2018 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1b
1a1b23
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
Total Entries
807
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 807
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Aces Hold for Romero

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Orlando Romero opened from the cutoff and was soon faced with a three-bet from the big blind. Romero stuck in his last 16,325 chips and his opponent made the call.

Romero tabled {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} and was in a great position to double up against his opponent's {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. The board ran out {4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs} and Romero held on to find himself a full double up and rise above starting stack.

Tags: Orlando Romero

Merkow Busted

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Gregg Merkow got his last 9,000 or so in with {a-Spades}{k-Spades} against {q-}{10-} after a {q-}{7-}{8-} flop. Merkow didn't hit anything on the turn or river and he will have to reenter to keep playing.

Tags: Gregg Merkow

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Nick Pupillo just paid off a double to Chris Staats for about 7,000. Staats didn't pair up with {a-Spades}{j-Spades} but Pupillo didn't either with {k-}{q-} so the ace-high was enough.

Tags: Chris StaatsNick Pupillo

Keeline Wins a Flip

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

There was a raise to 1,225 from the hijack and Ben Keeline three-bet to 5,000 from the big blind. With the action back on the initial raiser, he four-bet shoved all in for 14,325. Keeline asked for a count and then stuck in the chips to call.

Ben Keeline: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Opponent: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

The flop of {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{7-Spades} gave Keeline a clear advantage in the coin flip. The turn was the {q-Clubs} and the river brought the {q-Diamonds}. Keeline secured the win and eliminated his opponent in the process.

Tags: Ben Keeline

Mattingly Fades Everything

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The flop read {k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and the action checked to William Mattingly on the button who bet 2,500 into a pot of nearly 13,000. The small blind called and the cutoff folded.

The turn brought the {a-Diamonds} and the small blind checked again. Mattingly fired another 2,400 and his opponent still called. The river was the {3-Clubs} and the small blind checked one more time. Mattingly bet 5,000 and his opponent showed {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for a missed straight and flush draw as he folded. Mattingly flashed {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} for a set of kings and raked in the pot.

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Action on Table 6

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

There's been a swarm of players hitting the rail on Table 6 after a flurry of action. It all started with the board reading {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Victoria Pittman-Waller shoved all in for around 19,000 into a pot of around 8,000. Harold Lacaze thought for a minute and then tossed in a single chip to call.

Pittman-Waller tabled {q-}{3-} and was drawing dead to the {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} of Lacaze. Pittman-Waller's bluff attempt went wrong and Lacaze was the beneficiary of her chips.

A few moments later, Kao Saechao scored a double knockout when he made a full house with {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}. The board read {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and all of the chips got in the middle on the river. His opponent's showed {7-Spades}{6-Spades} for a smaller full house and {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a flush. Saechao raked in a healthy pot to sit among the leaders.

Tags: Kao Saechao

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Green Loses Stack

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Brian Green
Brian Green

A player was all in for about 8,300 on the button after a raise to 1,000 and a call from Brian Green, and the opener jammed as well, covering Green's 20,000 or so. Green sighed and put his stack in, showing {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}, but he was totally smashed by the opener's {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}.

"I was just trying to squeeze," the player on the button said with a laugh, showing {j-}{10-}.

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and the player with aces busted two opponents.

Tags: Brian Green