Level: 30
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$2,788,000
Entries
1,396
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1,396
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Matt Newcombe opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Cord Garcia announced that he was all in from the button for 875,000 total. Newcombe called.
Newcombe: 
Garcia: 
The board came down 
and Newcombe's ace-jack high was able to send Garcia packing. Garcia will collect $83,640 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Jay Merchant has been riding the short stack through what seems to be this entire tournament and he was able to score yet another double up here at the final table.
Aaron Massey made it 160,000 from the button and was called by Matt Newcombe from the small blind and Jay Merchant from the big.
The flop was 
and Newcombe checked. Merchant moved 220,000 to the middle and Massey threw his cards away. Newcombe announced all in and Merchant called for his tournament life:
Newcombe: 
Merchant: 
Merchant was ahead and needed to dodge a heart. He did exactly that on the 
turn and 
river. He's now sporting a stack of about 2,100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
2,100,000
1,220,000
|
1,220,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
4,400,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
4,100,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
3,600,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
1,600,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
||
Matt Newcombe raised to 200,000 from the hijack and Patricia Cardner called from the button. The flop fell 
and Newcombe checked. Cardner fired 150,000 only to have Newcombe make it 335,000 to go. Cardner called.
The turn was the 
and they both checked. They both did so again on the river and Cardner showed 
. Newcombe mucked and Cardner took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,950,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
||
Aaron Massey opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and Patricia Cardner called from the big blind.
The flop was 
and Cardner check-called a bet of 235,000 from Massey. The turn was the 
and Cardner once again check-called although the amount was slightly smaller--210,000.
They both checked the river and Massey showed 
for a pair of eights.
The very next hand Massey opened to 160,000 from the hijack. Cardner three-bet to 340,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Massey. Massey quickly moved all in and Cardner folded her cards. She is now down to about 1,300,000 while Massey has soared to 5,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,000,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
||
Level 30
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The final 6 players are now on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,720,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
4,475,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
|
3,790,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
3,775,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
2,915,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
1,260,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 31
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Peter Zhmutski opened to 200,000 and was called by Aaron Massey from the button. The blinds folded and the paired flop of 
was shown. Zhmutski continued for 300,000 and Massey quickly moved out calling chips.
The turn was the and Zhmutski reduced this size of his bet by moving 200,000 into the middle. Massey called once again. The 
came on the river and Zhmutski bet 400,000. Massey took about twenty seconds before announcing a call.
"I have king-high," said Zhmutski.
"Show that shit!" replied Massey.
Zhmutski flipped over 
and Massey slapped 
on the table.
"He tried to bluff me," Massey announced, "But I got him!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,575,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
2,690,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
