2017 WinStar River Poker Series
Tien Phan led a ten-high flop and his opponent shoved all in with ![]()
. Phan called with ![]()
and he turned trips to secure the win and eliminate his opponent.
At a nearby table, Karen Robison was all in against Daniel Lu with pocket aces against the ![]()
of Lu. Lu flopped a queen, but that would be all he would get from the board as Robison locked up the double.
Chengce Jiang three-bet to what looked like 78,000 from the cutoff when a middle player opened, and Charles Bass put his remaining 144,000 in from the big blind. The opener tanked awhile and mucked, and Jiang snapped it off with ![]()
. Bass had ![]()
and didn't get enough improvement on the ![]()
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board.
At a table across the room, Michael Perrone got the last of his chips in with ![]()
in a multi-way pot and flopped a flush then hit a royal flush to boot, roughly tripling up to get back to a competitive stack.
Daniel Lu opened for a raise to about 25,000 early and Michael Perrone three-bet him on his left, to about 70,000. Lu said he was all in and turned to stare at Perrone, but Perrone called immediately.
Perrone: ![]()
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Lu: ![]()
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flop did little for Lu except bring the vague possibility of chops. The
turn was a brick, but the
river put a brutal beat on Lu and he dropped some chips in a heap in frustration.
Richard Tygum raised to 21,000 under the gun and the big blind defended.
The flop came all clubs, ![]()
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, and the big blind checked. Tygum bet 20,000 and the big blind called.
The turn was the
and the big blind checked again. Tygum bet 40,000 and the big blind called.
The river was the
and the big blind led for 100,000, leaving about 25,000 behind. Tygum called right away and was good with ![]()
against the ![]()
of the big blind.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on the first 15-minute break of the day.
Rex Clinkscales was recently eliminated from the Main Event and said it was in a three-way hand with Patrick Eskandar.
Clinkscales got ![]()
in against ![]()
and Eskandar's ![]()
. He hit a jack on the flop, but Eskandar rivered a set of tens.
"He's running like god," Clinkscales said, "had aces four times already."
Eskandar has added almost 400,000 to his Day 2 starting stack.
Anthony Spinella called a bet of 60,000 in middle position when the big blind bet into him on a board of ![]()
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. The big blind immediately jammed on the
river.
"That was fast," Spinella said after about 10 seconds. "I call."
The big blind rolled over ![]()
for top two, but Spinella had ![]()
for a set.
"Shit river," the big blind said. "Shit river."
Players are on break for 15 minutes.