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
Total Entries
1,396
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 1,396
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Moneymaker Sent Packing

We caught up to see the remnants of a hand where Chris Moneymaker put his short stack all in before the flop with {A-}{J-}. Moneymaker was racing with Justin Gardenhire's {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and failed to improve on the board.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Notable Chip Counts

Maria Ho Eliminated

We missed the action but can report that Maria Ho has been eliminated from play.

Tags: Maria Ho

Zhmutski KO's Hwang

Peter Zhmutski opened to 10,000 from under the gun only to have Andy Hwang three-bet to 26,000 from the cutoff. The blinds folded and Zhmutski called.

The dealer brought down a flop of {2-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Zhmutski checked to Hwang who continued out for 16,000. Zhmutski opted to check-raise, however, and it was suddenly 56,000 to go. Hwang called and the turn came {6-Clubs}.

Zhmutski wasted no time announcing that he was all in, which was actually a bet for Hwang's tournament life. Hwang called and showed {K-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} only to find that he was behind Zhmutski's {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

The {q-Spades} fell on fifth street and Hwang was forced to settle for a spot on the rail. Zhmutski, however, is now sporting a stack of 655,000.

Tags: Peter ZhmutskiAndy Hwang

Tygum Doubles; Moneymaker Crippled

David "Doc" Sands opened to 8,000 and the player in the hijack called. Richard Tygum called from the cutoff only to have Chris Moneymaker three-bet to 26,000 from the button. Sands and the hijack folded while Tygum decided to stick around.

A flop of {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}{6-Clubs} fell down and Tygum rapped the table. Moneymaker continued for 35,000 and Tygum moved all in. Moneymaker called and the hands were shown to find that Moneymaker was looking for a spade:

Moneymaker: {7-Spades}{5-Spades}
Tygum: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

The turn and river were the {5-Clubs} and the {9-Clubs}, which forced Moneymaker to ship over most of his chips. He's currently sitting on about 34,000 while Tygum's stack is thriving at around 290,000.

Tags: Chris MoneymakerRichard Tygum

Level: 18

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

More Eliminations

Massive Pot For Massey

Mark Eddleman opened with a 9,000 raise before the flop and was called by Jerry Lorett. Aaron Massey made it 24,000 to go from the button and both players called.

The flop came down {q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and Eddleman checked. Lorett open shipped all in for an unknown amount and Massey called. Eddleman then moved all in over the top and Massey snap called for his tournament life.

Massey: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Eddleman: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}
Lorett: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Massey flopped top set and was crushing the top two pair of Eddleman. However, Massey would need to fade the flush and straight outs for Lorett to take down the whole pot.

The {4-Spades} on the turn was the perfect card for Massey and he was one card away from taking down a massive pot.

The dealer tapped the table and produced the river.

The {3-Clubs}.

Massey erupted into celebration as the dealer began to count his stack. It turns out Massey was all in for 208,500 and by the time he stacked all of his chips we clocked him at sitting around 655,000. Eddleman was crippled after this hand while Lorett was forced to the rail.

Tags: Aaron Massey

Garcia Bouncing Back

After doubling an opponent almost immediately, Cord Garcia has bounced back nicely. He doubled up just before his table broke and just eliminated Kunal Patel with {A-}{K-} against Patel's {A-}{Q-} for a sizable pot.

Tags: Cord GarciaKunal Patel

Salaburu Doubles Short Stack

Daniel Lowery opened with a raise to 10,500 and received a call from Samuel Rosenzweig on the button. 2012 World Series of Poker Octo-Niner Robert Salaburu moved out a three-bet from the small blind to 53,000 and Lowery got rid of his cards.

Rosenzweig took a deep breath and moved all in for 73,000 total and Salaburu called.

Salaburu: {K-Spades}{9-Spades}
Rosenzweig: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The board fell {J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Salaburu was forced to ship the chips to Rosenzweig in the next seat over. Salaburu is currently down to about 100,000.

Tags: Robert SalaburuSamuel Rosenzweig