Johanssy Joseph pushed all in for just over 600,000 under the gun and was called by Chris Hooper on his left.
Hooper: 
Joseph: 
The board ran out 
, and Joseph doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200,000
746,000
|
746,000 |
|
1,380,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
Mike Rieck went all in for his last 230,000 and Lawrence Porath and Maxx Coleman both called.
Porath shoved the 
flop after Coleman checked and Coleman folded. Rieck had a diamond draw with 
, but couldn't get there to beat the 
of Porath, in fact, Porath improved to make the flush and eliminate Rieck.
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
Busted |
| Seat | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lang Nguyen | 2,250,000 |
| 2 | Chris Hooper | 3,100,000 |
| 3 | Lawrence Porath | 1,270,000 |
| 4 | Maxx Coleman | 1,200,000 |
| 5 | Mike Dentale | 600,000 |
| 6 | Johanssy Joseph | 1,250,000 |
| 7 | Dwight Sellars | 1,100,000 |
| 8 | Gnana Duddukuru | 1,150,000 |
| 9 | Chengce Jiang | 8,700,000 |
| 10 | Ben Zamani | 2,600,000 |
Lang Nguyen opened for 200,000 in the hijack and called the shove of Mike Dentale, who had about 600,000 in the big blind.
Nguyen: 
Dentale: 
Dentale flopped a king but stood up anyway because Nguyen hit a set on 
. The turn was a 
, rendering the 
river meaningless.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
Busted |
Ben Zamani raised preflop to 225,000 and Chris Hooper called on the button. Maxx Coleman thought for a moment before folding and leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The flop was all diamonds, 
, and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Zamani led for 350,000. Hooper raised to 700,000 and Zamani reraised to 1,200,000 and Hooper folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
1,840,000
-1,260,000
|
-1,260,000 |
Lawrence Porath limped early and small blind Ben Zamani completed. Lang Nguyen shoved all in and Porath instantly shipped it as well, with Zamani folding.
"You got aces, huh?" Nguyen said with a sigh, showing 
.
Porath showed 
, and Nguyen was happy to see he had a fighting chance.
The 
flop brought Nguyen a flush draw.
"Gotta sweat it," he said with a smile. "Bam."
That second part was after the 
hit the turn to give him a stranglehold on things. The river was a 
and Porath said it was good playing with everyone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Gnana Duddukuru went all in from early position and Dwight Sellars called all in. He had 
against the of Duddukuru, but managed to double up when the board ran out 
.
The players then headed to a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
650,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Gnana Duddukuru shoved all in from the button for 440,000 and Ben Zamani called in the big blind.
Duddukuru:
Zamani: 
The board ran out 
, no help to Duddukuru.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,250,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Maxx Coleman raised all in from early position for 850,000. Ben Zamani called from the small blind and Lang Nguyen shoved all in for about 4,900,000 which had Zamani slightly covered.
Zamani took a moment before calling and showing . He was against the of Nguyen and Coleman was in third place with .
Coleman got up from his seat as soon as the flop came . The turn was the , leaving Nguyen drawing to only a king, and the river was the 
, giving Zamani the pot.
Coleman, who won this event two years ago, will now take home $64,650 for his seventh-place finish. In the last three years, Coleman has taken home more than $800,000 in prize money from the WinStar River Poker Series Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,500,000
4,250,000
|
4,250,000 |
|
|
350,000
-4,150,000
|
-4,150,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
