$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,000

Level 20 came around and players still continue to retrieve payout tickets at a blazing pace. Keeping track of them is a full-time position. The tournament is down to six tables with 48 players now guaranteed at least $1,240.

Blinds are up to 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 417,000 (26 bb). Things will continue to fly.

49th: Jaime Acquafredda – $1,130
50th: Brook Smith – $1,130
51st: Marcus Little – $1,130
52nd: Christopher Perry – $1,130
53rd: Chris Mills – $1,130
54th: Salvadore Maldonado – $1,130
55th: Wilmer Chavira – $1,130
56th: Robert Aleman – $1,130

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Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,000

Event 3 is flying along and already down to seven tables and speeding right along. They hit another pay jump to $1,130 as the players remaining goes down and the money goes up.

Blinds are up to 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 357,000 (30 bb).

57th: Kaler Turenne – $1,050
58th: Blair Miller – $1,050
59th: Mansoor Kader – $1,050
60th: Eric Tarikas – $1,050
61st: Elizabeth Provan – $1,050
62nd: Anthony Caldwell – $1,050
63rd: Anthony Angerami – $1,050
64th: Lonnie Allen Stevens – $1,050

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Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,000

They wasted no time after the break, dropping another table lower and eight steps closer to the title.

65th: Branden Rosario – $990
66th: Brett Myers – $990
67th: Karl Manouchakian – $990
68th: Marie Harrell – $990
69th: Ashraf Chehata – $990
70th: Michael Melamed – $990
71st: Farzad Raji – $990
72nd: Leeyuan Jang – $990

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  68 of 1,000

Event 3 players were sent on a 15-minute break after Level 17. We found one massive stack among the remaining players, far above the rest. Mark Rupnik came back for Day 2 with 469,000 but now sits with 1,410,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 294,000 (29 bb) with 68 players remaining.

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Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,000

Two more tables were sent to the payout desk as the rest of the field hit a pay jump to $990. They are playing out the last half of Leve 17 and we can expect things to slow a little after the first break.

73rd: Joseph Boulais – $940
74th: Daniel Sudhop – $940
75th: Brandon Glaze – $940
76th: Seol Park – $940
77th: Joseph Censabella – $940
78th: Robert Laseter – $940
79th: David Roy – $940
80th: Ryan Hogan – $940

81st: Ian Sinchak – $920
82nd: Cary Rosenthal – $920
83rd: Robert Roseberry – $920
84th: Eric Dillon – $920
85th: Robert Krantz – $920
86th: Walter Rossi – $920
87th: Eric Walling – $920
88th: Michael Oliveros – $920

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Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  78 of 1,000

Seol Park open shipped for 78,000 from under the gun and it folded around to David Roy on the button. He called all-in at risk and the blinds folded.

Park:
Roy:

It was a fair race and Roy needed to improve to double up. The board ran out and Park made a set to send Roy out in 79th place.

Seol Park – 99,000 (12 bb)
David Roy – Eliminated in 79th Place ($940)

Blinds increased to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 256,000 (32 bb) with 78 players remaining.

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Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 1,000

With all 101 returning players in the money, there was a lot of action at the start of the day with a quick run to get paid out. The field dropped won to 11 tables and they hit a pay jump with everyone now locked in for at least $920.

89th: Tamas Hartman – $910
90th: Joao Figueiredo Filho – $910
91st: Juan Rodriguez – $910
92nd: Daniel Scott – $910
93rd: Paul Strandquist – $910
94th: Brent Assing – $910
95th: Douglas Maniscalco – $910
96th: Ronald Hanson – $910
97th: Nicolas Ling – $910
98th: James Calderaro – $910
99th: Kendall Echols – $910
100th: Luis Centeno – $910
101st: Giancarlo Disalvo – $910

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Level 15:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  100 of 1,000

The clock hit noon and cards went back in the air for WPO Event 3. There were 101 players at the restart with everyone guaranteed at least $910.

There was a bit of bad luck for Luis Centeno at the start of the day. He made it into the money and today’s restart with only 3,000 in his bag. When they drew for the button to start Day 2, he found himself in the big blind. Centino collected a ticket for 100th place but that is better than 900 others.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 15:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,000

Flight A: 187 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight B: 271 Entries; 27 Advanced
Flight C: 542 Entries; 55 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 1,000

Three starting flights drew exactly 1,000 entries for Winter Poker Open Event 1 and today we have 101 players returning for Day 2, in the money, and shooting for the $63K top prize.

Zekri Qovanaj bagged huge in Flight C for the Day 2 lead with Daniel Silva, Ivan Yatsuk, Savahn Steadman, and Ryan Luker rounding out the top five.

Day 2 gets underway at noon with 15:32 remaining in Level 15 and levels will last 40 minutes until increasing to 60 at the final table.

1. Zekri Qovanaj – 778,000 (156 bb)
2. Daniel Silva – 588,000 (118 bb)
3. Ivan Yatsuk – 563,000 (113 bb)
4. Savahn Steadman – 508,000 (102 bb)
5. Ryan Luker – 494,000 (99 bb)
6. MT Tawfik – 477,000 (95 bb)
7. Mark Rupnik – 469,000 (94 bb)
8. Itzak Shulmaister – 450,000 (90 bb)
9. Antoinette Fiorenza – 446,000 (89 bb)
10. James Collins – 415,000 (83 bb)

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