$1,500 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series

08-31-2019 19:41 UTC-5

More Chip Counts

Brandon Temple

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Dalka	165,000 59,500	59,500
Eric Kelly	113,000 15,500	15,500
Zelong Dong	95,000 55,000	55,000
Scott Squyres	80,200 15,200	15,200
Ting Ho	51,000 5,400	5,400
Jason Haggard	49,000 17,800	17,800
Michael Wang	Busted

Kelly Minkin	Busted
Stacey Jones	Busted
Morty Davis	Busted

08-31-2019 19:32 UTC-5

Keeline's Threes Can't Hang On

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Brandon Temple

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Stephen Brown raised to 3,500 on the button, and Ben Keeline three-bet shoved for 21,500 in the small blind. Brown quickly called.

Ben Keeline:
Stephen Brown:

Brown paired up on the flop, and Keeline failed to find a three on the turn or river to bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Brown	85,000 14,000	14,000
Ben Keeline	Busted

Tags: Ben Keeline Stephen Brown

08-31-2019 19:29 UTC-5

Defending Champ Pengelly Amassing a Stack

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Brandon Temple

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Will Pengelly posing with the 2018 champion's bracelet

Last year's 2018 WinStar Labor Day Poker Series $2,500 Main Event champ William Pengelly was recently spotted building a stack of six figures up, hoping to replicate his success from last year.

In last year's event, Pengelly topped a field of 807 entries and earned a $249,310 payday after a five-way chop, and the now twenty-one year old already has a cash in this year's series, finishing in 30th in Event #1: $500 No Limit Hold'em for $1,801. Can he make it back-to-back and go the distance here again in this year's $1,500 Main Event? We'll be keeping an eye out for him as we cross the halfway point in today's Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Pengelly	105,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: William Pengelly

08-31-2019 19:20 UTC-5

Updated Chip Counts

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Brandon Temple

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Greenblatt	110,500 5,500	5,500
Jeffrey Banghart	96,000 34,000	34,000
Rex Smith	78,000 28,600	28,600
Nathan Gamble	47,000 2,600	2,600

Eluterio Rodriguez	42,500 19,300	19,300
Will Berry	32,500 16,100	16,100
Kenneth Hudson	Busted
Ira Lampley	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

08-31-2019 18:30 UTC-5

Dinner Time

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Level 9 has come to a conclusion and the tournament is now on a 45-minute dinner break with the clock displaying 408 entries and 162 players remaining. Play will resume at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time.

08-31-2019 18:28 UTC-5

Gamble Nears Two Starting Stacks Before Dinner

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player in early position opened to 2,700 and saw Nathan Gamble three-bet to 9,100 from middle position. Action folded back to the early-position player and he assessed Gamble's stack before letting his cards to.

With the pot, Gamble finds himself just shy of 50,000 with less than 100 seconds remaining in Level 9.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Gamble	49,600 24,600	24,600

Tags: Nathan Gamble

08-31-2019 18:20 UTC-5

Brian Lee Wins Event #5: $300 No-Limit Hold’em

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Brandon Temple

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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 #5: $300 No-Limit Hold’em, a tournament that drew 160 runners.

The top 16 players made the money and among those to cash but fall short of making the final table were Alem Girma (12th - $864), Hanh Duong-Williams (13th - $864), Robert Greathouse (14th - $648), Charles Murray (15th - $648), and Mark Estes (16th - $648).

A deal was worked at the final table that ultimately saw Brian Lee named champ to the tune of $6,875.

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Brian Lee	$6,875
2	Jeremy Barrett	$5,843
3	Stacey Jones	$5,836
4	Khanthaly Vixaythong	$4,985
5	Bhargav Hiremagalor	$4,653
6	Mitch Merritt	$4,208
7	Derek Piercey	$2,160
8	Sid Naeimi	$1,728
9	Kami Hudson	$1,296
10	Bobby Payne	$1,080

Tags: Bobby Payne Brian Lee Charles Murray Derek Piercey Kami Hudson Khanthaly Vixaythong Mark Estes Mitch Merritt

08-31-2019 18:20 UTC-5

Bracken Backs Into the Nuts

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A player raised to 2,800 in early position and action folded around to Andrea Bracken, who was on the button and called. The flop came and both players checked.

Bracken saw her opponent check again on the turn and she bet 3,300. Her opponent called. The river fell and Bracken was checked to once more. She fired out another 5,000 and her opponent quickly called.

Bracke tabled , showing the table that she had hit the nuts on the river. Her opponent mucked and the dealer sent her the pot, bringing her stack north of six figures as the tournament closes in on the upcoming 45-minute dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Bracken	104,300

Tags: Andrea Bracken

08-31-2019 18:17 UTC-5

Wang Back At It

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Michael Wang has recently been seen in a new seat in the tournament, having wasted no time re-entering to get back in on the action while registration remains open.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Michael Wang