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Championship: Ken McAdams Leads After Break

$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

Ken McAdams

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).

Championship: Four Tables Remain

$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

Jorge Nounon Sayegh

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

Championship: Jeevan Nomula Doubles Through Shane Barnard

$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

Shane Bernard (left) versus Jeevan Nomula (right)

With the flop out and reading Qd8d2s 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: QhTh
Barnard: Tc2c

“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 5h turn nor the 4d 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)

Championship: Five Tables Remain

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 471

Chris Tryba finished in 42nd place

The WPO Championship is down to 40 players at five tables and they hit a pay jump to at least $4,000.

41st: Derek Bowers – $3,600
42nd: Chris Tryba – $3,600
43rd: Anthony Bertuccio – $3,600
44th: Dion Jagroo – $3,600
45th: Fabian Caicedo – $3,600
46th: Ronald Grimes – $3,600
47th: Chongyou Chen – $3,600
48th: Kenneth Duffley – $3,600

Championship: Anthony Bertuccio Eliminated by Bud Waggoner

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 471

Bud Waggoner opened to 35,000 and Anthony Bertuccio moved all in for 274,000. The rest of the table folded and Waggoner called.

Waggoner: KhKs
Bertuccio: AhQh

Bertuccio ran into a monster that got bigger on the Kd8h7s flop. The 5d turn and Ac river finished the board and Bertuccio was eliminated.

Bud Waggoner – 813,000 (81 bb)
Anthony Bertuccio – Eliminated in 43rd Place ($3,600)

Championship: T.K. Miles and Diego Uez Over One Million

$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

T.K. Miles

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.

Diego Uez

Championship: Take a Break

$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).

Championship: Six Tables Remain

$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

Joel Deutsch finished in 52nd place

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