2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
$249,310
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,000,000
Entries
807
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Eskandar Finds a Favorable Runout

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Lou Garza raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Paul Schwartz called from the small blind along with Patrick Eskandar in the big blind. The flop fell {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and the action checked to Garza who continued for 15,000. Schwartz folded and Eskandar shipped all in for 47,000.

Garza went into the tank for a couple of minutes, really contemplating calling the extra 32,000. He did, in fact, do so and the cards were on their backs. Eskandar showed {q-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a flush draw while Garza held {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for the lone pair. The turn was the {7-Clubs} which gave Eskandar some more outs and the {q-Spades} on the river improved his hand to two pair.

Eskandar went running two pair to score the double up and put a small dent in Garza's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Lou Garza us
Lou Garza
635,000
-66,500
-66,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar
135,000
70,000
70,000

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