2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$347,134
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
926
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
WSOP 1X Winner
1,100,000 100,000
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
WPT 2X Winner
1,000,000 377,500
DJ Alexander us
DJ Alexander
790,000 290,000
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
WSOP 1X Winner
736,000 -64,000
Charlie Claffey us
Charlie Claffey
670,000 366,500
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
615,000 435,000
Cory Smith us
Cory Smith
600,000 340,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
560,000 38,500
Orlando Romero us
Orlando Romero
370,000 123,500
Lang Nguyen us
Lang Nguyen
370,000 70,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
240,000 76,000
Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph
185,000 -6,000
George Bronstein us
George Bronstein
170,000 -148,000
Lou Barlow us
Lou Barlow
167,000 79,000
Jim Carroll us
Jim Carroll
125,000 88,000

Tien Phan Busts One, Karen Robison Doubles Through Daniel Lu

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Tien Phan led a ten-high flop and his opponent shoved all in with {a-}{q-}. Phan called with {j-}{10-} 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 {q-}{j-} of Lu. Lu flopped a queen, but that would be all he would get from the board as Robison locked up the double.

Player Chips Progress
Tien Phan au
Tien Phan
580,000 250,000
Daniel Lu us
Daniel Lu
335,000 -207,000
Karen Robison us
Karen Robison
300,000 116,000

Tags: Daniel LuTien PhanKaren Robison

Jiang Eliminates Bass; Perrone Triples Up

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Chengce Jiang
Chengce Jiang

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 {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. Bass had {k-Spades}{7-Spades} and didn't get enough improvement on the {q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} board.

At a table across the room, Michael Perrone got the last of his chips in with {k-Spades}{4-Spades} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Chengce Jiang us
Chengce Jiang
250,000 -25,000
Michael Perrone us
Michael Perrone
WSOP 1X Winner
190,000 125,000
Charles Bass us
Charles Bass
Busted

Tags: Charles BassChengce JiangMichael Perrone

Eliminated So Far In Day 2

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Charles Stubblefield us
Charles Stubblefield
Busted
Trung Pham us
Trung Pham
Busted
Jianmin Xu us
Jianmin Xu
Busted
Thomas Neville us
Thomas Neville
Busted
Vance Minter us
Vance Minter
Busted
Krishna Machavarapv us
Krishna Machavarapv
Busted
Nikola Mircetic us
Nikola Mircetic
Busted
Robert Wolf us
Robert Wolf
Busted
Max Sanchez us
Max Sanchez
Busted
David Coker us
David Coker
Busted
Phillip Lee us
Phillip Lee
Busted
Wei Zhang us
Wei Zhang
Busted
Mike Liegl us
Mike Liegl
Busted
Pamela Stiehler us
Pamela Stiehler
Busted
Greg Himmelbrand us
Greg Himmelbrand
Busted
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted
Benny Nguyen us
Benny Nguyen
Busted
Valy Fabian us
Valy Fabian
Busted
Peter Nguyen us
Peter Nguyen
Busted
Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Wendy Freedman us
Wendy Freedman
Busted
Ahmad Popal us
Ahmad Popal
Busted
Roy Hall us
Roy Hall
Busted
Alex Greenblatt us
Alex Greenblatt
Busted
Tim Gray us
Tim Gray
Busted

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Brutal River for Perrone

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Perrone
Michael Perrone

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: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Lu: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {j-Spades}{9-Spades}{k-Spades} flop did little for Lu except bring the vague possibility of chops. The {7-Diamonds} turn was a brick, but the {9-Diamonds} river put a brutal beat on Lu and he dropped some chips in a heap in frustration.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Lu us
Daniel Lu
542,000 225,000
Michael Perrone us
Michael Perrone
WSOP 1X Winner
65,000 -292,000

Tags: Daniel LuMichael Perrone

Richard Tygum Snap Calls the River

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Richard Cygum from Day 1c
Richard Cygum from Day 1c

Richard Tygum raised to 21,000 under the gun and the big blind defended.

The flop came all clubs, {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, and the big blind checked. Tygum bet 20,000 and the big blind called.

The turn was the {5-Hearts} and the big blind checked again. Tygum bet 40,000 and the big blind called.

The river was the {10-Diamonds} and the big blind led for 100,000, leaving about 25,000 behind. Tygum called right away and was good with {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} against the {3-Spades}{4-Hearts} of the big blind.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Tygum us
Richard Tygum
300,000 52,000

Tags: Richard Cygum

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Patrick Eskandar Running Hot, Cracks 1 Million

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Rex Clinkscales was recently eliminated from the Main Event and said it was in a three-way hand with Patrick Eskandar.

Clinkscales got {a-}{j-} in against {8-}{8-} and Eskandar's {10-}{10-}. 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.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar
1,025,000 375,000
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales
Busted

Tags: Rex ClinkscalesPatrick Eskandar

"Shit River" Helps Spinella Before Break

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Anthony Spinella called a bet of 60,000 in middle position when the big blind bet into him on a board of {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. The big blind immediately jammed on the {9-Diamonds} river.

"That was fast," Spinella said after about 10 seconds. "I call."

The big blind rolled over {10-}{9-} for top two, but Spinella had {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} for a set.

"Shit river," the big blind said. "Shit river."

Players are on break for 15 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
WSOP 1X Winner
800,000 565,000

Tags: Anthony Spinella