2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open

$1,500 Main Event
Day: 1f
Event Info

2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$209,730
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,560
Entries
1,033
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1f
Entries
418
Players Left
50

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Yen Flopped Set Scores Double Knockout; Crippled Bomer Exits Soon After

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jerry Yen
Jerry Yen

With Charles Dawson already all in preflop, Jerry Yen, Youn Noh, and Rory Bomer all went to a flop of 638.

Noh then led-jammed all in for a little over 100,000 and Bomer called, but then Yen shoved over the top for more, putting the pressure on Bomer.

"Of course, he just has it here..." Bomer began a long monologue with himself as he talked through the hand. "Maybe he has diamonds and we're purely flipping... Ugh, such a weird spot to be in... I wish I had less, then this would be much easier!"

After nearly two minutes of this, he finally set out his remaining 120,000 and the four hands were on their backs.

Charles Dawson: 99
Youn Noh: 1010
Jerry Yen: 33
Rory Bomer: JJ

Yen was way in the lead with his set of threes, and the turn improved him to a full house, followed by a brick A on the river to seal his victory. He was then pushed the massive pot worth over 700,000 while Dawson and Noh exited and Bomer was left on life support.

Bomer was left with less than a blind and did manage to spin it up by doubling a few hands in a row, but eventually ran king-ten into aces and was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jerry Yen us
Jerry Yen
728,000
469,000
469,000
Rory Bomer us
Rory Bomer
Busted
Youn Noh us
Youn Noh
Busted
Charles Dawson us
Charles Dawson
Busted

Tags: Charles DawsonJerry YenRory BomerYoun Noh

Updated Counts

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Samuel Schultz us
Samuel Schultz
583,000
400,500
400,500
Andrew Esposito us
Andrew Esposito
502,000
502,000
502,000
Karim Bevans us
Karim Bevans
445,000
189,000
189,000
Christian Vaca us
Christian Vaca
435,000
125,000
125,000
Eric Crews us
Eric Crews
401,500
401,500
401,500
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
398,000
398,000
398,000
Kamoru Yusuf ng
Kamoru Yusuf
335,500
99,800
99,800
Tommy Zhang gb
Tommy Zhang
326,000
71,000
71,000
Kaleb Harwell
Kaleb Harwell
313,000
313,000
313,000
Jerry Yen us
Jerry Yen
259,000
259,000
259,000
Kris Burchfield us
Kris Burchfield
238,000
238,000
238,000
Brian Green us
Brian Green
218,000
218,000
218,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Brassieur us
Justin Brassieur
215,000
215,000
215,000
William Smith us
William Smith
183,000
123,000
123,000
Gabriel Abusada us
Gabriel Abusada
182,000
122,000
122,000
Robert Cote us
Robert Cote
165,000
56,000
56,000
Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
162,000
102,000
102,000
Joshua Thibodaux us
Joshua Thibodaux
128,000
128,000
128,000
Adam Hendrix us
Adam Hendrix
101,000
101,000
101,000
Day 1F Chip Leader
$25K Fantasy

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Zheng Cracks Hernandez's Aces

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After a raise to 15,000 from Gerardo Hernandez and a call from Karim Bevans, Peng Zheng moved all in for a little over 100,000.

Hernandez quickly called for less, and Bevans thought about it for a good bit before he decided to let it go.

Peng Zheng: AQ
Gerardo Hernandez: AA

Hernandez was in a great position to double up with his aces, but the runout was brutal as it came J695Q to give Zheng a runner-runner flush to scoop the pot, eliminating Hernandez.

Player Chips Progress
Peng Zheng us
Peng Zheng
225,000
Gerardo Hernandez us
Gerardo Hernandez
Busted

Vaca Flushes Davenport

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a heads-up turn of J5810, the pot had close to 50,000 in it when Damarjai Davenport checked over to Christian Vaca, who moved all in to cover Davenport.

Davenport thought about this situation for around 15 seconds before he tossed out the chips, putting himself at risk.

Demarji Davenport: 89
Christian Vaca: KQ

Davenport was ahead with his pair of nines, but Vaca had a ton of outs with his straight and flush combo draw.
Sure enough, the river was the 7, which gave Davenport a straight, but also gave Vaca a flush to take the pot, which sent Davenport to the rail.

Davenport then quickly fired another bullet into the tournament and is now seated across the room with a fresh stack of 60,000.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Vaca us
Christian Vaca
310,000
143,000
143,000
Damarjai Davenport us
Damarjai Davenport
60,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Zhang Applies Pressure

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Tommy Zhang made it 11,000 to go preflop and found one customer in Richard Fink to go heads-up to a flop of 76K.

Fink checked to Zhang, who continued for 8,500, and Fink called.

On the turn 6, Zhang fired again for 13,500 after a check from Fink, who quickly folded to his bet.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Zhang gb
Tommy Zhang
255,000
Richard Fink us
Richard Fink
49,500
49,500
49,500

Tags: Richard FinkTommy Zhang

Eight Bao, Corner Pocket

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Aaron McEvoy opened to 4,500 and Bao Huynh moved all in for around 53,000, causing action to fold around.

When it got back to McEvoy, he quickly tossed in a call to put the shorter stack at risk.

Bao Huynh: 88
Aaron McEvoy: 1010

Huynh would need some help to stay alive, and he sure got it on the A7489 runout as he made a set of eights on the turn. He was shipped the pot for the double while McEvoy was left shaking his head.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron McEvoy us
Aaron McEvoy
245,000
-6,000
-6,000
Bao Huynh us
Bao Huynh
115,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Aaron McEvoyBao Huynh