Main Event Day 2 | 2016 WinStar River Poker Series

09-05-2016 14:26 UTC-6

Eliminated Players

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kheim Ngo	Busted
Tony Brozek	Busted
Zach Donovan	Busted
John NIccoli	Busted
Casey Diener	Busted
Asif Idrees	Busted
Gabe Davis	Busted
Charles Pettit	Busted
Cody Burleson	Busted
Matt Wilson	Busted
Kelli Shields	Busted
Kristopher Tong	Busted

Rickey Rushing	Busted
Jim Shaw	Busted
TJ Cloutier	Busted

Long Nguyen	Busted
Geffrey Klein	Busted

Jeff Sowell	Busted
Alexander Greenblatt	Busted
Frank Berry	Busted
Bobby Hempkins	Busted
Bozkurt Ekrem	Busted
Stephen Tackett	Busted
Gary Adams	Busted
John Misirian	Busted

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

09-05-2016 14:04 UTC-6

Break Time

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The first two levels are in the books and the field is on their first break of the day.

09-05-2016 14:03 UTC-6

Hoan Nguyen, Largest of Three Short Stacks

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Hoan Nguyen and two other short-stacked players went to a flop of and all three players moved all in.

Nguyen:
Player A:
Player B:

The board completed , Nguyen's ace-high was best and he knocked out two short stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hoan Nguyen	450,000 284,000	284,000

09-05-2016 13:53 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Hwang	1,000,000 822,000	822,000
Mike Wang	1,000,000 340,000	340,000
Clint Baker	1,000,000 643,000	643,000
Cameron Rezaie	815,000 554,000	554,000
Andy Philachack	715,000 15,000	15,000
Zo Karim	715,000 156,000	156,000
Ryan Rogers	640,000 275,000	275,000
Vinh Huynh	620,000
Layne Flack	550,000 117,000	117,000

Brian Reinert	550,000 70,000	70,000
Grant Hinkle	520,000 172,000	172,000

Maxx Coleman	510,000 37,000	37,000

Daniel Fuhs	500,000 391,000	391,000

Chino Rheem	500,000

Nathan Gamble	460,000 301,000	301,000

Patrick Eskandar	420,000 337,000	337,000
Austin Lewis	340,000 214,000	214,000
Kane Kalas	320,000 62,000	62,000
Viet Vo	300,000 21,000	21,000
Kevin Eyster	260,000 95,000	95,000

Brant Hale	230,000 46,000	46,000
Greg Jennings	200,000 9,000	9,000
David Lopez	170,000 155,000	155,000
Chris Staats	Busted

"Carne Asada? Who Ordered Carne Asada?"

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jake Bazeley opened to 23,000. Matt Wilson called in the small blind and Brandon Steven called in the big. The flop came , action checked to Bazeley and he bet 32,000. Wilson called, Steven mucked and the turn came the . Wilson checked, Bazeley bet 52,000 and Wilson went into the tank.

He counted out his calling chips, counted out what seemed to be a raise and then counted his whole stack. At this point, a server from the Mexican restaurant arrived to deliver some carne asada tacos for Bazeley.

"Carne asada? Who ordered carne asada?" she asked.

Bazeley raised his hand slightly but was focused on Wilson. Another player at the table spoke up and said he was in a big hand. Wilson mucked his cards. Bazeley stacked the pot and took his taco delivery.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Bazeley	440,000 127,000	127,000
Matt Wilson	60,000 45,000	45,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

09-05-2016 13:04 UTC-6

Adam Johnson Doubles through Dejuante Alexander

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Adam Johnson moved all in from middle position and Dejuante Alexander called behind him in the big blind. Johnson rolled over pocket fours and Alexander held . The board ran , the fours held and Alexander took a shot to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Johnson	230,000 103,000	103,000
Dejuante Alexander	160,000 94,000	94,000

09-05-2016 12:50 UTC-6

Rheem Chips Up Through Philachack

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

We found a pot north of 120,000 at the turn between Andy Philachack and Chino Rheem. The board was and Rheem was all in for 265,000.

"How do I keep getting myself into these big pots?" Philachack asked himself out loud.

Rheem chatted a bit, which convinced Philachack to muck. "You made a good fold sir," Rheem said. "I didn't want to see a club, a ten or something else stupid."

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Philachack	700,000 236,000	236,000
Chino Rheem	500,000 188,000	188,000

09-05-2016 12:30 UTC-6

Reinert Picks Off Shields

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Brian Reinert opened in middle position and Kelli Shields moved her short stack all in. Reinert called holding and Shields was ahead with . The board ran , Reinet made a full house and Shields was eliminated.