$5,300 Championship Event Day 1 | 2019 Wynn Winter Classic

12-18-2019 16:07 UTC-7

Heyden Finishes Off Cheng

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Wen Chang was all in preflop for his last 12,000 and in dire straits against David Heyden.

Wen Chang:
David Heyden:

The flop delivered the case ace which meant Chang needed to catch running cards to make Broadway. The turn took away any chance of that happening as it gave Heyden aces full.

The meaningless was run out on the river and Chang hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Heyden	57,000
Wen Chang	Busted

Tags: David Heyden Wen Chang

12-18-2019 15:41 UTC-7

Ladies Lead to Lang's Demise

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Toby Lewis raised from early position and was met by a three-bet to roughly 3,500 from Mike Lang in the hijack. Action folded back to Lewis and he four-bet to 8,500, which Lang opted just to call.

When the flop came down , Lewis continued for 4,000 and Lang, who earlier in the series won the 2019 Wynn Winter Classic Seniors Event, raised all in for approximately 20,000. Lewis snap-called and Lang discovered the bad news.

Mike Lang:
Toby Lewis:

Lang's ladies were no good and he failed to get lucky as the bricked on the turn followed by the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	90,000	35,000
Mike Lang	Busted

Tags: Mike Lang Toby Lewis

12-18-2019 15:39 UTC-7

Another Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	75,000	25,000
Kevin Calenzo	60,000
Curt Kohlberg	55,000	5,000
Toby Lewis	55,000	5,000
Ryan Laplante	54,000	4,000
Josh Kay	53,000
Dylan Linde	50,000
Joseph Cheong	50,000
Ben Farrell	46,000
Ian O'Hara	42,000	-8,000
Matt Stout	40,000
Justin Zaki	35,000	-15,000
Mike Lang	35,000	-15,000
Patrick Serda	33,000
Jon Turner	28,000
Craig Varnell	17,000

12-18-2019 15:36 UTC-7

Gates Takes It on the Turn

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

After a player raised to 600 from early position, 2019 WSOP Main Event fourth-place finisher Garry Gates three-bet to 1,800 two spots over in the hijack. Marko Pantelic came along from the small blind, the initial raiser did the same, and the trio took a flop of .

The early-position player checked, Gates continued for 2,100, and Pantelic folded. The original raiser called and then checked for the second time on the turn.

Gates, who recently won a gold ring down at the WSOP Circuit International Aruba stop, upped his bet to 4,200 and this time it did the trick as his opponent wasted little time in folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Gates	46,500	4,500

Tags: Garry Gates

12-18-2019 15:32 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	120,000	70,000
Eric Baldwin	95,000	45,000
Marko Pantelic	90,000	5,000
Jeremy Levin	67,000
Kevin Rabichow	65,000	15,000
Lee Markholt	56,000
Mike Shin	54,000
Darren Rabinowitz	50,000
Harrison Gimbel	50,000
Joe Kuether	50,000
Faraz Jaka	46,500
Matt Affleck	45,000	-5,000
David Levi	30,000	-20,000
Jeremy Brown	25,000	-25,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

12-18-2019 15:03 UTC-7

First Break of the Day

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day.

12-18-2019 14:53 UTC-7

Smile for the Camera

Chad Holloway

12-18-2019 14:46 UTC-7

Jazayeri Flushed By Pantelic

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

We missed the elimination of WPT champ Sean Jazayeri but Garry Gates, who was at the table when it happened, was kind enough to fill us in on some details.

As he told it, there was some action on a flop before Jazayeri got the rest of his chips in on the turn, which was a third diamond, against Marko Pantelic.