$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 479

With the flop reading , Alex Rocha checked, and Nick Mann bet 160,000. Rocha check-raised to 400,000 and Mann announced all in after two minutes of thought. Rocha double-checked his cards and called for an addition ~300,000 on top of his check-raise.

Mann:
Rocha:

Mann was ahead with his over pair and Rocha needed to make his flush or hit a king. The turn did not help Rocha and he was eliminated after the river.

Nick Mann – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
Alex Rocha – Eliminated in 15th Place ($10,598)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 479

With the flop reading , John Dolan checked from the big blind and Adam Templeman bet 75,000. Dolan check-raised to 225,000 and Templeman moved all in for ~400,000 total to get a quick call.

Dolan:
Templeman:

Dolan flopped trip sixes against Templeman’s aces, turned a boat on the turn, and Templeman was out in 18th after the river.

John Dolan – 1,275,000 (51 bb)
Adam Templeman – Eliminated in 18th Place ($8,679)

As Templeman was going out on Table 10, Joseph Mole was eliminated on Table 21.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 479

The Main Event is down to two tables as the blind go up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. The average stack is 800,000 (32 bb) with 18 players remaining.

Table 10
Seat 1: David Moses – 600,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Cohen – 325,000 (13 bb)
Seat 3: John Dolan – 750,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4: Antonious Nashaat – 550,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Ken Fishman – 1,250,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: Austin Buchanan – 1,325,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7: Manny Minaya – 275,000 (11 bb)
Seat 8: Adam Templeman – 420,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Peter Vitantonio – 550,000 (22 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: TK Miles – 510,000 (20 bb)
Seat 2: Connor Rash – 325,000 (13 bb)
Seat 3: Joseph Mole – 460,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: Justin Zaki – 1,800,000 (72 bb)
Seat 5: Terri-Anne Crawford – 950,000 (38 bb)
Seat 6: Duff Charette – 1,550,000 (62 bb)
Seat 7: Alex Rocha – 630,000 (25 bb)
Seat 8: Mark Scacewater – 880,000 (35 bb)
Seat 9: Nick Mann – 605,000 (24 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 479

Brian Stewart open-shoved his short stack from under the gun for barely a min-raise, Alex Rocha called in the small blind, and Mark Scacewater moved all in from the big to get a Rocha fold.

Scacewater:
Stewart:

Stewart needed some luck to double but there was no help on the run out.

Mark Scacewater – 720,000 (36 bb)
Brian Stewart – Eliminated in 20th Place ($7,221)

As Stewart was being eliminated on Table 21, Kevin Eyster was knocked out from Table 11 in 19th place for $7,221. Tournament staff are breaking Table 11 to create the last two, full tables.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 479

Duff Charette opened to 45,000 from the hijack and Austin Buchanan three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 625,000. TK Miles checked his cards on the button and moved all in. The blinds folded and Charette ended up releasing.

Buchanan:
Miles:

A race for a big pot. The flop took away two of Miles’ outs spade out, the turn changed nothing, and Buchanan overkilled it when the filled his flush.

Austin Buchanan – 1,345,000 (67 bb)
TK Miles – 315,000 (16 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 479

Scott Riddell lost a big pot to Peter Vitantonio after dinner and was left with only 55,000. He put those in the middle under the gun and it folded to Michael Cohen in the cutoff. He reshipped to get folds from the button and blinds.

Cohen: ah]
Riddell:

Riddel had live cards but could not find a save on the after Cohen turned a queen-high straight.

Michael Cohen – 460,000 (23 bb)
Scott Riddell – Eliminated in 21st Place ($7,221)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 479

The 60-minute dinner break is complete and cards are back in the air. Blinds are at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind and the average stack 685,000 (34 bb) with 21 players remaining.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 479

Table 10
Seat 1: David Moses – 520,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Cohen – 320,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: John Dolan – 765,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Antonious Nashaat – 530,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Ken Fishman – 1,050,000 (53 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Riddell – 650,000 (33 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Peter Vitantonio – 495,000 (25 bb)

Table 11
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Duff Charette – 1,585,000 (79 bb)
Seat 3: Austin Buchanan – 460,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: TK Miles – 820,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Manny Minaya – 430,000 (22 bb)
Seat 7: Adam Templeman – 400,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: Kevin Eyster – 570,000 (29 bb)
Seat 9: Justin Zaki – 1,195,000 (60 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Brian Stewart – 440,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Connor Rash – 595,000 (30 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Joseph Mole – 395,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Terri-Anne Crawford – 670,000 (34 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Alex Rocha – 860,000 (43 bb)
Seat 8: Mark Scacewater – 650,000 (33 bb)
Seat 9: Nick Mann – 1,000,000 (50 bb)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 479

While David DiBernardi was getting bad beat out of the Main Event, Rob Marjura was also eliminated to drop the field to 21 players. There were no major pots after that point and the remaining players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.

Updated counts to come while they are gone.

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Main Event
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 479

With the flop reading , David DiBernardi had his last 260,000 in the middle and Connor Rash had him at risk.

DiBernardi:
Rash:

Rash caught a flush draw against DiBernardi’s aces, it missed the turn, but the beat was complete for DiBernardi on the river to send the former Tampa champ out.

Connor Rash – 815,000 (54 bb)
David DiBernardi – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($5,694)