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
Entries
1,396
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Hall on a Rush

Joseph Hall held the chip lead with about 1,140,000 before adding about 160,000 more to his stack.

After Noah Vaillancourt opened with a raise from middle position, Hall popped it to 35,000 from the cutoff. Thai Le went all in from the small blind for 114,000 and action folded back to Hall.

"Why do I do this to myself? he asked himself.

After a few moments he called and tabled {J-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. Le was well ahead with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and stayed that way after the {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop. However, Hall caught the {J-Hearts} turn and {5-Hearts} river to make running two pair to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall
1,300,000
160,000
160,000

Tags: Joseph HallThai Le