2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series

$1,500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Eric Bunch
Prize
$260,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,763,640
Entries
1,242
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
1,242
Players Left
1

Level: 28

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

Bunch Catches a Bluff From Champlin

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Spencer Champlin raised to 280,000 from the button, and Eric Bunch called in the big blind.

Bunch checked the {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop to Champlin, who bet 200,000. Bunch called.

Both players checked the {k-Spades} turn, and the {j-Hearts} fell on the river. Bunch checked, and Champlin bet 800,000. Bunch called after a few moments of thought, and Champlin showed {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a bluff. Bunch turned up {7-Hearts}{7-Spades} for nines and sevens and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
18,600,000 -940,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
6,600,000 1,250,000

Tags: Eric BunchSpencer Champlin

Jeremy Liu Eliminated in 4th Place ($97,000)

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Jeremy Liu
Jeremy Liu

Jeremy Liu shoved all in for around 1.8 million from the cutoff and Spencer Champlin announced a call from the button. Elutero Rodriguez and Eric Bunch were in the blinds and got out of their way.

Jeremy Liu: {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Spencer Champlin: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Liu found himself in trouble after seeing Champlin's pocket queens, needing to improve for this hand to not be his last of the tournament. The board came {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and he was eliminated from the tournament as the fourth-place finisher, taking home $97,000 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
21,050,000 2,450,000
Jeremy Liu us
Jeremy Liu
Busted

Tags: Eric BunchJeremy LiuSpencer Champlin

Bunch Takes From Champlin

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Spencer Champlin raised to 275,000 on the button, and Eric Bunch called in the big blind.

Action checked through a {9-Hearts}{q-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop, and Bunch checked the {a-Clubs} turn, as well. Champlin bet 300,000 and Bunch called.

Both players checked the {5-Hearts} river, and Bunch showed {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} for a rivered two pair. Champlin mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
20,000,000 -1,050,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
7,000,000 400,000
Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
4,400,000 420,000

Tags: Eric BunchSpencer Champlin

Champlin Gets It Back

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The dealer fanned a flop of {4-Spades}{a-Spades}{k-Spades} in a limped pot between Eric Bunch in the small blind and Spencer Champlin in the big blind. Both players checked. The turn came {10-Clubs} and both players checked again.

The river fell {8-Hearts} and Bunch checked a third time. Champlin cut out a bet of 300,000 and Bunch instantly threw out a chip to call.

Champlin tabled {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for tens up and Bunch mucked, unable to top Champlin's two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
20,720,000 720,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
5,860,000 -1,140,000
Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
4,440,000 40,000

Tags: Eric BunchSpencer Champlin

Champlin Fires, Fires, Fires

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Spencer Champlin limped in from the small blind, and Eluterio Rodriguez checked his option in the big blind.

Champlin led out for 120,000 on the {j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop, and Rodriguez called.

The {a-Diamonds} fell on the turn, and Champlin bet 250,000. Rodriguez called again.

Champlin went for a small bet of 200,000 on the {3-Spades} river, and Rodriguez let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
22,000,000 1,280,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
5,710,000 -150,000
Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
3,300,000 -1,140,000

Tags: Eluterio RodriguezSpencer Champlin

Rodriguez Giving Piles

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Eluterio Rodriguez completed his small blind and Eric Bunch raised to 420,000 from the big blind. Rodriguez made the call.

The flop fell {6-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} and Rodriguez announced he was all in. Bunch folded.

A few hands later, Spencer Champlin opened to 275,000 from the button and Rodriguez went all in for about 3.8 million from the small blind. Champlin folded.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
20,335,000 -1,665,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
5,100,000 -610,000
Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
4,615,000 1,315,000

Tags: Eluterio RodriguezEric BunchSpencer Champlin

Bunch Gets a Big One Preflop

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Eluterio Rodriguez opened from the button to 250,000 and was called by Eric Bunch in the small blind. Spencer Champlin was in the big blind and squeezed, three-betting to 900,000. Rodriguez stated he was folding a monster and then reluctantly let his hand go. As soon as it was folded, Bunch announced he was all in.

The dealer echoed the announcement and Champlin looked back at his cards, sitting there for a moment before tossing them to the muck, resulting in Bunch increasing his stack by a significant percentage without having to see a flop to do so.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
20,450,000 115,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
6,380,000 1,280,000
Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
4,220,000 -395,000

Tags: Eluterio RodriguezEric BunchSpencer Champlin

Champlin Gets Value With Trips

Level 28 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Spencer Champlin limped in from the small blind, and Eluterio Rodriguez checked his option in the big blind.

Both players checked the {9-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop, and Champlin bet 225,000 on the {3-Diamonds} turn. Rodriguez called.

Champlin bet 800,000 on the {k-Diamonds} river, and Rodriguez flicked a single chip in the pot to call. Champlin tabled {k-Clubs}{8-Hearts} for trip kings, and Rodriguez said, "Wow...well played," before mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Spencer Champlin us
Spencer Champlin
21,600,000 1,150,000
Eric Bunch us
Eric Bunch
6,700,000 320,000
Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
2,850,000 -1,370,000

Tags: Eluterio RodriguezSpencer Champlin