$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,209

The 23 remaining players were sent on a 30-minute dinner break, plenty of time to enjoy the offerings at the Poker Room snack bar and grill.

They will return to continue the march to the final table and eventual Event 1 champ.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,209

Event 1 is now down to 27 players, and the tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the final three tables.

We will track down a lineup and chip counts during their dinner break around 6:40 pm.

28th: Shannon Willman – $1,880
29th: Michial Drake – $1,880
30th: Cornelius Walker – $1,880

31st: Arthur Harb – $1,630
32nd: Fred Paradis – $1,630
33rd: Michael Laake – $1,630

34th: Nikolaos Egarhos – $1,420
35th: David Edwards – $1,420
36th: Joao Figueiredo – $1,420

2026 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$250 Bankroll Builder No-Limit Hold’em
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  169
Prize Pool:  $33,800
January 25, 2026

Registration closed for the $250 Bankroll Builder No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 169 entries, pushing the $20,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $33,800. The last 22 spots will be paid with $440 for a min-cash and $8,880 up top for the Event 2 champ.

1st: $8,880 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $5,490
3rd: $3,800
4th: $2,690
5th: $1,960
6th: $1,470
7th: $1,130
8th: $900
9th: $740
10th-12th: $620
13th-15th: $540
16th-18th: $490
19th-21st: $450
22nd: $440

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,209

Shortly after Event 1 players returned from another break, they reached the last four tables of the tournament with 36 players remaining.

They will all redraw seats when 27 players remain and they have a 30-minute dinner break after Level 25.

37th: Matthew Morrissey – $1,260
38th: Dustin Geselius – $1,260
39th: Mike Ahmad – $1,260
40th: Sandeep Kumar – $1,260
41st: Roy Young – $1,260
42nd: Hua Lipke – $1,260
43rd: Robert Gonzalez – $1,260
44th: Josh Babcock – $1,260
45th: Samir Zimic – $1,260

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 1,209

They are dropping fast and the field is down to the last five tables with 39 remaining. They have a break around 4:30 pm so they can regroup and refresh.

46th: James Calderaro – $1,130
47th: Ron Holt – $1,130
48th: Nicole Jammal – $1,130
49th: Marie Harrell – $1,130
50th: Fabian Foster – $1,130
51st: Shannon Johnson – $1,130
52nd: William Deckard – $1,130
53rd: Kevin Greene – $1,130
54th: Sandro Vianna De Sa – $1,130

55th: Thomas Jackson – $1,020
56th: Edward Stephenson – $1,020
57th: Lamont Townsend – $1,020
58th: Randy Espiritu – $1,020
59th: Art Boatman – $1,020
60th: Adam Weingard – $1,020
61st: Alexander Ochoa – $1,020
62nd: Blake Whittington – $1,020
63rd: Jason Magnicari – $1,020

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 1,209

We missed the preflop action, but the final result of the betting was a three-way all-in. Nicole Jammal was at risk for 260,000 from the big blind, Ron Holt was in for 500,000 from under the gun, and Joshua Pitz had both covered on the button.

Pitz:
Jammal:
Holt:

Pitz was ahead with the jacks, needed them to hold to send both out, but it was Holt coming behind with aces up on the flop. The came on the turn, but Pitz found a two-out on the river for the comeback and double KO.

Joshua Pitz – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Ron Holt – Eliminated in 47th Place ($1,130)
Nicole Jammal – Eliminated in 48th Place ($1,130)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 1,209

64th: John Martino – $930
65th: Joseph Gadah – $930
66th: Michael Cloud – $930
67th: Carlo Amenta – $930
68th: Matthew Leecy – $930
69th: Ray Mancini – $930
70th: Gabe Fuller – $930
71st: Zachary Johns – $930
72nd: Jarjis Mokammel – $930

73rd: David Watson – $860
74th: Adam Conway – $860
75th: Austin Black – $860
76th: Maribeth Hilliard – $860
77th: Jerome Leonardo – $860
78th: Elizabeth McKane – $860
79th: Alan Medesan – $860
80th: Brad Sailor – $860
81st: Erick Wiedemann De Sa – $860

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 1,209

Players are back in action after the second break. The orange 1K chips are out of play and blind levels now last 40 minutes.

We have a new leader in the tournament after Joshua Pitz dropped a bit. Thomas Minnich-Weber has the top stack in the shrinking field with Grant Missonis, David Folmar, Billy McPhillips, and Art Boatman sitting in the top five.

Thomas Minnich-Weber – 1,720,000 (86 bb)
Grant Missonis – 1,185,000 (59 bb)
David Folmar – 1,100,000 (55 bb)
Billy McPhillips – 940,000 (47 bb)
Art Boatman – 900,000 (45 bb)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 1,209

With 15 minutes to go before the next break, Event 1 reach single digit tables with 81 players remaining and another pay jump. They will finish out this level and take another break before levels increase to 40 minutes each.

82nd: Aaron Speer – $810
83rd: Sun Choi – $810
84th: AJ Kelsall – $810
85th: Matthew Grisham – $810
86th: Marwan Boulad – $810
87th: Brian Barnes – $810
88th: Jerry Silva – $810
89th: Jon Irvin – $810
90th: Cheri Ivan – $810

91st: Brian Harris – $770
92nd: Luke Jacobs – $770
93rd: Khanh Truong – $770
94th: John Kennedy – $770
95th: Ivan Yatsuk – $770
96th: Andrew Jones – $770
97th: Randall Hill – $770
98th: Michael Medina – $770
99th: Raymond Anderson – $770

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $398,970   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 1,209

100th: Craig Willis – $730
101st: Ken O’Donnell – $730
102nd: Graham Gibson – $730
103rd: Andrew Martins – $730
104th: Tuan Nguyen – $730
105th: Dylan Cann – $730
106th: Brian Ray – $730
107th: Michael Kelly – $730
108th: Timothy Pettus – $730
109th: Tarun Gulati – $730
110th: Kevin Blewitt – $730
111th: Robert Wuestner – $730
112th: James Matthews – $730
113th: Chase Kalivas – $730
114th: Jennifer Haselton – $730
115th: Dan Wilson – $730
116th: Jason Bearden – $730
117th: Bradford Smith – $730
118th: Darrell Hulsey – $730
119th: Janice Hulbert – $730
120th: Kenneth Dickherber – $730
121st: Jeffrey Paulson – $730
122nd: Geoffrey Lewit – $730
123rd: True Nolen – $730
124th: John Dolan – $730
125th: Saif Keshwani – $730
126th: Joseph Pellicone – $730