$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  27 of 271

Flight B went a little longer than Flight A and they made it into Level 16 before the money bubble burst. And when it did, it was not boring.

On Table 21, the cutoff player jammed with his short stack and the button called. Lawrence Cowsar in the small blind reshipped from the small blind for 166,000. The big blind player decided to come along for the ride and the button folded for a three-way all in.

Cowsar:
Small Blind:
Cutoff:

A huge blind v blind spot with Cowsar having both players covered. The board ran out and Cowsar sent two players out on the bubble.

But wait, there’s more. Chris Perry was also all in on Table 11 facing elimination with against . It was a race to start but Perry found a favorite flop to make quads and lock up a bubble double in a hurry.

Ivan Yatsuk bagged the overall lead with 563,000 followed by Savahn Steadman with 508,000 and Antoinette Fiorezna’s 445,000. Flight A’s bubble Jim Collins had a strong bounceback and finished with 415,000.

We will post the entire list of chip counts as soon as they are available.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  46 of 271

Players returned to their seats ready to grind out the last few levels and earn themselves a seat for Day 2. Ivan Yatsuk continues to lead the field with his 382,000 holding a big gap on the rest of the field.

Jaime Acquafredda sits behind him in second place with 274,500 and both are in great shape for a deep run.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  56 of 271

Level 12 came to an end and tournament staff sent the players on a 15-minute break while they color off the black chips. They will return to play two more levels before the purple chip color up and they’ll be close to the money.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  62 of 271

Flight B is down to eight tables which means we are starting to see some big stack emerge, none bigger than Ivan Yatsuk at the moment.

He is up to 320,000 in the middle of the day and well above the rest of the field. But there’s still plenty of work and he could be caught since only 28 of these players will advance to Day 2.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  112 of 271

Tournament staff finished counting the numbers and Flight B officially drew 271 entries to put the combined total at 458. They pushed past the $100,000 this afternoon and the prize pool sits at $153,430 with one big flight to go tomorrow.

Flight B will continue to play until 28 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday at noon in the money.

Chip counts through Flight A

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  271

Players returned from the second break and we have a new chip leader. Dmitrijs Tarbejevs is now the big stack in the room and the Latvian is up to 163,400 as registration closed. Good enough for 136 big blinds at this level, not too bad.

Don’t feel too sad for former leader Ryan Hogan, he’s still up near the top with 126,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  261

Time is running out if you want to join the big Flight B field this afternoon. They are playing out the last few minutes of Level 8 and they will take a break when it is done. Registration will close when they return and they’ve already pushed the prize pool over $150,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  196

A quick walk through the tables on break found a familiar player with a big stack. Ryan Hogan is back today and already building big. He went on break with 87,100 then added more on the first hand back.

This time it was Karl Manouchakian open-shipped for 4,200 with and Hogan called with . The board ran out to give Hogan flopped top pair and a rivered overkill spade flush to send Manouchakian back to the registration desk.

Finally getting to head over to @SHRTPoker for WPO. Looking forward to battling today.

— RJ Hogan (@gogetemtigers) December 3, 2021

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  167

We didn’t expect it to take long to hit the magic number and that was correct. Flight B quickly pushed the prize pool over $100,000 and it’s nearing $120,000 before the first break.

Registration will remain open for Flight B until 3:30 pm with a huge day expected tomorrow for Flight C.

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

We are heading into the first weekend of the Winter Poker Open and there are going to be some big numbers today. Event 3 is a $400 buy-in tournament with a $100,000 guarantee and Flight A put more than $60,000 towards that goal yesterday. Only 112 entries are needed to beat the guarantee and it will get here early this afternoon (if not before noon).

Players start with 20,000 stacks and the first 14 levels will last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes starting with Level 15. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. Flight B will to continue to play until only 10% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

Cards fly at 11 am and we will pick up the action at the first break.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 30 minutes; Levels 15+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 3 Structure Sheet