Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 67/892

68th: Jim Gladwell – $1,204
69th: A.J. Kelsall – $1,204
70th: Kenny Brinkley – $1,204
71st: Sean Turow – $1,204
72nd: Mark Winchell – $1,204
73rd: Sara Hall – $1,115
74th: Michael Turton – $1,115
75th: Juan Maldonado – $1,115
76th: David Stewart – $1,115
77th: Vincent Nicastro – $1,115
78th: Brandon Byars – $1,115
79th: Sanjib Acharya – $1,115
80th: Kyle Peck – $1,115
81st: Kate Kopp – $1,115

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 74/892

Joe Godbolt began the day seventh in the counts and ran it up to now lead the pack in the money. He sits on just under 700,000 chips and tops a close race for the lead at this juncture.

Joe Godbolt – 685,000

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 77/892

After grinding his short stack into the money, Brandon Byars was eliminated in 78th place earning $1,115.

Brandon Byars – Eliminated in 78th place ($1,115)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 81/892

On the third round of hand-for-hand play, an unknown player got all-in while John Pizano and a single opponent played a side pot. On a board, Pizano checked from the small blind, his opponent bet from the button and Pizano called. The river fell the . Pizano checked again and the button opponent checked back. Frustratingly, Pizano tabled for the nuts straight. The all-in player turned over and was no good. He busted and the bubble burst sending the final 81 players into the money.

John Pizano – 290,000

1st – $102,583 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $59,764
3rd – $36,572
4th – $30,105
5th – $24,530
6th – $20,070
7th – $16,056
8th – $12,042
9th – $8,474
10th-12th – $5,575
13th-15th – $4,014
16th-18th – $2,631
19th-27th – $2,230
28th-36th – $1,918
37th-45th – $1,695
46th-54th – $1,516
55th-63rd – $1,338
64th-72nd – $1,204
73rd-81st – $1,115

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Heading to Level 18: 3,000/6,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 84/892

The remaining 86 players are on their first break of the day. Only the top 81 will finish in the money meaning the bubble is just one elimination away. Among those to bust shy of the money was Anthony Astarita, the 2016 WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event champion.

Stay tuned for bubble details.

Anthony Astarita – Eliminated

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 17: 2,500/5,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 108/892

Defending Winter Poker Open Main Event champion David Bradshaw, John Holley, Justin Zaki and Derek Bowers have been eliminated shy of the money on Day 2 of the $570.

David Bradshaw – Eliminated
John Holley – Eliminated
Justin Zaki – Eliminated
Derek Bowers – Eliminated

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 16: 2,000/4,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 131/892

The board laid and Bill McKown got his last 63,500 in the middle against a single opponent.

McKown: for trip jacks with an ace
Opponent: for trip jacks with a king

McKown was best and slid his stack in the middle for a dealer countdown.

Bill McKown – 240,000

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 147/892

Tony March owned on a board and doubled through a lone opponent. The hand earned him a pot worth 130,000 total.

Tony March – 130,000

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 156/892

Joe Steur was in early position and had a late-position opponent’s roughly 96,000 chips at risk preflop. Steur had a monster with and the opponent was in tough shape with .

Runout:

Steur’s kings held. He busted the opponent and stacked a nice pot in the process.

Joe Steur – 235,000

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 15: 1,500/3,000/500 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 177/892

From a starting field 892 entries, just 177 remain in Event 1 of the Winter Poker Open, a $570 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry tournament. Day 2 is freshly underway and there’s a strong field in contention for the event’s $102,583 first prize.

Day 2 Chip Counts | Table Draws | Payouts

After a huge finish to Flight E, Jim Brinkley leads the way with a stack of 374,000. 2014 WPO Main Event champion A.J. Kelsall sits second with 372,000 while the likes of John Dolan (293,000), John Holley (218,500) and John Racener (165,000) are also toward the top of the counts.

Today’s play is scheduled to go all the way to a champion and we’ll be here covering the action from now until the last river card hits the felt.