Winter Open

Championship Day 1A: Tough Table

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$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Maroun Akiki (top left), Michael Newman (top middle), and Brandon Byars (top right)
Maroun Akiki (top left), Michael Newman (top middle), and Brandon Byars (top right)

There are few soft spots in the field as it gets down to five tables, but the one at the front holds three of the top stacks in the room.

Maroun Akiki, Michael Newman, and Brandon Byars are stacked deeper than most but they have to deal with each other now. In back-to-back-to-back seats.

Akiki has retaken the lead with 178,000 while Michael Newman has moved up to 155,700. From the looks coming from Byars, it’s safe to say some of those came from him with him down to “only” 134,000 with a little over four levels remaining.