Event 4: Day 2 Underway; 68 Remain, 54 Pay with a Championship Seat Up Top

$150 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 508

Day 2 chip leader Devaraj Munisekar

The clock strikes 12-noon at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and Day 2 of Event 4 of the Winter Poker Open is underway. The $150 tournament drew 508 players besting its $50,000 guarantee before the prize pool settled at $59,310. All 68 remaining participants have accomplished something by making it this far, but only the top 54 are set to go how with a score.

Chip Counts | Table Draws | Payouts

Leading the restart with a massive stack of 426,700 is Devaraj Munisekar. Munisekar put a hurt on Flight B bagging a monster and he starts today more than 125,000 chips ahead of second place Daniel Ramirez.

Other notables among the restart crowd include John Holley (216,000), 2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa champion Anthony Astarita (141,000), Tom Nguyen (136,000), Tony March (100,000) and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa team member Wally Maddah (47,000).

Anthony Astarita
Wally Maddah

A min-cash in the tournament is good for a $237 score while the eventual champion earns $14,768 along with the guitar trophy and a seat in the $300,000 guaranteed Championship.

Action is expected to start fast and we’ll provide details on the bubble play as soon as it bursts.