$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 96
The first 15-minute break concluded moments ago and players are back in their seats to blinds of 150/300 and a 50 ante. Greg White was a minute or so tardy getting back to his table and for good reason. White sits on over 70,000 chips and leads the way early in the event.
$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Entries: 89
With two hours of play under their belts, players in Event 9 are on their first 15-minute break of the day. Since kick off with 17 entries, the field has grown steadily and sits at 89 for now. Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Wally Maddah is among those who made a late arrival.
$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Entries: 81
In addition to Alan Phillips, Rafael Reis is also coming off a long Sunday. Reis, who won the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open’s record-breaking event last month, made Day 2 of the $570 and took part in about 11 hours of play that ended in an eight-way chop. In the end, Reis negotiated for a third-place finish that earned him $28,360.
Reis has been on site throughout the entire Winter Poker Open series. His journey for a guitar trophy continues today in the $250 big stack.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is giving away a free seat into the Winter Poker Open Championship. To enter, simply click the link above and provide your name, e-mail address and zip code.
One winner will be chosen at random tonight after midnight and notified via e-mail. Good luck!
$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: 50/100
Entries: 59
Alan Phillips is back at it following a victory in yesterday’s 2pm $150 turbo. Phillips bested over 200 players in the event to earn his second Seminole Hard Rock Poker trophy along with $4,900 and a $1,650 Championship seat.
Barely 12 hours later, Phillips is back at the Seminole Hard Rock and in search of another victory.
More on Phillips’ victory is available one post below.
Below is a recap of Event 8 of the Winter Poker Open, a $150 Deep Stack Turbo event that concluded Sunday, December 11.
2016 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
Event 8
$150 Deep Stack Turbo
Entries: 236
Prize Pool: $26,670
December 11, 2016
Alan Phillips continued a hot streak of Seminole Hard Rock Poker results Sunday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. He made his way through a big, 236-entry field in Event 8 of the property’s Winter Poker Open, a $150 deep stack turbo tournament to earn $4,900 following a four-way chop. On top of the prizes, Phillips punched his ticket into the series Championship and earned his second SHRP trophy.
Phillips’ solid play first paid off last month during Hollywood’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open. He carded an outright victory in a $360 big stack — Event 10 — good for a payday of $15,484. With that score fresh in his pocket, the Palm Coast, Florida resident headed west to Tampa. He quickly experienced success again, finishing fourth in WPO Event 6, a $250 big stack, and adding another $1,533 to his score. His Sunday night victory would come just a few days later and put an exclamation point on the end of his year.
The $150 deep stack turbo was Event 8 of 14 primary events on the 2016 WPO schedule. It drew plenty of notables and even saw defending WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Main Event Champion Anthony Astarita play his way into the money. Phillips’ victory came after some deliberation of a chop. After Ian Pearson exited in fifth, the final four players agreed to a deal. Phillips held the chip lead and went down as the champ while Jack McIntyre pocketed $4,263, David Bander $4,150 and Ron Brown $3,142.
Phillips is a 64-year-old retiree. He was born in the Bronx, but is now a resident of Florida.
Event 8 final results:
1st: Alan Phillips – $4,900 + Championship seat
2nd: Jack McIntyre- $4,263
3rd: David Bander – $4,150
4th: Ron Brown – $3,142
5th: Ian Pearson – $1,600
6th: Stan Blacker – $1,334
7th: Sam Purses – $1,067
8th: John Metz – $800
9th: Roberto Lam – $533
10th: Marc Lowe – $347
11th: Marvelle Ballentine – $347
12th: Hank Zheng – $347
13th: Terrance Patterson – $293
14th: Noel Sheils – $293
15th: Dustin Pope – $293
16th: Greg Osborne – $267
17th: Rodney Legendre – $267
18th: Nick Coukos – $267
19th: Steven Bander – $240
20th: Ok Haselton – $240
21st: Mohammad Affaneh – $240
22nd: Dallas Henderson – $240
23rd: Nicholas Williams – $240
24th: John Holley – $240
25th: Rina Coss – $240
26th: Frederick Gaines – $240
27th: Anthony Astarita – $240
$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
Entries: 17
After eight new champions took their thrones in the first 12 days of the Winter Poker Open, we’re switching gears and speeding it up. Over the next two days, four new winners will emerge to earn guitar trophies and an added seat in the $300,000 guaranteed Championship.
Kicking off the Monday action is Event 9 which is underway now. The tournament is a $250 deep stack no limit hold’em event. Players begin with 20,000 chips and will log 30-minute levels throughout the event. Late registration and unlimited re-entry is available until the start of Level 9 which translates into roughly 3:30pm.
Here are the details:
11AM: Event 9 – $250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Updates throughout this year’s event will be posted right here at SHRTPoker.com. Good luck, players!
Main Event Schedule
11AM: Event 9 – $250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 10 – $150 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
2PM: Event 20 – $55 Qualifier into Championship Satellite (1-in-5)
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.
A double knockout set up a nine-handed final table and they chopped it up eight ways after Ari Prostak was eliminated in tenth. SHRP regular Dmitry Agrachov (pictured above) had the biggest stack and was awarded the title along with the $1,650 WPO Championship seat.
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
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