2019 Wynn Winter Classic

$5,300 Championship Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 Wynn Winter Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
$540,800
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,740,440
Entries
557
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
435
Players Left
190

$5,300 Championship Event

Day 1 Completed

Marko Pantelic Bags Big After Day 1 of 2019 Wynn Winter Classic

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Justin Bonomo (left) and Marko Pantelic
Justin Bonomo (left) and Marko Pantelic

The inaugural Wynn Winter Classic $5,300 buy-in Championship Event – the biggest buy-in tournament the venue has held in over five years – had no problem passing its $1.5 million guarantee as 435 entrants competed on Day 1 of the tournament. With late registration and re-entries open until the stat of Level 13 on Day 2 (approx. 2:10 p.m. on Thursday), that number is sure to go up even more.

After 10 levels of play, approximately 195 players survived. Among the big stacks were Marko Pantelic (357,000), Alex Rocha (330,000), Patrick Serda (279,000), Michael Dyer (254,000), and David “The Dragon” Pham (233,000).

Others to make it through were HPT Season XV POY Nick Pupillo (206,500), bracelet winner Ryan Laplante (192,500), Matt Glantz (168,000), WPT Venetian champ Ben Palmer (149,000), 888poker Ambassador Daria Feshchenko (101,000), and Maria Ho (112,000).

Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to bag. Among those to fire and fall on Day 1 were Will “The Thrill” Failla, Eric Baldwin Dutch Boyd, 2019 WSOP Main Event fourth-place finisher Garry Gates, and MSPT Season 10 Player of the Year Mike Shin.

Day 2 of the tournament will kick off at noon local time on Thursday. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.

Tags: Marko Pantelic

End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marko Pantelic rs
Marko Pantelic
357,000 270,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Uke Dauti us
Uke Dauti
334,000 84,000
Alex rocha us
Alex rocha
330,000 -45,000
Lars Kamphues de
Lars Kamphues
290,500
Kent Buckingham us
Kent Buckingham
289,500
Edward Hislop ca
Edward Hislop
284,000 9,000
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
279,000 -101,000
WPT 1X Winner
Kazuhiko Yotsushika jp
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
279,000
Chris Ryan us
Chris Ryan
261,500
Michael Dyer us
Michael Dyer
254,000 254,000
David Doherty us
David Doherty
237,500
David Pham us
David Pham
233,000 67,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
229,000
Ian Matakis us
Ian Matakis
225,000 125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
223,500 -1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
221,500 33,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Noam Muallem il
Noam Muallem
219,000
Larry Greenberg us
Larry Greenberg
211,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
210,500 60,500
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Josh Bergman us
Josh Bergman
209,000
Chad Wassmuth us
Chad Wassmuth
208,500
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
206,500 -18,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
202,500 82,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Ostapchenko us
Andrew Ostapchenko
198,000 48,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
192,500 47,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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Six More Hands

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play six more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1 of the Wynn Winter Classic Championship Event. Stay tuned for various end-of-day chip counts as well as a short recap of the action.

HPT POY Pupillo Doubles Through Jaka

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

There was already 100K in the pot and a board reading {2-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades} when we arrived at the table.

Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) Season XV Player of the Year Nick Pupillo had checked from the lojack and Faraz Jaka moved all in for around 70,000 from the button. Pupillo, who had 58,000 back, hit the tank before eventually calling off.

Nick Pupillo: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Faraz Jaka: {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Jaka had bluffed his missed flush draw and Pupillo was rewarded with a big double here in the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
225,000 130,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
10,000 -85,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Nick PupilloFaraz Jaka

Chip Counts Part 3

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
380,000 340,000
WPT 1X Winner
Alex rocha us
Alex rocha
375,000 230,000
Uke Dauti us
Uke Dauti
250,000
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
188,000 103,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
180,000 30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
90,000 -10,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
90,000 58,000
WPT 3X Winner
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
85,000 -30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
85,000 35,000
Stan Jablonski us
Stan Jablonski
80,000 -15,000
Ricky Guan us
Ricky Guan
70,000
Denise Pratt us
Denise Pratt
65,000 -5,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
60,000 50,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
60,000 -13,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
50,000 -40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
50,000 12,000
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
45,000 9,000
Alan Goehring us
Alan Goehring
35,000 20,000
WPT 2X Winner
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
31,500 5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
22,000 -71,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Chip Counts Part 1

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Edward Hislop ca
Edward Hislop
275,000
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
225,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
150,000 50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Andrew Ostapchenko us
Andrew Ostapchenko
150,000
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
125,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
120,000 82,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
95,000 53,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
85,000 -10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
73,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Shin us
Mike Shin
64,000 -6,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
60,000 20,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
50,000 -70,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
45,000
Darren Rabinowitz us
Darren Rabinowitz
45,000 -15,000
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
42,000 -23,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
42,000 6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Dylan Wilkerson us
Dylan Wilkerson
35,000 -10,000
WPT 1X Winner

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500