$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 37 of 127

The final Flight C break expired a few minutes ago and it’s a logjam toward the top of the counts. Quentin Jones still leads, but no one is separating themselves from the pack with a huge stack.

Joining Jones toward the top of the counts with less than an hour left in the day is Aaron Speer. Speer sits on 248,000 and has a comfortable stack midway through Level 13. Only 37 remain and they’re looking to hang on for a Day 2 berth.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight D Entries: 16 (Total Entries: 347)

Five o’clock is here and so is Flight D of the Winter Poker Open $570 buy-in event. This is slated to follow the same schedule as the other start days with registration and re-entry available for five hours and play expected to wrap in just under eight hours.

Here are the details:

5pm: $570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry, Flight D

• $570 buy-in and $300,000 guaranteed
• First place receives added $1,650 seat
• 30,000 chips and 30-minute levels on Day 1
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~10pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~12:45am)
• Day 2 begins Sunday, December 9 at noon
• Structure sheet

We will take a little closer look at this flight after the 11am installment concludes.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 45 of 127

With registration closed and a field that’s getting smaller by the minute, it’s two-time 2018 WPTDeepStacks Tampa winner Quentin Jones and Ryan Luker that are on the good side of the flying chips.

Jones leads the field handily with about 250,000. Luker, meanwhile, sits right at 200,000. The pair is best for now in Flight C with about two more hours of play left in the night.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Entries: 127 (Total Entries: 331)

Level 10 is here and registration is closed in Flight C of the Winter Poker Open $570. It marked the largest start day yet with 127 entries bringing the combined field to 331. That has the prize pool at better than $165,000 with four starting flights still to come.

Details:

Flight C is narrowing with less than half of the 127 starters still around. We’ll take a look at some of those around for the late stages of play momentarily.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 124 (Total Entries: 324)

As Flight C goes from the early stages play into the middle, there are some big stacks emerging. None as big as Flight A’s Joseph Orsino, though.

Orsino bagged a monster in yesterday’s opening session of play. It was a clash of the chip leaders in his respective flight when his top set faced off against a pair and a flush held by Al Krux. The turn and river fell blanks for Krux and he was left stunned sending piles of chips Orsino’s way.

Orsino went on to bag 734,000 — head and shoulder above Kharlin Sued’s 315,000. In Flight B, Alexander Beece and Kris Villanueva bagged 566,000 and 509,000 respectively to sit second and third overall.

Full Chip Counts through Flight B

It’s all eyes on Orsino’s stack as players look to chase the top dog.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries: 116 (Total Entries: 320)

Defending champion Gil Aboodi is up over the 30,000-chip starting stack, but that’s despite a recent battle that saw him turn over second best. The turn gave Aboodi a straight, but the river filled his opponent up. Aboodi paid off the river and sent a pot across the table.

Despite the small setback, Aboodi has nearly doubled-up late in Level 6.

$250 PLO Re-Entry
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 30

Pot Limit Omaha tournament play is underway in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker room. This marks the first trophy to be awarded during the Winter Poker Open and it’s expected to be won during the early morning hours of Saturday.

Here are the details:

• $250 buy-in and $20,000 guaranteed
• 15,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 10 (~7pm)
• This is a one-day event structured to play to completion
• Structure Sheet

With the big $570 re-entry going on on the other side of the room, much of our live reporting efforts will be concentrated there. For the PLO, we’ll provide the headlines — prize pool, final table seating chart and final results along with a winner photo.

Good luck, PLO players!

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries: 115 (Total Entries: 319)

First break’s a wrap and play is back underway in Flight C of the Winter Poker Open $570, $300,000 guarantee. The Friday turnout is strong and getting stronger as the early stages of play saw a continued upward trend in the entry count. Now nearly three hours since kickoff, the clock shows 115 entered putting the combined field at 319. Registration and re-entry are available until about 4pm.

$570 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 200 ante
Flight C Entries: 103 (Total Entries: 307)

After putting an absolute hurt on last June’s WPTDeepStacks Tampa, Quentin Jones is back in the Seminole Hard Rock poker room in hopes of more of the same.

Just six months ago, Jones won the WPTDeepStacks $350 for $31,987. In addition, he pocketed a $1,100 seat into the Main Event. He parlayed that free seat into a much more high-profile win going on to top the Main Event only a few days later for $116,435.

With nearly $150,000 in cashes over the span of two events, Jones ponied up today’s $570 buy-in and makes his way to play some winter poker here in Flight C of the opener.