Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 WinStar River Poker Series
Buy-in
$2,400
Prize Pool
$2,500,000
Entries
1,054
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Dean Bobel moved in for 665,000 under the gun, and Grant Hinkle called in the cutoff. Daniel Fuhs jammed in the big blind for a hair more, and Hinkle called as well.
Bobel: 
Hinkle: 
Fuhs: 
The 
flop helped nobody, but Bobel surged into the lead with an 
on the turn. The river was a 
, and Fuhs had 80,000 left, which he doubled, while Bobel tripled up.
Moments later, Fuhs was all in preflop and called by Jeff Duvall and Gordon Vayo. Vayo bet and Duvall folded on a 
flop, and Fuhs' 
was revealed to be way behind Vayo's 
. Two bricks later, Fuhs was out ninth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,920,000
-945,000
|
-945,000 |
|
||
|
2,000,000
1,055,000
|
1,055,000 |
|
160,000
-790,000
|
-790,000 |
|
|
||
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Jeff Duvall opened to 225,000, action folded around to Gordon Vayo in the small blind and he made it 490,000 to go. Duvall moved all in for just under a million and Vayo snap-called.
Vayo:
Duvall: 
The board ran 
, Duvall rivered Broadway and Vayo showed his first bit of frustration mucking his cards back to the dealer before he sent two big stacks across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,800,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
2,000,000
1,030,000
|
1,030,000 |
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Fuhs opened to 160,000 early and called the shove of Jeff Duvall, who had only about 375,000.
"First ace," Duvall said, flicking 
into the middle. It was ahead for the moment against 
.
The sweat was short as the board ran out 
, giving Duvall aces and then a straight to boot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
970,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
950,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
||
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Gordon Vayo opened to 175,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Fuhs moved all in from the small blind for right around 2 million. Vayo thought for a few moments and mucked his hand.
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Fuhs raised to 160,000 early and got one caller, Long Duc Nguyen in the cutoff. Nguyen called a continuation-bet of 135,000 on the 
flop, and Fuhs barreled again with 225,000 on the turn.
"I'm all in," Nguyen announced shortly.
It was about 1,075,000 more to put Fuhs at risk. He tanked for a couple of minutes.
"Ah, why didn't I check the turn?" he asked himself before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
|
1,075,000
-925,000
|
-925,000 |
|
|
||
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Fuhs limped from early position, which according to his shaking his head looked like a misclick that was supposed to be a raise. Ben Ector and Long Duc Nguyen checked from the blinds. The flop came 
, action checked to Fuhs and he bet 150,000. Ector called, Nguyen mucked and the turn came 
. Both players checked, the river was 
and they checked again. Ector tabled and took the pot.
During the hand Layne Flack was talking to his rail - three guys - and commented how sad his fanbase was. The rail replied back to the rest of the table, "Don't you people have family or friends, where are they?"
Rheem replied, "Oh don't worry, if I win this thing I'll have friends showing up, lining out the door."
The table, the rail, the tournament officials all had a good laugh.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
The final table players took their seats, sorting through their stacks and cards will hit the air soon.
Five days ago the first flight of the Winstar World River Series Main Event kicked off and drew 1,057 entrants over three starting days. The Day 1 flights proved to be grueling at 14 hours a piece, then Day 2 clocked in at another 13 hours and the nine survivors return to play for the $1 million first-place prize and leading them all is current November Niner Gordon Vayo.
It's not a one-man show with another November Niner, Chino Rheem, a 30-year veteran of the game in Layne "Back-to-Back" Flack, Grant Hinkle and Daniel Fuhs at the table. Ben Ector and Long Duc Nguyen return in near the top of the counts and local players Dean Bobel and Jeff Duvall rounding out the counts.
The final table returns at noon with blinds at 40,000/80,000/10,000 with stacks ranging from 8 big blinds to 85 at the start, we expect a few quick bustouts then some deep stacked play with experienced players.
Keep it right here at PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the final table.