$1,500 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
$1,500 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,363,560
Entries
1,033
Level
38
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
125
Players Left
11
Andrew Esposito Leads Final 11 into Day 3 at 2:00 p.m. Tomorrow!
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Another long day of poker is in the books as the Main Event field has been whittled down to the final 11 after the maximum amount of play. Leading the way is Andrew Esposito who bagged up 11,650,000 after taking down several huge pots towards the end of the night. In second is Spencer Champlin with 9,085,000 who busted two players in the last hands of play to rocket him near the top and rounding out the top three is Jerry Yen with 8,100,000.
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Esposito | 11,650,000 | 73 |
| 2 | Spencer Champlin | 9,085,000 | 57 |
| 3 | Jerry Yen | 8,100,000 | 51 |
| 4 | Cedrric Trevino | 5,270,000 | 33 |
| 5 | Chris Staats | 5,270,000 | 33 |
| 6 | David Mzareulov | 5,100,000 | 32 |
| 7 | Charles Sinn | 4,900,000 | 31 |
| 8 | Adam Hendrix | 4,230,000 | 26 |
| 9 | Tony Bunch | 3,960,000 | 25 |
| 10 | Tommy Zhang | 2,985,000 | 19 |
| 11 | David Diaz | 2,960,000 | 19 |
Day 2 was slated to play down until the final table, or until the end of level 28, whichever came first. It seemed at first that it would be an early day, as players were busting left and right well into the afternoon. But once it got down to the last four tables, the action began to really slow down as pay jumps began to take effect.
After the players returned from their dinner break at 7:00, it was Day 1e's chipleader Kassim Panjwani who was the dominant chip leader, followed by Charles Sinn and Chris Staats. Unfortunately for Panjwani, he then lost a series of big hands and eventually fell at the hands of Caitlin Comeskey. Comeskey herself had a great day of play, including a big bluff against Adam Hendrix that propelled her deep into the night, but she eventually met her end in 15th against Cedric Trevino who held aces to her ace-five. She exited the night a few spots after her partner-in-crime, Jessica Richards hit the rail due to a run-in with Esposito.
Richards started the day as a top five stack but lost a big flip in her first hand but manage to surge back and was at the top of the counts for most of the day. Unfortunately, her run came to an end after she flopped a set on an all-diamond flop and ran into Esposito's nut-flush and couldn't improve. As for Trevino, he also played a solid game today, picking his spots carefully and really got a boost when he held ace-king and Jason Fitzpatrick shoved into him with ace-deuce for almost 30 big blinds. He then went on to knock out Jason Daly in a big pot later in the night and he used this momentum to bag up a stack for Day 3.
These 11 players will return tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. and will resume play at the start of Level 29 with blinds at 80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 big blind ante. They will then play until there are nine players left, at which point they will move over to the stream table to play out the remainder of the tournament on the Champions Club live stream on YouTube.
All players returning are guaranteed a minimum payout of $18,290, but of course they will all be eyeballing the $234,730 that is sitting up top.
As always, stay tuned in with PokerNews as we will be bringing you all of the action until a champion is crowned here in Houston, Texas, so don't go anywhere!
End of Day 2: Players Bag (full)
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
With the completion of Level 28, the remaining 11 players have bagged up to return tomorrow for Day 3.
Stay tuned a recap of the day's events will be released shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,650,000
2,750,000
|
2,750,000 |
|
9,085,000
-2,565,000
|
-2,565,000 |
|
8,100,000
-2,075,000
|
-2,075,000 |
|
5,270,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
5,270,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
5,100,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
4,900,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
4,230,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
||
|
3,960,000
-1,190,000
|
-1,190,000 |
|
2,985,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
|
2,960,000
1,260,000
|
1,260,000 |
|
||
Michael Kuney Eliminated in 12th Place ($18,290)
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Michael Kuney opened to 250,000, was then three-bet to 625,000 by Spencer Champlin, and Kuney responded by moving all in. Champlin quickly snapped it off to him at risk and the cards were on their backs.
Michael Kuney: K♠10♦
Spencer Champlin: Q♠Q♣
Kuney would need some help to stay alive, but the runout of 3♦J♥2♥A♥4♣ did not do it and he was sent to the rail in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,650,000
5,850,000
|
5,850,000 |
|
Busted |
Last Three Hands
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
With ten minutes left in the level, the Tournament Director has announced that three more hands will be played before bagging up for the night.
Warren Simon Eliminated in 13th Place ($14,250)
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
After an open from Adam Hendrix, Warren Simon moved all in and was quickly called by Hendrix to put him at risk.
Warren Simon: K♥K♠
Adam Hendrix: A♥A♦
"Aces versus kings, huh? Well, what are ya gonna do..." Simon said as the board ran out 2♦5♦4♦9♠J♥ for Hendrix's aces to hold and he was eliminated in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Lisa Fleishman Eliminated in 14th Place ($14,250)
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Unfortunately, the action was missed on the hand, but short-stacked Lisa Fleishman moved all in preflop with K♦8♦ and was called by Spencer Champlin with A♣9♣.
Fleishman flopped a flush draw for a sweat, but Champlin wound up hitting an offsuit nine on the river to take the pot, eliminating her in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Caitlin Comeskey Eliminated in 15th Place ($14,250)
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The complete action was missed on the hand, but Cedrric Trevino opened to 250,000 and then Caitlin Comeskey moved all in from the button, only to be snapped off by Trevino to put her at risk.
Caitlin Comeskey: A♦5♦
Cedrric Trevino: A♣A♠
Unfortunately for Comeskey, the runout did not give her any help and she was eliminated in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,500,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
|
Busted |
Ravee Sundara Eliminated in 16th Place ($11,660)
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
On a heads-up turn of 4♥8♣10♥5♣, there was a mound of chips in the middle when Ravee Sundara checked over to Jerry Yen, who bet 1,300,000.
Sundara then went deep into the tank, and after a solid two minutes, he moved all in, but was snap-called by Yen to put him at risk.
Ravee Sundara: Q♦J♣
Jerry Yen: Q♣10♣
"Wow," Sundara sighed as he realized how strong Yen was, and the river 8♦ sent him to the rail in 16th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,175,000
4,275,000
|
4,275,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Counts
Level 28
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,900,000
-1,250,000
|
-1,250,000 |
|
|
5,900,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
|
5,600,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
|
5,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
5,150,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
|
5,100,000
1,275,000
|
1,275,000 |
|
|
4,325,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
|
|
3,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,800,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
1,850,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
1,500,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
570,000
-1,680,000
|
-1,680,000 |