Cory Smith was eliminated by Aaron Massey on the final hand before dinner break when he shoved all in with eight-high from the small blind and Massey called with . Massey caught a kind on the flop and added a quick 200,000 to his stack before dinner.
Below are the rest of the chip counts as the players are currently on dinner break.
Donald Thurman shoved for 70,000 over a limp from Gary Otake, and small blind Chengce Jiang put in 210,000, isolating Thurman.
Thurman:
Jiang:
Thurman got up to exit but Patrick Eskandar reminded him there were plenty of spades in the deck. Two hit on the flop, but Thurman didn't need any more as he had a straight. The turn brought some outs for Jiang, and the river made him an ace-high straight for the win.
Lang Nguyen bet 115,000 in middle position on a board of and Gary Otake called on his left. On the river, Nguyen slid in a bet of 185,000 and Otake immediately called.
"I'm on a heater for sure," Nguyen said, revealing for a set.
Taylor Black opened cutoff to 40,000 and got called by the next two players. Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in from the big blind for 310,000 and everyone folded quickly.
Adam Gonzales opened to 75,000 and Richard Tygum min-raised in position. Daniel Lu went all in for about 220,000 from the big blind and Gonzales folded. Tygum called and turned over . Lu had .
The flop came in Tygum's favor with no ace or king, but the turn was the and Tygum couldn't find a jack on the river so Lu would double up.
Here is what's going on as we approach the end of level 21 at the WinStar River Poker Series Main Event. These players all got shoves through in the last few minutes.
Aaron Massey raised over a Gary Otake early position limp and Chengce Jiang raised all in from the big blind. Otake folded and Massey took about thirty seconds before folding as well. Patrick Eskandar, who is sitting between the two, said that the only question he had about Jiang's hand was whether he had two black aces, or two red, or a combination.
Jiang looked at him and then flipped over the .
Mike Dentale was the next player to get shoved on. He opened to 41,000 and Paul Baffi shoved all in for 390,000. Dentale took a moment before folding, and commented on the size of Baffi's shove.
"Honestly, I just don't want to see a flop," Baffi said.
"How do you know I don't have you beat right now?" asked Dentale.
Finally, Taylor Black checked to Justin Kruger with the flop reading and Kruger shoved all in for about 180,000. Black was sitting with 340,000 and eventually flicked his cards into the muck.
. Massey caught a kind on the flop and added a quick 200,000 to his stack before dinner.
flop, but Thurman didn't need any more as he had a straight. The 
river made him an ace-high straight for the win.
of Phan.
river, Nguyen slid in a bet of 185,000 and Otake immediately called.
for a set.
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