$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Restart at Level 16:  2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  35 of 239

Flight C of the Winter Poker Open came to an end with 35 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Scott Riddell was down to only 15,000 on the dinner break but bounced way back to put 400,000 in his bag, good enough for the Flight C lead.

Other notables advancing include Peter Vitantonio, Kevin Eyster, Steve Brite, Rob Manjura, Nick Raio, Nick Palma, Karl Manouchakian, Jacob Naumann, and TK Miles.

Full Day 2 chip counts and seat assignments will be posted as soon as they are available.

Top ten Flight C stacks:

1. Scott Riddell – 400,000 (80 bb)
2. Peter Vitantonio – 352,000 (70 bb)
3. Kevin Eyster – 309,000 (62 bb)
4. Mok Bsaiso – 300,000 (60 bb)
5. Steve Brite – 271,000 (54 bb)
6. Tim Mulroy – 270,000 (54 bb)
7. Soe Lee – 269,000 (54 bb)
8. Huicun Qiao – 267,000 (53 bb)
9. Rob Manjura – 249,000 (50 bb)
10. Nick Raio – 246,000 (49 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payout
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  42 of 239

Flight C is heading into the last level of the evening and another big stack emerged from the 42 remaining players. Scott Riddell, last WPO’s $250 Deep Stack champ, is up to 412,000 with one more level to go.

With the slower pace of eliminations and big hands, it seems unlikely anyone will catch Austin Buchanan’s monster 639,000 chip lead to start Day 2.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payout
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  47 of 239

Nick Palma was in the 200K vicinity at the last break but he rocketed to the top not long after the return. He took some chips from Li Zhou, sent another player out, and is now sitting with 396,000 as the night nears an end.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payout
Level 13:  1,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  57 of 239

The last break of the day is complete and cards are back in the air. Only three more levels remain in Flight C with 56 players trying to advance to Day 2.

Karl Manouchakian was the break leader with Grigory Shvarts, Anthony Dianaty, Fabian Foster, and Connor Rash rounding out the top five.

Top five stacks during break:

Karl Manouchakian – 309,000 (103 bb)
Grigory Shvarts – 297,000 (99 bb)
Anthony Dianaty – 275,000 (92 bb)
Fabian Foster – 264,000 (88 bb)
Connor Rash – 259,000 (86 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payout
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  64 of 239

Tampa reg Karl Manouchakian has been having a quiet day. His tablemates may not agree because the Event 4 runner-up is sitting with 345,000 and the front-runner for the Flight C lead at the end.

There are still three more levels to go though, with a break coming up.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  77 of 239

Daniel Bismuth opened from middle position and Anthony Dianaty three-bet to 20,000 from the button. The blinds released and Bismuth moved all in for 48,500.

Dianaty thought for a minute and called to put Bismuth at risk.

Dianaty:
Bismuth:

It was a fair fight but Bismuth stood up from his seat. The dealer spread the board to send Bismuth out and push Dianaty up to 244,500.

2019 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 479
Prize Pool: $718,500
December 12-16, 2019

The 2019 Winter Poker Open Main Event drew 479 entries over three starting flights to create a prize pool worth $718,500 and a clear surpass of the $500,000 guarantee.

The last 48 spots will be paid and a min-cash will earn $3,485. The top two players will earn at least a six-digit payout with the Main Event Chapionship earning $149,595 along with the Guitar Trophy.

1st: $149,595 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $104,750
3rd: $67,345
4th: $44,367
5th: $34,165
6th: $28,295
7th: $23,711
8th: $19,320
9th: $14,959
10th-12th: $12,516
13th-15th: $10,598
16th-18th: $8,679
19th-21st: $7,221
22nd-24th: $5,964
25th-27th: $5,030
28th-36th: $4,167
37th-45th: $3,779
46th-48th: $3,485

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Entries:  239

The dinner break is over and registration is officially closed on the 2019 Winter Poker Open Main Event. Flight C drew 239 entries to put a combined 470 into the game creating a prize pool worth $718,500.

Tournament staff are calculating the payout information and we will post it as soon as it is ready.

Chip counts through Flight B

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Entries:  232

The dinner break is about complete and we tracked down some of the big stacks coming back. Mok Bsaiso in the returning chip leader and only 1K off of 300K. Wasim Assaf is in second with Anthony Dianaty, Lunique Petiote and Li Zhou rounding out the top five.

Mok Bsaiso – 199,000 (133 bb)
Wasim Assaf – 171,500 (114 bb)
Anthony Dianaty – 166,500 (111 bb)
Lunique Petiote – 159,500 (106 bb)
Li Zhou – 149,000 (99 bb)
Demond Williams – 133,000 (89 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries:  231

Level 9 has come to an end and tournament staff sent Flight C players on their 60-minute dinner break. Time to relax, unwind, and throw some food on their system.

When they return, registration will close the 2019 Winter Poker Open Main Event.