2012 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$651,559
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$2,788,000
Entries
1,396
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Sands Slips

With the flop reading {5-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{Q-Spades}, David "Doc" Sands bet out 3,400 and received a call from his opponent.

Fourth street was the {6-Diamonds} and Sands checked. His opponent fired 7,800 and Sands mucked his cards, awarding his opponent the pot. Sands is currently sitting on about 46,000.

Player Chips Progress
David Sands us
David Sands
46,000 -13,000

Tags: David Sands

Wright Eliminated

A series of unfortunate events have ended Larry Wright's Day 1a. He stopped by our desk to tell us about them.

First, his flopped set of sevens fell to an opponent's rivered gutshot straight, and that followed by losing a race with {A-}{K-}. He was all in against two opponents who both held {Q-}{Q-}, but no help came for Wright.

Player Chips Progress
Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Larry Wright

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Mike Reese
Mike Reese
149,000 3,000
Daniel Saad us
Daniel Saad
126,000 1,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
115,000 -10,000
Hien Le
Hien Le
108,000 -7,000
Andrew Nguyen us
Andrew Nguyen
94,000 -14,000
Selim Mahtab
Selim Mahtab
91,000 4,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
78,000 14,000
David Sands us
David Sands
59,000 -23,000
Kunal Patel us
Kunal Patel
55,000 -17,000
Colt Sanders
Colt Sanders
49,000 -38,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
WPT 1X Winner
40,000
Jence Kelling us
Jence Kelling
31,000 -10,000
Seneca Easley us
Seneca Easley
25,000 -9,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 7,000
Robert Salaburu us
Robert Salaburu
Busted

Nguyen Not Winning the Flips

After a player in middle position shoved for 14,900, Huy Nguyen re-raised all in over the top from the next seat and isolated the pot.

Nguyen held a slight lead with {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} against his opponent's {A-Spades}{K-Spades}, but watched the pot go the other way when the board rolled out {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}.

That knocked Nguyen down to about 7,000 and he busted shortly thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Huy Nguyen

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Le Runs Into Broadway

The player under the gun opened the action with a limp and it folded around to Hien Le who made it 5,000 to go. Action folded back to the player under the gun and he called.

The flop was {7-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{A-Clubs} and both players checked. The {J-Diamonds} fell on the turn and it was checked to Le. Le fired 7,000 and his opponent called. The {10-Spades} fell on the river and Le's opponent moved 12,000 into the center. Le reluctantly called and his opponent showed {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} for rivered Broadway. Le mucked his hand and the pot was pushed to his opponent.

After this hand Le is sitting on about 115,000.

Player Chips Progress
Hien Le
Hien Le
115,000 -15,000

Tags: Hien Le

Reese Getting Respect

After a player in early position limped in, Mike Reese bumped it to 3,500 from middle position. The player in the small blind called, as did the limper, and the flop came down {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

Action was checked to Reese who bet 11,000. The player in the small blind folded immediately and the preflop limper took a little more time to fold, but did so showing the {K-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Reese
Mike Reese
146,000 14,000

Tags: Mike Reese

Kelling's Stab Fails

The player under the gun opened to 3,000 and next to act was Jence Kelling. He called, as did the player in the big blind, leading to an {A-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop.

It was checked around, landing the {5-Hearts} on the turn. A check from the big blind led to a bet of 3,000 from the UTG player. Calls from both Kelling and the big blind delivered the {6-Hearts} river. It went check check to Kelling who bet 12,000, pushing the big blind out. The UTG player, though, called with {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}.

"You're good, king high," said Kelling.

Player Chips Progress
Jence Kelling us
Jence Kelling
41,000 -14,000

Tags: Jence Kelling

Nguyen Sends One Home

We caught up to find a short stacked player flip over his cards with his tournament life on the line. The short stack held {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} but was crushed by Andrew Nguyen's {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}.

The board fell {8-Hearts}{J-Spades}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}{A-Spades} and Nguyen's pocket kings were able to hold and he was able to reduce the field by one.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Nguyen us
Andrew Nguyen
108,000 18,000

Tags: Andrew Nguyen

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100