Main Event
Day 2 Started
2023 bestbet Winter Open
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 bestbet Winter Open
Prize Pool
$580,425
Entries
327
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
48
Players Left
9
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | First Name | Last Name | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | Nicola | Mincieli | Ponte Vedra, FL | 37,000 | 9 |
| 14 | 2 | Matthew | Johnson | Smyrna, TN | 285,000 | 71 |
| 14 | 3 | Brett | Feder | Jacksonville, FL | 650,000 | 162 |
| 14 | 4 | John | Bellotte | Lake City, FL | 223,000 | 55 |
| 14 | 5 | Derek | Sacoff | Jacksonville, FL | 323,000 | 81 |
| 14 | 6 | James | Solana | St. Augustine, FL | 147,000 | 36 |
| 14 | 7 | Thomas | Carroll | N. Augusta, SC | 91,000 | 22 |
| 14 | 8 | Steven | Ruighaver | Sumter, SC | 192,000 | 48 |
| 61 | 1 | David | Tuthill | St. Petersburg, FL | 324,000 | 81 |
| 61 | 2 | Maxwell | Young | Portland, OR | 444,000 | 111 |
| 61 | 3 | Darren | Young | St. Johns, FL | 60,000 | 15 |
| 61 | 4 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmari, FL | 92,000 | 23 |
| 61 | 5 | Mark | Goulding | Jacksonville, FL | 307,000 | 76 |
| 61 | 6 | Carl | Mcgowan | Pearson, GA | 38,000 | 9 |
| 61 | 7 | Adam | Wells | Tallahassee, FL | 311,000 | 77 |
| 61 | 8 | Talesh | Patel | St. Augustine, FL | 213,000 | 53 |
| 62 | 1 | William | Davis | Jacksonville, FL | 149,000 | 37 |
| 62 | 2 | Toby | Boas | Sylva, NC | 316,000 | 79 |
| 62 | 3 | Michael | Frierson | Jacksonville, FL | 273,000 | 68 |
| 62 | 4 | Kelley | Slay | Jacksonville, FL | 222,000 | 55 |
| 62 | 5 | David | Dibernardi | Yourgestown, OH | 180,000 | 45 |
| 62 | 6 | Phuong | Ta | Bluffton, SC | 55,000 | 13 |
| 62 | 7 | Aftab | Patni | Orlando, FL | 256,000 | 64 |
| 62 | 8 | Brian | Schaedlich | Ponte Vedra, FL | 324,000 | 81 |
| 63 | 1 | Dwayne | Earnhardt | Rockwell, NC | 57,000 | 14 |
| 63 | 2 | Travis | Padgett | Savannah, GA | 102,000 | 25 |
| 63 | 3 | Joshua | Palmer | Boone, NC | 369,000 | 92 |
| 63 | 4 | David | Burns | Tallahassee, FL | 192,000 | 48 |
| 63 | 5 | Cody | Durden | Macon, GA | 164,000 | 41 |
| 63 | 6 | Jacob | Ferro | Syracuse, NY | 111,000 | 27 |
| 63 | 7 | Russell | Quick | Jacksonville, FL | 197,000 | 49 |
| 63 | 8 | Yichi | Li | Jacksonville, FL | 165,000 | 41 |
| 68 | 1 | Tyler | Mckinney | Jacksonville, FL | 62,000 | 15 |
| 68 | 2 | David | Zrihen | Jacksonville, FL | 84,000 | 21 |
| 68 | 3 | Rodney | Turvin | Cairo, GA | 457,000 | 114 |
| 68 | 4 | Bryce | Mcvay | Tampa, FL | 104,000 | 26 |
| 68 | 5 | Hunter | Cichy | Jacksonville, FL | 43,000 | 10 |
| 68 | 6 | Dane | Cass | Boonville, NC | 191,000 | 47 |
| 68 | 7 | George | Zinaty | Charlotte, FL | 147,000 | 36 |
| 68 | 8 | Charles | Campos | Fernadina Beach, FL | 115,000 | 28 |
| 69 | 1 | Hyndi | Khomutetsky | Orlando, FL | 65,000 | 16 |
| 69 | 2 | Frederick | Smith | N/A | 124,000 | 31 |
| 69 | 3 | Clyde | Maliauka | Clearwater, FL | 227,000 | 56 |
| 69 | 4 | Justin | Macella | McRae, GA | 496,000 | 124 |
| 69 | 5 | Ron | Germany | Covington, GA | 207,000 | 51 |
| 69 | 6 | Richard | Grant | Jacksonville, FL | 136,000 | 34 |
| 69 | 7 | Nghia | Le | Jacksonville, FL | 228,000 | 57 |
| 69 | 8 | Sean | Conklin | Jacksonville, FL | 170,000 | 42 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000 | |
|
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|
496,000 | |
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|
457,000 | |
|
444,000 | |
|
369,000 | |
|
324,000 | |
|
324,000 | |
|
323,000 | |
|
316,000 | |
|
311,000 | |
|
307,000 | |
|
285,000 | |
|
273,000 | |
|
256,000 | |
|
228,000 | |
|
227,000 | |
|
223,000 | |
|
222,000 | |
|
213,000 | |
|
207,000 | |
|
197,000 | |
|
192,000 | |
|
192,000 | |
|
191,000 | |
|
180,000 | |
Feder Leads Final 48 at bestbet Winter Open Main Event
With 650,000 chips to start the play, Day 1a chip leader Brett Feder takes the overall chip lead into Sunday’s Day 2 of the $2,000 bestbet Winter Open Main Event. Day 1b chip leader Justin Macella bagged the second-best overall stack with 496,000.
