Championship: John Holley Eliminated 16th ($5,368)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

John Holley (Destin, FL)
John Holley (Destin, FL) pictured earlier this series

Jonathan Lagace-Bastien opened the action for 35,000 from early position. It folded all the way around to John Holley on the button and he jammed for about 140,000. The blinds folded, Lagace-Bastien called and Holley was at risk.

Lagace-Bastien: AcAd
Holley: JcJd

Holley started to gather his things when the flop fell Ks9s2d. The 8c on the turn and the Tc on the river sealed his fate 16th sending him home with a prize of $5,368.

Holley finished runner up in this very same event last year earning $73,508. His success at the Seminole Hard Rock continued into 2015 as he followed up cashes in Event 5 (14th) and Event 9 (17th) with this deep run in the Championship.