Joe Kuether opened with a raise to 8,000 from early position only to have Cristobal Romano move all in for 58,000 from the button. The small blind folded and Greg Post moved his stack all in as well from the big blind. Kuether folded and Post was at risk as his stack was shorter than Romano's.
Post:
Romano:
Romano struck gold on the flop and Post was looking for a ten to make Broadway and stay alive. Fourth street was the and unfortunately for Post the peeled off on the river giving Romano quad kings and the best hand.
Ernie Almario limped from early position and it folded around to James Anderson who raised to 15,000 from the button. Cord Garcia moved a large stack of orange t5,000 chips out from the small blind, three-betting to about 105,000.
Almario replied by four-betting all in for 196,000 and Anderson quickly threw his cards away. Garcia shrugged and announced a call and the hands were turned over
Almario:
Garcia:
Almario essentially clinched the hand when he flopped a set on the flop. The turned and the rivered, also giving Garcia a set but unfortunately it was too little too late. This was about a 200,000 chip swing that puts Almario around 400,000.
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Day 2 of the 2012 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event. Our three Day 1's with re-entries drew a total of 1,396 players. Only 141 remain going into Day 2, each of whom are in the money. Leading the way with 785,500 is Matt Newcombe. He is followed by Clint Baker (556,500) and Nathan Gamble (522,500).
A slew of notable players remain, too, and will no doubt be looking to weave their way to the final table. Kurt Jewell (431,000), AP Phahurat (282,500), 2012 Octo-Niner Robert Salaburu (256,000), David "Doc" Sands (239,500), Aaron Massey (192,500), Chris Moneymaker (178,000), and Maria Ho (88,000) are among those still in the field.
Play is scheduled to kick off at noon local time, about 35 minutes from now, and will resume until the final table of nine players is reached. Be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day as we bring you live updates on all of the action.