2017 WinStar River Poker Series

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2017 WinStar River Poker Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$347,134
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Total Entries
926
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 926

Richards Leaves Merkow With Dust

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
John Richards
John Richards

On a flop of {8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, it looked like the blinds had checked and faced a bet of 8,000, with small blind Gregg Merkow making it about 25,000 to go and big blind John Richards cold-calling. The bettor mucked and Merkow stuck the rest in on the {k-Clubs} turn, with Richards calling immediately and tabling {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} for a set. Merkow had {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and needed a heart river, but it was Richards improving with the {8-Spades}.

Merkow sent over 90,000, leaving less than 10,000 remaining as the table broke and players headed to find their new homes.

Tags: Gregg MerkowJohn Richards