2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Lowery Recovers Some Chips

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Dan Lowery has been leading the field with over 100,000 chips for quite some time now, but recently saw his stack fall back into the five-figure mark. However, with around 15,000 in the middle, Lowery went heads up to the flop of {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}.

His opponent led out for 10,000 and Lowery stuck in a stack of T5,000 chips, enough to put his opponent at risk for his remaining 22,500 chips. He thought for a minute and then made the call, only to see a bad result. Lowery turned over {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} while his opponent tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river brought the {6-Hearts}, securing the win for Lowery and eliminating his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Lowery us
Dan Lowery
124,300
-13,700
-13,700

Tags: Dan Lowery

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar
106,000
74,500
74,500
Jim Carroll us
Jim Carroll
100,000
75,000
75,000
Jason Gooch us
Jason Gooch
77,600
15,600
15,600
Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
72,000
26,000
26,000
Thayer Rasmussen us
Thayer Rasmussen
58,000
900
900
Arthur Morris us
Arthur Morris
52,000
39,250
39,250
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
38,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Viet Vo us
Viet Vo
34,500
9,500
9,500
Matt Bond us
Matt Bond
33,000
Lou Barlow us
Lou Barlow
25,000
9,000
9,000
Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
22,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
13,500
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Ben Zamani us
Ben Zamani
7,900
-8,100
-8,100
Defending Champion

Gathright Pays Bogard

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante
Shanna Gathright
Shanna Gathright

Shanna Gathright in the big blind and Bart Bogard in the small saw a board of {3-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{q-Spades}{9-Hearts} on fourth and both players checked. Bogard came out betting with 6,000 on the {q-Clubs} river and Gathright tanked awhile before tossing in a call for a good chunk of her remaining chips.

Bogard showed {8-}{8-} and took the pot with queens and eights.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Bogard us
Bart Bogard
48,000
-3,000
-3,000
Shanna Gathright us
Shanna Gathright
9,300
9,300
9,300

Tags: Bart BogardShanna Gathright

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

Cho Gets a Fold from Ho

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Maria Ho raised to 1,200 from middle position and was called by three players. The flop came {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and the small blind checked to Ho who continued for 2,600. The hijack called and Joon Cho also called from the cutoff.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and Ho fired another 7,000. The hijack quickly folded but Cho raised to 17,000. Ho stuck around to see the {3-Spades} on the river and then tapped the table. Cho put together a bet of 25,400 and Ho eventually slid her cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Joon Cho us
Joon Cho
85,500
85,500
85,500
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
60,500
-5,200
-5,200

Tags: Joon ChoMaria Ho

Morris Gets a Lucky Double Through Elpayaa

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Arthur Morris stuck his last 5,250 in from the small blind over a middle-position open by Joe Elpayaa, who called with {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Morris had {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and was dominated but found an ace on the flop and a seven on the turn to double up with two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Elpayaa us
Joe Elpayaa
18,900
-3,100
-3,100
Day 1B Chip Leader
Arthur Morris us
Arthur Morris
12,750
-12,250
-12,250

Tags: Arthur MorrisJoe Elpayaa

Lowery Lets Eskandar Have One

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Dan Lowery and Patrick Eskandar built a pot of 11,000 heading to the turn, and Lowery bet 5,700 from the big blind on {7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}. Eskandar put in 11,050, not quite enough, which was adjusted to 11,400. It was most of his remaining chips and Lowery opted to lay it down.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Lowery us
Dan Lowery
138,000
33,000
33,000
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar
31,500
7,500
7,500

Tags: Dan LoweryPatrick Eskandar