$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Beginning of Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

The clock strikes noon and cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship. The 453-entry field generated a massive prize pool of $679,500 and only 107 players punched their tickets to another shot in today’s play.

Leading the way is Antuan Bunkley with an impressive stack of 616,500 chips. He’s an outlier in a field that includes Carl Carodenuto in second with 448,500, Timothy Miles (191,500), Tristan Wade (170,000), Steve Karp (136,000), reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen (131,500), Cory Waaland (128,500) and John Holley (105,000) as well as Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Ambassadors John Racener (83,000), Wally Maddah (39,000) and Justin Zaki (34,000).

Full start-of-day chip counts are available in the posts below.

Cards are in the air now with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 500 ante. Only the top 45 players finish in the money with the winner pocketing a hefty first prize of $173,607.