$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The first big tournament on the WPO schedule ran late into the evening and now it’s time to roll out the first big multi-flight tournament on the schedule. Event 2 has a $400 buy-in with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and three starting flights. The first kicks off at 11am in the Poker Room with another on Friday and Saturday at the same time.

Tournament players sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes. Late registration is open until the start of Level 3 at noon with re-entries available until the start of Level 5 at 1:30pm. Their day will come to an end when only 10% of the starting field remains, rounding up, and those players will return on Sunday for Day 2.

Cards go in the air in a few minutes and we will pick up coverage after registration has closed.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration available until the start of Level 3
• Re-entry available until the start of Level 5
• Day 1 will end at 10% of the field or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 2 Day 1A – $400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration available until the start of Level 3
• Re-entry available until the start of Level 5
• Day 1 will end at 10% of the field or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante

Irfan Khairi began heads-up play with Austin Reilly looking to double back into contention. That chance came early.

With the board reading , Reilly checked and Khairi bet 275,000. Reilly raised to 550,000 and Khairi called after a short think.

The river came and Reilly announced all in. Khairi called  for 1,895,000 and showed for the turned full house. Reilly showed for flopped trip sixes, not good enough to prevent him sending the lead across the table.

Irfan Khairi – 5,375,000 (67 bb)
Austin Reilly – 1,325,000 (17 bb)

Soon after, Reilly had his stack in the middle and Khairi had a chance to lock up the title.

Khairi:
Reilly:

Reilly was live but Khairi smashed the flop for trip nines. The turn and river completed the board and we had our first 2020 WPO champion.

Congrats to Irfan on his first career win and thanks to everyone who came out today.

1st: Irfan Khairi – $18,063 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Austin Reilly – $11,390

Full tournament recap will be posted on Thursday afternoon.

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 335

With the elimination of Ken O’Donnell in third place, Irfan Khairi and Austin Reilly were heads up for the title with the latter holding a nice lead.

Seat 3: Austin Reilly – 4,250,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7: Irfan Khairi – 2,450,000 (31 bb)

1st: $18,063 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $11,390

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 335

Jeremy Zides open-shoved from under the gun for 550,000 and Austin Reilly called on the button. The blinds folded and Zides saw some trouble.

Reilly:
Zides:

Zides was looking for help but could not connect on the board to exit in fourth place.

Austin Reilly – 3,150,000 (39 bb)
Jeremy Zides – Eliminated in 4th place ($5,025)

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 335

Action folded around to Carlos Aranda and he moved all in from the button for ~320,000. Irfan Khairi folded his small blind and Ken O’Donnell called in the big.

O’Donnell:
Aranda:

Aranda had two live, suited cards, missed the flop, but picked up an open-ended straight flush draw. Most of those outs went out the door when the hit the turn to give O’Donnell a full house. Aranda could not hit one of his two outs on the river to go out in fifth place.

Ken O’Donnell – 1,900,000 (32 bb)
Carlos Aranda – Eliminated in 5th place ($3,936)

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 335

Ken O’Donnell opened the action from under the gun to 125,000 and Patrick Hamilton moved all in from the button. The blinds folded and O’Donnell called with the bigger stack.

O’Donnell:
Hamilton:

Hamilton’s pair was dominated and he couldn’t find a miracle on the board to exit in sixth place.

Ken O’Donnell – 1,650,000 (28 bb)
Patrick Hamilton – Eliminated in 6th place ($3,059)

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 335

There was a cooldown after Justin Howard was eliminated but Jeremy Zides heated it back up. He moved all in for 425,000 from the small blind after Ken O’Donnell raised to 125,000 from the button. O’Donnell called with a chance to send Zides out.

Zides:
O’Donnell:

Zides was ahead but had to dodge two live cards to double. The board ran out board and Zides pair of aces was good enough to double.

Jeremy Zides – 950,000 (19 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 950,000 (19 bb)

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 335

Irfan Khairi opened the action from the cutoff and Justin Howard moved all in from the small blind. Jeremy Zides tanked several minutes but folded his big blind, later mentioning he folded pocket jacks in a tough spot. Khairi called and the hands were tabled.

Khairi:
Howard:

Both players had similar stacks and Khairi took the lead in the race on the flop. The turn and river were no help for Howard and they counted down the stacks. Khairi was all in for 585,000 and Howard had 595,000 to leave him with only 10K to play. He made it through a few hands but exited in seventh place for $2,596.

Irfan Khairi – 1,230,000 (41 bb)
Justin Howard – Eliminated in 7th place ($2,596)

The remaining players decided to forgo the next break to continue their march towards a champion.

$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 335

On one of the first hands at the final table, Dan Hanselman put his last ~320,000 in the middle and Carlos Aranda called to put him at risk.

Aranda:
Hanselman:

Hanselman needed to catch his ace or some magic to double up but Aranda locked up the hand when he flopped top set on the board. The turn and river completed the action and Hanselman collect $2,178 for his eighth place finish.

Carlos Aranda – 1,100,000 (37 bb)
Dan Hanselman – Eliminated in 8th place ($2,178)