Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Dearly Departed
While strolling past Greg Raymer's table we saw nothing in front of him but felt and a fossil. It seems that the third time entering this tournament was not the charm for this world champion of poker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
65,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
33,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
32,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
16,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
|
15,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
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|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
12,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
9,000
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
5,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
More Recent Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Day 1c
Salaburu The First To Hit Six Figures
2012 October Niner Robert Salaburu is the first player to pass the century mark on Day 1c, currently sitting on a stack of about 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Not Nguyen-ing
Scotty Nguyen opened to 1,600 from under the gun and it folded all of the way around the table to the small blind. He tossed in a call and the big blind got out of the way. The flop came down 
and both players checked.
The 
turned and once again both players opted to checked their options. The 
completed the board and they both checked once again. Nguyen's opponent turned up 
for two pair and Nguyen mucked his hand. We haven't really seen much action out of the 1998 WSOP champion today and his stack is currently sitting at around 10,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
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Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Wasicka Eliminated
We caight up with the action after a flop of 
with about 4,500 in the pot and Paul Wasicka had already committed 2,200 post flop. He was now faced with a decision for his remaining 8,000-ish after his opponent put him to the test with a stack-covering raise.
After about 25 seconds, Wasicka called all in with 
and trailed his opponent's 
. The 
hit the turn to give Wasicka the lead, but the 
landed on the river to give Wasicka's opponent a flush to score the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Salaburu Scores a KO
A short stack player opened the action by moving all in for 3,875 from under the gun plus one. Robert Salaburu three-bet to 9,500 and the rest of the table rapidly shot their hands into the muck.
Salaburu: 
Opponent: 
Salaburu's opponent picked up a flush draw on the flop of 
but did not get there on the 
turn and 
river. Salaburu is now sitting around 118,000 and further solidifying his position as the biggest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
118,000
8,000
|
8,000 |