2025 Winter Poker Open

Don Manns Wins 2025 WPO Event 1 for $66,163 After Three-Way Deal

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2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,397
Prize Pool:  $461,010
January 22 – 26, 2025

Don Manns, 2025 WPO Event 1 Champion

The opening tournament on the 2025 Winter Poker Open schedule was a $400 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament with seven starting flights and a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool. After dominating the final table, Don Manns took the top spot and $66,163 after a three-way deal to end it.

Event 1 drew 1,397 entries over those seven starting flights, turning the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $461,010. We had 177 players bag chips for Day 2, which were all in the money.

The tournament quickly played down towards the final table, with John Dolan taking a late lead. That changed when they reached the last nine players and Manns took over—relaxed with a massage while he sent players out and built himself a big chip castle.

After Michael Isasi was eliminated in fourth place, the last three players paused the clock and negotiated a deal for the remaining money. Pratik Shah took third for $41,001 and Dolan earned $53,146 as the runner-up.

Manns took the biggest piece of the prize pool, earning $66,163 and the first WPO trophy of the series.

Congrats Don!

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCityStatePrize Amount
1DonMannsLargoFL$66,163 *
2JohnDolanLithiaFL$53,146 *
3PratikShahTampaFL$41,001 *
4MichaelIsasiLakelandFL$27,370
5RalphKourbanTampaFL$20,670
6RandyCampbellCrosbyTX$15,760
7JeromeLeonardoSt PetersburgFL$12,140
8ShaneMelertBrandonFL$9,440
9TarunGulatiWesley ChapelFL$7,420
10StevenPellingraTampaFL$7,420
11JeffCloudByron CenterMI$5,900
12DanaGellingRiverviewNY$5,900
13MichaelSilvaTampaFL$4,730
14RonaldSurenkampPort RicheyFL4730
15ToanPhamSeffnerFL$3,840
16ArlindaJohnsPort Saint LucieFL$3,840
17SarahOrtegoDenham SpringsLA$3,150
18EricKlattWesley ChapelFL3150
19JamesCalderaroEnglewoodFL3150
20YeYaoTampaFL$3,150
21LucasTaeWesley ChapelFL$2,610
22HarryJohnson IVLargoFL$2,610
23John WRedden JrOrlandoFL$2,610
24ChristopherBarthelPalma CeiaFL$2,610
25JoseHernandez AlmeaOrlandoFL$2,180
26MannyMinayaTampaFL$2,180
27MansoorKaderSt PetersburgFL$2,180
28Justin CMc NeilBrandonFL$2,180
29RubenFernandezChampions GateFL$2,180
30RonnieDowdy IiDouglasvilleGA$2,180
31ShannonSteckArlingtonVA$2,180
32RileyPriceLargoFL$2,180
33KajaunHutchinsonClearwaterFL$1,850
34JackVanderschuurValricoFL$1,850
35AnthonyBertuccioLakelandFL$1,850
36RafaelDiazSeminoleFL$1,850
37ArmandoFigueroaLutzFL$1,850
38ClydeMaliaukaClearwaterFL$1,850
39RohanSinghOrlandoFL$1,850
40AaronThivyanathanSt PetersburgFL$1,850
41Terri-AnneCrawfordLakelandFL$1,590
42JerryBrownFairfield TownshipOH$1,590
43ChristopherGaskinLakelandFL$1,590
44AshleySpringBrandonFL$1,590
45MichaelMercerSaint PetersburgFL$1,590
46AnthonyMarchTampaFL$1,590
47RobertWuestnerRiverviewFL$1,590
48JoshuaNicholsonWinter HavenFL$1,590
49CarlosLopera CastrillonVigadoFL$1,370
50JonGodwinTampaFL$1,370
51LanaNesterTampaFL$1,370
52AdamWeingardTampaFL$1,370
53RyanHowardPalmettoFL$1,370
54CamilloDe Campos BaggianiSarasotaFL$1,370
55JimBozzutoOrlandoFL$1,370
56ItzakShulmaisterSarasotaFL$1,370
57RicardoAlves De LWinter GardenFL$1,200
58MarkBeckerCelebrationFL$1,200
59MikXavageSaint CloudFL$1,200
60BrianJohnsonLargoFL$1,200
61NicoSaladinoValricoFL$1,200
62StevenBagbyTampaFL$1,200
63JosephPiambinoOrlandoFL$1,200
