Winter Open

SHRT WINTER POKER OPEN FINAL RESULTS – EVENT 5

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Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open
Event 5:  $560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
December 11-14, 2014

Entries: 511
Total Prize Pool: $255,500

Jose Galvez - 1st Place
Jose Galvez – 1st Place

 

 

 

 
RECAP

After playing for about 13 hours on Day 2, the final four decided to call it quits, carving up the remaining prize pool.  Professional poker player Jose Galvez was the chip leader and he takes the lion’s share, bagging $42,000, the $1,650 seat in the Championship event, and the signature Hard Rock guitar.

This is Galvez’ first win in a major event and largest career cash, so it’s quite a milestone for him.  He came here from Miami to play because “The girls are gorgeous and really nice.  The staff is really great, the food is awesome.”  He got to have his picture taken with some of the Hard Rock Calendar girls, who have been visiting the poker room each afternoon.

This event carried a $200,000 guarantee on the total prize pool and had six starting flights.  Altogether it drew a total of 511 entries for a prize pool of $255,500.  The final 54 players earned a share.

Also making this final table was Stephen Diamantas, winner of last year’s Tampa Winter Open Championship, which was a WPT Regional event, for $121,900.  Diamantas finished 8th when his AQ lost a race to pocket 8s.

Galvez was the chip leader at the end of his starting fight B, bagging 247,500.  Since he had a couple of days off, he drove back home to Miami.  His 14-year-old sister Jennifer plays guitar and he told her he was going to win this one for her.  “I love that you give guitars as trophies,” he said.  Now he can keep his promise to Jennifer.

“It’s awesome,” Galvez said, “hopefully this is the first of many”.  He’s been playing professionally for about a year and booked a $34,000 cash back in January.   When he’s not playing tournaments, he can be found in the $2/$5 No Limit cash games.

He promised his friend Nick, “if we bink this one, we’re going to go to the World Series and play the Main Event next year”.  Now he can keep that promise as well.

FINAL RESULTS

PlaceFirstNameLastNameCityStateWINNINGS
1JOSEGALVEZHIALEAHFL$42,000
2PLAMENSTOYANOVTampaFL$37,000
3NERISANCHEZSAINT CLOUDFL$33,500
4ALANKORPILUTZFL$27,252
5BRUCESNELLOKEECHOBEEFL$14,216
6VITORCOELHOTAMPAFL$11,677
7THOMASGIORGIVALRICOFL$9,266
8STEPHENDIAMANTASLAKELANDFL$7,235
9ROBBIEGODBEYWINTER GARDENFL$5,077
10DonaldDrapelOCALAFL$3,300
11ROBERTOBARBAOCOEEFL$3,300
12DAVISADAMSTALLAHASSEEFL$3,300
13MEIRBARACKNORTHDALEFL$2,539
14RAYLAMBERTCLEARWATERFL$2,539
15DAVIDTUTHILLSAINT PETERSBURGFL$2,539
16TODDGAMBINOLADY LAKEFL$1,904
17TAINGUYENGAINESVILLEFL$1,904
18RYANHITTELBOCA RATONFL$1,904
19TOMNGUYENTAMPAFL$1,396
20JASONSHINBAUMST AUGUSTINEFL$1,396
21ALKRUXFAYETTEVILLENY$1,396
22AUSTINMCCULLERSTAMPAFL$1,396
23KEVINGUGLIOTTASCOTCH PLAINSNJ$1,396
24NISIMCOHENGainesvilleFL$1,396
25TravisFulfordLAKELANDFL$1,396
26JOSEPHBOULAISCOCOAFL$1,396
27ANTHONYPELLEGRINILargoFL$1,396
28ANTHONYMARCHTAMPAFL$1,269
29JOSEGARCIA-BUSTELO
ORLANDOFL$1,269
30HARLONKINNEYRUSKINFL$1,269
31JOSIASSANTOSSAO PAULO$1,269
32TAMNGUYENHARRISBURGPA$1,269
33CHARLESCARRAGHERPENSACOLAFL$1,269
34LAHCENIMKHAOUNKISSIMMEEFL$1,269
35GILALFEREZWINDERMEREFL$1,269
36MANELICMINAYATAMPAFL$1,269
37STANLEYHOLLEYLUTZFL$1,142
38ROBERTGEORATONAPLESFL$1,142
39CATHRYNPRANCETAMPAFL$1,142
40JOHNCOFHLIN IIIFORT PIERCEFL$1,142
41TIMOTHYHARRELLWIMAUMAFL$1,142
42BARTLEYO'CONNELLTAMPAFL$1,142
43JEANMICCIOST PETERSBURGFL$1,142
44SCOTTKATEIANSEATTLEWA$1,142
45BRETTBADERBOCA RATONFL$1,142
46HAROLDANGLESun City CenterFL$1,015
47BRETTSTREICHERODESSAFL$1,015
48MARSHAWOLAKSARASOTAFL$1,015
49RICARDORODRIGUEZTAMPAFL$1,015
50ADAMROUSELONGWOODFL$1,015
51ALEXISSTERNERALAFAYAFL$1,015
52LawrenceDowlingORLANDOFL$1,015
53YIGALHENCOOPER CITYFL$1,015
54JOHNHOLLEY IIINICEVILLEFL$1,015
Winter Open

