$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The first weekend of the 2024 Winter Poker Open is upon us and we roll into with the opening event already surpassing its $200,000 guarantee. The $400 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament has 697 combined entries over four starting flights and the prize pool is already up to $230,010.

Today and tomorrow, we run it up.

Players start with 30K stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes before increasing to 40 after that. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that period.

Flight E will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and survivors will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Flight E – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  46 of 164

Registration closed for Flight D of WPO Event 1 with 164 taking the combined count to 697. The prize pool officially surpassed the $200,000 and reached $230,010 two huge flights to go this weekend.

Flight D will continue until 21 players remain and they will move on to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to make the money.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 68 of 533

Flight A: 198 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight B: 140 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight C: 195 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight D: Underway
Flight E: Friday at 11 am
Flight F: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  25 of 140

Eric Tarikas was among the leaders heading into the bubble play and added a bit more. He open-shipped from the small blind, Don Linsky called at risk, and Tarikas held with versus to burst the bubble.

He also stacked up to 706,000 and the big leader of Flight C and second stack overall with three flights to go.

We will post the complete chip counts as soon as they are available.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The fourth flight of WPO Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm and the $400 No-Limit Hold’em tournament is only 74 new entries away from topping its $200,000 guarantee. It won’t take long this evening to match it.

They’ll sit down to 30,000 in their stacks and the first 19 levels last 30 minutes before going to 40 for the duration. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Flight D will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and they will move on to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am in the money.

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-19 last 30 minutes; Levels 20+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  42 of 140

The (probable) last break of the day ended and players returned to their seats with Jacob Naumann the new big stack in the room. He is up to 296,000 while former leader Frank Spaulding is doing just fine with 262,000.

They will play until 25 players remain and it’s unlikely they see another break before bagging.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  56 of 140

The field continues to shrink closer to the money bubble with 25 advancing from the 56 still in the game. Less than half and they need to start making moves, like Nashaat Antonious is doing.

He is up to 195,000 and heading in the right direction late in the day.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  80 of 140

While players were on their second break and tournament staff were coloring off the black chips, we wandered the tables to check for our leaders.

Frank Spaulding was tops in the field after eight levels, his 203,000 the only stack over 200K. Goran Dragicevic was not far behind with 190,500 and Jacob Naumann is doing just fine with 168,500.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  80 of 140

Registration closed for Flight C of WPT Event 1 with another 195 entries; the combined total is up to 533 with three more flights to go. They have contributed $175,890 to the prize pool and the $200,000 guarantee will be topped in Flight D which starts at 6 pm.

Flight C will continue until 25 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am. Players must bag chips to make the money.