$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 86 of 286

The eliminations came swift in Level 11 with a number of notables unable to find a Day 2 berth. Steve Karp, Sean Shah and Wally Maddah are all among those who have found the rail.

Steve Karp – Eliminated
Sean Shah – Eliminated
Wally Maddah – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 96 of 286

Mirza Nagji is the big leader late in Day 1C. Nagji’s stack totals well over 300,000 while most of the rest of the field is looking to cross the 100,000 mark. Nagji has only a handful of tournament cashes on his resume, but he’s made them count with $248,018 in earnings. Most recently, he placed 67th in the Pinktober Poker Open $250.

Mirza Nagji – 332,000

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1C Players Remaining: 103 of 286

The Day 1C field is nearly at a third its starting size with just over 100 players hanging around a level after dinner. Play is scheduled to go through Level 15 wrapping about 10:30pm local time. If Day 1A and Day 1B are any indication, Day 1C should advance about 50 or s players.

Complete Day 2 chip counts and table draws will be posted around midnight. Tournament payouts are available one post below.

2018 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Tampa, Florida
Main Event
$1,650 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 609
Prize Pool: $913,500
December 13-17, 2018

1st – $180,205 + Trophy
2nd – $126,246
3rd – $81,164
4th – $55,851
5th – $42,871
6th – $35,736
7th – $29,826
8th – $23,915
9th – $18,023
10th-12th – $14,890
13th-15th – $11,775
16th-18th – $9,939
19th-21st – $8,377
22nd-24th – $7,016
25th-27th – $6,047
28th-36th – $5,253
37th-45th – $4,522
46th-54th – $3,837
55th-61st – $3,289

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 286 (Total Entries: 609)

Registration is closed for Day 1C of the Winter Poker Open Main Event. This marked the largest of the three starting flights drawing 286 entries. The unofficial total sits at 609 generating a total prize pool of $913,500.

Here’s a breakdown of the event:

We will provide the final payouts as soon as they are made available to us.

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 278 (Total Entries: 601)

Level 9 expired and players are on a 45-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at roughly 6:15pm and registration closes at that time. We will provide the final prize pool and payouts as soon as it’s made available to us.

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 274 (Total Entries: 597)

Day 1C is moving along and dinner break is fast approaching. There are a number of big stacks emerging and one that’s been toward the top for a while is that of Rob Manjura.

Manjura is a regular at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa and has won multiple of the property’s guitar trophies. His largest score here came in November 2015 during a $150 buy-in Little Slick good for more than $36,000. A deep run in this Main Event could surpass that number and Manjura is doing what he can here on Day 1C to take the first step toward a deep run.

Rob Manjura – 146,000

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries: 271 (Total Entries: 594)

Matthew Leecy was all-in with 30,000 in the middle preflop versus Jordan Joeckel. Leecy was the at-risk player and in bad shape.

Joeckel:
Leecy:

Runout:

Leecy improved in a big way hitting quads and scoring the fully double. Joeckel was left with peanuts and was eliminated a short while late.

Matthew Leecy – 65,000
Jordan Joeckel – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries: 252 (Total Entries: 575)

William Harrell just hit the rail in the most unfortunate way holding on a board. Harrell was heads up with Anthony Dianaty and lead from the big blind. Dianaty was on the button and plopped a pile of gray chips into the pot. The raise had Harrell covered, but it was an easy call off with a full house.

Dianaty had other plans, though, turning over for quads. Both players had flopped sets, but Dianaty hit the two-outer on the turn getting the best of it.

Harrell calmly hit the rail while Dianaty raked the pot.

Anthony Dianaty – 74,000
William Harrell – Eliminated

$1,650 Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries: 236 (Total Entries: 559)

Maksim Budovskiy ran well during the early stages of play. He most notably busted Tampa faithful Wally Maddah picking up to Maddah’s . They got the last of Maddah’s stack in the middle pre. Maddah faded the flop and turn, but a jack fell on the river giving Budovskiy a winning set. Maddah busted while Budovskiy took a nice.

He’s one of the biggest stacks in the room currently holding about 120,000.

Maksim Budovskiy – 120,000