Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 30/138
Level 14 marks the final level of the night. The clock shows 30 players remaining in Flight C and they’ll log about 25 minutes more minute of play before bagging, tagging and returning for Day 2 tomorrow at 12pm.
Full chip counts through Flight C will be posted shortly after play concludes.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 1: 25/50 | Structure
Flight D Entries: 50 | Total Entries: 437
Flight D kicked off just a few minutes ago and marks the fourth and final flight in the Winter Poker Open $350 event. Here’s how it will play out:
6pm: $350 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight D
With a strong kickoff, Flight D has grown the combined field to almost 450 entries. We’ll take a look at some of the notables in the game within the next hour.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/200 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 34/138
Michael Cohen and Anthony Dianaty are far and away the chip leaders following the last break in Flight C of the $350. Both flirt with the 300,000 mark and are in great position to bag one of the top stacks heading to tomorrow’s Day 2.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 52/138
Anthony Dianaty was in position against Tony March in a heads-up pot. The board was dealt through the turn — 
. March lead for 7,000. Dianaty thought for a bit before he called.
The river fell the 
. March lead for 15,000. Dianaty broke down his remaining stack and eyed how much he’d have behind. He found a call, pushing 15,000 in the middle. March commended the call and Dianaty exposed 
for ace-king high. Dianaty won the pot.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 60/138
Monica Payraudeau and Bill McKown got the last of Payraudeau’s 40,400 chips in the middle before the flop in a classic race:
McKown: 
Payraudeau: 
Runout: 
Payraudeau smacked the flop hitting an ace-high flush. McKown was drawing slim to the turn and was drawing dead after the turn. He pushed his stack in the middle and it was revealed he also claimed exactly 40,400 chips. They were push Payraudeau’s way and McKown hit the rail.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 10: 500/1,000/100 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 68/138
Down to just about 10 big blinds, South Florida’s Peter Vitantonio is getting to all-in or shove mode. He recently open jammed and scored the blinds and antes chipping up a touch without contest. Registration in Flight C is closed, and if Vitantonio were to bust there’s just one chance left at a piece of this growing prize pool. That, of course, is in tonight’s 6pm flight. Late registration and re-entry in that event are available until about 10:30pm.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 9: 400/800/100 | Structure
Flight C Players Remaining: 81/138
Level 9 is underway and registration is closed in Flight C of the Winter Poker Open $350. The third of four start days drew 138 entries bringing the three-flight total to 387. That puts the prize pool at an unofficial $116,100 with tonight’s 6pm installment still to come.
Here’s the event at a glance to this point:
$350 Deep Stack Breakdown
| Day/Date | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Mon @ 11am | A | 133 | 26 |
| Mon @ 6pm | B | 116 | 21 |
| Tues @ 11am | C | 138 | — |
| Tues @ 6pm | D | — | — |
| Total | — | 387 | 47 |
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 7: 250/500/75 | Structure
Flight C Entries: 131 | Total Entries: 380
The big buy-ins come later this week and will attract gamers from all over the country to the Seminole Hard Rock. With the medium-sized buy-ins that began last week and go into this week, there’s a stout field of Tampa regulars taking to the tables to score big prize money. One example of this is Table 18. There’s a number of familiar players facing off including Anthony Dianaty, Rafael Reis, Mike Raimon, Joey Alegria and Carlos Loving.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 5: 150/300/50 | Structure
Flight C Entries: 113 | Total Entries: 361
Tampa’s Marie Harrell is off to a good start in Flight C having turned her 20,000 starting chips into better than 60,000 after the first break. Harrell fired a few entries in the $570, but came up shy of a Day 2 berth. She returned today for the $350 a bit reluctantly, but so far so good on her first entry as she tops the field to start Level 5.
Event 4: $350 Deep Stack, $100K Gtd
Level 4: 100/200/25 | Structure
Flight C Entries: 96 | Total Entries: 345
The 85th Flight C entry came and went in a flash and with that the 334 combined attendance threshold was hit. The $100,000 guarantee is officially surpassed and each new entry will imply add to the six-figure prize pool.
Registration in Flight C is open until about 3:30pm while the fourth and final Flight D begins at 6pm.