$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  348

William Aponte had one of the top stacks earlier and he continues to move it up. He is currently up to 236,900 to challenge Edgardo Rosario for the top spot.

Mansoor Kader is also making a move and up to 151,400 as they near the dinner break.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1C Entries:  325

The Flight C numbers continue to climb after the second break with the prize pool now over $1.1 million and shooting for more.

More friendly faces took a seat this afternoon including John Two-Bears, Michael Tait, and former WPTDeepStacks Tampa Main Event champ Anthony Astarita.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  312

We mentioned Edgardo Rosario was building a stack earlier and now he has the biggest. Last year’s runner-up leads the field after the second break with 193,600 and it looks like Matt Sesso sits in second with 164,000.

Flight C will make it through three more levels before players will take their 60-minute dinner break.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  305

Level 6 came to an end and players were sent on the second break of the day soon after the entry count hit 300. They will return in 15 minutes and return to play three more levels before the dinner break.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  297

We found one of the more interesting lineups in today’s action in the middle of the room. Seats 1 through 3 are occupied by James Calderaro, Rob Manjura, and Shawn Cunix and it will not be a boring day.

Calderaro owns a $25K WSOP PLO bracelet, Cunix has a WPT title, and Manjura can compete with either of them on a skill level. But being sandwiched between them, he’ll need some patience (and maybe a pair of headphones) to deal with two of the more jovial, entertaining, talkative players in the tournament.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  270

This time last year, the Winter Poker Open reintroduced big-field poker tournaments following the lockdown and we had a huge turnout. That Main Event came down to a heads-up battle between Edgardo Rosario and Max Young.

Rosario fell one spot short of the title, finished second for $158K, and now setting himself up for another deep run. He stacked up to 128,000 in the middle of Level 5 and among the early leaders.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  270

Flight C is up to 270 entries and looking to hit 300 with little effort this afternoon. We see more friendly faces joining the field with more expected until registration closes.

Recently we found Fernando Rodriguez, Robert Constable, John Dolan, TK Miles, Nicole Diaz, Wally Maddah, Ryan Luker, and Rob Manjura.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  253

A quick walk through the field on break found three stacks over 100K, a great start to the day.

2021 TPC winner Wagner Wysotchanski leads the way after break with 112,800 with Huy Nguyen (106,700) and William Aponte (104,000) also in the big-stack crew.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  237

While players were away from their seats, Flight C hit 234 entries to push the Main Event prize pool over $1,000,000. It will continue to climb throughout the day with registration open until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1C Entries:  225

Flight C players were sent on their first break after Level 3 came to an end and they will have 15 minutes to regroup. The field is not far from the magic number and they might hit $1,000,000 before the break is complete.