64YousefNassrCelebrationFL$1,200
65RandallZelikTitusvilleFL$1,070
66FabianFosterDavenportFL$1,070
67LewisGallo JrBradentonFL$1,070
68ForrestRaleighLawrencevilleGA$1,070
69EricTarikasTampaFL$1,070
70SethBobetOrlandoFL$1,070
71RamonSosa MorilloRiverviewFL$1,070
72KristineGlassmanNew PaltzNY$1,070
73ThaoLeCape CoralFL$960
74NathanLeeOrlandoFL$960
75LaurenleeCruz OrtizTrujillo AltoPR$960
76GeorgeDecandioParrishFL$960
77RodneyRodrigueOrlandoFL$960
78JamesLeonardTampaFL$960
79KristyPeoplesTampaFL$960
80SteveBlackmonArcadiaFL$960
81DavidBennettLutzFL$870
82GiovanniMarcacciHudsonFL$870
83RobertGrayAtlantaGA$870
84CharlesKimbrelLakelandFL$870
85FranciscoGomezLakelandFL$870
86DavidMauradianDade CityFL$870
87VamsiDoddaThonotosassaFL$870
88JoshuaSutherlandFrench LickIN$870
89ThomasVilletto JrLenoxMA$790
90JohnWolfe IiiRiverviewFL$790
91WasimAssafOrlandoFL$790
92JacobNaumannLargoFL$790
93SamuelO'BryantLargoFL$790
94RandyLevinTampaFL$790
95StephenDiamantasLakelandFL$790
96KhanhTruongTampaFL$790
97JenniferFrankensteinLongwoodFL$790
98LouisPapadeliasPensacolaFL$790
99SeanHumphreyWest Palm BeachFL$790
100MohamadAlhalwaniOrlandoFL$790
101DeborahGreenwayAlapahaGA$790
102MichaelLeeLeesburgFL$790
103JamesGibsonCrystal RiverFL$790
104DavidGoldbergBradentonFL$790
105AnatolyZharnitsSarasotaFL$720
106AnthonyQuattrocchiJohns CreekGA$720
107PerryMccartneyLeesburgFL$720
108YoavAmit$720
109RichardPalaseOdessaFL$720
110DouglasLandonRiverviewFL$720
111JavierHernandezDunnellonFL$720
112AaronMederosTampaFL$720
113ThomasDowningHolidayFL$720
114RobertFregosiClearwaterFL$720
115JustinGreenLivingstonTX$720
116BrianDilengeTarpon SpringsFL$720
117AhmadAl KammeOrlandoFL$720
118TrueNolenTampaFL$720
119MikeAhmadLutzFL$720
120JohnFeeneyTampaFL$720
121ThomasSteinruckTemple TerraceFL$670
122ReginaldSimmonsLithiaFL$670
123PatrickIbrahimApollo BeachFL$670
124JeremyDemersSaint PetersburgFL$670
125MichaelFullerLand O LakesFL$670
126NicholasSquitiroPalm HarborFL$670
127GeorgeHemphillSaint CloudFL$670
128EdwardBalderamosDavenportFL$670
129CharlesBragg JrDaytona BeachFL$670
130NathanielRodriguez MelendezKissimmeeFL$670
131AaronEasterlyDunlapTN$670
132ChanKimTampaFL$670
133DenimSpanoTampaFL$670
134AbdelilahFahsiOrlandoFL$670
135RaymondManciniSarasotaFL$670
136GrantMissonisClearwaterFL$670
137JasonBruwerClearwaterFL$630
138MarshaWolak-BarnettLakewood RanchFL$630
139EricSteinbaughDelandFL$630
140SandeepKumarTampaFL$630
141DanielPlourdeWest WarrenMA$630
142EliasKiwanWesley ChapelFL$630
143TylerHydeTampaFL$630
144ChadKitchenWimaumaFL$630
145DarrenBoulePinellas ParkFL$630
146JackRushLakelandFL$630
147JordanLowerySarasotaFL$630
148BarbaraCardinApollo BeachFL$630
149AdamGoldgellLakelandFL$630
150JohnKellyBrandonNJ$630
151SanjibAcharyaWesley ChapelFL$630
152DanielKasperMinneolaFL$630
153KyleBrockOrlandoFL$600
154JamesMckinnonSaint PetersburgFL$600
155RajeshMehtaTampaFL$600
156JoshuaSnowTampaFL$600
157CurtisKingTampaFL$600
158ChristopheCadouNew CanaanCT$600
159JohnBorzioDaytona BeachFL$600
160JoseNimo RojewskiTampaFL$600
161ZacharyRogalskiLutzFL$600
162JeremyHeraufSarasotaFL$600
163ChristopherBucceriLaingsburgMI$600
164JaniceHulbertPinellas ParkFL$600
165FredericoRocha-DesaAttleboroMA$600
166OndreiRonhaarClearwaterFL$600
167JustinHikeJacksonvilleFL$600
168SergioCruzWinter HavenFL$600
169KennethGoldfarbRiverviewFL$580
170DonovanPotterTampaFL$580
171TheodoreCohnCharlotteNC$580
172ShaneGallagherParrishFL$580
173StephenDemeuleSummerfieldFL$580
174BrandeWaltonTampaFL$580
175SatishSananTampaFL$580
176CharlesLanyonTampaFL$580
177AlanHorowitzKissimmeeFL$580