Below is the final report from Event 1 of the Winter Poker Open which concluded just before 3am Monday

2017 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$570 Deep Stack Re-Entry
Entries: 892
Prize Pool: $446,000
December 7-10, 2017

Tampa, Florida — Gil Aboodi came out on top in a marathon event Sunday at the Winter Poker Open in Tampa. As Day 2 in the $570 Deep Stack stretched closer to the 15-hour mark, the final four players in the big, 892-entry tournament agreed to an ICM deal. With blinds of 100,000/200,000, the average stack dipped below 23 big blinds before the quartet of Aboodi, Cedric Tercy, Mark “Bud” Wiser and Quyen Hoang surrendered and found an agreement. As chip leader, Aboodi took the lion’s share of the prize pool — $71,890 — along with the guitar trophy.

Rough chip counts and ICM payouts:

Gil Aboodi – 7,775,000 – 1st for $71,890 + Guitar Trophy
Cedric Tercy – 6,500,000 – 2nd for $67,099
Mark “Bud” Wiser – 2,600,000 – 3rd for $48,350
Quyen Hoang – 1,300,000 – 4th for $41,685

The WPO kickoff event boasted six starting flights — two daily Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The 892-entry field generated a prize pool that easily surpassed the $300,000 guarantee before leveling out at $446,000. Additionally, it marked a year-over-year attendance increase of better than 42 percent.

Flight-by-Flight Breakdown:

Flight A: 174 Entries, 35 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight C: 113 Entries, 26 Advanced
Flight D: 111 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight E: 216 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: 151 Entries, 27 Advanced
Total: 892 Entries, 177 Advanced

Top pros John Dolan and John Racener got in the game as well as a slew of Tampa regulars like ambassador Wally Maddah, Karl Manouchakian and Anthony Astarita. Of these, Dolan, Manouchakian and Racener cashed finishing 35th, 51st and 56th respectively.

Download Final Results (PDF)

Following the win, Aboodi is a two-time tournament champion with more than $185,000 in reported earnings. While the WPO score is a good prize, it’s not the largest win of his career. Just three months ago he finished second in a World Series of Poker Circuit $580 at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood for better than $83,000.

The $570 re-entry was recognized as Event 1 of the WPO. The 12-day series boasts six primary events headlined by a $1,650 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Main Event. Having flirted with the $750,000 mark last year, big things are expected from the finale which kicks off Thursday with the first of three starting flights.

2017 Winter Poker Open Schedule + Structures

Final results:

1st: Gil Aboodi – $71,890 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Cedric Tercy – $67,099
3rd: Mark “Bud” Wiser – $48,350
4th: Quyen Hoang – $41,685
5th: Alex Beece – $24,530
6th: PJ Walsworth – $20,070
7th: David Nadeau – $16,056
8th: Rami Mikhail – $12,042
9th: Phil Salewski – $8,474
10th: Joe Godbolt – $5,575
11th: Brandon Caputo – $5,575
12th: Xu Jiaqi – $5,575
13th: Jaya Malapati – $4,014
14th: Toby Boas – $4,014
15th: Joseph Orsino – $4,014
16th: Nashaat Antonious – $2,631
17th: Justin Harrell – $2,631
18th: William Kopp – $2,631
19th: Josh Lowing – $2,230
20th: Forrest Jahn – $2,230
21st: Anh Lu – $2,230
22nd: Randy Spain – $2,230
23rd: Filipp Khavin – $2,230
24th: Jim Brinkley – $2,230
25th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $2,230
26th: Michael Vails – $2,230
27th: Jared Reinstein – $2,230
28th: Ty Wilson – $1,918
29th: Christopher Davis – $1,918
30th: Li Zhou – $1,918
31st: Bill McKown – $1,918
32nd: James McKeon – $1,918
33rd: Joe Steur – $1,918
34th: Matt Leecy – $1,918
35th: John Dolan – $1,918
36th: Sebastien Syssau – $1,918
37th: Harry Johnson – $1,695
38th: Bradley Patton – $1,695
39th: Alberto Serino – $1,695
40th: Salvador Ramos – $1,695
41st: John Pizano – $1,695
42nd: Monir Maher – $1,695
43rd: Abhishek Chhallani – $1,695
44th: Tom Nguyen – $1,695
45th: David Lawrence – $1,695
46th: Russell Waggoner – $1,516
47th: Blake Kouwenhoven – $1,516
48th: Rusty Moorer – $1,516
49th: Chad Kitchen – $1,516
50th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $1,516
51st: Karl Manouchakian – $1,516
52nd: Joseph Boulais – $1,516
53rd: Jenny Marczynski – $1,516
54th: Mark Medlinskas – $1,516
55th: Ricardo Rodriguez – $1,338
56th: John Racener – $1,338
57th: William Muniz – $1,338
58th: Andrew Roush – $1,338
59th: Larry Lee – $1,338
60th: Laudrey McCray – $1,338
61st: Carlos Loving – $1,338
62nd: Derek Worley – $1,338
63rd: John O’Neal – $1,338
64th: Keith Eidschun – $1,204
65th: Peter Kosakowski – $1,204
66th: Andrew Boyer – $1,204
67th: Peter Hsu – $1,204
68th: Jim Gladwell – $1,204
69th: A.J. Kelsall – $1,204
70th: Kenny Brinkley – $1,204
71st: Sean Turow – $1,204
72nd: Mark Winchell – $1,204
73rd: Sara Hall – $1,115
74th: Michael Turton – $1,115
75th: Juan Maldonado – $1,115
76th: David Stewart – $1,115
77th: Vincent Nicastro – $1,115
78th: Brandon Byars – $1,115
79th: Sanjib Acharya – $1,115
80th: Kyle Peck – $1,115
81st: Kate Kopp – $1,115

• Download: Final Results (PDF)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 33: 100,000/200,000/20,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 4/892

With climbing blinds, the final four players agreed to a rough ICM chop. Here’s a look at estimated chip counts at the time of the deal followed by the payouts.

