$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 31 of 471
Cards are back in the air with 31 players and Ken McAdams now leading the field. He is up to 1,525,000 followed by Philip Jackson’s 1,270,000 and T.K. Miles’s 1,110,000.
Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 610,000 (41 bb).
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 31 of 471
The 31 remaining players were sent on another break as tournament staff pull the 1K chips out of play. They will return to play two more levels before the dinner break.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 32 of 471
Action stalled there for a bit but quickly ramped back up with three knockouts in a short period. Jorge Nounon Sayegh, Peter Vitantonio, and John Dolan were sent out at different tables to drop the field down to the last four tables with 32 players remaining and $4,500 locked up.
33rd: Jorge Nounon Sayegh – $4,000 34th: Peter Vitantonio – $4,000 35th: John Dolan – $4,000 36th: Shane Barnard – $4,000 37th: Richard Pressler – $4,000 38th: Kyler Upper – $4,000 39th: Adam Bacome – $4,000 40th: Aaron Gunn – $4,000
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 36 of 471
With the flop out and reading and about 130,000 in the pot, Jeevan Nomula checked from the small blind and Shane Barnard bet 39,000 from the button. Nomula pulled a check-raise all in for 131,000 and Barnard called with only a little more.
Nomula: Barnard:
“Oh, you have the ten too.” Barnard said when seeing the hands.
Both flopped a pair but Nomula was ahead with the queen and blocking tens from improving Barnard. Neither the turn nor the river could help Barnard and he sent the double to Nomula.
Barnard, our 21st place finisher in the PPO Championship a few months ago, was left very short and gone soon after.
Jeevan Nomula – 395,000 (33 bb) Shane Barnard – Eliminated in 36th Place ($4,000)
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 46 of 471
Cards are back in the air after the break and we have two of the 46 remaining players sitting with more than one million in their stack.
Defending champ T.K. Miles leads the way with 1,165,000 but Diego Uez is right on his heels with 1,143,000. Blinds are up and everyone has locked up at least $3,600.
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 46 of 471
They are breaking again in the Championship, this time with 46 still in the game and a lot of chips in play. The pace will continue to grind along until we see some stacks tighten up.
They will return to blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 410,000 (41 bb).
$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship $500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 48 of 471
The Championship is down to six tables with 48 players remaining and the next break on the horizon. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $3,600 with some big money coming up.
49th: Dana Caruso – $3,300 50th: Alan Thomas – $3,300 51st: Andrew Johnson – $3,300 52nd: Joel Deutsch – $3,300 53rd: Salvatore Devito – $3,300