Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jim Carroll |
390,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
Lou Garza |
285,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
||
Will Berry |
107,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Brady Holiman |
94,500
-70,500
|
-70,500 |
|
||
Rainer Kempe |
85,300
-16,700
|
-16,700 |
Tyler Patterson |
81,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
Matt Bond |
38,500
-22,600
|
-22,600 |
Greg Jennings |
15,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
2018 WinStar River Poker Series
A massive pot of 140,000 was built up between three players after a flop. A player on the button was already all in and small blind Salvador Cervantes and big blind Kelly Minkin were left contesting the pot. On the turn, Cervantes jammed for 84,000. Minkin got a count, tanked a little over a minute, and called.
Kelly Minkin:
Salvador Cervantes:
Third player:
Minkin was in command with so many pairing cards dead, and she mainly needed to fade a diamond. She did so, but the on the river gave Cervantes jacks full for the whole pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Salvador Cervantes |
322,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Kelly Minkin |
130,000
-148,800
|
-148,800 |
The action folded to Marvin Rettenmaier in the hijack who shipped all in for his last 19,200. The small blind went into the tank for nearly two minutes before finally making the call. Rettenmaier flipped over while his opponent showed .
Rettenmaier held two live cards and smashed the flop of . The on the turn meant his opponent was drawing dead to the on the river. Rettenmaier doubled up to keep his tournament hopes alive but still has plenty of work to do.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marvin Rettenmaier |
43,500
43,500
|
43,500 |
|
The remaining 107 players are taking another 15-minute break in the action. Play will conclude once 52 players have been reached.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lou Garza |
296,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Dean Baranowski |
241,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Kelly Minkin |
155,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Mike Wang |
143,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Brian Green |
131,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Jay Lee | 103,000 | |
|
||
Orlando Romero |
100,700
10,700
|
10,700 |
Chengce Jiang |
80,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Tyler Patterson |
79,800
-1,200
|
-1,200 |
|
||
Allen Kessler |
40,100
19,600
|
19,600 |
Ben Mintz | 20,800 |
There was just shy of 25,000 in the middle preflop and the dealer fanned the flop of . Men Nguyen was facing a bet of 20,300 and he shoved all in for around 70,500. His opponent went into the tank for a couple of minutes before calling it off.
Nguyen turned over for top two pair while his opponent held . The turn was the which gave Nguyen's opponent a bigger two pair but the river was the . Both players played the straight on board and took their money back.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Men Nguyen |
82,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Elpayaa |
458,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
||
Jim Carroll |
455,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Andy Philachack |
265,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Adam Mirliss |
152,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Chris Tryba |
128,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
David Pham |
113,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Men Nguyen |
90,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Abraham Araya |
83,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Rainer Kempe |
75,000
-10,300
|
-10,300 |
Chris Staats |
65,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Will Berry |
45,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
Brady Holiman got his last 28,000 in preflop with and was risk against a player holding . The flop brought a five, but also a queen, and Holiman found no further improvement.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brady Holiman | Busted | |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Banghart |
151,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Patrick Eskandar |
101,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Ben Keeline |
71,100
22,900
|
22,900 |
Jason Gooch |
70,000
39,300
|
39,300 |
DJ Alexander
|
58,000
14,100
|
14,100 |
Marvin Rettenmaier |
41,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
||
Anthony Spinella |
23,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|