That’s a wrap on Thursday at the Winter Poker Open. Below is a look at what’s in store for Friday as the Main Event continues at 11am with Flight B:

• 11am: $1,650 Main Event ($500,000 guaranteed), Flight B
• 4pm: $200 Winter Poker Open Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)
  

2017 Winter Poker Open Tournament Schedule

Goodnight and see you in the morning!

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure
Players Remaining: 38/164

Flight A: 164 Entries, 38 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11am
Flight C: Saturday at 11am
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm
Day 3: Monday at 2pm

Day 2 chip counts through Flight A:

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 | Structure
Players Remaining: 43/164

That’s a wrap on Flight A of the Winter Poker Open Main Event. It appears to be Juan Martinez that will bag the chip lead owning a stack of 377,500 and Brandon Tjhang that will go down second in the counts with 305,000.

Complete chip counts will be posted around 1am.

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 | Structure
Players Remaining: 55/164

The last level of the night is going and players are set to log less than 45 more minutes of action before bagging and tagging. Here’s a look at some of the names still in:

• Anthony Astarita
• Terri Ann Crawford
• Mark Wiser
• Brandon Byars
• Randy Spain
• John Racener
• Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr.
• Rafael Fernandes
• Josias Santos
• Austin Buchanan
• Nick Costarelis
• John Templeton
• Joe De Lucia
• Garth Fudens

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 | Structure
Players Remaining: 62/164

The board was dealt through the turn and it laid .

With a big pot already built, Juan Martinez and defending Winter Poker Open Main Event champion David Bradshaw got the last of Martinez’s 89,800 chips in the middle. Martinez was good with against Bradhshaw’s , but needed to fade the river.

River:

He faded the river indeed and a massive pot was sent the way Martinez. Bradshaw was crippled and busted soon after. Martinez, meanwhile, shot to the chip lead with 250,000.

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 | Structure
Players Remaining: 64/164

Rafael Fernandes sits on about 180,000 chips to start Level 12. That puts him near the top of the counts and in a good spot to bag up a stack here in the first of three starting flights.

Cards are in the air following the final break of the night and the clock shows 63 still in the action. They’ll log two more levels of play before those hanging around bag, tag and return for Day 2 Sunday at 12pm.

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 | Structure
Players Remaining: 70/164

The board was complete and read . The 2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event champion Anthony Astarita was heads up and out of position. Astarita lead for 23,000 into a pot that already had a decent amount of gray 5,000 chips in it. After some time in the tank, the opponent shoved for about 40,000. Astarita snapped and flipped over for quad aces. The opponent flung his cards into the muck, but the dealer exposed the afterward.

Astarita took a nice pot that helped grow his stack to about 150,000.

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 | Structure
Players Remaining: 75/164

Joe De Lucia, a regular in the Tampa room, has enjoyed a nice Flight A so far owning a stack of about 105,000 at this point. He was in position to add another pile to his stack, too, when he opened to 1,200 and the opponent to his direct left jammed for about 10,000. De Lucia called and saw some good news.

Joe De Lucia:
All-in opponent:

Flop: — The all-in opponent got outs to a gutshot straight, but De Lucia added a flush draw to go with his ace-high

Turn: — The opponent hit the straight and De Lucia needed to improve.

River: — Straight on the board. No blood, the pot was chopped and De Lucia remained at just over 100,000.

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 | Structure
Players Remaining: 79/164

James Salmon is one of a number of players that made the trek northwest from South Florida. With more than $600,000 in reported earnings to go along with three wins in Hollywood alone, Salmon is a tournament regular and hopes to notch a Tampa cash onto his resume.

So far so good for the Davie resident as he has a stack of about 132,000.

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:

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.