Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 300
DJ Alexander opened to 2,800 from middle position but was three-bet to 7,200 just a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Alexander who made the call to see a flop of ![]()
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Alexander checked to his opponent who bet 8,300 and Alexander called. He also check-called another 8,700 on the
turn card and the
completed the board on the river. Alexander checked again and his opponent checked back, turning over ![]()
. Alexander was unable to beat the pocket aces as he saw a good portion of his stack move across the table.
A player shoved all in from middle position for just under 21,000, and John Reading tank-called in the big blind for most of his chips.
John Reading: ![]()
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Opponent: ![]()
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flop was fairly promising for Reading since he had numerous outs with overs and a gutter, but the
and
missed him.
The next hand, the same player opened for a raise and called Reading's jam for about 7,000. Reading had ![]()
this time and was flipping once more against ![]()
. Once more, the bracelet winner was left wanting on the ![]()
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runout.
With the end of the break, registration for this event has come to a close. After two starting flights here at WinStar River Poker Series $2,500 Main Event, 807 entries have been logged — 378 on Day 1a and 429 here on Day 1b. That means the tournament did come up slightly shy of the $2 million guarantee, so those who still have chips can enjoy the prospect of some overlay.
According to the tournament staff, payout information will likely not be available until Day 2.
Anthony Spinella raised it up to 2,500 from middle position and Ben Keeline just called directly to his left. That invited three more players to join the action including both of the blinds.
The dealer spread the flop of ![]()
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and the action checked around to the
as Spinella had a laugh about the lack of respect he was given preflop. The small blind chose to lead out for 4,100 and Keeline was the only player to call.
The river brought the
and the small blind checked this time. Keeline tossed in a bet of 6,500 and his opponent paid him off. Keeline tabled ![]()
and his opponent sent his cards to the muck.
The action folded around to the button who made it 3,000 to go. Steve Ma was in the small blind and shipped all in for his remaining 22,100. The big blind looked down at his cards and re-shoved all in over the top. The button thought for a minute but elected to fold his pocket tens face up.
Ma rolled over ![]()
but it was no match for the big blind's ![]()
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and Ma was sent to the rail just shortly after late registration had closed.
Chengce Jiang is among the players in the field. Last year, he came second to Ben Zamani in this event.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Players are on dinner break for an hour.