2012 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Dinner Break

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Tournament staff is coloring up and racing off the green t25 chips and players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Total Field Size

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Day 1c drew 577 players and along with the 401 from Day 1a and 418 from Day 1b, the total field is set at 1,396 players.

We don't have the prize pool information just yet, but we do know that 141 places will be paid. The 41 players who survived Day 1a, along with the 42 from Day 1b, will be joined by the 58 players who survive Day 1c.

Moneymaker Here to Play

Chris Moneymaker and two other players were looking down at a board of {4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. Moneymaker and the player to his left checked and the third player fired a bet of 2,500. Moneymaker called and the remaining player folded his hand.

The two were heads up to the {7-Hearts} turn and Moneymaker took control of the hand by moving 5,000 into the center. His opponent called and the river paired the board with the {6-Hearts}.

Moneymaker tossed out 11,000 and his opponent let out a sigh and and flung in a call.

"Trips," said Moneymaker, showing {8-Spades}{6-Spades}. His opponent was visibly frustrated and slapped his cards into the muck. Moneymaker, however, scooped the pot and padded his stack to about 75,000.

Moneymaker had a disappointing finish in Day 1b and has truly showed up to play today.

Our own Sarah Grant caught up with Chris earlier in the day so be sure to check out that interview here:

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
75,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Robert Salaburu us
Robert Salaburu
85,000
-33,000
-33,000
Brett Schwertley
Brett Schwertley
81,000
39,000
39,000
Kurt Jewell us
Kurt Jewell
64,000
28,000
28,000
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
54,000
-6,000
-6,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
StakeKings
TJ Cloutier us
TJ Cloutier
53,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Bobby Daryanani
Bobby Daryanani
50,000
-13,000
-13,000
Mario Silvestri us
Mario Silvestri
49,000
Corey Burbick us
Corey Burbick
43,000
27,000
27,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
42,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Hoeppner us
James Hoeppner
41,000
29,000
29,000
Grant Hinkle us
Grant Hinkle
40,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
38,000
29,000
29,000
Andrew Nguyen us
Andrew Nguyen
34,000
-9,000
-9,000
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
28,000
23,000
23,000
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
24,000
11,000
11,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
17,000
-22,000
-22,000
Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
15,000
-18,000
-18,000
John Dolan us
John Dolan
14,000
-11,000
-11,000
Kido Pham
Kido Pham
9,000
-12,000
-12,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Salaburu Takes Big Hit

We found Robert Salaburu and his opponent looking at a board that read {4-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. Salaburu moved 8,000 into the center of the table and after some pondering, his opponent announced that he was all in for 38,600 total.

Salaburu shrugged and called, tabling {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} in the process. Unfortunately for Salaburu, his opponent showed {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a set of eights and the best hand.

Losing this hand caused Salaburu to lose a substantial chunk of change and the man who was our first player over 100,000 today now is sitting on about 46,000.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Salaburu us
Robert Salaburu
46,000
-39,000
-39,000

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Hearts Good For Nguyen

Andrew Nguyen opened to 2,200 from early position and it folded all of the way around to the big blind who decided to call.

A monotone flop of {Q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{J-Hearts} was spread in front of the two and they both checked their option. The {2-Clubs} turn prompted no action as the two players checked once again. The fourth and biggest heart fell on the turn- the {A-Hearts}- and this time Nguyen's opponent bet 1,800. Nguyen tossed out a call and showed {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for a flush. His opponent mucked and Nguyen took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Nguyen us
Andrew Nguyen
68,000
5,000
5,000

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