$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante

The registration desk is taking the rest of Event 9 off as tournament staff has officially closed entry. The $250 deep stack no limit hold’em tournament drew a field of 120 players that generated a prize pool of $23,550. The top 18 finish in the money with a min-cash worth $353. In addition to a $1,650 Winter Poker Open championship seat, the winner pockets $7,065.

Full prize structure:

1st – $7,065 + $1,650 WPO Championship seat
2nd – $3,886
3rd – $2,237
4th – $1,884
5th – $1,413
6th – $1,178
7th – $942
8th – $707
9th – $530
10th-12th – $471
13th-15th – $412
16th-18th – $353

The clock reads 65 players remaining toward the beginning of Level 9. As is, the only three stacks above 100,000 appear to belong to Dean Morris, James Gibson and AJ Santos. Morris leads the bunch with 125,000 to Gibson’s 115,000 and Santos’ 110,000.