$5,300 Championship Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 Wynn Winter Classic
$5,300 Championship Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2019 Wynn Winter Classic
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$2,740,440
Entries
557
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0
Entries
557
Players Left
31
Ben Farrell Leads as 31 Bag on Day 2 of Wynn Winter Classic Championship
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The inaugural Wynn Winter Classic $5,300 buy-in Championship Event – the biggest buy-in tournament the venue has held in over five years – crushed its $1.5 million guarantee as 557 entrants created a $2,740,440 prize pool.
Waiting up top for the winner is a hefty $540,800 payday, and after Day 2 ended on Thursday night, just 31 players remaining in contention for it. The man best positioned to make a run at it is the UK’s Ben Farrell, who bagged up the chip lead with 3.25 million.
Farrell will be adding to a career year that has already seen him earn $663,363 in live tournament earnings. That included a pair of six-figure scores here in Vegas over the summer when he won the WPT500 ARIA for $155,000 and a couple weeks later took down the Planet Hollywood Goliath Phamous Series Main Event for $162,400.
Others to bag big stacks advancing to Day 3 were Peter Nigh (2,105,000), Ryan Tosoc (1,505,000), Louis Salter (1,345,000), and Joe Kuether (1,340,000), who round out the top five.
They will be joined by players likeMatt Glantz (885,000), Justin Bonomo (825,000), Daniel Strelitz (805,000), Kahle Burns (790,000), Ryan Leng (715,000), and Ankush Mandavia (700,000).
Among those to finish in the money on Day 2 were Ryan Laplante (36th - $15,101), Nadya Magnus (37th - $15,101), Maria Ho (39th - $15,101), Maria Konnikova (42nd - $15,101), Ryan Olisar (48th - $13,211), HPT Season XV Player of the Year Nick Pupillo (53rd - $13,211), Kou Vang (57th - $11,619), Andrew Ostapchenko (58th - $11,619), and Curt Kohlberg (61st - $11,619).
Not everyone was fortunate enough to cash as roughly a couple hundred players fell short of the money including Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton, Anthony Zinn, Scott Baumstein, David “The Dragon” Pham, Dan Shak, Anton Wigg, Chris Moorman, and bubble boy Uke Dauti, who lost a race with queens to the ace-king of Ron West thanks to an ace on the turn.
Day 2 of the tournament will kick off at noon local time on Friday and play down to a winner. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to capture all the action, so be sure to join us then.
End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,250,000 | 1,180,000 |
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2,015,000 | |
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1,505,000 | 650,000 |
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1,345,000 | 525,000 |
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1,340,000 | 480,000 |
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1,220,000 | -80,000 |
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1,060,000 | 860,000 |
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1,025,000 | -175,000 |
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885,000 | -15,000 |
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825,000 | -470,000 |
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805,000 | -20,000 |
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790,000 | -310,000 |
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755,000 | 285,000 |
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745,000 | 745,000 |
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715,000 | 155,000 |
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700,000 | 250,000 |
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685,000 | 135,000 |
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685,000 | -275,000 |
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640,000 | -460,000 |
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630,000 | 483,000 |
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615,000 | 15,000 |
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530,000 | 80,000 |
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495,000 | 495,000 |
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490,000 | 457,000 |
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420,000 | 95,000 |
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Son Falls to Nigh
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
In one of the last hands of the night Arianna Son, who had been nursing a very short stack for some time finally got her last few chips in the middle and was called by Peter Nigh from his small blind.
Arianna Son: 
Peter Nigh: 
Son was behind, failed to improve on the 
and was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,015,000 | 1,615,000 |
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Busted | |
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Four More Hands
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 2. They will then do a complete redraw tonight (then again tomorrow at 18 players). Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the action.
Jazayeri Gets One-Outed
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Leonardo Song-Carrillo raised to 35,000. Sean Jazayeri then three-bet shoved for 215,000, and with action back on Song-Carrillo he made the call.
Sean Jazayeri: 
Song Carrillo: 
The 
flop was a favorable one for Jazayeri but still kept Song-Carrillo slightly ahead. The 
on the turn gave Jazayeri the lead, but Carrillo spiked the 
on the river, which was the only card he could hit to eliminate Jazayeri from the tournament very late in the last level on day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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915,000 | 145,000 |
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Busted | |
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Laplante Bows Out in 36th Place
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
After a raise in front of him, Austin Yoo three-bet only to have Ryan Laplante four-bet it. The initial raiser folded, Yoo five-bet jammed, and Laplante called off for approximately 430,000.
Ryan Laplante: 
Austin Yoo: 
Laplante had the weaker pocket pair and it cost him his tournament life after the board ran out dry as a whistle. Laplante took home $15,101 for his 36th-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,300,000 | 500,000 |
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Busted | |
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Yorra Doubles Through Song-Carrillo
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Matthew Yorra shoved his last 215,000, and from the next seat over Leonardo Song-Carrillo shoved behind, which prompted folds from the remaining players.
Matthew Yorra:
Leonardo Song-Carrillo: 
Yorra was behind preflop but had two overcards that he was hoping to hit, which he did on the 
flop. The 
improved his hand even more and the ensured that he wouldn't be headed to the payout desk just yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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770,000 | -130,000 |
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470,000 | 120,000 |
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No One Wants to Play With Rocco
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Michael Rocco took down back-to-back pots without even showing his cards. In the first hand the under-the-gun player raised it 32,000 and was three-bet to 107,000 from Rocco in the next seat over. With action back on the original raiser he sent his cards to the muck.
In the very next hand Rocco was the first to act and min-raised to 32,000, which was enough to take down the blinds and ante.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,564,000 | 104,000 |
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Next Round of Payouts ($15,101)
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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