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

A Look at the Remaining 2019 Wynn Winter Classic Schedule

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante
DateTimeEventGuaranteeChipsLevels
Dec. 1812 p.m.$5,300 NLH Championship Day 1$1.5 million50,00060 min
Dec. 1912 p.m.$5,300 NLH Championship Day 2   
Dec. 2012 p.m.$5,300 NLH Championship Day 3   
Dec. 2012 p.m.$400 NLH$40,00020,00030 min
Dec. 2112 p.m.$550 NLH$50,00020,00030 min
Dec. 214 p.m.$400 PLO/NLH$25,00020,00030 min
Dec. 2212 p.m.$400 NLH$40,00020,00030 min

Luber the First to Fall

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

It took about an hour for the first elimination to occur. It happened over at Table 39 and occurred shortly after Ben Luber lost all but 3,500 of his chips running kings into aces.

At that point, Chad Layne raised to 300 and received a call from Walter Atwood next to act. When action reached Luber, he moved all in and both his opponents called.

On a {7-}{7-}{x-} flop, Layne bet 4,500 and Atwood called to see a {6xc} turn. Layne checked and then folded when Atwood bet 12,000.

Walter Atwood: {10-}{10-}
Ben Luber: {9-}{9-}

Atwood had Luber pipped and the river bricked to bring about the first bust out of the 2019 Wynn Winter Classic Championship Event.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Luber us
Ben Luber
Busted

Tags: Ben Luber

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Early One for Palmer

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Michael Palmer limped the hijack only to have Wen Chang raise to 400 from the cutoff. Minnesota's Rob Wazwaz called from the button, Ian O'Hara came along from the big, and Palmer put in the additional 300 to see a {j-Spades}{5-Spades}{q-Hearts} flop.

All four players checked and the {j-Diamonds} paired the board on the turn. O'Hara checked and Palmer bet 1,000. That did the trick as one by one his three opponents folded.

Tags: Michael Palmer

Welcome to the Party

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The tournament area continues to fill up and quite a few new tables have opened in the past 30 minutes. Here's a look at some of the players who've taken their seat.

Player Chips Progress
Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Ryan Laplante us
Ryan Laplante
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
50,000
David Levi us
David Levi
50,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000
Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
Mitch Garshofsky us
Mitch Garshofsky
50,000
Kevin Rabichow us
Kevin Rabichow
50,000
Justin Zaki us
Justin Zaki
50,000
Jeremy Brown us
Jeremy Brown
50,000

2019 Wynn Winter Classic Side Event Winners Thus Far...

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The 2019 Wynn Winter Classic kicked off back on December 2 and every day since then preliminary events have been taking place. Here's a look at those who've managed to capture titles headed into the Championship Event.

TournamentEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
Event #1: $400 NLH $100K GTD456$157,593Rory Liffey$32,109
Event #2: $400 NLH Seniors185$63,936Mike Lang$17,688
Event #3: $400 PLO100$34,560Tyler Kohlness$9,045
Event #4: $300 Limit Omaha 8/B79$20,477Rafael Concepcion$4,899
Event #5: $600 NLH $250K GTD727$380,366Kevin Gerhart$69,561
Event #6: $400 NLH175$60,480Albert Ng$16,731
Event #7: $400 NLH220$76,032Amilia Ramadanovic$20,162
Event #8: $400 NLH200$69,120Ben Moon$12,165
Event #9: $400 NLH $3K Survivor $100 Bounty210$51,57617 winners$3,000 each
Event #10: $1,100 NLH $500K GTD1,230$1,204,416Timo Kamphues$202,787
Event #11: $1,100 Eight Game Mix44$43,296Ryan Leng$18,185
Event #12: $400 NLH163$56,333Nima Mahani$9,500
Event #13: $400 NLH271$93,657Michael Kiselman$19,200

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Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante
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