2016 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Final Results
Winner
Prize
$587,120
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
1,054
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1,054
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Ray Qartomy on a Heater, Does Ric Flair Strut

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ray Qartomy
Ray Qartomy

The board was {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Ray Qartomy bet 100,000, Maxx Coleman moved all in for 343,000 and Kevin Eyster surprised the table by calling from the button. Qartomy thought before he announced he was all in for 326,000.

Qartomy: {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
Eyster: {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Coleman: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

Qartomy was ahead but his opponents had a ton of outs to knock him out of the event. The board completed {8-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Qartomy's set held and he celebrated. While the stacks were counted, Qartomy did a bit of the Ric Flair strut between tables, celebrating his run from 70,000 to now over a million in an hour.

Player Chips Progress
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Ray Qartomy
1,200,000
850,000
850,000
Profile photo of Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
645,000
155,000
155,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
32,000
368,000
368,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Defending Champ Falls, Vo Follows

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Maxx Coleman
Maxx Coleman

Maxx Coleman put his last 31,000 in under the gun and Daniel Fuhs made it 60,000 in the next seat. Brian Reinert called, and Viet Vo shoved from the big blind for 303,000 total. Fuhs called, as did Reinert. The flop fell {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and Fuhs bet 325,000 into the dry side pot. Reinert quickly mucked.

Fuhs: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Vo: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Coleman: {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}

Vo had some outs with a straight draw but it was Fuhs improving to a boat on the {5-Spades}{5-Hearts} runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Fuhs
1,875,000
675,000
675,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Viet Vo
Busted

Tags: Danny FuhsMaxx ColemanViet Vo

Brown Magic Snuffed

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Zo Karim
Zo Karim

We found Zo Karim all in with {8-}{8-} from early position against the {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} of Ray Qartomy. According to the players at the table, Karim opened and then called for what looked like about 400,000 when Qartomy put him all in from the big blind. The tens held, eliminating Karim.

Player Chips Progress
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Ray Qartomy
1,450,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Zo Karim
Zo Karim
Busted

Tags: Ray QartomyZo Karim

Andy Hwang Finds Gamble's Right Price

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Hwang opened, Nathan Gamble called and the flop came {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Gamble check-called 63,000. The turn came the {9-Clubs} and both players checked again. The river was the {A-Spades}. Gamble checked and Hwang bet 150,000.

Gamble called and snap-mucked when Hwang showed the [Ac 5h}.

Player Chips Progress
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Nathan Gamble
1,120,000
630,000
630,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
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Andy Hwang
1,000,000
500,000
500,000

Final 27 Redraw (full)

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Table 1

SeatPlayer
1Edgar Perez
2Dean Bobel
3Gordon Vayo
4Chino Rheem
5Grant Hinkle
6Ryan Rogers
7Andy Philachack
8Ray Qartomy
9Mike Wang

Table 54

SeatPlayer
1David Hudson
2Brian Reinert
3Layne Flack
4Jeff Duvall
5Vlad Mezheritsky
6Todd Weers
7Hoan Nguyen
8Nathan Gamble
9Kevin Eyster

Table 55

SeatPlayer
1Brandon Steven
2Long Duc Nguyen
3Daniel Fuhs
4Judd Morris
5Jake Bazeley
6Ben Ector
7Andy Hwang
8Gary Knowles
9Hugo Perez
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
1,920,000
370,000
370,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Mike Wang us
Mike Wang
1,850,000
350,000
350,000
Profile photo of Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
1,770,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Daniel Fuhs us
Daniel Fuhs
1,700,000
175,000
175,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Reinert us
Brian Reinert
1,490,000
390,000
390,000
Profile photo of Ray Qartomy us
Ray Qartomy
1,360,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Nathan Gamble us
Nathan Gamble
1,350,000
230,000
230,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Vlad Mezheritsky us
Vlad Mezheritsky
1,277,000
323,000
323,000
Profile photo of Ben Ector
Ben Ector
1,070,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Jake Bazeley
Jake Bazeley
1,000,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
1,000,000
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Long Duc Nguyen
Long Duc Nguyen
1,000,000
485,000
485,000
Profile photo of Andy Hwang us
Andy Hwang
975,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
750,000
105,000
105,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
677,000
423,000
423,000
Profile photo of Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
650,000
275,000
275,000
Profile photo of Judd Morris
Judd Morris
650,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Hugo Perez us
Hugo Perez
625,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Todd Weers
Todd Weers
600,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Grant Hinkle us
Grant Hinkle
575,000
145,000
145,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dean Bobel
Dean Bobel
520,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of David Hudson gb
David Hudson
500,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Jeff Duvall us
Jeff Duvall
500,000
76,000
76,000
Profile photo of Ryan Rogers us
Ryan Rogers
460,000
255,000
255,000
Profile photo of Edgar Perez
Edgar Perez
420,000
680,000
680,000

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Ray Qartomy vs. Mike Wang

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 {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, 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 {3-Spades}, 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 {2-Spades}, 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 {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}, 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
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Ray Qartomy
1,900,000
540,000
540,000
Profile photo of Mike Wang us
Mike Wang
1,300,000
550,000
550,000

Brandon Steven Eliminated in 27th Place ($9,843)

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Andy Hwang bet 72,000 on a {4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop and got called by Brandon Steven on the button and Daniel Fuhs in the big blind. Action checked to Steven on the {q-Clubs} turn and he jammed for about 500,000. Fuhs snap-called and Hwang folded.

Fuhs: {5-Spades}{3-Spades}
Steven: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}

Steven's aces were stone dead and he pushed his stack to Fuhs.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Fuhs
2,650,000
950,000
950,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Brandon Steven
Busted

Tags: Brandon StevenDanny FuhsAndy Hwang

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