Championship: Defending Champ Templeton Eliminated

$1,650 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 52 of 489

John Templeton

We will have a brand new Winter Poker Open title holder after defending champ John Templeton was eliminated. to 97,000 when he moved all-in and Russ Head was waiting with a big hand.

Head: QcQd
Templeton: Td9h

Templeton needed a lot of help to stay in the game but missed the AhJd6c flop. He caught a sweat on the Th turn but blanked the Kh river to exit short of the money.

Russ Head – 260,000 (33 bb)
John Templeton – Eliminated