Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
2012 WinStar River Poker Series
Not necessarily in the exact order, but you can find that here.
Each earned $5,381.
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Ernie Almario got his last 100,000-ish into the pot with 
against Matthew Colvin's 
.
All was safe for Almario until a third
hit the river to eliminated him in 37th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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610,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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Busted |
Action folded to David Sands in the small blind and he raised to 32,000. A call from Joseph Hall in the big blind landed a 

flop.
Sands checked it to Hall who bet 36,000. A call from Sands led to similar action on the
turn when he check-called 71,000 from Hall. The
hit the river and Sands checked to Hall for a third time. Hall put together a bet of about 210,000 and Sands quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,400,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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770,000
230,000
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230,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,650,000
290,000
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290,000 |
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1,600,000
810,000
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810,000 |
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750,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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690,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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360,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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300,000
170,000
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170,000 |
Joseph Hall opened to 25,000 under the gun and from the next seat over Cristobal Romano went all in for about about 100,000. Action folded back to Hall who called instantly with 
.
Romano held 
, but failed to find enough help from the 



board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,210,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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Busted |
With the flop reading 

, Ben White checked from the big blind to Clint Tolbert who checked behind on the button.
The turn was the
and White took this opportunity to bet 29,000. Tolbert decided to raise, however, and made it 79,000 to go. White called and the
struck the turn.
White checked and Tolbert moved 128,000 into the middle. White tanked for about two minutes before finally getting rid of his hand. With this win, Tolbert is now sitting at roughly 410,000 while White has fallen to 230,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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410,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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230,000
260,000
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260,000 |
Not necessarily in the exact order, but you can find that here.
Each earned $4,823.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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860,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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850,000
560,000
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560,000 |
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810,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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790,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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760,000
220,000
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220,000 |
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720,000
240,000
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240,000 |
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710,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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480,000
265,000
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265,000 |
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470,000 | |
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340,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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270,000
160,000
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160,000 |
Action folded to David "Doc" Sands on the button who raised to 20,000. Joseph Hall three-bet the action from the small blind to 49,000 and after a series of additional raises, Sands was all in and at risk holding 
against Hall's 
.
Sands was in need of help and found exactly that on the 

flop. The
turned and the
rivered and Sands was able to score a double up that boosted him to around 1,000,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,020,000
520,000
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520,000 |
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1,000,000
440,000
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440,000 |