$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Our starting Day 2 chip leader has hit the rail. Anthony Dianaty had a huge lead at the start of the day but was unable to carry that through to a championship. He continued to drop in the counts until he found himself in a huge, three-way all-in pot.

Daniel Ramirez had a chance for the double knockout when he had Dianaty and Thomas Clements all-in, covered, and behind. The chips went in after the flop and Ramirez holding . Clements had middle pair, better flush draw while Dianaty was looking for running miracle cards with .

Clements immediately hit the turn to get Ramirez out of his seat. Dianaty and Ramirez were drawing dead to the river and Ramirez dropped to 850,000. Clements is now among the leaders with 1.45 million.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Although shortstacked, the last woman standing, Christy Pham, lives to fight another day. She recently was in middle position in a four-way pot. The board read and action checked to Pham. She shoved for an unknown amount and all three other players in the hand folded. She raked the pot and now sits with 375,000 chips or about 18 big blinds with 23 players remaining.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

David Lappano hit the rail 27th at the hands of the new chip leader Antuan Bunkley. On Lappano’s final hand, he got all in holding on a board. To Lappano’s dismay, Bunkley held for a flopped flush. Lappano needed to hit the for a straight flush or catch running full house or quad cards. It wasn’t to be as the board completed with the and .

Bunkley busted Lappano, now holds more than 1,800,000 chips and leads the way as the tournament is down to the final three tables. All remaining players have locked up $1,169.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Misti Murphy has been relegated to a rail bird after she busted 29th at the hands of Daniel Lobato. An early position player raised to 32,000 and start-of-day chip leader Anthony Dianaty called from the button. It was on Murphy in the small blind and she shoved. Daniel Lobato re-shoved from the big blind and the early position raiser went into the tank. He eventually open folded pocket jacks and Dianaty quickly let go of his cards on the button. Murphy was at risk against Lobato.

Murphy:
Lobato:

“Eight! Eight!” Murphy called as the dealer swiftly burned and turned a board. Lobato spiked a king on the flop and Murphy never improved. She busted 29th earning $1,037.

Daniel Lobato – 710,000 (44 bb)
Misti Murphy – Eliminated in 29th place ($1,037)

The remaining 28 players are now on a 15-minute break. They’ll return to Level 21 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a 3,000 ante.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

There’s a new sheriff emerging in the Event 1 field. While Daniel Ramirez’s stack has topped the counts for much of the day, he’s now neck-and-neck with Staffan Lind.

Less than two weeks ago, Lind finished 14th in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood for more than $22,000. Now, here in Tampa, he’s the only player besides Ramirez to claim more than 1,000,000 chips. The pair at the top is neck-and-neck with roughly 1,270,000 (79 big blinds) apiece.

To their dismay, Lind and Ramirez grace the same table. Lind in Seat 2 while Ramirez sits firmly in Seat 10.

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Players went on their first break of the day with 165 entrants showing on thetournament information board. They continue to build on the $15,000 guaranteed prizepool and we’ll know the final tally in a few hours.

John Duhig was hanging around his table during the first break, he was sitting with a big stack and all the quarter chips waiting for a color up. His 120,000 stack is good enough for the top spot and he’s followed closely by Ok Haselton with 93,000.

Local favorite Cheri Beatty also kicked off her Turbo properly. She doubled up her second hand after taking a seat and went on break with 55,000.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

The field in Event 1 of the 2015 Winter Poker Open is down to the final 36 players and consolidated to four, nine-handed tables. Each of those still alive has locked up $1,037 with the tournament’s winner earning more than $51,000 as well as a $1,650 seat in the WPO Championship.

Here’s a look at some of the notable stacks still in contention:

Daniel Ramirez – 1,200,00
Steven Bennett – 910,000
Sean Shah – 685,000
Marc Lowe – 585,000
Chris De Guzman – 570,000
Michael Poeltler – 560,000
David Lappano – 530,000
Daniel Lobato – 495,000
Anthony Dianaty – 470,000
John Christian – 240,000

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 300/600/75 Ante

John Vale of Plant City, Fla. burst onto the tournament poker scene in a big way late this summer winning Casino Champion honors during a WSOP Circuit event across the way in South Florida. Vale recorded five, top-nine finishes during the 12-day series complementing a handful of cashes he’d already claimed here in Tampa and at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

With those cashes behind him, Vale hopes to add to his resume here on the Gulf side.

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 300/600/75 Ante

Only one Winter Poker Open champion has been crowned so far and it was Jean Miccio walking away with the Ladies Event title two days ago.

Miccio is back in action today and taking a shot at her second title of the series in the Turbo tournament. She picked up a $600 certificate to Rock Spa with her title and she said she’s already put it to use to relax before getting in the game.

Friday wasn’t Miccio’s first taste of success in a Ladies Event, she went deep in this summer’s WSOP Ladies Championship with a 19th place finish.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

With 41 players left, the field is (unfortunately) down to just three ladies and it’s Misti Murphy of Tucson, Ariz. who sets the pace for the fairer sex. She holds  275,000 compared to Christy Pham’s 270,000. Deborah Farmer of Lutz, Fla. has her work cut out for her with 85,000.

Each of the 41 remaining players has locked up $927.