2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info

2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦9♥
Prize
$347,134
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
926
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
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End of Day 1b Counts (full)

mnuwwarah
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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mo Khan us
Mo Khan 		656,000
211,000
 211,000
Gaurav Raina us
Gaurav Raina 		461,000
86,000
 86,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar 		403,000
313,000
 313,000
Nipun Java in
Nipun Java 		362,000
17,000
 17,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Ian Kalman us
Ian Kalman 		361,000
Donald Thurman us
Donald Thurman 		331,000
Daniel Lu us
Daniel Lu 		317,000
22,000
 22,000
Trung Pham us
Trung Pham 		315,000
238,000
 238,000
Charles Bass us
Charles Bass 		292,000
52,000
 52,000
Daniel Rodriguez us
Daniel Rodriguez 		290,000
Ben Zamani us
Ben Zamani 		275,000
182,000
 182,000
Chengce Jiang us
Chengce Jiang 		275,000
Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale 		252,000
166,000
 166,000
Paul Baffi us
Paul Baffi 		223,000
Gnana Duddukuru us
Gnana Duddukuru 		198,000
DJ Alexander us
DJ Alexander 		197,000
-58,000
 -58,000
Dwight Sellars us
Dwight Sellars 		195,000
Valy Fabian us
Valy Fabian 		186,000
115,000
 115,000
Roger Hendren us
Roger Hendren 		177,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven 		164,000
108,400
 108,400
Mykel Comroe us
Mykel Comroe 		157,000
Chris Barnett us
Chris Barnett 		152,000
Ravi Gokaraju us
Ravi Gokaraju 		150,000
Alex Greenblatt us
Alex Greenblatt 		131,000
14,000
 14,000
Darrell Hopkins us
Darrell Hopkins 		131,000

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Java, Alexander Survive Day 1b and Look to Continue Monster 2017s

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
DJ Alexander
DJ Alexander

The wee hours of Saturday night saw 38 players bag up to end Day 1b of WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event, and two of 2017's hottest players were among that number.

Nipun Java finished fourth in the counts with 362,000. He's already pushing toward $500,000 in cashes this year and has three major wins to his credit. He pocketed two bracelets at the World Series of Poker this year, first taking down the $1,000 Tag Team and then the $1,000 Online Championship for about $312,000 combined. He followed that up by topping a four-way chop in a 3,173-entry field in the $570 Deep Stack at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open for $230,848.

The aces were good to Java on Day 1b. As the dinner break approached about midway through, he had about double the 25,000 starting stack and doubled that up with a set of bullets that he slowplayed, successfully inducing an opponent to turn second pair into an all-in bluff shove. Later, Java won another sizable pile in what looked to be a three-bet pot, taking it down against two players on a queen-high flop and obliging an opponent who begged to see the blades.

What DJ Alexander lacks in trophies compared to Java this year, he makes up for in cash. He has three six-figure scores, headlined by a monster $754,499 for a runner-up finish in the WSOP $1,500 Millionaire Maker. He also has two fourth-place scores, one just an hour down the road at WSOPC Choctaw and another just this week at WPT Legends of Poker in California.

PokerNews' own Valerie Cross profiled Alexander here.

What's more, the Houston native pledged five percent of that $161,490 Legends score to the disaster relief fund for his hometown. Java said via Twitter he'll be following suit here, and since the players who advance from Day 1 are in the money, that means more help for Houston has been assured.

Alexander finished in the middle of the pack with 197,000.

Everyone who bagged is looking up at Mo Khan, who wound up with 656,000 after a late heater that saw him flop a set of jacks against a player who flopped top pair with ace-queen and then win a sizable preflop all in with king-queen against king-jack.

Others advancing included 2017 bracelet winner Gaurav Raina (461,000), Patrick Eskandar (403,000), WPT Player of the Year Ben Zamani (275,000), Mike Dentale (252,000) and Brandon Steven (164,000).

Among those firing and bricking were Kevin Eyster, Anthony Spinella, Will Berry, Aaron Mermelstein, TJ Cloutier, Grant Hinkle and WinStar Ambassador Maria Ho. Overall, the flight drew 312 entries.

They'll all have one more chance to punch Day 2 tickets when Day 1c rolls around at noon Sunday. PokerNews will be providing more coverage of that final starting flight, so come right back here to see who makes it through to Monday.

Nipun Java
Nipun Java

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Main Event

Day 1b Completed

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