$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 190
We mentioned a lot of visitors today but we have our share of locals in the mix trying to keep that guitar trophy right here in house.
Filipp Khavin, Jeremy Becker, and Karl Manouchakian are in Flight B and working on their stacks. Someone at Becker’s table said he had aces three times in the early levels and that got a smile confirmation from him.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 172
More players are jumping into Flight B of the Main Event and we found two who are running out the clock on 2021 with a nice run.
Jacob Naumann is fresh from a successful trip to Las Vegas where he won a $400 tournament at the Aria and followed that up with a $100K score for winning the $1,100 at the Wynn.
Juan Carlos Ramirez started a little earlier when he made two final tables during our September Super Stacks series and made his trip the Vegas where he made a deep run in the WSOP Main Event.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 162
A quick look around the empty tables at break found two big stacks setting themselves apart from the rest of the field. And sitting back-to-back at Tables 22 and 33.
Antuan Bunkley leads the field with 101,000 but Frank Russo is only one purple chip behind with 100,500. Both are in good shape at this stage but there’s still a lot of poker to play today.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 151
As Flight B was getting ready to hit the first break of the day, the entry count hit 151 for a combined total of 323 in the Main Event so far. That number is good enough to put the prize pool over the $500,000 guarantee, every new entry will just move it higher.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 138
With the weekend getting here in full force, we’re beginning to see more visitors in town for the WPO Main Event with more than a few regulars from our sister room in Hollywood.
We found Willie Wiggins and Shawn Mohamed here in early action and expect many more as they make their to the Poker room.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 96
Kyle Rignola was another one of our players in their seats at the start of the day. Unlike at least one player, he’s still there.
We saw a player at his table back up his gear and go and Rignola was sitting on an early double starting stack before the first level came to an end.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 80
We have 80 entries in early action and we can begin to look forward to the first big milestone of the tournament; 151 entries will get the tournament over the $500,000 guarantee.
A few familiar faces include Angela Pratiano ,Terri-Anne Crawford, and Marvin “The Duckman” Karlins trying to run up an early stack.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 54
Tournament staff puts cards in the air for Day 1B of the WPO Main Event with 54 entries at the start and many more expected throughout the day. They will play the first three levels of the day before taking a break.
$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
We booked one flight of the 2021 Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event yesterday and today we’ll hit the first big milestone. Flight A had 172 entries to leave the field only 151 away from surpassing the $500,000 guarantee and that should be an easy mark this afternoon.
Players start with 30,000 in chips and all levels last 40 minutes until they reach the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 6:30 pm following the dinner break. Flight B will come to an end after Level 14 and anyone remaining will bag up their stack for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.
We expect a fun, busy day in the poker room.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Day 1B – $1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
Satellite Schedule
6PM: Event 19 – $300 WPO Main Event Satellite