After the player in the hijack raised to 7,000 and was called by the player in the cutoff, Yakov Albaz three-bet shoved his last 39,000. The original raiser was the only caller and the two players tabled their hands.
Yakov Albaz: 
Original Raiser: 
Albaz was ahead preflop and the 
runout never even gave him a sweat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
The inaugural Wynn Winter Classic $5,300 Championship blew past its $1.5 million guarantee by drawing 557 entries, which created a $2,740,440 prize pool. That will be paid to the top 62 players with a min-cash being worth $11,619 and the eventual winner taking home $540,800.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $540,800 |
| 2 | $353,242 |
| 3 | $239,789 |
| 4 | $168,312 |
| 5 | $124,690 |
| 6 | $96,738 |
| 7 | $77,006 |
| 8 | $63,852 |
| 9 | $53,987 |
| 10-11 | $45,987 |
| 12-13 | $39,474 |
| 14-15 | $34,325 |
| 16-17 | $29,848 |
| 18-20 | $25,955 |
| 21-23 | $22,668 |
| 24-27 | $19,797 |
| 28-35 | $17,290 |
| 36-44 | $15,101 |
| 45-53 | $13,211 |
| 54-62 | $11,619 |
A few of the players that took advantage of the late registration to re-enter or fire a first bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | -53,500 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 26,000 |
With registration closed, Marc MacDonnell is on his last bullet of the tournament. A fortunate river just now may mean it's the lucky one.
MacDonnell got his stack of 62,000 all in preflop against an opponent who had him in a tough spot.
Marc MacDonnell: 
Opponent: 
The flop didn't do MacDonnell any favors, while the 
turn gave him a gutshot Broadway draw. However, it was the 
river that would give him a winning two pair for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 125,000 |
| Date | Time | Event | Guarantee | Chips | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 20 | 12 p.m. | $5,300 NLH Championship Day 3 | |||
| Dec. 20 | 12 p.m. | $400 NLH | $40,000 | 20,000 | 30 min |
| Dec. 21 | 12 p.m. | $550 NLH | $50,000 | 20,000 | 30 min |
| Dec. 21 | 4 p.m. | $400 PLO/NLH | $25,000 | 20,000 | 30 min |
| Dec. 22 | 12 p.m. | $400 NLH | $40,000 | 20,000 | 30 min |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
497,000 | 286,500 |
|
260,000 | 184,000 |
|
256,000 | 256,000 |
|
223,000 | 62,000 |
|
175,000 | 11,000 |
|
145,000 | 95,000 |
|
90,000 | 90,000 |
|
67,000 | 67,000 |
|
46,000 | 46,000 |
Players are now on their first 10-minute break of the day. When they return, late registration and re-entry will come to an end. That means final numbers and prize pool information will be available shortly.
The preflop action escaped us but we do know Darren Rabinowitz got the last of his chips all in preflop and was at risk against Eric Fields.
Eric Fields: 
Darren Rabinowitz: 
It was a flip but Rabinowitz needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, that proved easier said than done as the board ran out a lowly 
to send the pot to Fields.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | |
|
Busted |
Chris Klodnicki raised to 5,500 from middle position, Byron Kaverman three-bet big to 24,000 and Klodnicki made the call.
After Kaverman continued for 15,000 on the 
flop and Klodnicki made the call both players checked the turn. The dealer fanned the 
on the river, and after about a minute Kaverman slid out a bet of 11,000, which was called by Klodnicki who then folded when Kaverman tabled [A5d].
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,000 | 119,500 |
|
105,000 | 42,000 |
