2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$347,134
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
926
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Mike Dentale Eliminated in 10th Place ($32,669)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Mike Dentale
Mike Dentale

Lang Nguyen opened for 200,000 in the hijack and called the shove of Mike Dentale, who had about 600,000 in the big blind.

Nguyen: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Dentale: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Dentale flopped a king but stood up anyway because Nguyen hit a set on {j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. The turn was a {2-Hearts}, rendering the {k-Clubs} river meaningless.

Player Chips Progress
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Lang Nguyen
3,000,000
750,000
750,000
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Mike Dentale
Busted

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Final Table Draw and Counts

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
SeatPlayerStack
1Lang Nguyen2,250,000
2Chris Hooper3,100,000
3Lawrence Porath1,270,000
4Maxx Coleman1,200,000
5Mike Dentale600,000
6Johanssy Joseph1,250,000
7Dwight Sellars1,100,000
8Gnana Duddukuru1,150,000
9Chengce Jiang8,700,000
10Ben Zamani2,600,000

Mike Rieck Eliminated in 11th Place ($32,669)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Mike Rieck
Mike Rieck

Mike Rieck went all in for his last 230,000 and Lawrence Porath and Maxx Coleman both called.

Porath shoved the {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop after Coleman checked and Coleman folded. Rieck had a diamond draw with {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, but couldn't get there to beat the {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts} of Porath, in fact, Porath improved to make the flush and eliminate Rieck.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and the river was the {q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Lawrence Porath
1,100,000
-100,000
-100,000
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Mike Rieck
Busted

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Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Nguyen Ships on Coleman

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Lang Nguyen raised to 135,000 in the cutoff and called a three-bet from Maxx Coleman, who made it 350,000 to go. When the dealer spread a {10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{j-Clubs} flop, Nguyen quickly shoved all in. Coleman was just as quick to muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Lang Nguyen
2,340,000
640,000
640,000
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Maxx Coleman
1,500,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Dwight Sellars Takes From the Big Stack

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Dwight Sellars was in the big blind facing an under the gun open from the massive chip leader, Chengce Jiang. Jiang made it 140,000 and Sellars shoved all in for a little more than 800,000. He had {a-}{k-} against the {a-}{10-} of Jiang.

Sellars won the hand after both players flopped an ace and Jiang missed an open-ended straight draw heading to the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Chengce Jiang
8,000,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
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Dwight Sellars
1,700,000
710,000
710,000

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Zamani Over Nguyen

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Ben Zamani opened under the gun for 150,000 and got two callers. Everyone checked the {5-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop and Zamani bet 225,000 on the {3-Clubs} turn. Only Lang Nguyen, in the cutoff, called. Both checked the {a-Clubs} river and Zamani opened {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to take it down.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Zamani
2,450,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
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Lang Nguyen
1,700,000
-153,000
-153,000

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Anthony Spinella Eliminated In 12th Place ($32,669)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Anthony Spinella From his Day 1 flight
Anthony Spinella From his Day 1 flight

Anthony Spinella just busted in 12th place to the chip leader Chengce Jiang.

Spinella started the pot with over two million chips and on the turn he bet 325,000 when Jiang checked to him.

The board read {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Jiang check-raised all in, putting the 1,500,000 Spinella had behind at risk. Spinella tanked for a little and finally called showing {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} for top pair with a flush draw.

Jiang had two pair with a diamond flush draw holding, {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.

The river was the {q-Clubs} and Jiang added to his already monstrous stack.

Spinella will take home $32,669 for his 12th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Chengce Jiang
9,000,000
2,325,000
2,325,000
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Anthony Spinella
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Spinella Finds a Fold

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Anthony Spinella opened to 125,000 and got called by both blinds. He continued for 100,000 on the {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop, with only small blind Mike Dentale calling. Dentale then shoved all in for 400,000 on the {4-Clubs} turn. Spinella went into the tank for a couple of minutes asking a bunch of questions that Dentale didn't answer and we couldn't hear.

"Worried about flush draws, Mike?" he said. "Protecting your hand?"

After another 30 seconds or so, he folded.

"You said so many things, and you finally hit the nail on the head," Dentale said. "I can't tell you what, but you did say one thing right."

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Spinella
2,250,000
-310,000
-310,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Mike Dentale
1,000,000
525,000
525,000

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