 340,000. Mike Wang called in the big blind.
Wang: 
Hale:
A board of 
meant Hale was done in 28th and the remaining players are redrawing for the final 27 seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
