Winter poker Open Championship Preview
The Winter Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino continues tomorrow with its $1,650 Championship. The series finale boasts a healthy guarantee of $300,000 and sees its participants sit down to stacks of 30,000. All levels on Day 1 last 45 minutes with late registration/re-entry available until the start of Level 9 and play wrapping following Level 14.
Last year’s headliner saw a field of 297 entries generate a prize pool of $445,000. The late stages of play were a virtual who’s-who of Florida pros as John Holley finished runner up, Michael Laake 3rd, Steve Karp 8th and Timothy Miles 11th. When the dust settled, it was Tampa’s own Andrew Kelsall who earned the tournament’s top spot and its $124,731 first prize.
Preliminary events during this year’s WPO have enjoyed attendance increases across the board and the same is expected from the Championship event. Registration for the series finale is open in the poker room now.