$1,500 Main Event Day 2 | 2019 WinStar Labor Day River Poker Series

09-02-2019 18:11 UTC-5

Eliminated in 37th-45th ($6,525)

Brandon Temple

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Gilliam	Busted
Suju Abraham	Busted
Alex Kim	Busted
Will Pengelly	Busted
Dimitar Milinski	Busted
Steven McCartney	Busted
Jeffrey Gilbralter	Busted
Damarjai Davenport	Busted
Abraham Araya	Busted

09-02-2019 18:02 UTC-5

Gilliam Ousted; Four Tables Remain

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Brandon Temple

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Brandon Gilliam was seen heading to the payout desk, falling in 37th place. With his elimination, just four tables are left in the 2019 WinStar Labor Day Poker Series $1,500 Main Event.

A full redraw will be done with 27 players remaining, as well as when the final table of nine is reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Gilliam	Busted

Tags: Brandon Gilliam

09-02-2019 17:55 UTC-5

"I'll Show You, Brother" - Rodriguez Makes Quads

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Hill Kerby

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Hesam Alagha opened to 48,000 from middle position and was called by both Eluterio Rodriguez in the cutoff and Jence Kelling, who was on the button. The flop came and Alagha made a continuation-bet of 70,000. Rodriguez put out a raise to 150,000, prompting a fold from Kelling. Alagha then called.

The turn was and Alagha checked. Rodriguez put out a bet of 275,000 and Alagha thought for a bit before ultimately calling. The river fell and Alagha checked once more.

"Got about 650 behind?" asked Rodriguez.

"That's about right," said Alagha.

Rodriguez cut out a bet of 325,000. Alagha thought for a while more and let his hand go.

"I'll show you, brother," Rodriguez offered. Alagha asked him what he said, almost unsure if he had heard correctly. Rodriguez tabled to show quads and had the massive pot sent his way, bringing him over 2 million and making him now the likely chip leader as the final four tables loom near.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eluterio Rodriguez	2,250,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Hesam Alagha	655,000 495,000	495,000

Jence Kelling	630,000 826,000	826,000

Tags: Eluterio Rodriguez Hesam Alagha Jence Kelling

09-02-2019 17:51 UTC-5

Vo Loses a Flip to Simpson

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Brandon Temple

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Quintis Simpson jammed for 366,000 from middle position, and Viet Vo made the call in the big blind.

Quintis Simpson:
Viet Vo:

Vo added a gutshot to his overcards on the flop, but he would improve no further on the turn and river to send the double to Simpson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viet Vo	1,100,000 700,000	700,000
Quintis Simpson	765,000 399,000	399,000

Tags: Quintis Simpson Viet Vo

09-02-2019 17:42 UTC-5

Vo Squeezes Some More Chips Into His Stack

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Hill Kerby

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Quan Donot Nguyen saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 44,000. Brandon Gilliam called from the small blind, putting action on Viet Vo in the big blind. He postured for a moment and threw out seven T25,000 chips, three-betting to a total of 175,000.

The dealer announced as much and Nguyen quickly folded. Gilliam followed suit after about three seconds, flashing his hand to Vo for a quick second before sending it to the dealer.

With the pot, Vo looks to have about 1.8 million in his stack and is likely the chip leader at the present moment. Katherine Offutt also happens to be giving chase, as she was seen at an adjacent table having chipped up to a stack of around 1.76 million

Player	Chips	Progress
Viet Vo	1,800,000 430,000	430,000
Katherine Offutt	1,760,000 915,000	915,000
Quan Donot Nguyen	690,000 360,000	360,000
Brandon Gilliam	679,000 121,000	121,000

Tags: Brandon Gilliam Katherine Offutt Quan Donot Nguyen Viet Vo

09-02-2019 17:39 UTC-5

Eliminated in 46th-54th ($5,644)

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Brandon Temple

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Lee	Busted
Scott Squyres	Busted
Clyde Hinton	Busted
Landen Lucas	Busted
Karen Robison	Busted
Greg Anthony	Busted
Will Berry	Busted
Walter Rodriguez	Busted
Edward Melissari	Busted

09-02-2019 17:31 UTC-5

Copp Cops Quads To Double

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Hill Kerby

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Keith Copp shoved all in for 210,000 from early position and was called by James Jewell, who was on the button.

Keith Copp:
James Jewell:

The coin flip situation the two found themselves in didn't stay that way for long as the flop came . It was only up from there for Copp, as the turn came to give him kings full. He improved even further when the river fell, giving him quads and earning him a much-enjoyed double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Copp	460,000 170,000	170,000
James Jewell	450,000 355,000	355,000

Tags: James Jewell Keith Copp

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

09-02-2019 17:29 UTC-5

Sixkiller Gets a Chop With Gilliam

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Brandon Temple

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Gary Sixkiller bet 75,000 from the small blind on a board, and Brandon Gilliam jammed to put Sixkiller at risk for his last 100,000. Sixkiller tanked for a few minutes before finally committing his remaining chips.

"Might be ahead, I dunno," Gilliam told Sixkiller before they revealed their hands.

Gary Sixkiller:
Brandon Gilliam:

Both players seemed relieved to see that the end result of the hand was a chop, and after the fell on the river, Sixkiller told Gilliam, "Dang, you scared the crap out of me!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Gilliam	800,000 365,000	365,000
Gary Sixkiller	225,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Brandon Gilliam Gary Sixkiller

09-02-2019 17:29 UTC-5

Alagha Eliminates Defending Champion Pengelly

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Hill Kerby

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Hesam Alagha opened to 38,000 from early position and saw action fold around to Will Pengelly, who three-bet to 90,000 from the small blind. Alaghathought for about a minute before Pengelly opened his mouth, telling Alaghathat he should either fold or shove; that calling was not an option. Alaghacalled.

The flop came and Pengelly shoved all in for what was counted to be 295,000 into a pot of 212,000. Alaghathought again for about 30 seconds and verbalized a call.

Will Pengelly:
Hesam Alagha:

Alaghahad found his pair of aces firmly ahead of Pengelly's king-jack, needing to fade Pengelly's four Broadway outs or some running combination of kings and/or jacks. The turn came to give Pengelly a few more outs, but the river fell and he found his hopes of repeating shattered just like that.

He made sure not to leave without remark, giving his best Phill Hellmuth as he left the table in frustration: "He called me with ace-two, honey!"