Wright Out In Front
After busting another opponent, Larry Wright appears to be the big stack in the room with about 65,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
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2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$2,788,000
Entries
1,396
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Massey Sliding
Aaron Massey raised to 450 in early position and was called by the two following players to act in middle position. The player in the small blind called, too, and the four of them saw a 
flop.
Action was checked to Massey who bet 775, only receiving a call from one of the middle-position opponents. Both players checked the 
turn, landing the 
on the river. Massey checked to his opponent who bet 3,000.
After a few moments mulling it over, Massey gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Recent Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Wright Doubles; Among Chipleaders
We caught up to the action as it reached its peak, as Larry Wright was all in for his tournament life holding 
against an opponent's 
. The board read 
and Wright would need to dodge a king with one card to come in order to double up.
The river was the 
and Wright was able to secure a double up to about 36,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
|
||
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Checking On Table 15
We decided to check in on Table 15 where both Vanessa Selbst and AJ Jejelowo are seated. A hand transpired where an early position player made it 450 and Selbst flat called. It folded to Jejelowo on the button and he three-bet to 1,800.
The small blind folded and the big blind moved out a four-bet to 3,700. The original raiser went into the tank before folding his hand and Selbst quickly followed suit. Jejelowo decided folding would be the best option as well and the big blind took down the hand.
With this loss, Jejelowo is sitting on a short stack of 5,725. Selbst is still sitting on a sizable stack with about 22,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
5,725
-1,675
|
-1,675 |
More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
30,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
22,000
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
20,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
19,000 | |
|
18,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
15,000
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
14,000 | |
|
14,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
13,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
10,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
7,400
-7,100
|
-7,100 |
|
5,800
300
|
300 |
|
||
|
|
4,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
4,200 | |
|
4,200
-3,200
|
-3,200 |
Kings For Wright
You may remember Larry Wright from the 2012 World Series of Poker where he won his first bracelet in Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball. Wright had a fantastic showing at the WSOP and is looking to continue his tournament dominance today.
We found Wright in the big blind facing a raise to 400 from an early position raiser. Wright dipped into his chip stack and came out with a three-bet to 1,100. His opponent called and the flop came 
. Wright fired a continuation bet of 1,300 and his opponent thought for a moment before folding his hand.
"An ace always comes," Wright said. "It always comes."
Wright showed 
. Regardless of the ace on the flop, he was able to take down the pot and increase his stack to about 20,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
||
A Few Chip Counts From Around the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
32,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
||
|
31,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
31,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
26,000 | |
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
19,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
14,900
-100
|
-100 |
|
12,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
12,000 | |
|
||
|
11,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
7,200
-7,800
|
-7,800 |
|
1,300 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Lenaghan Doubles
We found a player open to an unknown amount only to have Ryan Lenaghan three-bet to 1,650 before the flop. It folded back to Lenaghan's opponent and she called.
The flop came down 
and it was checked to Lenaghan. Lenaghan continued out with a bet of 1,200 and his opponent moved in a large stack of yellow t1,000 chips, moving Lenaghan all in. Lenaghan quickly called and showed 
which was significantly ahead of his opponent's .
The fell on fourth and the 
on fifth, securing a double up for Lenaghan. He's currently sitting on a stack of about 11,300 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,300
3,300
|
3,300 |