Gil Aboodi – 7,775,000
Cedric Tercy – 6,500,000
Mark “Bud” Wiser – 2,600,000
Quyen Hoang – 1,300,000

1st: Gil Aboodi – $71,890 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Cedric Tercy – $67,099
3rd: Mark “Bud” Wiser – $48,850
4th: Quyen Hoang – $41,064

A full report on the event will be posted Monday afternoon. In the meantime, here’s a look at the final table results:

1st: Gil Aboodi – $71,890 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Cedric Tercy – $67,099
3rd: Mark “Bud” Wiser – $48,850
4th: Quyen Hoang – $41,064
5th: Alex Beece – $24,530
6th: PJ Walsworth – $20,070
7th: David Nadeau – $16,056
8th: Rami Mikhail – $12,042
9th: Phil Salewski – $8,474

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 32: 80,000/160,000/20,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 4/892

Gil Aboodi opened to 325,000 from under the gun and Alex Beece moved all-in for 255,000 from his direct left. It folded to Mark “Bud” Wiser in the small blind and he called. The big blind mucked and Wiser and Aboodi battled for a side pot while Beece was at risk.

Flop:

Wiser lead for 400,000. Aboodie called.

Turn:

Both players checked.

River:

Both players checked again.

All three hands were tabled and it was Wiser’s set that was best. Beece busted in fifth place.

Alex Beece – Eliminated in 5th place ($24,530)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 32: 80,000/160,000/20,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 5/892

Down to his last 750,000, PJ Walsworth moved all-in preflop. Cedric Tercy called from the button while the blinds released. Walsworth was flipping for his tournament life.

Walsworth:
Tercy:

Runout:

Tercy pair his queen and Walsworth was eliminated.

PJ Walsworth – Eliminated in 6th place ($20,070)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 32: 80,000/160,000/20,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 6/892

Cedric Tercy shoved from under the gun for 2,155,000. Mark “Bud” Wiser was on his direct left and jammed for more. It folded around and Tercy was at risk.

Tercy:
Wiser:

Runout:

Wiser hit a king on the flop, but Tercy spiked an unlikely set on the river. Tercy doubled through Wiser.

Cedric Tercy – 5,400,000
Mark “Bud” Wiser – 1,100,000

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Heading to Level 31: 60,000/120,000/20,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 6/892

Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Cedric Tercy – 1,880,000
Seat 4: Mark “Bud” Wiser – 2,635,000
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Quyen Hoang – 5,485,000
Seat 8: Gil Aboodi – 3,511,000
Seat 9: Alex Beece – 2,609,000
Seat 10: PJ Walsworth – 1,720,000

1st – $102,583 + Guitar Trophy
2nd – $59,764
3rd – $36,572
4th – $30,105
5th – $24,530
6th – $20,070

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/10,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 6/892

PJ Walsworth opened for 200,000. It folded to David Nadeau in the small blind and he jammed for about 950,000. Next up was Quyen Hoang in the big blind and he shoved having Walsworth covered. Walsworth open-folded and Nadeau was at risk.

Hoang:
Nadeau:

Runout:

Hoang’s aces were best and Nadeau was eliminated in seventh place.

David Nadeau — Eliminated in 7th Place ($16,056)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/10,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 7/892

Gil Aboodi started it with a raise to 275,000 from early position. It folded to Rami Mikhail on the button.

“I raise,” he said sliding 900,000 chips into the pot, then going back into his stack for his last 120,000.

It was ruled a string-raise and Mikhail was forced to keep 120,000 behind while the 900,000-chip bet stood.

Next up was Mark “Bud” Wiser in the big blind. He shoved for about 1,700,000 total. Aboodi folded and Mikhail was at risk.

Wiser:
Mikhail:

Runout:

Mikhail had a sweat, but his straight never came through. Wiser paired his ace on the river making it official. Mikhail was eliminated in eighth place.

Rami Mikhail – Eliminated in 8th place ($12,042)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 8/892

Phil Salewski was in the cutoff and open-shoved for about 975,000. It folded to Quyen Hoang in the small blind and he called. Next up was Gil Aboodi in the big blind and he thought for a moment before folding pocket sixes face up. Salewski was at risk versus Hoang.

Hoang:
Salewski:

Runout:

Salewski was eliminated in ninth place while Hoang took the chip lead.

Phil Salewski – Eliminated in 9th Place ($8,474)

Event 1: $570 Deep Stack, $300K Gtd
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 | Structure | Payouts
Players Remaining: 9/892

Joe Godbolt – Eliminated in 10th place $5,575