Below is the final report from Event 1 of the Winter Poker Open which concluded just before 3am Monday
2017 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 1
$570 Deep Stack Re-Entry
Entries: 892
Prize Pool: $446,000
December 7-10, 2017
Tampa, Florida — Gil Aboodi came out on top in a marathon event Sunday at the Winter Poker Open in Tampa. As Day 2 in the $570 Deep Stack stretched closer to the 15-hour mark, the final four players in the big, 892-entry tournament agreed to an ICM deal. With blinds of 100,000/200,000, the average stack dipped below 23 big blinds before the quartet of Aboodi, Cedric Tercy, Mark “Bud” Wiser and Quyen Hoang surrendered and found an agreement. As chip leader, Aboodi took the lion’s share of the prize pool — $71,890 — along with the guitar trophy.
Rough chip counts and ICM payouts:
Gil Aboodi – 7,775,000 – 1st for $71,890 + Guitar Trophy
Cedric Tercy – 6,500,000 – 2nd for $67,099
Mark “Bud” Wiser – 2,600,000 – 3rd for $48,350
Quyen Hoang – 1,300,000 – 4th for $41,685
The WPO kickoff event boasted six starting flights — two daily Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The 892-entry field generated a prize pool that easily surpassed the $300,000 guarantee before leveling out at $446,000. Additionally, it marked a year-over-year attendance increase of better than 42 percent.
Flight-by-Flight Breakdown:
Flight A: 174 Entries, 35 Advanced
Flight B: 127 Entries, 24 Advanced
Flight C: 113 Entries, 26 Advanced
Flight D: 111 Entries, 22 Advanced
Flight E: 216 Entries, 43 Advanced
Flight F: 151 Entries, 27 Advanced
Total: 892 Entries, 177 Advanced
Top pros John Dolan and John Racener got in the game as well as a slew of Tampa regulars like ambassador Wally Maddah, Karl Manouchakian and Anthony Astarita. Of these, Dolan, Manouchakian and Racener cashed finishing 35th, 51st and 56th respectively.
Following the win, Aboodi is a two-time tournament champion with more than $185,000 in reported earnings. While the WPO score is a good prize, it’s not the largest win of his career. Just three months ago he finished second in a World Series of Poker Circuit $580 at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood for better than $83,000.
The $570 re-entry was recognized as Event 1 of the WPO. The 12-day series boasts six primary events headlined by a $1,650 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Main Event. Having flirted with the $750,000 mark last year, big things are expected from the finale which kicks off Thursday with the first of three starting flights.
2017 Winter Poker Open Schedule + Structures
Final results:
1st: Gil Aboodi – $71,890 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: Cedric Tercy – $67,099
3rd: Mark “Bud” Wiser – $48,350
4th: Quyen Hoang – $41,685
5th: Alex Beece – $24,530
6th: PJ Walsworth – $20,070
7th: David Nadeau – $16,056
8th: Rami Mikhail – $12,042
9th: Phil Salewski – $8,474
10th: Joe Godbolt – $5,575
11th: Brandon Caputo – $5,575
12th: Xu Jiaqi – $5,575
13th: Jaya Malapati – $4,014
14th: Toby Boas – $4,014
15th: Joseph Orsino – $4,014
16th: Nashaat Antonious – $2,631
17th: Justin Harrell – $2,631
18th: William Kopp – $2,631
19th: Josh Lowing – $2,230
20th: Forrest Jahn – $2,230
21st: Anh Lu – $2,230
22nd: Randy Spain – $2,230
23rd: Filipp Khavin – $2,230
24th: Jim Brinkley – $2,230
25th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $2,230
26th: Michael Vails – $2,230
27th: Jared Reinstein – $2,230
28th: Ty Wilson – $1,918
29th: Christopher Davis – $1,918
30th: Li Zhou – $1,918
31st: Bill McKown – $1,918
32nd: James McKeon – $1,918
33rd: Joe Steur – $1,918
34th: Matt Leecy – $1,918
35th: John Dolan – $1,918
36th: Sebastien Syssau – $1,918
37th: Harry Johnson – $1,695
38th: Bradley Patton – $1,695
39th: Alberto Serino – $1,695
40th: Salvador Ramos – $1,695
41st: John Pizano – $1,695
42nd: Monir Maher – $1,695
43rd: Abhishek Chhallani – $1,695
44th: Tom Nguyen – $1,695
45th: David Lawrence – $1,695
46th: Russell Waggoner – $1,516
47th: Blake Kouwenhoven – $1,516
48th: Rusty Moorer – $1,516
49th: Chad Kitchen – $1,516
50th: Nikolaos Costarelis – $1,516
51st: Karl Manouchakian – $1,516
52nd: Joseph Boulais – $1,516
53rd: Jenny Marczynski – $1,516
54th: Mark Medlinskas – $1,516
55th: Ricardo Rodriguez – $1,338
56th: John Racener – $1,338
57th: William Muniz – $1,338
58th: Andrew Roush – $1,338
59th: Larry Lee – $1,338
60th: Laudrey McCray – $1,338
61st: Carlos Loving – $1,338
62nd: Derek Worley – $1,338
63rd: John O’Neal – $1,338
64th: Keith Eidschun – $1,204
65th: Peter Kosakowski – $1,204
66th: Andrew Boyer – $1,204
67th: Peter Hsu – $1,204
68th: Jim Gladwell – $1,204
69th: A.J. Kelsall – $1,204
70th: Kenny Brinkley – $1,204
71st: Sean Turow – $1,204
72nd: Mark Winchell – $1,204
73rd: Sara Hall – $1,115
74th: Michael Turton – $1,115
75th: Juan Maldonado – $1,115
76th: David Stewart – $1,115
77th: Vincent Nicastro – $1,115
78th: Brandon Byars – $1,115
79th: Sanjib Acharya – $1,115
80th: Kyle Peck – $1,115
81st: Kate Kopp – $1,115
- Download: Final Results (PDF)