$5,300 Championship Event
Day 1 Completed
$5,300 Championship Event
Day 1 Completed
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Marko Pantelic | 357,000 | 270,000 |
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Uke Dauti | 334,000 | 84,000 |
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Alex rocha | 330,000 | -45,000 |
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Lars Kamphues | 290,500 | |
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Kent Buckingham | 289,500 | |
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Edward Hislop | 284,000 | 9,000 |
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Patrick Serda | 279,000 | -101,000 |
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Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 279,000 | |
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Chris Ryan | 261,500 | |
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Michael Dyer | 254,000 | 254,000 |
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David Doherty | 237,500 | |
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David Pham | 233,000 | 67,000 |
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Brent Roberts | 229,000 | |
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Ian Matakis | 225,000 | 125,000 |
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Barry Hutter | 223,500 | -1,500 |
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Ryan Leng | 221,500 | 33,500 |
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Noam Muallem | 219,000 | |
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Larry Greenberg | 211,000 | |
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Galen Hall | 210,500 | 60,500 |
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Josh Bergman | 209,000 | |
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Chad Wassmuth | 208,500 | |
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Nick Pupillo | 206,500 | -18,500 |
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Joseph Cheong | 202,500 | 82,500 |
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Andrew Ostapchenko | 198,000 | 48,000 |
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Ryan Laplante | 192,500 | 47,500 |
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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.
There was already 100K in the pot and a board reading 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:
Faraz Jaka:
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 |
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Nick Pupillo | 225,000 | 130,000 |
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Faraz Jaka | 10,000 | -85,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Patrick Serda | 380,000 | 340,000 |
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Alex rocha | 375,000 | 230,000 |
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Uke Dauti | 250,000 | |
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Ryan Leng | 188,000 | 103,000 |
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Andrew Lichtenberger | 180,000 | 30,000 |
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Curt Kohlberg | 90,000 | -10,000 |
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Brian Altman | 90,000 | 58,000 |
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Craig Varnell | 85,000 | -30,000 |
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Nadya Magnus | 85,000 | 35,000 |
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Stan Jablonski | 80,000 | -15,000 |
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Ricky Guan | 70,000 | |
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Denise Pratt | 65,000 | -5,000 |
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Louis Salter | 60,000 | 50,000 |
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Tony Dunst | 60,000 | -13,000 |
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Byron Kaverman | 50,000 | -40,000 |
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Kou Vang | 50,000 | 12,000 |
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Joe Kuether | 45,000 | 9,000 |
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Alan Goehring | 35,000 | 20,000 |
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Dylan Linde | 31,500 | 5,000 |
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James Calderaro | 22,000 | -71,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Pham | 166,000 | |
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Matt Glantz | 160,000 | 60,000 |
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Daria Feshchenko | 140,000 | |
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Austin Yoo | 127,000 | |
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Justin Young | 110,000 | 81,000 |
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Richard Bai | 110,000 | |
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Brian Green | 100,000 | 30,000 |
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Mike Sexton | 90,000 | -10,000 |
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Sean Jazayeri | 60,000 | 33,500 |
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Justin Bonomo | 58,000 | 10,000 |
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Garry Gates | 55,000 | -40,000 |
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Justin Zaki | 47,000 | 13,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edward Hislop | 275,000 | |
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Barry Hutter | 225,000 | |
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Galen Hall | 150,000 | 50,000 |
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Andrew Ostapchenko | 150,000 | |
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Maria Konnikova | 125,000 | |
Joseph Cheong | 120,000 | 82,000 |
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Nick Pupillo | 95,000 | 53,000 |
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Ryan Leng | 85,000 | -10,000 |
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Mark Radoja | 73,000 | |
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Mike Shin | 64,000 | -6,000 |
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Jon Turner | 60,000 | 20,000 |
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Dan Shak | 50,000 | -70,000 |
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Jack Salter | 45,000 | |
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Darren Rabinowitz | 45,000 | -15,000 |
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Elio Fox | 42,000 | -23,000 |
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Harrison Gimbel | 42,000 | 6,000 |
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Dylan Wilkerson | 35,000 | -10,000 |
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The tournament staff has paused the clock in order to quickly race off the T100 chips. Once it's done, the remaining players will plan one more 60-minute levels before bagging and tagging.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500