Main Event: 164 Flight A Entries Set the Tone for a Huge Finale

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 10: 500/1,000/75 | Structure
Players Remaining: 84/164

The Flight A field is final with 164 entries. That marks a year-over-year increase of more than 15 percent and puts the tournament in position for a huge field. If that trend continues, the final tally could top out at more than 550 with a prize pool in excess of $800,000.

Here’s the event at a glance:

Day/TimeFlightEntries
Thur/11amA164
Fri/11amB
Sat/11amC
Total164

Unofficial prize pool: $246,000

Players still in today’s game are set to lot about six more levels before those still in bag, tab and return for Day 2 Sunday.