Defending Champion Ousted
That's strike two for defending champion Bronson Tucker in his bid to repeat. We have a feeling he'll give it a final go on Day 1c.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Becker Jumps Into Chip Lead
We caught up to find David Becker calling a bet of 20,000 chips from a lone opponent on a flop of 
.
The turn brought the 
and Becker's opponent moved his entire stack in. Becker nonchalantly tabled 
for the nut flush and his opponent shook his head, showed the 
and mucked his hand. Becker was able to scoop up this massive pot and build his stack to roughly 285,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Set Over Set Works in Snowden's Favor
With the board reading 
, a series of raises between Dan Snowden and an opponent led to a healthy pot of about 150,000 before the river fell.
Snowden check-called his opponent's all in bet (which was roughly 15,000) and tabled 
. His opponent shook his head as he flashed 
for an inferior set before making his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Wright Or Wrong
Larry Wright has recently been eliminated. He was seen walking away from the tournament area and the only audible phrase we could hear him muttering was "Unbelievable..."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Lawrence Pushes On River
With the board reading 
, Matt Lawrence was facing a bet of 8,500 from his opponent. After about forty-five seconds of thinking, Lawrence opted to raise his opponent, making it 24,000 to go.
Lawrence's opponent quickly got rid of his cards and the pot was pushed toward Lawrence who is now sitting on about 75,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Hwang Powers Through Henson
With well over 20,000 already in the pot and the board reading 
, Andy Hwang checked over to Ray Henson who bet 8,800. Hwang called and the peeled off on fourth street.
Hwang checked for a second time and Henson counted out 15,300 and pushed the stack into the middle. Hwang moved a large stack of orange t5,000 chips into the middle and this was a bet that was enough to put Henson all in. Henson quickly let go of his hand and Hwang was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
39,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
Vaillancourt Above 200k
With a call from the player in the hijack before him, Noah Vaillancourt raised to 7,100 on the button. The player in the small blind three-bet jammed for 30,900, the hijack folded, and Vaillancourt called with 
, not far behind his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
as Vaillancourt spiked two pair on the river to score the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Ho Doubles Through Lawrence
Maria Ho went all in from under the gun for 28,600 and Matt Lawrence looked her up from middle position with 
. Ho tabled and secured the double up when the board rolled out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
64,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
|
||
Break
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Players are now on a 15-minute break. Tournament staff is coloring up and racing off the black t100 chips.