Main Event | 2017 WinStar River Poker Series

09-05-2017 14:47 UTC-5

Nguyen Doubles Through Zamani

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Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Ben Zamani raised on the button and Lang Nguyen got his whole stack, 440,000, in from the small blind.

Zamani:
Nguyen:

The flop was an airball for Zamani. The turn brought draws for both players, but the river was a brick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Zamani	7,700,000 -400,000	-400,000
Lang Nguyen	1,040,000 690,000	690,000

Tags: Ben Zamani Lang Nguyen

09-05-2017 14:58 UTC-5

Updated Counts: Sellars and Nguyen Double

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Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Dwight Sellars doubled his short stack through Chengce Jiang and Lang Nguyen doubled through Ben Zamani.

Zamani has moved firmly into second place after the three-way all in where he eliminated Maxx Coleman and came from behind to hit a set against Nguyen.

Below are the updated chip counts as the six remaining players play for the $400,000 top prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chengce Jiang	9,000,000 300,000	300,000
Ben Zamani	7,200,000 -500,000	-500,000
Dwight Sellars	1,600,000 600,000	600,000
Johanssy Joseph	1,300,000 50,000	50,000
Chris Hooper	1,300,000 -540,000	-540,000
Lang Nguyen	1,190,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Ben Zamani Chengce Jiang Lang Nguyen Dwight Sellars

09-05-2017 15:18 UTC-5

Jiang Over Zamani in Huge Pot

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Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Chengce Jiang opened for 225,000 under the gun and Ben Zamani called on his left. The flop came and Jiang continued for 250,000. Zamani quickly called. On the turn, Jiang barreled again for 475,000 and received a quick call. He bet 1.1 million more on the river.

This time, Zamani took a little longer, but after 30 seconds or so, he flicked in some chips. Jiang opened for a flush and put some serious distance between himself and his nearest challenger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chengce Jiang	11,400,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Ben Zamani	5,470,000 -1,730,000	-1,730,000

Tags: Ben Zamani Chengce Jiang

09-05-2017 15:25 UTC-5

Chris Hooper Eliminated in 6th Place ($83,073)

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Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Chris Hooper went all in from early position with and Dwight Sellars shoved over the top for about 200,000 more than Hooper's 725,000.

Sellars had and won the hand when the board ran out .

Hooper will take home $83,073 for his sixth place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dwight Sellars	1,900,000 300,000	300,000
Chris Hooper	Busted

Tags: Chris Hooper Dwight Sellars

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

09-05-2017 15:38 UTC-5

Joseph Doubles Through Jiang

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Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Chengce Jiang opened under the gun and called the shove of Johanssy Joseph, who had 1,030,000 in the small blind.

Joseph:
Jiang:

Jiang was not happy to see he was dominated and the bone-dry runout did him no favors.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chengce Jiang	12,200,000 800,000	800,000
Johanssy Joseph	2,280,000 980,000	980,000

Tags: Chengce Jiang Johanssy Joseph

09-05-2017 15:43 UTC-5

Lang Nguyen Eliminated in 5th Place ($107,968)

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Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Ben Zamani limped from the small blind.

"You're gonna play nice?" Lang Nguyen asked from the big blind.

He looked down at and shoved all in for 2,700,000 and Zamani snap called and showed him two queens, .

"Oh f*@k," said Nguyen.

The board ran out and Zamani won the pot.

Nguyen will take home $107,968 for his fifth place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Zamani	8,200,000 2,730,000	2,730,000
Lang Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Ben Zamani Lang Nguyen

09-05-2017 15:53 UTC-5

Sellars Doubles Through Zamani

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Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Ben Zamani made it 325,000 on the button and Dwight Sellars defended his big blind. The flop came and Sellars checked. Zamani said he was all in and Sellars snap-called.

Sellars:
Zamani:

Zamani needed a miracle and the turn and river didn't provide one. He sent Sellars about 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Zamani	7,000,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Dwight Sellars	1,500,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Ben Zamani Dwight Sellars

09-05-2017 16:01 UTC-5

Photos From the Final Table

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09-05-2017 16:05 UTC-5

Dwight Sellars Eliminated in 4th Place ($142,011)

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Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Dwight Sellars was eliminated when he got all in against Ben Zamani's pocket sixes, .

Sellars has been hanging on through several eliminations today, doubling up at the right time and laddering up to fourth place. Finally, he couldn't beat Zamani, who came in as the second shortest stack today, but has been crushing and is now second with three left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Zamani	8,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Dwight Sellars	Busted

Tags: Ben Zamani Dwight Sellars