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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 200 ante
2018 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2018 WinStar River Poker Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,000,000
Total Entries
807
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 807
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 200 ante
Two players were already all in when we got to Joe Elpayaa's table, with Elpayaa in the cutoff and a middle-position player still live in the pot. The main pot contained about 25,000, a side pot for the other all-in player contained just a few thousand, and there was another side pot between Elpayaa and the middle player for about 10,000 more.
On the 
flop, the middle player check-called 9,500. On the 
turn, Elpayaa set him in for about 30,000 and the player thought briefly and folded.
Elpayaa showed 
and had everyone dead to a chop as one player had 
and the other 
. The river was the 
and Elpayaa took the whole pot.
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 200 ante
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading 
, Anthony Spinella led out for 12,500 into a pot of around 20,000 already. Jim Carroll paused for a moment on the button and then made the call.
The 
landed on the river and Spinella jammed all in for around 18,000. Carroll instantly called and Spinella turned over 
for trip queens. However, Carroll found another greasy hand to get the best of Spinella with 
for a flopped full house.
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 200 ante
Brian Green is making the most of his second bullet of the day thus far. Green opened from middle position and the big blind shoved all in for a little over ten big blinds. Green made the call and was in a great position.
Green held the superior pair with 
against his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Green's pair of nines were good enough to eliminate his opponent.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 200
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
After being down to just 5,100 earlier in the day, Maria Ho has turned things around and is starting to move her way up the leaderboard. Ho opened to 1,800 from middle position and was called by the cutoff and the big blind.
The flop fell 
and the big blind checked to Ho who continued for 3,000. The cutoff folded but the big blind made the call. The turn was the and both players checked to the 
on the river. The big blind checked again and Ho turned over 
for top pair. Her opponent flopped middle pair with 
and Ho dragged in another pot.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Jim Carroll opened in middle position and called a three-bet to 6,000 from Anthony Spinella. The flop came and Carroll came out firing with 6,000. Spinella called. Carroll bet big with 20,000 on the turn and Spinella again called. On the 
river, Carroll shoved for about 42,000 and Spinella was in there with a fairly quick call.
Carroll showed 
for flopped two pair and Spinella had his 
cracked.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
A player in the cutoff with just 6,800 shoved all in and Tyler Patterson called on the button. Allen Kessler thought for a bit before folding what he said was in the big blind.
Tyler Patterson: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out clean for Patterson, 
, and he's having a fine Day 1b thus far with about five starting stacks built up.
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
After arriving at the table and seeing Salvador Cervantes all in for around 50,000, it was no wonder a big pot had arised. A completed board read 
and Cervantes tabled for a flush. His opponent was looking down at the 
knowing that he had just been rivered.
The dealer counted out Cervantes' chips before shipping a monster pot his way, moving him over 130,000 chips.
