Main Event Day 2 | 2016 WinStar River Poker Series

09-06-2016 00:53 UTC-5

Chino Rheem Rivers a Set

[user196975]

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Chino Rheem opened to 140,000 and Long Duc Nguyen called from the small blind. The flop came , Nguyen check-called 175,000 and the turn came with the . Both players checked, the river came with the and Nguyen checked.

Rheem bet 475,000, Nguyen called and Rheem announced he had a set and rolled over pocket fours. Nguyen had bad news when he showed him pocket sevens for a flopped set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	1,000,000 -200,000	-200,000

09-06-2016 00:57 UTC-5

Rheem Doubles Through Vayo

mnuwwarah

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Gordon Vayo opened on the button and called the shove of Chino Rheem, who had about 900,000 in the small blind.

Vayo:
Rheem:

The improved both players as Vayo flopped a set and Rheem an open-ender. An turn gave Rheem a straight but Vayo added a flush draw. The river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gordon Vayo	5,900,000 -1,800,000	-1,800,000
Chino Rheem	1,950,000 950,000	950,000

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09-06-2016 01:33 UTC-5

Final Table Chip Counts

[user196975]

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gordon Vayo	6,845,000 945,000	945,000
Grant Hinkle	4,865,000 265,000	265,000

Ben Ector	3,840,000 190,000	190,000
Long Duc Nguyen	3,085,000 485,000	485,000
Chino Rheem	2,590,000 640,000	640,000

Daniel Fuhs	2,000,000 -800,000	-800,000

Layne Flack	1,555,000 -795,000	-795,000

Dean Bobel	945,000 305,000	305,000
Jeff Duvall	675,000 -805,000	-805,000

09-06-2016 02:00 UTC-5

A November Nine Appetizer? Vayo Leading WinStar Final Table

mnuwwarah

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

It's down to just nine players out of 1,057 runners at the WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event, and the leader in the race for the $1 million first prize is November Niner Gordon Vayo.

Vayo had a blazing hot Day 2, moving into a spot among the leaders very early on and never relinquishing his massive stack. Seemingly every time someone played back at him, he either had the goods or outdrew a better hand. After scoring a few knockouts of short-stacked players, he busted start-of-day leader Andy Philachack when Philachack shoved under the gun with and Vayo woke up with on the button. The board ran out , leaving the king kicker a winner unimproved.

One of the only challengers to Vayo was Nathan Gamble, but he drew a seat on Vayo's right with two tables left. Vayo kept him at arm's length blind-versus-blind when Gamble raised to 120,000 at 20,000/40,000/4,000 and Vayo called. Vayo called 175,000 on the flop and then bet 330,000 when Gamble checked to him on an turn. Both checked the river and Gamble's lost to .

Gamble wound up falling in 11th. The day began with 107 players, all of them in the money, and some others who joined Gamble on the rail were TJ Cloutier, Rob Salaburu, Chris Staats, Rex Clinkscales, Ben Zamani, Brandon Steven, Mike Wang, Kevin Eyster, and Jake Bazeley.

Defending champ Maxx Coleman, who topped a three-way chop here last year, also made a run but busted 32nd when his queens were bested by a Ray Qartomy set of fives.

Vayo will take 6,845,000 in chips into the final table with the blinds heading to 40,000/80,000/10,000. Joining him will be Grant Hinkle (4,865,000), Ben Ector (3,840,000), Long Duc Nguyen (3,085,000), Chino Rheem (2,590,000), Daniel Fuhs (2,000,000), Layne Flack (1,555,000), Dean Bobel (945,000), and Jeff Duvall (675,000).

The final table continues Tuesday at noon local time and will play to a winner, with coverage here on PokerNews.

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Main Event

Day 2 Completed