November Niner Gordon Vayo Wins WinStar River Poker Series Main Event After Five-Way Deal ($587,120)

In what he undoubtedly hopes will be a portent of things to come, Gordon Vayo won the $2,500 WinStar River Poker Series Main Event, taking the lion’s share of a five-way chop for a $587,120 score. It’s Vayo’s second-biggest cash live, behind only his undetermined 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event score, which could be worth as much as $8 million if he manages to become the next world champion in November.

Ben Ector ($344,826), Dean Bobel ($225,048), Layne Flack ($225,190), and Grant Hinkle ($207,669) were the other deal-makers, officially finishing second through fifth, respectively.

Coming into the final table with the chip lead, and having essentially run roughshod over the tournament from the time two tables were left, Vayo was the clear favorite for the $1 million first-place prize. He got off to a bit of a rocky start as Jeff Duvall doubled through him when he four-bet shipped queen-jack and cracked Vayo’s aces on a runout.

Daniel Fuhs was the first to fall after he was crippled in a three-way all in when his tens didn’t hold against the eights of Grant Hinkle and the ace-ten of short stack Dean Bobel. An ace on the turn sent the main pot to Bobel, and a tiny side pot wasn’t enough to keep Fuhs afloat for more than …

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