Welcome to Day 1b of the 2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series Main Event!
After a Day 1a flight that saw 293 entrants hit the felt, a bigger field is expected for today's Day 1b flight at the 2019 WinStar River Poker Series $1,500 Main Event. With a $1,500,000 Guarantee attached to this event, plenty of new and familiar faces are expected to hit the felt in hopes of joining the 36 players that bagged up yesterday.
Although a few big names, such as WinStar Ambassador Maria Ho, Spencer Champlin, and Shawn Rice were able to secure a seat at Day 2, others, such as Ben Keeline, Kelly Minkin, and Ray Henson, are expected to return today for another chance at advancing, including some new faces such as Shomari Williams, who arrived late last night and will be in action today.
The remaining two flights of the WinStar Labor Day River Series Main Event kick off at Noon local time. Along with today's Day 1b flight, one more flight is available for players on Day 1c, which takes place on Sunday, August 31st. All players that manage to find a bag will reconvene on Monday, September 1st at Noon to play down to the final table. A winner will be crowned on Day 3, which takes place Tuesday, September 2nd.
Players will begin with 25,000 in starting chips, and the blinds will kick off at 100/100. On the three Day 1 flights, action will consist of 40-minute levels until the field has been reduced down to 12%. There will be a fifteen-minute break every three levels, and a 45-minute dinner break is scheduled after the completion of Level 9. Players may re-enter as many times as they wish until the end of registration after the dinner break. Play is scheduled to conclude once the field is reduced down to 12% in each of the starting flights.
Stay tuned right here to the PokerNews Live Reporting blog as we follow all the action from Day 1b all the way down to a winner here at the WinStar Labor Day River Series Main Event!
and Mader threw out a continuation-bet of 3,000. His opponent called. Mader fired another 7,000 on the turn 
and was called again.
and Mader announced he was all in, putting his last 10,500 out afterward His opponent went into the tank, thinking about his decision for two minutes, before announcing a fold. He then looked back at his cards as if he did not want to let go of them, ultimately sending them to the muck as the dealer sent the pot to Mader.
and Minkin checked in early position to Wang, who was on her left. Wang bet 1,500 and Minkin called. The turn came 
and MInkin check-called another 3,600 from Wang.
and Minkin checked once more. Wang announced he was all in, shoving his last 14,000 forward to effectively put Minkin all in for her last 8,400. Minkin thought about her decision for about 20 seconds and pushed her cards forward to the muck.
. The small blind checked and then called another bet of 1,600 from Onimole. The dealer then burned and turned the river 
and the small blind checked to Onimole once more. He tossed out two yellow T1,000 chips and was quickly called.
for aces up and his opponent mucked, resulting in the pot being sent his way.
, giving Kelly a small sweat when the king came on the turn en route to winning the pot. His stack was totaled to be 52,700 after the hand, whereas his opponent's was 48,500. The entire pot was sent Kelly's way and the newly-eliminated player made his way out of the tournament area.
flop from middle position, and Darryl Sample had him at risk with a call from the button.
gave the under-the-gun player trip queens and the winner.
