$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries:  151

The first break is complete and entry count clicked over 150 while they were gone. The prize pool is only a handful of entries away from crossing over $600,000.

After a walk among the tables, we found the biggest stack belonged to AJ “Doc” Santos. But in true Doc form, he has yet to return to action after the break and it might be because he found a juicy PLO cash game. Since he has enough chips, for now, he can splash around in some four-card fun.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries:  117

Flight C is quickly filling the Poker Room and more friendly faces are showing up. Nick Palma, Mitch Mitchell, Hyndi Khomutetsky, Kevin Chan, Herbert Woodbery, Barbara Cardin, and Michael Tait are only a few of our regulars back in action this afternoon.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries:  96

With no problems at all, Flight C officially put the Winter Poker Open Main Event over the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool with more than six hours to run it up.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight C Entries:  36

After a short delay to get everyone settled, cards are in the air for Day 1C of the Winter Poker Open Main Event. There are 36 entries at the start with another six spots guaranteed thanks to the big turnout in the 9 am satellite.

They will play three 40-minute levels before taking the first break of the day and the tournament should hit its $500,000 guaranteed prize pool before then.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

It’s the last Saturday on the Winter Poker Open schedule and it the last chance to put together a Day 2 bag in the $1,650 buy-in Main Event.

The tournament drew 240 entries over the first two flights to leave it only 94 away from surpassing the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool. It will get there early in the day and continue climbing into the evening.

Austin Buchanan has the current Day 2 lead and it is a big one. He put 639,000 away in Flight A, Mark Zhang bagged 283,000 in Flight B and that wasn’t enough to crack the top three. Second place Ken O’Donnell has 452,000 with Haitham Kaki in third bagging 407,000.

Today will play out like the first two flights. Players will sit down to 30,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 60 on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 around 6:30 pm after the one-hour dinner break. Flight C will come to an end after Level 15 and survivors will return tomorrow at 11 am for Day 2.

Cards fly at 11 am and it will be a fun, packed Poker Room all day long.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

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

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Day 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Secondary Event Schedule

9AM: $200 WPO Main Event Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)

• 2 WPO Main Event seats guaranteed
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

6PM: $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
Return to Level 16:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 240

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

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 15:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  22 of 134

Flight B of the Main Event has come to an end with 22 players advancing to Day 2 on Sunday. Mark Zhang grabbed and lost the lead several times throughout the day then eliminated Hunter Cichy to finish at the top. Ken Fishman is not far behind in a tight group of stacks.

None of them came close to the 639,000 that Austin Buchanan bagged up in Flight A.

We have 36 players with confirmed seats into Day 2 and we will add a bunch more tomorrow as Flight C pushes the Main Event over the $500,000 guarantee.

• Mark Zhang – 283,000
• Ken Fishman – 274,000
• Brian Brown – 271,000
• Michael Cohen – 270,000
• Alex Rocha – 256,000
• Jonathan Vesikuru – 245,000
• Terri-Anne Crawford – 242,000
• Duff Charette – 231,000
• Andrew Boccia – 213,000
• Brandon Caputo – 207,000

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  22 of 134

We did not see the preflop action but the result was Hunter Cichy had his ~90,000 stack in the middle from the button against Mark Zhang in the small blind and in great shape.

Cichy:
Zhang:

Cichy was in even better shape after hitting a set on the flop. The first piece of bad news came on the turn to give Zhang the first part of his backdoor flush draw and the river finished it off to send Cichy out late in the day.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  23 of 134

Flight B has reached the last level of the evening with 23 players remaining and it will close to 18 before they wrap it up.

A lot of stacks have been fluctuating including Mark Zhang who was well over 300,000 but now back down to average. Wally Maddah hit the rail while Terri-Anne Crawford is up to 240,000. It is still anyone’s game as far as bagging the chip lead but it does not look like anyone is catching the 639,000 Flight A bag of Austin Buchanan.