Main Event Day 1B: Mark Zhang Bags the Biggest

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 15:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  22 of 134

Mark Zhang

Flight B of the Main Event has come to an end with 22 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. Mark Zhang grabbed and lost the lead several times throughout the day then eliminated Hunter Cichy to finish at the top. Ken Fishman is not far behind in a tight group of stacks.

None of them came close to the 639,000 that Austin Buchanan bagged up in Flight A.

We have 36 players with confirmed seats into Day 2 and we will add a bunch more tomorrow as Flight C pushes the Main Event over the $500,000 guarantee.

  • Mark Zhang – 283,000
  • Ken Fishman – 274,000
  • Brian Brown – 271,000
  • Michael Cohen – 270,000
  • Alex Rocha – 256,000
  • Jonathan Vesikuru – 245,000
  • Terri-Anne Crawford – 242,000
  • Duff Charette – 231,000
  • Andrew Boccia – 213,000
  • Brandon Caputo – 207,000