Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Heading to Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 13/671

Farid Jattin retains a huge lead as the final 13 players are in the midst of a 15-minute break. Here’s a look at the top five big stacks:

• Farid Jattin – 5,100,000
• John Racener – 2,200,000
• Witold Wasik – 2,005,000
• Joe Skarzynski – 1,800,000
• Filipp Khavin – 1,700,000

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 13/671

Kevin Chan was just eliminated in 14th place earning $9,562.

Kevin Chan – Eliminated in 14th place ($9,562)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 14/671

Scott Caracciolo got his last 628,000 in the middle in great shape against Justin Harvell. Caracciolo held pocket aces while Harvell had just jacks. The runout didn’t improve Harvell and his hand was no good. He cut out a huge portion of his stack and shipped it across the way to Caracciolo.

On the very next hand, Harvell was in the small blind with less than 100,000. Farid Jattin Raised and Harvell shoved. Jattin called with and went on to bust Harvell’s .

Harvell’s 15th place finish earned him $9,562.

Justin Harvell – Eliminated in 15th place ($9,562)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 15/671

There was a flurry of bustouts to kick off the final two tables. In the most recent elimination, Witold Wasik limped from middle position and Brandon Caputo — who burst the money bubble earlier — shoved for 280,000. Wasik called and Caputo was at risk.

Wasik:
Caputo:

Runout:

Wasik’s set was best and Caputo followed Nicholas Mann and Ioannis Patsourakis to the rail.

Witold Wasik – 2,000,000
Brandon Caputo – Eliminated in 16th place ($7,046)
Nicholas Mann – Eliminated in 17th place ($7,046)
Ioannis Patsourakis – Eliminated in 18th place ($7,046)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 18/671

Austin Buchanan was short for much of the post-dinner break play, but managed to find a few doubles. After being down to just a few big blinds, though, he couldn’t recover and was eliminated in 19th place earning $5,536.

With the bustout, the field is down to 18 and at the final two tables.

Austin Buchanan – Eliminated in 19th place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 20/671

Mark Scacewater hit the rail in 21st place earning $5,536. Next to go in 20th was Chris McNamara. On McNamara’s final hand, Justin Harvell opened under the gun to 52,000 and McNmara shoved for about 200,000. It folded back to Harvell who snapped with . McNamara needed to improve with .

The runout fell no help and McNamara was eliminated in 20th place.

Chris McNamara – Eliminated in 20th place ($5,536)
Mark Scacewater – Eliminated in 21st place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 21/671

Cedric Tercy was eliminated in 23rd place when his couldn’t hold against chip leader Farid Jattin’s . The runout came three diamonds giving Jattin a flush and leaving Tercy busted.

For Tercy, the cash marks his second deep run of his series as he previously finished runner-up in the $570.

Farid Jattin – 3,800,000
Cedric Tercy – Eliminated in 22nd place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 22/671

Joe Skarzynski was on the button preflop with 185,000 chips in the middle. David McCord was under the gun and he had an all-in bet of more than 600,000 in front of him. Action was back on Skarzynski who had a decision on his hands. After some time, Skarzynski called and McCord was at risk and behind.

Skarzynski:
McCord:

Runout:

Skarzynski improved to a pair of kings en route to busting McCord in 23rd place.

Joe Skarzynski – 2,000,000
David McCord – Eliminated in 23rd place ($5,536)

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 24/671

Players are back in their seats following break. A walk around the last three tables shows us Farid Jattin has a big lead in the $1,650 buy-in event. Jattin has a stack of 3,375,000 and owns a huge edge in chips heading to the 10,000/20,000 level.

Farid Jattin – 3,375,000

Winter Poker Open Main Event
$1,650 Buy-In, $500,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 | Payouts
Players Remaining: 24/671

Ross Ward busted moments ago in 25th place. He was followed to the rail by Leonard Demchak in 24th.

Leonard Demchak – Eliminated in 24th place ($5,536)
Ross Ward – Eliminated in 25th place ($5,536)