$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Player Remaining: 48 of 609

49th: Jeffrey Russell – $3,837
50th: Wilbur Allison – $3,837
51st: Travis Jackson – $3,837
52nd: John Dolan – $3,837
53rd: Praveen Challagundla – $3,837
54th: Michael Traficante – $3,837
55th: Matthew Leecy – $3,289
56th: Vitor Coelho – $3,289
57th: Oscar Zeledon – $3,289
58th: Keith Oakley – $3,289
59th: Fredrick Hadden – $3,289
60th: Walter Connors – $3,289
61st: Farhad Madhani – $3,289

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Player Remaining: 61 of 609

It was the fourth hand of hand-for-hand play when Sean Hampson tangoed with Nashaat Antonious. Antonious was in early position and Hampson was in middle. Deducing the preflop action, Antonious opened with a raise and Hampson three-bet to 52,000. It folded back to Antonious. He called and the pair saw a flop.

Flop: – Antonious checked. Hampson C-bet 52,000. Antonious called.

Turn: – Antonious changed gears, leading for an all-in bet worth about 120,000. Hampson — who only had 60,000 — thought for a couple minutes.

Hampson called and saw some good news.

Hampson: for an overpair
Antonious: for ace-queen high

Antonious was caught in a bluff for most of his stack. Hampson needed to fade six outs once.

River:

It was the classic poker cliche — an ace on the river. Antonious spiked one of six outs and ended Hampson’s hopes of a cash. Hampson was officially the bubble boy and Antonious took the pot.

With 61 players remaining, all were assured a score of at least $3,289. The winner’s share is $180,205 and a guitar trophy.

Nashaat Antonious – 560,000
Sean Hampson – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Player Remaining: 63 of 609

There was an early-position raise to 18,000 and Mirza Nagji called from the cutoff. Dan Sepiol shoved the button for 211,000 total. The blinds folded as did the early-position raiser. It was back on Nagji who called putting Sepiol at risk.

Nagji:
Sepiol:

Runout:

Sepiol never improved and he was eliminated just a couple spots shy of the money.

Mirza Nagji – 750,000
Dan Sepiol – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Heading to Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Player Remaining: 69 of 609

Main Event players are on their first break of the day. The clock shows 69 remaining with only 61 slated to finish in the money.

$250 Eight Max NLH Re-Entry
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

We’re just moments away from kickoff of the final trophy event of the 2018 Winter Poker Open. The $250 buy-in Eight Max tournament sees its players start with 20,000 chips and they’ll log 30-minute levels throughout. Registration and re-entry are available all the way until about 7pm. This is a one-day tournament expected to conclude some time during the early morning hours of Monday.

Here are the details:

2pm: $250 Deep Stack 8 Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $250 buy-in, $20,000 guarantee
• 20,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~7pm)
• This is a one-day event scheduled to play to completion
• Structure sheet

The final results along with a winner photo from this tournament will be posted Monday before noon.

Good luck, players!

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Player Remaining: 71 of 609

Anthony Astarita joins the list of notable Day 2 eliminations. The 2016 WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event champion began the restart with under average and couldn’t get any traction. His elimination came shy of the money.

Anthony Astarita – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Player Remaining: 72 of 609

After being down to less than three big blinds in Level 16, Duff Charette has built it back up here in Level 17. Most recently, he got 44,000 in the middle preflop holding against Kharlin Sued’s . Charette’s rockets held and he doubled to over 100,000 — still alive with the money bubble lurking.

Duff Charette – 103,000

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Player Remaining: 75 of 609

Level 17 is freshly underway and it comes on the heels of an active Level 16. On the last hand of that level, Hunter Cichy had 44,000 in the middle pre and Mark “Bud” Wiser raised all-in for 206,000 more. Cichy thought for a few moments, then called.

Wiser:
Cichy:

Runout:

Wiser added insult to injury improving to quads. The dealer broke down the stacks and it was revealed Cichy was slightly covered. He hit the rail while Wiser stacked a pile.

Others unable to fade the first level bustouts were Cheri Beatty and Alexander Beece.

Mark Wiser – 427,000
Hunter Cichy – Eliminated
Cheri Beatty – Eliminated
Alexander Beece – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Player Remaining: 82 of 609

Rob Manjura and Duff Charette got 75,000 in the middle on an board. Manjura was out of position and jammed his last 86,000 just as the river hit the board. Charette called and Manjura tabled for quads. Charette shipped the double across the table and was left with about 10,000 chips.

Rob Manjura – 400,000

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Player Remaining: 86 of 609

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa regular Karl Manouchakian just went down as an early casualty on Day 2. He began the restart 88th of the 92 returners an couldn’t find a double early.

Karl Manouchakian – Eliminated