$5,300 Championship Event Day 2 | 2019 Wynn Winter Classic

12-19-2019 16:44 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Half the Poker Room

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Nigh	400,000 318,500	318,500
James Romero	195,000 20,000	20,000

Byron Kaverman	165,000 3,000	3,000

Alan Goehring	150,000 -20,000	-20,000

Maria Ho	140,000 28,000	28,000
Dan Shak	130,000 -10,000	-10,000
Chris Klodnicki	100,000 -5,000	-5,000

Ronit Chamani	100,000 40,000	40,000
Jack Salter	80,000 80,000	80,000
Martin Kozlov	80,000 7,500	7,500

Richard Bai	80,000 80,000	80,000
Brandon Meyers	75,000 -85,500	-85,500
Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

12-19-2019 16:48 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from the Other Half of the Poker Room

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marko Pantelic	520,000 120,000	120,000

Galen Hall	480,000 -62,000	-62,000

Barry Shulman	300,000 44,000	44,000

Nick Pupillo	300,000 93,500	93,500

Yaser Al-Keliddar	268,000 114,000	114,000

Louis Salter	260,000 230,000	230,000
Nadya Magnus	250,000 184,000	184,000
Daniel Strelitz	220,000

Ryan Yu	200,000 -65,000	-65,000
Maria Konnikova	190,000 -30,000	-30,000

Curt Kohlberg	160,000 6,500	6,500
Vinny Pahuja	93,000 17,000	17,000
Scott Baumstein	65,000
Kitty Kuo	65,000

Ryan Laplante	40,000 -100,000	-100,000

Anthony Zinno	32,000 -113,000	-113,000

Aaron Massey	Busted
Chance Kornuth	Busted

12-19-2019 16:52 UTC-7

Kuether and His Kings

LoriPersinger

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Joe Kuether raised to 9,000 from early position and was called by a player in the hijack and Igor Yaroshevskyy on the button. After Kuether checked the flop the hijack led out for 11,000, which got a fold from Yaroshevskyy and a call from Kuether.

Kuether check-called a bet of 17,000 on the turn and both players then checked the river. Kuether, first to act, tabled and took down the pot. Yaroshevskyy was left short-stacked and busted a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Kuether	385,000 210,000	210,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Joe Kuether

12-19-2019 17:13 UTC-7

River Saves Olisar

LoriPersinger

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After preflop action folded around to Ryan Olisar on the button he shoved he last remaining chips. The player in the small blind folded and Ryan Leng quickly made the call from his big blind. Olisar saw that he was up against a monster but had two live suited cards.

Ryan Olisar:
Ryan Leng:

The dealer spread an action flop of , which gave Leng top pair-top quicker and gave Olisar the inside straight flush draw. The was of no help to Olisar, but the was one of the outs he needed to avoid hitting the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	360,000 -80,000	-80,000

Ryan Olisar	250,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Ryan Leng Ryan Olisar

12-19-2019 17:15 UTC-7

Hall Takes Big Chunk from Pantelic Holding Quad Aces

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Most of the details escaped us but we happened upon the table just in time to see Galen Hall getting paid out by start-of-day chip leader Marko Pantelic.

There was already a considerable amount in the middle and a board reading . It looked as if Hall, who had the out in front of him for quads, had his river bet of 129,000 paid off by Pantelic. What the latter held is unknown as his hand had already been mucked.

Whatever the case, that pot thrust Hall into the chip lead here in the closing minutes of Level 14.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	690,000 210,000	210,000

Marko Pantelic	285,000 -235,000	-235,000

Tags: Galen Hall Marko Pantelic

12-19-2019 17:20 UTC-7

Farrell Fiils Up

LoriPersinger

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ben Farrell raised to 9,000 from the button and was called by both players in the blinds.

Both players checked to Farrell on the flop, he continued for 9,000 and was called by the big blind player. After the big blind player checked the turn, Farrell slid out a bet of 19,000. The big blind player re-checked his cards and made the call.

After the big blind player checked a third time on the river, Ferrell then bet 32,000, which was enough to get a fold from the big blind player who was relieved when Farrell tabled for the full house, saying he folded two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Farrell	300,000 182,500	182,500

Tags: Ben Farrell

12-19-2019 17:20 UTC-7

Second Break of the Day

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players are now on their second 10-minute break of the day. When they return they'll play two more levels before the 75-minute dinner break.

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-19-2019 17:34 UTC-7

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

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 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.

Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
Event #1: $400 NLH $100K GTD	456	$157,593	Rory Liffey	$32,109
Event #2: $400 NLH Seniors	185	$63,936	Mike Lang	$17,688
Event #3: $400 PLO	100	$34,560	Tyler Kohlness	$9,045
Event #4: $300 Limit Omaha 8/B	79	$20,477	Rafael Concepcion	$4,899
Event #5: $600 NLH $250K GTD	727	$380,366	Kevin Gerhart	$69,561
Event #6: $400 NLH	175	$60,480	Albert Ng	$16,731
Event #7: $400 NLH	220	$76,032	Amilia Ramadanovic	$20,162
Event #8: $400 NLH	200	$69,120	Ben Moon	$12,165
Event #9: $400 NLH $3K Survivor $100 Bounty	210	$51,576	17 winners	$3,000 each
Event #10: $1,100 NLH $500K GTD	1,230	$1,204,416	Timo Kamphues	$202,787
Event #11: $1,100 Eight Game Mix	44	$43,296	Ryan Leng	$18,185
Event #12: $400 NLH	163	$56,333	Nima Mahani	$9,500
Event #13: $400 NLH	271	$93,657	Michael Kiselman	$19,200

12-19-2019 17:46 UTC-7

Yoo Doubles Through Cheong

Chad Holloway

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joseph Cheong raised to 12,000 under the gun only to have Yoo Cheng three-bet all in for 46,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Cheong opted to make the call.

Yoo Cheng:
Joseph Cheong:

The board ran out a clean and Cheng stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	420,000 -50,000	-50,000

Cheang Yoo	100,000

Tags: Cheng Yoo Jospeh Cheong