One of the players who recently registered is 2015 WinStar River Poker Series champ Maxx Coleman. Coleman, a Kansas native, topped a field of 1,164 to take down a first-place prize of $750,000 as part of a three-way chop of this event. Last year, Coleman very nearly pulled off a repeat when he made a deep run again but ultimately went down in 32nd for $7,864.
We'll see if Coleman has success once again here at WinStar.
Dan Lowery was heads up to the 
flop and his opponent led for 1,500. Lowery called.
The turn was the 
and his opponent checked. Lowery bet 1,500 and his opponent raised to 3,300. Lowery then made it 38,000 putting his opponent all in, should he call.
His opponent tanked for about a minute and then folded.
Jim Carroll won the 2008 Winstar River Poker Series Main Event for $700,000 and pointed out that he was seated with another former winner, Aaron Massey (2012).
He also said that tablemate Andy Philachack is the 2017 winner, picking him to win the tournament this weekend. Meanwhile, Matthew Lapossie was busy knocking out Bryan Campanello to break 120,000 just entering level six. Campanello has reentered, but busted to Lapossie on his first bullet after he four-bet shoved 
.
Carroll opened the action to 800 and Lapossie three-bet to 2,100. The player to Lapossie's left called and Campanello shoved for 12,850. Carroll folded and Lapossie called after getting a count. The player to his left folded.
Lapossie was ahead with 
against the 
of Campanello. Lapossie flopped a queen and won the pot.
Four players limped into the big blind of RunGood Pro Dan Lowery, and he wasn't having any of that. He made it 5,400 to go, and the first limper tanked awhile before shoving all in. Everyone else folded, and Lowery quickly called with . He had the 
of his opponent dominated, and both players paired their kickers when 
flopped. The turn sealed it for Lowery.
Lowery had about 27,000 and his opponent had just 75 more, so Lowery all but stacked his foe.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
With the board reading 
, John Reynolds bet 2,400 when checked to by big blind Edgar Perez, who put in the chips required to see the river. That card proved to be a 
, and Perez checked again. Reynolds bet 5,000 and Perez snap-called. Reynolds rolled over 
but was beaten as Perez held 
for a rivered straight.
The next hand, Reynolds came in for the minimum, starting a cascade of limps. The big blind put in a small raise to 1,200 and it went five or six ways to 
. Action checked to the last player to act, who bet 6,000. Reynolds put in his last 8,000 or so with 
and turned an ace but couldn't find enough improvement to topple his opponent's 
.
After some initial action the player in the small blind three bet to 8,100 and the action folded around to Andrew Watson, who had called the initial raise. He shoved all in for 16,400 and his opponent quickly called.
Watson has 
against the 
of his opponent and managed to dodge a ten after the board ran out 
.
Four players saw the turn for 1,500 each with the board reading 
. The turn was the 
and Rania Nasredding shoved all in for 10,400 into a pot of about 7,000. The player to her direct left called and the remaining players folded.
Nasreddine showed top pair with 
and was against .
"Come on dealer, one time," Nasreddine said.
The river was the 
and she won the hand.
"You used your one time on that?" Clinkscales asked, "It's Day 1a. You still have 1b, 1c and late entries."
"You're right I take it back," Nasreddine said.
"You can't take back the one time, you wasted it," replied Clinkscales.
Either way, Nasreddine won the hand and is a little above 30,000.
We found two players all in for around 15,000 apiece on an 
flop, with a third player sighing and splashing in calling chips right when we arrived.
David Coker: 
Early position: 
Middle position:
Coker had a hammerlock against the ace-queen and was looking to fade diamonds, which he did as it ran out 
. He had 17,425 and collected a full double from the player with ace-queen, busting the player with ace-six.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
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