2014 WinStar River Poker Series
Kyle Arora has had quite the day thus far. Starting with a short stack of only 77,000 chips he has won pot after pot and currently sits with the chip lead at 1,600,000 in chips.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
A short-stacked Scott Clements was all in for his last 136,000 and Adam Foster re-raised to isolate and the two would see a flop heads up with Foster's ![]()
having Clements's ![]()
dominated. The board would run out ![]()
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and Foster's ace kicker would give him the pot. The tournament is now down to 69 players.
We found a short-stacked Gerome Pruitt all in and at risk before the flop with ![]()
against Abdul Almagableh's ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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, keeping Pruitt's ace-high out in front. The
on the turn, however, spelled disaster for Pruitt as it paired Almagableh's jack and gave him the lead. The
completed the board, ensuring that Almagableh would score the knockout.
Brandon Steven and Noah Vaillancourt saw a flop of ![]()
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in a raised pot. Steven checked the flop and Vaillancourt fired out a bet of 25,000. Steven came over the top with a check-raise to 70,000 and Vaillancourt stayed the course.
Fourth street was the
and Steven slowed with a check. Vaillancourt knuckled the table in reply, allowing the
to finish the board. Steven bet 122,000, sending Vaillancourt deep into the tank.
Roughly three minutes passed while Vaillancourt pondered his action.
"Sorry guys," he said to the table after a bit. All of the while, Steven quietly enjoyed a massage at the table.
Ultimately, Vaillancourt let it go and Steven pulled the pot. Steven now has about 665,000 to Vaillancourt's 220,000.
