Main Event Day 1A: Austin Buchanan Bags the Lead

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  14 of 107

Austin Buchanan

Flight A of the Main Event came to an end with 14 players of 106 entries advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. Austin Buchanan was an early chip leader and swapped it with Haitham Kaki during the day. The important part for him, he is the leader at the end of the day with 639,000.

Ken O’Donnell bagged the second biggest with 452,000 followed by Haitham Kaki’s 407,000.

Flight A counts (return to 3,000/5,000/5,000):

  1. Austin Buchanan – 639,000 (128 bb)
  2. Ken O’Donnell – 452,000 (90 bb)
  3. Haitham Kaki – 407,000 (81 bb)
  4. Ryan Hogan – 247,000 (49 bb)
  5. John O’Neal – 203,000 (41 bb)
  6. Jason Goldman – 183,000 (37 bb)
  7. John Dolan – 182,000 (36 bb)
  8. Harry Binda – 164,000 (33 bb)
  9. Marcus Araujo – 157,000 (31 bb)
  10. A.J. Kelsall – 153,000 (31 bb)
  11. Bryce McVay – 152,000 (30 bb)
  12. Sara Hall – 100,000 (20 bb)
  13. Douglas Marro – 91,000 (18 bb)
  14. Reggie Bautista – 81,000 (16 bb)
Austin Buchanan