Event 1: Counts on Dinner Break

$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

Event 1: Three-Table Redraw

$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

Mansoor Kader finished in 27th place

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

Event 2: Prize Pool and Payouts with $8,740 Up Top

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