$150 Double Green Chip Bounty NL Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 3: 75/150 with 25 ante Entries: 64
Brandon Byars
We’ve witnessed Tampa regular Brandon Byars running deep in tournaments for some big scores including a run to the last two tables in the big-field opening WPO event and a Spring Little Slick Series Main Event win in April.
But we’ve also seen him flop some big hands that would get run down or out flopped. The latest came in the early stages of the Bounty Event when he flopped a set with on the board. However, his opponent hit better with . Byars added some chop outs on the turn but had to ship some chips after the river.
Byars is still sitting with 8,000 of his 12,000 starting stack so plenty of time to run it up.
The entrant count continues to move higher as Event 10 rolls through the second level of the day and the 56 entries put them on pace to match last year’s tournament.
We’re seeing some familiar faces pop into play, some new today and some getting in the game after busting out of Event 9. Mark “Bud” Wiser is back at the table looking for his third deep run of the series. He earned back-to-back cashes in Events 3 and 4, both with final table appearance, and earned $5,338 for his third place finish in the multi-day $150 Event 3.
The second tournament of the day is about to kick off in the poker room and reward players for getting the field smaller along the way. Event 10 has a $150 buy-in with a $50 bounty on every player’s head at the table. Knock someone out, get two green chips worth $50.
The tournament has a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and should be an entertaining way to spend a Monday evening at the tables.
Players start with 12,000 stacks and the tournament runs 25-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 around 9:50pm and unlimited re-entries are available during that time. This is scheduled as a one-day tournament and we will award our tenth WPO guitar trophy when they are through.
Cards fly at the top of the hour and we’ll follow along with their journey to the title.
$10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 25-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
It was the second big Sunday on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open and two more guitar trophies were awarded before the night was through.
It began with Day 2 of the $570 buy-in, $200,000 Guarantee Event 7 and 113 players returned to play it down. The tournament pushed the prize pool over $300,000 with more than half of the returners set to take home some money.
There were plenty of top players returning, including Tony March, John Holley, David Tuthill, 2010 WSOP November Niner John Dolan, and reigning SHRP Player of the Year David Prociak but none of them played a part when the big money was handed out.
Event 8 was the one-day tournament on the schedule and the $150 Deep Stack Turbo drew a big crowd of 236 entries to crush the $15,000 guaranteed prize pool. It played down like the Turbo it was supposed to be and those 236 were down to the final table in a half dozen hours.
That tournament made a deal with four players remaining and Alan Phillips (pictured below) won his second tournament in less than a month. He put another trophy on his mantle after winning the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” $360 Big Stack event.
Monday brings two more tournaments and both will play out in one day. The opening event kicks off at 11am and the $250 buy-in tournament has a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The evening tournament starts at 6pm with part of the buy-in going towards a bounty on the player’s heads. It’s a $150 buy-in green chip bounty event with $25 paid out for each player knocked out. It has a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and will also award a guitar trophy before the night is through.
2016 Winter Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, FL Event 7 $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Entries: 624 Prize Pool: $310,350 December 8 – 11, 2016
Dmitry Agrachov, Event 7 Champion
Event 7 was the third multi-day tournament on the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open schedule and it brought out the players. Six starting flights combined to put 624 entries in the game and SHRP regular Dmitry Agrachov outlasted them all to become the next WPO champion after an eight-way deal put $40,727 in his bankroll.
The $570 buy-in tournament was on pace to hit its $200,000 guaranteed prize pool after the first two flights and then blasted past it on the weekend. They pushed the prize over $300,000 by the time registration closed and 113 players returned for Day 2 with a chance to earn a piece of it.
Jerry Silva was the big stack chip leader at the restart but the best he could manage was a 44th place finish with 63 getting paid. Other notables making the money were Tony March, John Holley, David Tuthill, 2010 WSOP November Niner John Dolan, and reigning SHRP Player of the Year David Prociak.
None of them were around as the tournament neared the big money at the final table. Steve Tziris went out in 11th place to set up the ten-handed final table but Joseph Boulais went out at the same time on the other table to make it nine.
Ari Prostak hit the rail shortly after they redrew seats and the remaining eight players worked out a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool. SHRP regular Dmitry Agrachov had run his stack over 3 million and was awarded the title.
Nikita Patalinghug did well to take home more than $30,000 after late trouble. She was down to a single big blind with 16 players remaining then ran up her short stack to the second biggest at the final table.
Rafael Reis continues his hot streak after winning the record-setting Event 1 field during the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” series and Jenn Haselton took away a nice cash while her mother was finishing 20th in the Turbo Event 8 nearby.
But Agrachov is the marquee name at the end of the day. He has nearly $400,000 in career earnings including several close calls to winning a first title. Agrachov has now locked up those honors and now has a tournament win to his credit along with the guitar trophy and a seat $1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship.
Event 7 results:
1st: Dmitry Agrachov – $40,727 + Championship seat 2nd: Nikita Patalinghug – $30,151 3rd: Rafael Reis – $28,360 4th: Steve Pellingra – $26,710 5th: Scott “Twitch” Anderson – $24,730 6th: John Alegria – $23,680 7th: Sean Heywood – $20,700 8th: Jenn Haselton – $20,200 9th: Ari Prostak – $5,897
$570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 624
Dmitry Agrachov
After Ari Prostak’s elimination, the eight remaining players decided to discuss a deal to divide the remaining prize pool. It took a while to get there but they eventually reached a deal with Dmitry Agrachov taking the title as chip leader.
We will have full details of the deal once they all cash out.
$570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 624
Ari Prostak
Scott Anderson opened to 125,000 under the gun, Nikita Patalinghug called on the button, and Ari Prostak moved all-in for ~475,000 from the small blind.
Anderson released and Patalinghug called after a short think.
Patalinghug: Prostak:
It was a race and Patalinghug took the lead on the flop. Prostak blanked the turn and was sent out in ninth place after the river.
R. Nikita Patalinghug – 1,700,000 (34 bb) Ari Prostak – Eliminated in 9th place ($5,897)
$570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 624
Steve Trizis
After a brief slowdown, we had two big hands hit at the same time on each table.
On Table 42, action folded to Rafael Reis in the small blind, he moved all-in, and short-stacked Steve Trizis quickly called in the big.
Reis: Trizis:
Trizis folded the over cards on the flop but Reis hit the turn. No saving on the river and Trizis went out in 11th place.
While that was happening, Joseph Boulais and Dmitry Agrachov mixed it up after the flop. Boulais put all his chips in the middle with top pair but Agrachov had him out kicked.
Agrachov: Boulais:
The turn and river did not help Boulias and we had a nine-handed final table to prepare. Tournament staff paused the clock and we will have counts once they are back underway.
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