$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Steve Karp and Cory Waaland are the two most recent eliminations from the finale. The action that lead to Karp’s 24th-place demise is unknown, but we did get a recap of Waaland’s 23rd-place finish.
Corey Thompson opened under the gun for 32,000 and it folded to Waaland on the button. He jammed for 370,000. The blinds folded and Thompson called putting Waaland at risk.
Waaland: Thompson:
The flop brought a king and the river brought a jack improving Thompson to two pair and busting Waaland.
Waaland and Karp earned matching payouts of $4,213.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Beginning of Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Cards are back in the air following the 50-minute dinner break. Just 24 players remain with each having locked up $4,213. Here’s a look at the remaining payouts:
$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 15: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante
Event 14 was the third of three turbos on the Winter Poker Open schedule and also happened to be the largest. The 210-entry field generated a prize pool of $25,200, mashing the $15,000 guarantee and paying the top 27. A min-cash earns $227 while the tournament’s winner pockets $7,054.
Here’s a look at the complete prize structure:
Finish
Prize
1st
$7,054
2nd
$4,158
3rd
$2,394
4th
$1,940
5th
$1,512
6th
$1,260
7th
$1,008
8th
$756
9th
$504
10th-12th
$328
13th-15th
$277
16th-18th
$252
19th-27th
$227
The clock reads 48 players remaining toward the middle of Level 15. We will touch base with you again when the 10-handed final table is reached.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Championship field redraws last three tables
Table 1
Seat 1: Cory Waaland Seat 2: Timothy Miles Seat 3: Carl Carodenuto Seat 4: Corey Thompson Seat 5: Shawn Barnett Seat 6: Sheddy Siddiqui Seat 7: Jonathan Lagace-Bastien Seat 8: John Holley Seat 9: Antuan Bunkley
Table 2
Seat 1: Michael Raimon Seat 2: John Duhig Seat 3: Alex Ivan Seat 4: Thomas Jackson Seat 5: — empty — Seat 6: Robert Georato Seat 7: Steve Karp Seat 8: John-Christian Templeton Seat 9: Jon Graham
Table 3
Seat 1: Michael Ferrer Seat 2: Eric Wilkinson Seat 3: Craig Eshleman Seat 4: Ron West Seat 5: Steve Cohen Seat 6: Robert Melo Seat 7: Tony March Seat 8: David Lappano Seat 9: Paul Stanechewski
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
With nine minutes remaining in Level 20, former WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown final table member Andre Crooks was sent out of the Championship in 28th place.
Tournament staff paused the clock for the three-table redraw but Todd Breyfogle wouldn’t be a part of it either. He moved in with but couldn’t catch up to to leave us with 26 after they all receive new seats.
Alex Ivan, Antuan Bunkley, Jonathan Lagace-Bastien, John Holley, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker ambassador Sheddy Siddiqui are still around.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Sean Shah (left) and David Lappano
Sean Shah doubled fellow Florida pro John Holley to get short. A few hands later, he got his last 74,000 in from under the gun and David Lappano called from his direct left. It folded all the way around and Shah was at risk against a lone opponent.
Lappano: Shah:
The dealer burned and turned a runout eliminating Shah 31st for $3,737.
Lappano’s stack, meanwhile, grew to roughly 630,000 chips.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Alex Ivan (Palm Harbor, FL)
Alex Ivan had a top five chip stack coming into Day 2 but lost a few before he showed up. He’s pulled those back and added enough chips to put him at 1,250,000 as the field crawls down toward the three-table redraw.
With 31 players remaining, the redraw is racing with the dinner-break set for the end of the level in 20 minutes.
$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
James Smith is the latest victim of chip leader Jonathan Lagace-Bastien. The flop was out. Smith got the last of his chips in and Lagace-Bastien called.
Lagace-Bastien: for a set Smith: for top pair
The turn and river completed the action and Smith busted 32nd earning $3,737.
Lagace-Bastien retains the chip lead with a stack of 1,300,000.
but couldn’t catch up to 
to leave us with 26 after they all receive new seats.
runout eliminating Shah 31st for $3,737.
flop was out. Smith got the last of his chips in and Lagace-Bastien called.
for a set
and river 
completed the action and Smith busted 32nd earning $3,737.