Event 5: Jose Galvez Wins in 4-Way Chop!

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$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 28: Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante

The final four finally reached an accord on how to divvy up the remaining prize pool, so this event is finally over!

 

Jose Galvez - 1st Place
Jose Galvez – 1st Place

1st – Jose Galvez $42,000
2nd – Plamen Stoyanov $37,000
3rd – Neri Sanchez $33,500
4th – Alan Korpi  $27,252

Winter Open

Event 7: Fight B is Bagged

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$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 12: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante  (26 minutes remaining)

Since the clock stopped early in Flight A, the clock stopped at the same time in Flight B.

There were 28 entries in this flight and by the time they reached level 12, only 4 remained to bag chips.  Average stack for this flight is 105k.

Here are the chip counts:

Matthew Stewart 158,000
Gabriel Tudorache – 131,200
Josias Santos – 122,000
Daiane Mendes – 10,600

Winter Open

Event 5: 5th Place – Bruce Snell

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$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 27: Blinds 25k/50k/5k ante

Bruce Snell - 5th Place
Bruce Snell – 5th Place

Three players took a flop of Jc8s4s and it was checked to Bruce Snell on the button, who bet 175k.  Jose Galvez (bb) raised to 425k and Plamen Stoyanov folded.

Bruce announced he was all-in and Jose called.  Bruce’s AcJd was out-kicked by Jose’s KsJc.  The last two came 7c6c and Jose took the pot.

Bruce Snell finished in 5th place, earning $14,216.

End of level and the final four are on a break.

Winter Open

Event 5: Stuck at Five

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$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 27: Blinds 25k/50k/5k ante

The final five have been pushing chips around the felt for a while.  Alan Korpi has been all-in a few times, but has yet to get a caller.

Alan has about 800k and the other four are hovering around the 3 million mark.

The clock was paused for a few minutes at the beginning of the level for chop talk, but the talks broke down and play resumed.

Winter Open

Event 5: 6th Place – Vitor Coelho

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$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 26: Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante

Vitor Coelho - 6th Place
Vitor Coelho – 6th Place

Neri Sanchez brought it in for 85k and Vitor Coelho put the last of his chips in from the button.  Neri called, showing KsQh.  Vitor was ahead with JhJc.

The flop came Qc8c3c giving Neri a bigger pair, but giving Vitor a flush draw.  The last two bricked out 5h2h and Neri took the pot.

Vitor Coelho was eliminated in 6th place, earning $11,677.