$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  50

In the last pot before the break on Table 19, Eli Kiwan woke up with a monster in the small blind while two other players picked up slightly lesser big hands.

Kiwan tripled up when his all-in with aces was called in two spots, the other two holding pocket kinds. The rockets held and he stacked up to 111,800 while no one else is above 100K.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  48

Day 1B players are now enjoying their first break, with 15-minutes to catch some fresh air or a slice of pizza from the Snack Bar.

They will return to continue the grind to a Day 2 bag and the next milestone.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  40

We are doing the slow build-up towards the $300,000 guarantee, and they are on pace to slide right past it later today.

For two weeks before the Winter Poker Open, our friends in Hollywood had their Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Two of the players in today’s field picked up titles while in the south; Mitch Mitchell won the $600 Seniors Event, and David Moses won the $1K Deep Stack Turbo.

Now they are here in Tampa trying to do it again and this time in our big one.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  18

Cards are in the air for Flight B of the WPO Championship, with 18 early players and many more expected into the busy weekend. Only 99 entries needed to hit the $300,000 guarantee, and we start working our way up right now.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The second flight of the 2025 WPO Championship gets underway at 11 am and the $1,700 buy-in tournament will surpass its $300,000 guarantee at some point today. We had 101 entries in Flight A and only 99 more to hit the spot.

They’ll start with huge 40K starting stacks and all levels last 40 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 5:45 pm.

Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at noon for Day 2.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10 (5:45pm)
• Day 1 will end when 12.5% of field remains
• Championship Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

12PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Five seats guaranteed into $1,700 WPO Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• Winners will be entered into Flight C of the Championship
• Structure Sheet

6PM: $200 Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• Five seats guaranteed into $1,700 WPO Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:15pm)
• Winners will be entered into Flight C of the Championship
• Structure Sheet

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16:  400/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 101

Flight A: 101 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at noon

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  400/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  13 of 101

It took a little longer than expected to get the Flight A field down to the last 13 players. But David Meagher never slowed down, bagging  a massive stack for Day 2 on Sunday.

He put 1,060,000 away in his bag, more than double that of second-place Drew Dodge with 459,000.

We will post the complete chip counts as soon as they are available.

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  33 of 101

A quick walk among the remaining tables during break, we found a new frontrunner in the Championship. Tampa regular David Meagher had the new big stack and the closest to 200K with his 198,500.

Other big stacks include Robert Fregosi (178,000), David Moses (152,500), and Drew Dodge (152,000).

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  40 of 101

Registration closed for Flight A of the WPO Championship with 101 entries, a nice start and we should cruise past the $300,000 guarantee in tomorrow’s flight then crush it on Saturday.

Flight A will continue until 13 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at noon in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.