$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 479

“Oh (expletive)!” Mark Manesh said after the hand.

With board complete and reading , Manesh check-raised all in for 76,000 after Alex Rocha bet 60,000.

Manesh probably thought he was good with for two pair, queens and fours, but Rocha flipped up for queens and nines. Manesh accepted his fate and left the Main Event while Rocha climbed to 522,000.

That left the field on a few eliminations from the money bubble.

Alex Rocha – 522,000 (87 bb)
Mark Manesh – Eliminated

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  57 of 479

The blinds are up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante and the average stack is 252,000 (42 bb).

Duff Charette is another player moving in the right direction, up to 709,000 from his 231,000 returning stack.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 479

It took nearly an hour to lose eight players to break the first table of the table today. Slower than expected but there is a lot of money on the line.

Terri-Anne Crawford had a good first level after taking her stack from 242,000 to start the day up to 510,000. Any other day, that would put her in contention for the lead but Austin Buchanan’s heater has continued on Day 2 who ran his already big stack up to 814,000.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 479

With the flop reading , Brad Karns put his last 86,000 at risk and Nick Mann called.

Mann:
Karns:

Both players paired their ace but Karns had kicker issues. The turn and river complete the board and Mann’s queen played to send Karns out.

Nick Mann – 320,000 (64 bb)
Brad Karns – Eliminated

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 479

There was always going to be a little spurt at the beginning of play today with short stacks trying to build higher. Two players hit the rail in the first few hands and more will follow.

Peter Kaemmerlen put his stack in the middle with and was racing against Adam Templeman’s . The board ran and he was an early exit.

While that was going on, Michael Moreno was also sent out from Table 32 and the rest are that much closer to the money.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 479

Once everyone was settled, tournament staff put cards in the air for Day 2 of the 2019 Winter Poker Open Main Event.

Blinds are 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante and the average stack is 202,000 (40 bb). Levels now last 60 minutes with a break every two levels, Day 2 will conclude when nine players remain with the final table coming back on Monday.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 479

The opening flights of the Winter Poker Open Main Event are complete and only 71 players remain with a chance at the title along with nearly $150,000. They return this morning at 11 am to play down to the Main Event final table which will finish up tomorrow afternoon.

Austin Buchanan put a massive bag together in Flight A and his 639,000 stayed the top stack through the last two flights. In fact, the top three counts from the first flight held their spots with Ken O’Donnell and Haitham Kaki sitting pretty as well.

Blind levels increase to 60 minutes long and will stay that way until tomorrow when they are heads-up for the trophy.

Action will get back underway at the top of the hour and the first order of business will the money bubble. Of those 71 returners, only 48 will take home part of the $718,500 prize pool.

1. Austin Buchanan – 639,000 (128 bb)
2. Ken O’Donnell – 452,000 (90 bb)
3. Haitham Kaki – 407,000 (81 bb)
4. Scott Riddell – 400,000 (80 bb)
5. Peter Vitantonio – 352,000 (70 bb)
6. Kevin Eyster – 309,000 (62 bb)
7. Mok Bsaiso – 300,000 (60 bb)
8. Mark Zhang – 283,000 (57 bb)
9. Ken Fishman – 274,000 (55 bb)
10. Barry Brown – 271,000 (54 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 2 – $1,650 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)

• Main Event Day 2 Chip Counts
• Main Event Day 2 Chip Table and Seat Assignments
• Main Event Payouts

1PM: Event 7 – $480 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 11
• This a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

Secondary Event Schedule

10AM: $80 Satellite into Event 7 (Re-Entry)

• 3 seats guaranteed into $480/$100K GTD Event 7
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 479

Flight A: 106 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight B: 134 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight C: 239 Entries; 35 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 479

Flight A: 106 Entries; 14 Advanced
Flight B: 134 Entries; 22 Advanced
Flight C: 239 Entries; 35 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am