Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 7: 250/500/57 | Structure
Flight A Entries: 151

The second break of the day has expired and players are again in their seats, now to blinds of 250/500 and a 75 ante. We caught up with the aforementioned David Bradshaw, reigning Winter Poker Open Main Event champion, and found him mixing it up in a big pot just before the break.

It was three-bet pre with Bradshaw in position against the under-the-gun player. The flop was . The UTG player checked and Bradshaw bet 4,500. The UTG player promptly raised to 13,500 and Bradshaw perked up. He raised his arms trying to get a look at his opponent’s stack, then shoved. Both opponents were deep — Bradshaw had 46,000 behind and appeared to be covered. After a couple minutes, Bradshaw called clock. The UTG player ran it all the way to his five-second countdown before he found a fold. He folded pocket kings face up. With that, Bradshaw has joined the double-up club early on Day 2 with about 65,000 chips.

Last year, Bradshaw defeated 488 entries in this event pocketing $154,000 in the process.