2024 Champions Club Winter Poker Open

$1,500 Main Event
Day: 1e
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 1e
Entries
290
Players Left
35

$1,500 Main Event

Day 1e Started

Day 1e of $1,500 Main Event Kicks off at Noon!

Main Event Trophy
Main Event Trophy

Welcome back to another exciting day of poker here at the Winter Poker Open hosted by Champions Club poker room in Houston, Texas. Today will feature the fifth starting flight, Day 1e, of Event #15: $1,500 -$1 Million GTD Main Event! The current stack to beat is held by Ryan Van from yesterday's Day 1d who bagged a whopping 1,314,000 after busting Christopher Chomenko to burst the bubble.

This flight will kick off at noon local time and registration will be open for a whopping nine hours and fifteen minutes (approximately 9:15 pm) and play will continue until 12% of the field remains.

Players will receive a starting stack of 60,000 and levels will be 40 minutes in length for all starting flights, and then will be increased to 60 minutes on Day 2.

The two-day event culminates with a live-streamed final table on Sunday, February 18th once all survivors from the six opening flights have been thinned to nine remaining contenders. Those opening flight returnees will come back to the Champions Club poker room at noon Sunday to continue their chase for a six-figure payday.

As always, keep a bookmark on PokerNews as we will be providing you with all of the action here at Champions Club!

Tags: Christopher ChomenkoRyan Van

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Early Entrants

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Drake Roetker us
Drake Roetker
60,000
60,000
60,000
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
60,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Anthony Mender us
Anthony Mender
60,000
60,000
60,000
Zhong Wilkerson us
Zhong Wilkerson
60,000
60,000
60,000
Peter Lockwood us
Peter Lockwood
60,000
60,000
60,000
Chezz Romero us
Chezz Romero
60,000
60,000
60,000
Jason Hickey us
Jason Hickey
60,000
60,000
60,000
Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
60,000
60,000
60,000
Kevin Kendrick us
Kevin Kendrick
60,000
60,000
60,000
Gabriel Abusada us
Gabriel Abusada
60,000
60,000
60,000
Shawn Wilcox us
Shawn Wilcox
60,000
60,000
60,000
Nathan Russler us
Nathan Russler
60,000
60,000
60,000
Wes Cutshall us
Wes Cutshall
60,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

Schneider Misses Some Value with Boat

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On a three-way flop of 287, Joseph Schneider checked to Bao Huynh who bet 2,500 and was called by Shawn Wilcox and Schneider.

The turn came the 8, pairing the board, and Huynh continued for 7,500, which Wilcox and Schneider both called again.

When the river fell the 7, after all three players checked, Hunyh revealed 66 which had been counterfeit to six high, then Wilcox confidently showed AQ for a flush, but was quickly humbled when Schneider rolled over 68 for a full house.

"Dang, I missed a bet! Could have got value from a flush!" Schneider added regretfully as he was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Schneider us
Joseph Schneider
62,000
62,000
62,000
Shawn Wilcox us
Shawn Wilcox
59,000
-1,000
-1,000
Bao Huynh us
Bao Huynh
46,000
46,000
46,000

Tags: Bao HuynhJoseph SchneiderShawn Wilcox

Doucet Shoves River

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

After an open, Johnatan Rodriguez made it 3,100 to go from the small blind and was called by Kevin Kendrick and Daniel Doucet.

The flop came out 256 and action checked to Doucet who bet 8,500 and was called only by Rodriguez to see the turn 3.

Both players then decided to slow down and check to go straight to the river 6. Rodriguez checked once more and Doucet used this as a prime opportunity to move all in, which resulted in a hasty fold from Rodriguez.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Doucet us
Daniel Doucet
71,000
Kevin Kendrick us
Kevin Kendrick
60,500
500
500
Johnatan Rodriguez us
Johnatan Rodriguez
58,000

Tags: Daniel DoucetKevin KendrickJohnatan Rodriguez

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

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Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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