Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 7 Day 1A – $570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 7 Day 1B – $570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 7 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: Event 18 – $65 Satellite into Event 7 (1-in-10)

• 5 seats guaranteed into $570/$200K GTD Event 7
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 18 Structure Sheet

2016 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, FL
Event 6
$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 90
Prize Pool: $17,250
December 7, 2016

Three Winter Poker Open trophies were awarded on Day 7 with the third coming in the wee hours of the Thursday morning. Event 6 began at 6pm on Wednesday and nearly 11 hours later it was E.J. McVetty taking top honors.

The evening tournament drew exactly 90 entries into the $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em event to create a prize pool of $17,250. Clear past the $15,000 guarantee and the last nine players earned a piece.

The tournament moved along at a nice clip thanks to the 25-minute blinds but the big starting stacks gave them a lot of room to make moves. It took them more than eight hours to work their way down towards the final table where Michael DeMahy brought a huge chip lead.

They felt each other out for an hour before the floodgates opened with eliminations. McVetty almost became one of them when he lost a huge pot to Roseli Godbey to leave him with crumbs and seven player remaining. He ran his few big blinds back, mostly thanks to a timely two outer against Michael DeMahy, and he ran over the table once he took the lead.

Godbey laddered up her short stack to third place when she was sent to the payout desk. McVetty and DeMahy worked out a deal to evenly divide the remaining prize pool leaving the $1,650 WPO Championship to McVetty and his big chip lead.

Event 6 results:

1st: E.J. McVetty $4,657 + $1,650 Championship seat
2nd: Michael DeMahy – $4,656
3rd: Roseli Godbey – $2,070
4th: Alan Phillips – $1,553
5th: David Kolaskey – $1,208
6th: Anthony Swedberg – $1,035
7th: Wayne Brown – $863
8th: Kent Dokendorf – $690
9th: Joseph Abdo – $518

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante

After Roseli Godbey was eliminated, the E.J McVetty and Michael DeMahy quickly worked out a deal to chop up the remaining prize pool. McVetty held the vast majority of chips and they split the money down the middle with McVetty taking the WPO Championship seat as the champion.

1st: E.J. McVetty $4,657 + $1,650 Championship seat
2nd: Michael DeMahy – $4,656

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 90

E.J. McVetty opened to 50,000, Michael DeMahy called from the small blind, and Roseli Godbey moved all-in for 54,000 total. Both players called then checked down the board and hands were tabled.

McVetty:
DeMahy:
Godbey:

Godbey never improved and the river king sent the pot to McVetty.

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 90

Alan Phillips went racing for his last ~200,000 and E.J. McVetty quickly was his opponent.

McVetty:
Phillips:

Phillips needed to catch to stay alive but blanked the entire board when it ran out to send him out in fourth place.

E.J. McVetty – 810,000 (51 bb)
Alan Phillips – Eliminated in 4th place ($1,553)

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 90

David Kolaskey open/shoved for 110,000 and picked up a quick call from chip leader E.J. McVetty.

McVetty:
Kolaskey:

Kolaskey caught a piece of the flop but it wasn’t enough as the board finished with the turn and river to send him out in fifth place.

E.J. McVetty – 590,000 (37 bb)
David Kolaskey – Eliminated in 5th place ($1,208)

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 90

Anthony Swedberg was down to only 21,000 and put them in the middle from the cutoff. Alan Phillips raised it up from the small blind to get a fold from the big.

Phillips:
Swedberg:

The board ran out and Phillips’ eight played to send Swedberg out in sixth place.

Alan Phillips – 260,000 (16 bb)
Anthony Swedberg – Eliminated in 6th place ($1,035)

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 90

David Kolaskey opened to 23,000 from early position and E.J. McVetty called next to act. Wayne Brown called all-in from the small blind for 22,000 and the two live players checked the flop.

McVetty bet out on the turn to get a fold from Kolaskey and Brown’s was in trouble against McVetty’s flopped trip fours with . The former SHRP champ found nothing on the river and was eliminated in seventh place.

E.J. McVetty – 470,000 (47 bb)
Wayne Brown – Eliminated in 7th place ($863)

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 90

Michael DeMahy opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Kent Dokendorf called next to act for less. Action folded to E.J. McVetty in the big blind and he moved all-in for ~125,000. DeMahy quickly called and the hands were tabled.

“I have two overs!” Dokendorf laughed.

McVetty:
DeMahy:
Dokendorf:

DeMahy had a chance for the double KO while the flop added an open-ended straight draw for Dokendorf. But it was the turn that was the surprise to send McVetty into the lead. The river was no help to send Dokendorf out in eighth while sending a big double up to McVetty.

E.J. McVetty – 270,000 (34 bb)
Michael DeMahy – 300,000 (38 bb)
Kent Dokendorf – Eliminated in 8th place ($690)

$250 Big Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 90

Joseph McVetty open/shoved for 75,000 and Joseph Abdo called for less on the button.

“I have one over,” McVetty said.

McVetty:
Abdo:

“Not a good start for me.” Abdo said as the dealer spread the flop. Abdo missed the turn and river to exit in 9th place.

E.J. McVetty – 120,000 (15 bb)
Joseph Abdo – Eliminated in 9th place ($518)