2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series

$1,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
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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
Total Entries
1,242
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
412
Players Left
50
Players Left 1 / 1,242
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Wagner Goes From Bluffing To Catching a Bluff

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

A player raised to 1,100 from middle position, and Patrick Wagner three-bet to 2,400 from the cutoff. The middle position player called.

On the {q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop, the middle position player checked, and Wagner bet 3,500. The middle positon player called again.

Both players checked the {9-Spades} turn, and the middle position player fired 5,000 on the {6-Hearts} river. Wagner immediately called, and his opponent said, "You got a winner, I got ace-high," before rolling over {a-Spades}{5-Spades}. Wagner tabled {k-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} for a turned pair of nines and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Patrick Wagner
42,000

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A Round of Chip Counts

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Babatunde Onimole us
Babatunde Onimole
57,900
2,900
2,900
Profile photo of Phil Mader us
Phil Mader
51,600
11,400
11,400
Profile photo of Mike Crow us
Mike Crow
48,200
4,700
4,700
Profile photo of Wilbern Hoffman us
Wilbern Hoffman
38,500
20,500
20,500
Profile photo of Jeffrey Banghart us
Jeffrey Banghart
37,400
12,400
12,400
Profile photo of Stephen Brown us
Stephen Brown
34,600
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Darryl Sample us
Darryl Sample
29,200
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Terry Crider us
Terry Crider
27,800
11,300
11,300
Profile photo of Brian Davis us
Brian Davis
26,700
7,500
7,500
Profile photo of Brian Ray us
Brian Ray
26,400
4,300
4,300
Profile photo of Kenneth Hudson us
Kenneth Hudson
25,200
7,800
7,800
Profile photo of Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
23,800
8,100
8,100
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bobby Poe us
Bobby Poe
23,200
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Ben Keeline
Ben Keeline
23,200
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
19,800
5,200
5,200
Profile photo of Sheela Daniels us
Sheela Daniels
16,700
8,300
8,300
Profile photo of Herbert Montalbano us
Herbert Montalbano
15,100
17,400
17,400
Profile photo of Eluterio Rodriguez us
Eluterio Rodriguez
2,200
25,300
25,300
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Deborah Hinton
Busted

Jalal Shamroukh Claims Event #2: $300 NLH Bounty Title

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Jalal Shamroukh
Jalal Shamroukh

For the past week, WinStar has been playing host to a series of side event as a part of the 2019 Labor Day River Series. While PokerNews is only offering live updates from the Main Event, we still wanted to give some love to the lucky WinStar winners.

One such event was Event #2: $300 NLH Bounty, a tournament that drew 235 entrants. The top seven struck a deal that resulted in Jalal Shamroukh being deemed the champ for $5,250.

Others to cash the tournament but fall short of making the final table were Darryl Sample (11th - $799), Kevin Jones (23th - $799), Marco Kudla (15th - $799), Sandeep Chaduvula (17th - $599), Phillip Walker (22nd - $400), Kevin Kaylor (23rd - $400), and Brian West (24th - $400).

Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Jalal Shamroukh$5,250
2Ben Ross$3,753
3Rusty Maravilla$3,753
4Mark Tucker$3,752
5Michael Skrzynski$3,752
6James Canada$3,752
7James Robertson$3,752
8William Burford$1,398
9Christopher Shirley$1,199

Tags: Darryl SampleJalal ShamroukhKevin JonesKevin KaylorMark TuckerWilliam Burford

Harris Dulls Sharpe

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Justin Sharpe raised to 700 from early position, and found a lone caller in Tim Harris in the cutoff.

Sharpe bet 500 on the {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} flop, and Harris called.

The {a-Spades} turn saw Sharpe bet 1,300, and Harris raised to 3,300. Sharpe made the call.

Both players checked the {8-Clubs} river, and Sharpe announced, "Two pair," before tabling {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Harris had that bested, however, as he showed {j-Spades}{8-Spades} for a flopped straight and the winner.

"Nice hand, sir," Sharpe told Harris after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Tim Harris
41,000
Profile photo of Justin Sharpe us
Justin Sharpe
17,500
13,900
13,900

Tags: Justin SharpeTim Harris

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Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
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Oddschecker US

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Another Chapter in the Minkin and Wang Chronicles

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Just before the break, there was around 8,000 in the pot on a board of {5-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Micheal Wang had a bet of 4,200 out in front of him from the small blind. Action was back on him after Kelly Minkin had gone all in for 11,400 from the cutoff.
Wang was deep in the tank.

"What do your cards say, Mikey?" Minkin toyed.

There was a light energy on both sides of the table as the two faced yet another chapter in their battle at the felt. Another player at the table noted it, saying to Minkin that she loved to press Wang's buttons as she awaited his decision. Eventually, Wang folded.

"Wow, Mikey!" said Minkin as she waited for the pot. She showed {a-Hearts}.

"Table change!" said Wang as the clock wound down and the first break of the day begain.

Player Chips Progress
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Kelly Minkin
25,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
15,700
11,000
11,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Minkin Runs Into a Set

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

With the full {9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{a-Spades} board already on the felt, Steven Woody announced a bet of 12,000, but began placing all of his 17,500 stack into the pot after doing so, which was more than the 12,000 he had declared. Kelly Minkin, his opponent in the hand, confirmed that the amount bet was 12,000, then grabbed twelve yellow chips from her stack and called.

Woody turned over {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for bottom set, causing Minkin to raise a brow in surprise before slowly pushing her hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Steven Woody
40,000
Profile photo of Kelly Minkin us
Kelly Minkin
15,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Kelly MinkinSteven Woody

Sample Gets Paid with the Nuts

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

There was 5,600 in the pot on a board of {5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{j-Spades} and Darryl Sample checked in the small blind. His opponent was in middle position and bet 2,000. Sample went all in for 12,700.

His opponent thought for some time before asking if he had hit a flush. After asking, he threw in chips to call.

Sample tabled his hand to confirm a flush, showing {a-Spades}{10-Spades}. His opponent showed {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades} for a turned straight and paid off the remaining chips he owed as Sample sat awaiting payment for his double.

Player Chips Progress
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Darryl Sample
31,000