$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,397

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,397

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,397

Table 11
Seat 1: Dana Gelling – 1,075,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Jeff Cloud – 1,025,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Steve Pellingra – 3,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: John Dolan – 5,100,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6: Don Manns – 3,375,000 (45 bb)
Seat 8: Pratik Shah – 2,625,000 (35 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Sarah Ortego – 600,000 (8 bb)
Seat 3: Tarun Gulati – 2,725,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Jerome Leonardo – 1,500,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Isasi – 5,575,000 (74 bb)
Seat 6: Toan Pham – 725,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Tray Johns – 1,200,000 (16 bb)

Table 22
Seat 2: Shane Melert – 4,225,000 (56 bb)
Seat 3: Ralph Kourban – 1,325,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: Randy Campbell – 4,225,000 (56 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Silva – 2,200,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Ron Surenkamp – 1,350,000 (18 bb)

18th: Eric Klatt – $3,150
19th: James Calderaro – $3,150
20th: Ye Yao – $3,150
21st: Lucas Tae – $2,610
22nd: Harry Johnson IV – $2,610
23rd: John W Redden Jr – $2,610
24th: Christopher Barthel – $2,610

Remaining payouts:

1st: $74,260 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $49,440
3rd: $36,610
4th: $27,370
5th: $20,670
6th: $15,760
7th: $12,140
8th: $9,440
9th-10th: $7,420
11th-12th: $5,900
13th-14th: $4,730
15th-16th: $3,840
17th: $3,150

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,397

WPO Event 1 is zooming right along and dropped to 24 players to trigger the three-table redraw. We will pull a full seating map with chips while they are on dinner break.

25th: Jose Hernandez-Almea – $2,180
26th: Manny Minaya – $2,180
27th: Mansoor Kader – $2,180
28th: Justin McNeil – $2,180
29th: Ruben Fernandez – $2,180
30th: Ronnie Dowdy II – $2,180
31st: Shannon Steck – $2,180

2025 Winter Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 2
$200 Bankroll Builder NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  246
Prize Pool:  $39,360
January 26, 2025

Registration closed for the $200 Bankroll Builder with a huge 246-entry turnout, good enough to nearly double the $20,000 guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $39,360 and the last 31 spots will be paid, $360 for a min-cash and $8,740 to the top bankroll buider.

1st: $8,740 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $5,790
3rd: $4,210
4th: $3,100
5th: $2,320
6th: $1,760
7th: $1,350
8th: $1,050
9th-10th: $830
11th-12th: $690
13th-14th: $580
15th-16th: $500
17th-20th: $440
21st-24th: $390
25th-31st: $360

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,397

They are showing no signs of slowing down and Event 1 is down to the last four tables of the tournament.

33rd: Kajaun Hutchinson – $1,850
34th: Jack Vanderschuur – $1,850
35th: Anthony Bertuccio – $1,850
36th: Rafael Diaz – $1,850
37th: Armando Figueroa – $1,850
38th: Clyde Maliauka – $1,850
39th: Rohan Singh – $1,850
40th: Aaron Thivyanathan – $1,850

41st: Terri-Anne Crawford – $1,590
42nd: Jerry Brown – $1,590
43rd: Christopher Gaskin – $1,590
44th: Ashley Spring – $1,590
45th: Michael Mercer – $1,590
46th: Tony March – $1,590
47th: Robert Wuestner – $1,590
48th: Joshua Nicholson – $1,590

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,397

Another break has come and gone and we have a new leader in the room. John Dolan ran hot and now owns the biggest stack with 2,880,000 followed by Lucas Tae with 2,300,000 and Ye Yao with 2,125,000.

They will play three more levels before enjoying their dinner break.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,397

Two more quick tables were broken down and the field dropped to six tables left in Event 1. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $1,590 and the pay jumps are hitting quick.

49th: Carlos Lopera Castrillon – $1,370
50th: Jon Godwin – $1,370
51st: Lana Nester – $1,370
52nd: Adam Weingard – $1,370
53rd: Ryan Howard – $1,370
54th: Camillo De Campos Baggiani – $1,370
55th: Jim Bozzuto – $1,370
56th: Itzak Shulmaister – $1,370

57th: Ricardo Alves – $1,200
58th: Mark Becker – $1,200
59th: Mik Xavage – $1,200
60th: Brian Johnson – $1,200
61st: Nico Saladino – $1,200
62nd: Steven Bagby – $1,200
63rd: Joseph Piambino – $1,200
64th: Yousef Nassr – $1,200

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 1,397

Down short, Ashley Spring peeled one card and moved all in for 45,000 when she saw a king. She got a call from the button and stood up from her seat when she saw his .

But she pulled back her other card, found another king, and doubled with on the board.

Ashley Spring – 155,000

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,397

WPO Event 1 is down to the last eight tables with 64 players remaining and they can start settling in for the long haul with the final table still in the distance.

Among the updated results, Fabian Foster fell short of a unique back-to-back; he captured the opening tournament title at the recent Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood, banking $141,365 but settled for 66th here today.

65th: Randall Zelik – $1,070
66th: Fabian Foster – $1,070
67th: Lewis Gallo Jr – $1,070
68th: Forrest Raleigh – $1,070
69th: Eric Tarikas – $1,070
70th: Seth Bobet – $1,070
71st: Ramon Sosa Morillo – $1,070
72nd: Kristine Glassman – $1,070

73rd: Thao Le – $960
74th: Nathan Lee – $960
75th: Laurenlee Cruz Ortiz – $960
76th: George DeCandio – $960
77th: Rodney Rodrigue – $960
78th: James Leonard – $960
79th: Kristy Fay Peoples – $960
80th: Steve Blackmon – $960

81st: David Bennett – $870
82nd: Giovanni Marcacci – $870
83rd: Robert Gray – $870
84th: Charles Kimbrel – $870
85th: Francisco Gomez – $870
86th: David Mauradian – $870
87th: Vamsi Dodda – $870
88th: Joshua Sutherland – $870
89th: Thomas Villetto Jr – $790
90th: John Wolfe III – $790
91st: Wasim Assaf – $790
92nd: Jacob Naumann – $790
93rd: Samuel O’Bryant – $790
94th: Randy Levin – $790