The remaining 78 players are currently taking a 15-minute break. Tournament staff is also coloring up and racing off the purple t500 chips.
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Level: 19
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
600,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
580,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
520,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
400,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
The prize pool information for this event has officially been released. With a total prize pool of $2,788,000 first place is guaranteed a payday of $651,559. For more information on the prize pool, see our handy-dandy Payouts tab above.
Final Table Payout Information
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $651,559 |
| 2 | $334,030 |
| 3 | $195,160 |
| 4 | $139,400 |
| 5 | $111,520 |
| 6 | $97,580 |
| 7 | $83,640 |
| 8 | $69,700 |
| 9 | $62,730 |
Aaron Massey remains at the top of the counts, sitting with about 815,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
815,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Aaron Massey is the first player to crack the seven-figure chip mark, sitting with just more than 1,000,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,002,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
With the $1,050 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty side event going on, the internet signal in the room isn't the best with so many people connected to the network. As a result, our updates may be a bit sporadic.
We caught up to find Noah Vaillancourt set Ricky Barker all in on a flop of 

. Barker called off his tournament life and Vaillancourt showed 
. Barker slammed his chips down on the table and flippe dup 
for a worse pocket pair.
The
turn and the
river were of no help to Barker and his tournament life came to an end. Vaillancourt, however, was able to boost his stack to about 655,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
655,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
570,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
490,000
149,500
|
149,500 |
|
|
475,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
290,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
290,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
270,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
|
265,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
260,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
245,000
311,500
|
311,500 |
|
|
90,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
|
80,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Matt Newcombe opened the action by limping in from the cutoff. Robert Salaburu popped it to 26,000 from the small blind, Newcombe called, and a 

flop fell.
Salaburu bet 24,000 and Newcombe called after a few moments to see the
turn. The 2012 Octo-Niner fired again, this time for 60,000. Newcombe again made a deliberate call and both players quickly checked the
river.
Salaburu commented to himself that he should have bet as he tabled 
for nothing. Newcombe took it down with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
175,000
110,000
|
110,000 |