When action resumes at noon on Sunday it will be a sprint to the money as 41 of the 48 returning players will earn at least the min-cash of $3,577. Play will continue until just the final table of eight remains. On Monday, those final eight will play under the lights of the bestbetLIVE stage for the top prize of $122,017.
Top Ten Start of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett | Feder | Jacksonville, FL | 650,000 | 162 |
| 2 | Justin | Macella | McRae, GA | 496,000 | 124 |
| 3 | Rodney | Turvin | Cairo, GA | 457,000 | 114 |
| 4 | Maxwell | Young | Portland, OR | 444,000 | 111 |
| 5 | Joshua | Palmer | Boone, NC | 369,000 | 92 |
| 6 | David | Tuthill | St. Petersburg, FL | 324,000 | 81 |
| 7 | Brian | Schaedlich | Ponte Vedra, FL | 324,000 | 81 |
| 8 | Derek | Sacoff | Jacksonville, FL | 323,000 | 81 |
| 9 | Toby | Boas | Sylva, NC | 316,000 | 79 |
| 10 | Adam | Wells | Tallahassee, FL | 311,000 | 77 |
Play resumes Sunday with 13 minutes remaining in level 14 at blinds of 2,000/4,000/4,000, the point where play was stopped on Day 1a with 12.5% of that day’s field remaining. Levels extend to 60 minutes in length for the remainder of the tournament, with breaks every two levels, and a 30-minute dinner break scheduled after level 20.
Keep your browser locked on PokerNews as our live reporting coverage continues Sunday, and right up until a champion is crowned on Monday.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Cards are in the Air
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The final 48 players have taken their seats, and on the first hand of play, Nicola Mancieli became the first elimination, leaving six more bustouts to reach the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Campos Coolers Zrihen
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After preflop raises went back and forth, David Zrihen's 84,000 chips were in the middle in the worst possible spot near the bubble.
David Zrihen: 
Charles Campos: 
The board came 
giving Campos a winning straight to send Zrihen home short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
199,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Tournament Poker Player Surrenders During Heads-Up Play & Just Takes 2nd-Place Money
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jacob Mitich had the easiest heads-up battle ever — literally — in a $400 buy-in tournament at the Potomac Winter Poker Open when his opponent, William Pinkerton, simply conceded and took second-place money. We're not talking about chump change either as there was a $8,716 difference between first and second-place payouts.
Pinkerton didn't even ask for an ICM chop, a chip chop, a Tomahawk Chop, or any kind of chop. He was down approximately 6-1 in chips and still had more than 10 big blinds. Clearly, he was an underdog at that point, but anyone who has followed tournament poker for more than, oh, five minutes, knows that you're never out until there isn't a single chip left in front of you. At the very least, he could've moved all in dark and rolled the figurative dice.
Chip and a chair, as the late Poker Hall of Famer Jack "Treetop" Straus famously said. Just ask Phil Hellmuth, who rallied to win after being down approximately 96,000-4.000 in chips to Daniel Negreanu in the first of three High Stakes Duel matches between the two poker legends.
Three More Eliminations
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
William Davis, Tyler McKinney, and Nghia Lee have been recently eliminated, bringing the field down to 43 players, two away from the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted |
An Early One For the Chip Leader
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
With approximately 60,000 in the middle on a completed board of 
, Brett Feder bet 35,000 from the small blind into Matthew Johnson on the button.
Johnson chose to fold, sending a pot to Feder, who has maintained his chip lead in the early going.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
652,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
212,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |