2012 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Hall Doubles; McMullin Crippled

Joseph Hall moved all in for his last 383,000 from the button and was called by Bryan McMullin from the big blind.

Hall: {J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
McMullin: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

McMullin retained the lead on the {4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop but suddenly fell behind when the {J-Spades} peeled off on fourth street. The {7-Hearts} completed the board and Hall's pair of jacks was good enough for a double up. McMullin, on the other hand, is now sitting on a stack of a mere 87,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall
810,000
380,000
380,000
Bryan McMullin
Bryan McMullin
87,000
-423,000
-423,000

Tags: Bryan McmullinJoseph Hall

Sands Trending Downward

David "Doc" Sands opened for 48,000 from under the gun plus one and Richard Tygum called from the button. The blinds released their hands and the two were heads up to the flop of {5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

Sands continued out with a bet of 53,000 only to find Tygum raise him the rest of his stack. Tygum's all in was for 424,000.

"Show me if I fold?" inquired Sands.

"Sure, I'll show you if you don't fold too!" quipped Tygum in reply.

Eventually Sands mucked his hand and Tygum showed {8-Spades}{7-Spades} for top pair. Tygum is now sitting on a stack of 640,000 while Sands has fallen to 790,000.

Player Chips Progress
David Sands us
David Sands
790,000
-230,000
-230,000
Richard Tygum
Richard Tygum
640,000
120,000
120,000

Tags: David SandsRichard Tygum

Tim Cable Eliminated in 24th Place ($16,728)

Matt Newcombe opened to 50,000 from the hijack and the button got rid of his hand. Andy Robinson three-bet to 135,000 from the small blind and right next door Tim Cable four-bet shipped all in for about 620,000 total.

Newcombe quickly got out of the way and Robinson snapped him off with {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}. Cable was behind with his {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and in search of a queen.

Unfortunately for Cable, the board fell {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and he was eliminated in 24th place.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Robinson us
Andy Robinson
2,400,000
885,000
885,000
Tim Cable
Tim Cable
Busted

Tags: Tim CableAndy Robinson

Joseph Hall Eliminated in 23rd Place ($16,728)

Joseph Hall popped it up to 50,000 from the hijack only to have David "Doc" Sands three-bet to 114,000 from the small blind.

Action folded back to Hall and he four-bet all in. Sands called all in for his last 590,000 and showed the table {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} which was crushing Hall's {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}.

The dealer presented the two with a board of {5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Sands was able to scoop up his timely double up while Hall was left with a mere 6,000. He would bust the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
David Sands us
David Sands
1,250,000
460,000
460,000
Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall
Busted

Tags: David SandsJoseph Hall

Roger Hammack Eliminated in 22nd Place ($16,728)

Action folded to Roger Hammack's small blind and he decided to move all in for about 245,000. Bryan McMullin peered at his cards from the small blind and called.

Hammack: {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
McMullin: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

The board was of no help to Hammack and McMullin's ace-queen high was enough to secure the knockout. Hammack will take home $16,728 for his efforts this week.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan McMullin
Bryan McMullin
595,000
508,000
508,000
Roger Hammack
Roger Hammack
Busted

Tags: Roger HammackBryan McMullin

Tucker Doubles Through Sands

Action folded around to Danny Chamberlain who moved out a raise to 48,000 from the cutoff. The button got out of the way and David "Doc" Sands three-bet to an unknown amount from the small blind. Brad Tucker four-bet all in for his last 318,000 from the big blind and Chamberlain decided to sit this one out.

Sands called and showed {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} but was crushed by Tucker's {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. The board came down {6-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Tucker was able to score a huge double up with his pocket jacks. He's currently sporting 712,000 in chips while Sands has fallen to 830,000.

Player Chips Progress
David Sands us
David Sands
830,000
-420,000
-420,000
Brad Tucker us
Brad Tucker
712,000
314,000
314,000

Tags: David SandsBrad Tucker

Level: 26

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Austin Held Eliminated in 21st Place ($18,122)

We missed the exact action of the hand but Aaron Massey was kind enough to fill in the blanks for us.

Massey raised to 51,000 from the button and Austin Held moved all in for about 300,000 from his big blind. Massey called with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and was against Held's {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

The flop came down {7-}{6-}{4-} with two diamonds, keeping Held's kings in the lead. The {9-Diamonds} and {2-Diamonds} came on the next two streets, however, and Massey was able to make the ace-high flush to Held's king-high flush.

Massey is now sitting on 2,600,000 in chips and is our new chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
2,600,000
400,000
400,000
Austin Held
Austin Held
Busted

Tags: Austin HeldAaron Massey

David "Doc" Sands Eliminated in 20th Place ($18,122)

David Sands opened the action to 60,000 from the hijack and received calls from Peter Zhmutski in the small blind and Richard Tygum in the big blind.

The flop fell down {8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Zhmutski led out for 100,000. Tygum and Sands both called to see fourth street. The dealer tapped the table and flipped up the {9-Spades}. Zhmutski checked and Tygum fired 240,000 into the center. After about thirty seconds Sands moved all in and Zhmutski quickly moved all in over the top of him.

Tygum tanked for a while before finally folding his hand. Sands showed {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for a straight but was dejected to find that Zhmutski held {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} for the nut straight.

The {A-Hearts} rivered to unnecessarily give Zhmutski Broadway and he was able to send Sands home in 19th place.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Zhmutski us
Peter Zhmutski
2,100,000
1,270,000
1,270,000
David Sands us
David Sands
Busted

Tags: David SandsPeter Zhmutski