Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed

The monster field in the Winter Poker Open Main Event is down to 10 and on to Day 3. Leading the action is international pro Farid Jattin. Jattin tops the field by a margin claiming 5,500,000 of the 20,130,000 chips in play. Next up in the counts is Joseph Skarzynski with 3,990,000 followed by 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event runner up John Racener with 3,270,000.  Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Mike Laake and poker pro Filipp Khavin are also in contention, both with medium stacks.

Seat 1: John Racener – 3,270,000 (81 bb)
Seat 2: Farid Jattin – 5,500,000 (137 bb)
Seat 3: Joseph Skarzynski – 3,990,000 (99 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Nguyen – 850,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: Scott Caracciolo – 645,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Satish Surapaneni – 590,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Witold Wasik – 1,440,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8: Michael Laake – 1,710,000 (42 bb)
Seat 9: Kenneth O’Donnell – 865,000 (21 bb)
Seat 10: Filipp Khavin – 1,275,000 (31 bb)

1st – $241,651 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $135,878
3rd – $85,553
4th – $69,449
5th – $55,358
6th – $45,796
7th – $36,737
8th – $27,679
9th – $19,124
10th – $13,085

The WPO finale drew a huge number with 671 entries ponying up the $1,650 buy-in. That generated a prize pool worth $1,006,500 and reserved a top score of $241,651 for the champion.

Cards go in the air at 2pm ET and updates will begin at that time. Good luck, players!